The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-08
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS -sHENRY NJ FULLER
CHAIRMAN, y

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When William came up to London after the con-
quest to invoke the ceremonies Of the coronation
and TO receive the benedicton of the archbishop he
was greatly puzzled to find suitable to adopt
I'm his manifestoes At length he determined that it
should be King by Hereditary Succession. He was
foreign conqueror, to be stranger and an mpu-
dent pFetender; but few towards and sycophants
applauded him and rent the air with acclamations,
and William counted upon these tokens quite as
much as upon the sincerity of the Divine blessing
which the prelats had bestowed upon his hereditary
dynasty. Those who have read the address of
'IIenry NJ Fuller, chairman, Of Pennsylvania, will
be struck with tho marvellous similarity of his posi-
tions and those Of Williamwith this rihing excep-
tion, that Mr. Fuller belongs to reckless and always
defeated minority-to miserable, reasonable fac
tion whose patriotism is bounded by the free States,
and whose integrity consists in being true to every
faction which stands the least chance Of weakening
the bonds Of the federal Union Mr.. Fuller COM
mences thus
cit is one of the highest privileges of free people
that they have frequent and regular opportunities
to express at baotbox their approval disapprova
of the policy and measures of their government"
That is precisely what we told you last winter in
regard to the people Of Kansas. They were invited
by their own laws to elect delegates to State
yention with q view Of framing constitution They
refused to exercise their hghest privilege and then
impudenty claimed that the election was void and
even fraudulent because of their refusal to vote
They had regular opportunity to express at the
ballot-box their wishes on the subject and Mr..
Fuller (Ar. FODDER, his is pronounced where
he is best known has now the effrontery to charge
the administration with an effort ito force upon
Kansas an obnoxious constitution against the known
wishes Of q large majority Of her people" If that
'.large majority refused to exercise Mr.. Fulers
Ihghest privilege, was it the fault Of the admins
tration? But we go little further Mr. Fuller adj
vised the people of Kansas TO refuse to vote It was
apart, and an essential part, Of his partys pro
gramme that they should refuse to vote. They de-
termned that the majority must not vote that they
might charge upon those who did vote that their
work was the work of the minority. They put
the obstruction upon the track, in order, when
the crash came, to impeach the managers of
the road Of carelessness, neglect and crime.
They resolved not to attend upon the service Of
the preacher, that they might convict him of
partsanshp in his holy mnistrations, even charging
him with bestowing his blessings upon the few to
the neglect of the many. Let Mr. Fuller and his
friends in Pennsylvania follow his aud their own
prescriptions at the coming election, and then
that the administration e forced upon them rulers
not their own nor of their selection and they will
turn their logic to practical test. William made
himself |" King by hereditary succession; !" why not
then establish your grievances by refusing to
else your highest elective privilege 1t will be
within the lines Of your Kansas policy. 1t will be
doing Just what you recommended others to do.
But what is to be thought of party whose whole
scheme is made up of contemplate misrepresenta-
tons about Kansas and the expenditures of tho gov
ernment2 Mr. Fuller and his friends, ever since
they have been voters and public officers, have
sought by every means in their power to squander
the money Of the federal treasury. 1t is not long
since they avowed purpose to bankrupt the exche-
quer with the express intention of forcing from Con-
gress protective laws. They care nothing for the
people. They speak, act, and represent a mere
class. They sectional in reference to national
politics. and mercenary partisans in reference to do
meatic politics. They hate the democracy because
they are national even than because. they are
the advocates of rigid economy in the admins
tration of the government. We would regard Mr..
Fuller with more charity if his address did not ex-
hbt positive evidence of dishonesty. lie sets down
the expenditures of the government for the fiscal
year ending the 30th of June last at S92, $3.50 46l.
OF course we cannot ascribe this statement to gno-
rance nor even to malice; it is wifal, deliberate
Misrepresentation intended to deceive and mslead
the people Of Pennsylvania in the exercise by them
Of their highest privilege in Expressing at the
ballotbox their approval or disapproval of the pol
10y and measures Of their government Mr. Fuller
would have them disapprove of the policy and
measures of the administration" If he could bring
himself to fair statement of the facts, we should
be perfectly content to leave to his constituents the
question Of integrity, wisdom, and economy Of Mr..
Buchanan's official acts. Mr.. Fuller is aware that
we had last year a serious monetary and business
pressure and it continues up to this time to clog all
the wheels Of industry in all the departments thereof
Mr. Fuller charges all such disasters to the Presi-
dent He says:
srhe calls Of suffering industry ascending daily and
hourly have been entirely unheeded by the adminstra
ton at Washington Our workshops closed, our fac
tories deserted our mills silent and impoverished
people are pressed by the hard and gripping hand of
want"
We shall expect now to have of Mr.. Fulers
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