The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-11-20

nuchan4A and His vtsUs.
The policy ofJas. Buchanan In the Ken.
ss : question, is subject OF serious interest.
His own organs have attempted to explain
his future course. Prophets are abundant,
but unfortunately these Democratic pro-
phess difgsf very widely in their predictions.
They occasionally cheer our respondent
souls, assuring us we have been lsboring
under 4 hideous delusion in believing tue
sage Of Wheatlsnd is strongly in favor OF the
immediate admission of Kansas as slave
Sta,e---then make vs. despond with the as
sus sncs that the Issue upon which Beehan-
an va. elected. viii be made the policy Of
his Administration.
But the latest speculatioGs are those con.
tanned in a letter from q correspondent; OF
the New York Times, who has actually
been standing nose to nose with the great
sage, catching the droppings OF wisdom
from his lips. OF course the correspondent
could not luxuriate in the presence OF the
aGreat Dispenser" of Offices, without ieei'
ing himself the one particular object upon
which the sun shone that day. he Is
warmed up, aattered, honorsd-yet gener'
Jus eaougL 10 share his happiness with the
world, and accurately describe the sum and
suhssaace OF the great presence IA hich ne
bssked. When Mr.. Buchanan hove IN sight'
be appeared to the correspondent, lie =
kne old English gentleman, His eoar-
enance,n says the ready wriier, IA mirror
OF happy thoughts and benignans dlspos,-
,ion." For the rest, "his eyes are blue,
and his niece ian intelligent young lady"
The correspondent also discovers that Mr.
Buchanan did no, want 10 be President, and
only consented out of affection for his be.
loved Pennsylvania! He found works Of .
religious character in the library, and oid
numbers of Presbyterian newspaper
s,rewn abou, together with various stumps
OF cigars in the IRE place
But terribly important as all these were
10 the eyes Of the coartier correspondent"
the public may regard the following as al
most Of a. much interest 10 Mr.. Buchsnahs
nose or neice. The correspondent picked
up the following ~ The grand result Of h's
interview:
@Iu relation to Kansas, il should form
sa opinion, il would be that Mr.. Buchanan
nrefers. ss an individual, 90 the citizen Of
non-slsyeholaing State, that il should come
INTO the Union sOithosi SLAVERY. He enter
tains. however, the sincere consicnon tnst
Congress hes been long enough the arena
OF conflict on the slavery question; snG lnat
the only true and constitutional mooe Of
settling the difficulty, is to leave each Ter
ritory, asking State privileges, to arrange
its own insti, cas-. He draws the distinc-
tien between the property Of the territories
and the people of the territories, which forms
the basis OF the Kansss-Nebraska law, and
denies the right Of Congress to iegislste,
hereafter, more than is absolutely requisite,
Respecting the latter. HE hope, believe
10 be. is that the Kansas question VIII take
such : shape this winter, and in the spring,
that i, will be virtually decided before his
administration begins. II not, be will ad-
here strictly TO the lawful decision of the
people OF Kansas;-that rs, II fhey apply
for ADMISSION, and Congress admits them as
a Free State, he win approve the bill; II
they desire to hold slaves and Congress
sanctions their wish, be will not interpose
veto. Ia q word, he will look, in this mat
Ter. neither to the North nor TO the South,
but TO Kaasas."
As q contemporary remarks, all this is We
nv fine, bot we know bow inefficient fine
words are in rendering the parsniPs more
palatAble. Indeed, We think We lave read
something Ike this in the Washington Un-
ion. That Mr. Buchanan would hike to have
the Kansas question settled before be takes
the chair, we have no doubt. But viii be be
gratifsd. Aad if he is not, how does he
propose to settle il, By looking neither to
the NORTH nor to the South, but 10 Kazsas'
Why, that is just what President Pierce has
always ssid, but when he did look to Kan
sas. he had no eyes for stuffed bsllo,-boxes,
Missouri incursions, Lawrence sackings, or
the murder Of emigrants. WIZ Mr.. Bu-
ehanan's orbs be purged! or will he. like
Gov. Gesry, keep ouly one OF them open!
That be feels immensely conservative now
in view OF The great Northern vote against
him, We do not doubt. But how will he fee
when he has Slidell, Forney and JEFF. Davis
for his advisers That is the question.
Ii would probably be much batter Tor
Kansas If no other Democratic President
should turn his eyes upon thst unfortunate
land Pierce looked intsat.y Of ksnsas.-
Bloodshed. rapine and misery, followed Ms
gaze. Whist may be the result Of Buchan-
ans looking al Kansas. is to be known.