Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-08-07
Maneuvres of Buchanan's Friends.

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to the knowledge of his southern supporters.
They give the strongest assurances that Mr..
Buchanan, if fortunate enough to be elected,
will so administer the laws as TO give the real
inhabitants of the territories an opportunity
of excluding slavery while vet in the territorial
condition 1t is even said that Mr. Buchanan
has written letter to this effect-a letter
strongly ntimating that he is with the North
and against the South Oh this question: let
ter which is shown in confidence to people
whose political course is undecided, and with
the express stipulation that nothing respecting
it is to get into the newspapers. We shall
cheat the South yet" say these managers of
Buchanan'S cause for the free states " "Wait
till Buchanan is elected, and see how he will
diSappoint the Virginia aud South Carolina
politicians"
But when we talk of cheating, the chance
unfortunately is, that it is the North. and not
the South, that will he cheated Has the
South ever been disappointed vet in anv can
didate whom it presented aud supported The
South support no mau whom they do not know;
they put forward no man who is not either full
" on their side or of whom they are not per
fectly sure that they can mould him to their
purposes They knew Pierce far better than
We democrats of the North knew him they
secured our aid in electing him, aud then made
him, as they were confident from the first of
being able TO do, their passive instrument Bu-
chanan is altogether as week a man as Piece,
submitting as obedently 10 the stronger wills
and more i,nperiouS tempers of other men. The
Richmond Eagairer said truly of him, when il
declared the other day, in an article quoted
with high appreciation by the Washington Ut-
ion, that
He gave vote against the intersts Of Slavery.
aud never uttered wvgd which would pain the most
s1tlye southern heart
Aud what is more, he never wiIl-the south
ern politicians are rs sure Of him as they would
be of Governor Wise. if he was in the PreSi-
Dental chair, and even more so. He would
be theirs by the same influence which trans
forms all men Of feeble purposes, almost as soon
as they ret 10 Washington, into the servants
of the southern oligarchy. Even ifVMr Bu-
chanan should fancy at the present moment,
that lie would execute the Nebraska act in a
different! manner from that adopted By Mr.
Pierce. what chance has he Of remaining Of the
same mind when the whole influence of the
South shall impel him on different direction1
How easily he was drawn into the folly of the
OStend Manifesto We have already seen, and
the power which then mastered him was not
By half SO absolute rs that which will take pos
session Of him when he attainS. if that should
ever happen, the Chief Magistracy Of the fed
eral republic.
Moreover, it should be considered that Mr.
BQcLauau'S views on this same question OF the
extension of slavery are of the most variable
character In Ts4> he eplogizei the Missouri
Compromise As the great settlement of the
slavery question between the North and South:
4 settlement 10 which he c.uug with al his
strength. In 1856 he approves Of the repeal
cf that compromise, and declares that this re-
peal is the only way Of giving peace 10 the
country In 1913 he declared that the people
Of the territories had no right 20 exclude slave
p while YET in the territorial condition. II
1856 lie writes letter. To be shown 10 those
who viii not otherwise support him, jEtimatiBC
that the people Ct tie territory have the right
q licA lie then explicitly denied them. Where
VII this man, wao changes his ground 50 cas.-
Iy. ti-l himself when he IS made President bv
southern votes? Just where tie southern 20
liriciauS please TO put higR 1t iS TO him 10 IN
convenience TO shift his principles. as he has
shown By accommodating them 10 the times in
Z.
aud one only. IN which We may expect his II
.ure conduct a he consistent with what the
Richmond EsEsI1Er claims 10 hare been his
past, that be will HeTeE take step adverse 10
the interests Of slavery, O. say wogi which
VI. give offence . the most i1tOle.l-. bi-ot
Of tie Solth
Bu, there is orc difficulty in tie wav OF ac-
oeptiug these claUdesI.ne promises Of amend
-aeug, whispered n corners and carefully kept
ou: Of the newspapers Tie candidate : able
TO give Us 8 proof @. his sincerity and refuses
10 10 H. Ii tie Senate ct tie United States
IsacEal4aS friends have large majority in
the House theJ SHOW powerful array they
swarm II iAe federal otiisoS they control M
ltroGS prcS>tS- Let them begin the work q
reform without delay. Let Cou-rc>S iuterpoSa
bv an aCt restoring their rights 10 the settlers
Of Kansas arHu.lin- the laws paSseE by the
meek legislature aud releasing those whO hare
been imprisoned for refusing 10 obey lis IyElG-
l5c4s szl.cg> lei CQDgrg>> as such IN act and
see wha.her Mr., Pierce wcU.G P1; his veto NJ
aa il. l. is sad. We know. that to annRl the
1E.IInsuceS Of the SsGvioGs legislature which
assembled az the Shawnee MlSSlcH vii tx 10
give over the territory to utter a2aTrly- Those
Who make this objection cannot be serious
| ster ala-clpy prevails in the territory now.
AMI piil Vcava-l TIL one party Or the other ls
driven oct, or until CcEg7ess lRIeTTcScS Siil
some hcaiiag measure of juSt5ce-
la the meantime there Is ECi a B2cAan2n
p1blse SPEAKER, politician, member
of Congress. o. aav other atherent az his par
~. who stands forth before the people AMI
cslsassemas the detcstAble policy which Mr.
Isr.-y.a s--9 hSS sEfysSerS are EssN TssFSIIg- y
regard 10 the territories a21 the extension a
slavery. They 2QTy0ve OF i tRey leEsi lE
thelr corateaance they cooperate IN Il !: they
form the PARTY On whlcA Mr.. Pierre relics Tor
ss,nzs,-r In u hat be = at sh5S rEouasBs dCsae.
a1.s ghev give him that SagYogs IN the fai.eSS
rgeaSs,re The electi02 Of Mr. BGcl4naa VII