The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04
THE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION.


To-day the chief magistrate of the republic
will retire from bis Office and honors and be
come private citizen, and another citizen
from the hills and vallies Of Pennsylvania be-
comes President. The chara cter of our gov.
eminent and people is such that this change
is made peacefully and in few moments
while in The OLE world a change of rulers is
yet often, and was in The olden time nearly
always attended with popular convulsions,
ard general up-heayins Of The political and
social system.
The new President enters his office amid
The pOuds of most cf his counltymen, and
with the besi wishes of many more. He has
showE wisdom in the selection of such par:-
otto counselors as Lewis Cass and Howell
Cobb-men who are conservative and safe
IN every time of danger, and who are never
extremists on public questions. The new ad.
Illustration brings with il experience and
capacity in the management! of public afars;
and i, finds no embarras Sment from any act
of the outgoing administration.
General Pierce will leave the books posted
np-he Treasury full to overfowing, and the
Departments all cleared up and clean for the
entrance OF The successor. 1t is easy for
PUPPY 10 bark a, lion, and il has been the
fashion among some cunceited and disap-
pointed men Of narrow miEds 10 rev,le The
administration urder whom they would not
have made respectable iiIe-waiiers. But
The following article from the Philadelphia
Ledger does eptirs justice 10 this subject, and
we prefer 10 copy from neutral paper:
q President Pierce viii retire from public
office in a day or Two, and rome OF the Eews-
papers which have very foun'ly aonsed his
administration, now discover that there was
merit in il. Like Mr.. Polk s ad'
mnistra,on, il has, in spite OF assault, leil It's
mark distinctly impressed upon the history
of the county. There is no question OF o'-
eigu or domestic policy which has arisen dn- |
nag the last four years, which il has not
raokly and boldly met, and nearly all OF
bem b,,ye heen settled upon principles adj
10 ''.s nation and promove OF
s re,ce and nrosne. .-iiy. We need mention
nj The Northeastern fsl'sry qnesuoh, 'he en-
stmen, question, one of w'ich ADDS 10 our
advantages, the othef 10 our ma
onal honor. Then came tie Central Amer
IAN question, which, though j, has no' peeh
,uled definitely, has yet released us from
,e ENHANCEMENT Of a very bungIl'@ 'eay'
ho Kos2a affair, The Spanish dlih>nL'eS'
nd in fact every question which brought L's
collision wi'h the powers Of Europe by
lie fearless enuncia.ion of principles favor
BILE to Democratic progress, or III vtndlcaton
our sovereign rights, has been honotaby
nd peacefully settled, and an American pol
" established Which hereafter must be re-
nrded and respected By The nations OF the
odd in their Internal ionnl conduct. All
lese things speak highly Of the iirmness OF
10 executive, the wisdom of his counselors,
nd his own appreciation oi their suggestions.
n our domestic policy the same foresight,
discrimination aud adherence to sound prn'
ion and increased lis prosperity. A wise
orbearnnce, dnring heated political sHug.
lie, saved the corntry from the evils OF civil
var; and whatever may be the differences ot
opinion respecting the constitutional control
W governmen, of slave Y, circumstances will
hereafter show that the principle adopted for
he territories, is the ons which best tavorS
reedom whhou, producing the shock which
would have been caused by the attempted !
EXCLUSION of slavery. The administration of .
President Pierce we regard as one Of the .
nos, successful in its results amid lis most |
Tying difficulties that We have had