The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-11-29

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NR. BUCHANAN PERPLExED. e.
IL is reported that at a recent visit to Mr..
Buchanan at Wheatland from Gov Wise Of
Virginia. Slide!l Of La. and Douglas of Ill.,,
for the purpose of extortinq some pledge from
the President elect which should commit him
more fully to the interests of the Slavehold-
ers, Mr.. Buchanan, with his accustomed tim
idity. could not be brought to distinct avow-
al OF his opinions upon the suniet of his future
policy. 1t may be that the immense ma
jority cast against Mr.. Buchanan in the
Northern States, NAV serve to render him
more careful of hastily adopting measures
which will fail to meet their approval, and
that he is really inclined to try and serve
two masters But with all due admiration
of the old politicians 'uppleness, we antici-
pate no favorable result from the trial The
great contest in this country between the
TWO contendinc powers Of Liberty and Slave
nv is not vet decided, and the new President
cannot, if he would, make truce between
them. The platform on which he was elect
ed. forbds it, The demands of the party
which elected him. forbid it. The ambitious
schemes of the uprincipl-d men who will con-
troll his administration, all conspire to forbid
it. Since the repeal Of the compact of 1920,
here has been no time for compromises, and
the time is less opportune now.
This is as it should be- We want no more
patching up of this vexcd question. Either
it is a policy founded in Justice and truth and
best for the country that Slavery should rx-
tend its limits without opposition. or it is
wrong and incxpedient. Mr. Buchanan's al
ministraton will Of necessity, be forced TO
take one side or the other in the decision OF
this question. Neither party will be salts
fed with less than this The South assured
~ will not, for it is a matter Of personal in
tere,t with every Shareholder. and every as
pring politician in The South, and not few
at the North. The North cannot, for the
tendencies Of the age to which its great heart
beats responsive, impel it forward in the
cause Of freedom; it's educated moral senti-
ments are thoroughly awake to the mighty
importance of staying the further advance
/ of the chief remaining element of barhari>m
and irreligion in the land anil the man who
looks only at the material welfare Of the
country we'll knows that If he would see
the continued advancement OF the arts Of
peace broad agricultural regions wavin!
with grain s feeding the cattle upon a ,housan,
hills the ring Of the anvil, the hum Of III,
loom. and the busy noise of merchandise
and the white wings Of commerce bea:in:
from land to land the fruits of her in,lustr,
and skilI:-if physical prosperity, in short
be thought desirable. he cannot do otherwis,
than enlist heartily in the endravor to pre-
vent the extension Of that moral and phvsi
cal blight which has cursed the very soil OF
the slave states. degraded the poorer cIassp
Of whites, banished nearly every educationa
and religions institution from them. and mad
the grass to grow in the marts Of her lon
lost trade.
n The North, We repeat it. has enlisted il
this struSgle,-to the end Of the war, and n
+ "mrorislrc policy on the part of the incom
y ing administration will meet The temper Of
Z the times. Whoever is not for US is aqains
z us, and it is we'll to he advised of this at tn
e outset. The North sleeps the next four year
: with her armOr on