The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-17
I~scauIifnI Extract.
From aspcccA deferred bgore NE Wash
ington A4socidttoa il LaaeaStey Penn
sgiraaia. .JvIy nm. 1915.

EI''Nff DNNU AFft ACNI
BY JAMES BUCHANAN.
Nor Seeretary of State cfhe Uriled Suites.
"Time will rot allow me 10 enualerafe
all the other wild and wicked projects of
the Democratic Administration. Suffice
ii to say, that after they had deprived US
ofthe means Of defence, by destroying
our navy and %disbanding our army; after
they had taken away from US The power
ofrecrcasiug them, 10y running commerce,
the great source ofnaiional aud individual
wealth; after they had, by refusing the
Bank Of the United States a continuation
of their charter, embarrassed the iinan-
cial concerns Of the Government, and
Withdrawn the only universal paper me
dunn Of the country from circulation; af
ter the people had become unaccustomed
to, and, Of course, unwilling 10 bear tnXa-
ton, and without money! the Treasury,
they rasbIy plunged us into a var with a
nation more able 10 do MS injury than any
world. What was the dread
fnIneccssity for this desperate measured
Was our country invaded! No. Was
il to protect our little remaining com
mcrce from the injuries it sustained by
The orders in Councill No. Commerce
was not such a favoriie, and the mer-
chants wished for no waronthat account.
Besides, if the existe nee of the orders in
council had been its true cause, aflertheir
repeal our country would have accepted
the olive branch which was offered by
England. What then was the cause!
The one for which we'professed to draw
the sword, and risk our all, was to deter.
mine an abstract question Of the law OF
nations, concerning which an opinion
different from that of our administration
was held by all Europe,-to decide
whether a man can eXpatriate himself or
not. In the decision of this question our
administration pretended to feel a deep
interest. The greater part of those for
cigners who would be affected byit had
long been their waImcst friends. They
had been one of the great means Of ele-
waiting the present ruling party, aud ii
would have been ungrateful for that par
Ity to have abandoned them.
Superficial observers may suppose
this to have been the real source OF the
war; but whoever will carefully aud i'm
partially examine the history of our coun-
iry, will find its true origin to have been
far different. 1t took its rise from the
over weaving Partially which the Demo,
cratic party have uniformly shown for
France, and the consequent hatred which
they felt against her great adversary
England. TO keep this foreign feeling
alive, has been the labor of their leaders
for more than twenty years; and wei
have they been repaid for their trouble
for it has been one ofthe principal causes
of introducing and continuing them il
power. Immediately before the war
this foreign influence had completely EN-
bodied itself with every political feeling
of a majority ofthe people, PARTICULAR,
in the West. Its voice was heard 81
loud at the seat of government, that thu
:. President was obliged either to yield It
its dictates, or retire from office. Tn
; choice in this alternative was easily mad
. by a man, who preferred his private ii
. ~terest TO the public good. We wer
: therefore hurried into the war utterly III
prepared.
> ''What has been its RESULT Exact
what every reasonable man expected a
J its announcement We declared ou
;. intention o conquering Canada; whcthe
It for the purpose of annexing it 10 I'll
, United States, or Of compelling our enC
my to yield the doctrine of impressmen
} is immaterial to the present question
Instead Of %conquering it, we have on
selves been invaded in every quartz
10 aud the best blood ofthe country hi
! slreamed in defence of our own so
!. The very capitol of the United State
the lofty temple of liberty, which W;
reared and consecrated by Washingto
has been abandoned to its fate 10y h
Ie DEGENERATE successor, who ougI
Is to have shed his last drop Of blood in i
defence.
ID after the Administration had eniert
r upon the war, instead of coming forwaI
with manly confidence, and taxing Il
s. people FORTS support, they basely shruI
O. from their duty, in order to maintain the
S. popularity, and adopted the rninous sy
I'd tenn of contest by borrowing none
,g What were the effects of this polio
s. Does not every man in the country kno'
n, was it even disguised by the Adminisir
lie ton, that the United States would, III
Of a shoR time have become bankrupt, h
ic not peace been concluded Thanksth
to heaven, that we have obtained a peaC
s. BAD AND DISGRACEFUL AS
o is; otherwise the beautiful structure
ed the Federal Government, supported
er the same feeble hands, might have SUI
like the capital, into ruins.
ho "Instead of exempting seamen sail
80 under our flag from impressment by I
war, we have altogether relinquish
that principle; because it is a well est
~ lished truth in the law of nations, tina
" war be waged by one country agar
VI another for a specified claim, and
~ treaty which terminates the contest,
silent upon that subject, it is forever
bandoned. Thus the Government hi
at last yielded the very point for
o. maintenance Of which they professec
Vi 90 to war, after having expended nea
49, 5000, 900 900.