The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-28
PRESIDENT PIERCE AND THE UNITY OF HIS
GARNET

GEN. PERcE's HINEr-In few weeks the present adj
mns alton will be brought close and is presumabIe
not General cabinet will have remained in Office
for hewhole Of four without change in either
assigned day the President assumed the eins
government Its the first instance of the kind in The bis
NAMED entire through bis first term with the exception of
single change in the Post Office Department, and John
Qnncy Adams made only change during his term, hay
ing had two Secretaries Of War Washington Union.
The honorable fact here announced is full reutaton of
the oepeated assertions Of the opposition press that Pres
den Pier filled his cabinet with discordant clements with
affinity for each other than oil has for water II has
been said thousand times during the last four years that
there unity Of sentiment between the various disn-
gushed gentlemen composing the cabinet How has it hap
pened then to know that they have stuck together
during the whole Could this have been had there been
that Of harmony among them which the opposition has
praed about loudly Clearly not and forced to
the that all the criticism OF this cabinet
mon intended to deude and dupe the people Of the country
The members Of the cabinet united in the beginning
they have been united throughout and their concerted eff
have contributed greatly to the promotion Of the pros
perty the country home and its glory abroad They
will retire with the respect and esteem OF their counrymen
whom they have faithfully served.Rchmond Enquirer.
The cabinet of President Pierce scarcely announced
before its early dissolution in consequence Of the dscord-
ant elements of which said to be composed
fdenty predicted We within reasonable limits when
say that cabinet has been exploded and scattered
into fragments thousand times in the opposition newspa
pers led by the New York Herald Day after day
whole months the pubic formally and confidently
titled by these journals that the distractions collisions and
antagonsms amongst the distinguished heads Of the DE-
partments rendered it impossible for them to barmonize
and work together. Sometimes the Secretary of War
alleged to be the ungovernable agator, who must rule
ruin the cabinet At Others the Secretary of State
supposed to be exertng overshadowpg influence which
would be submitted to by his associates And again.
the Attorney General was assumed to have taken the
rens and to be madly driving the cabinet to destruction
Sach stories these manufactured and circulated
til they ceased minister to the depraved tastes of
the lovers of gossip and scandal The cabinet stood to-
gether acting in concert and harmony, in spite of all the
efforts of its enemies distract and destroy it. II stands
together now and unless pro dcnal intepositon
within the few days shall prevent its members will be
found retiring the 4h of March animated by that cordial
respect for eich other and ardent attachment to President
Pierce which have been the cementng bond of their unity
during the last four years
We do not mean TO be understood that the persistent
to the Want of harmony in the cabi-
net were the work of gossiping scAnda-mongers
It was systematic scheme overthrow the admnistra,
ton by creating the impression that President Pierce was
deficient in those great elements of character necessary for
a successful Chief Magistrate. The blow was aimed at
him. aud that it has failed of success it is legit
inquiry to ask as does the Enquirer how has II hap
pened that the members Of the cabinet have stuck togeh
during the whole term2' 1t would do say that
distinguished statesmen coming from different loca
ties having been accustomed TO different modes of
ing on political subjects bringing with them different pre-
possessions preudce derived from education and
essociation--we say it would not do to that
seven such statesmen would be expected to harmonic
in sentiment at all times the various delicate and
important questions which have followed each other in
rapid succession during the last four years Without
sumng to know the secrets of the cabinet take It for
granted that many occasions there have been wide
differences Of opinion amongst its members. Yet the
harmony Of the cabinet disturbed it's uni