Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-12-25
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sections are busy mapping out a policy for
his Administration, aud his Southern
friends especially, are kindly pointing out
to him the only road Of success. The
New Orleans Delta, which represents the
Soulc and Siidcll flibustcring Democracy,
speaks as follows
but if Mr., Buchanan turns his back
on those expedicnts, if he refuse to abdi-
cate his mission rs a President of the
United States at this lunCturc, and direct
the energies of the Government where
the O,tend lcttcr-the best document he
ever signcd-points, to-Yit, towards the
tropics, towards Cuba, Nicaragua and
| Mexico, he will succeed. He will stand
where Pierce did in 1853, only on IA little
broader ground and under a more defined
pledge, but it is to be hoped that he will
not bury the platform on which he was
elected in the most mysterious recess OF
Circumlocutiun Office, and cover like Il
schoolbov before the ferule Of some sec
ond Marcy. lie owes his election TO the
votes of the South, and the defiant attitude
of resistance which she was beginning to
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mind. lie will be n traitor aud inSenSible
to every manly feeling of gratitude, If he
forget it and disregard the obligations 1t
implies. Then let hiA live up to the let
ter and spirit Of the Ostend letter; let him
look to our interests in Cuba, which by
right of geography and of political ncces-
sity should be ours; let him fortlfy Walker
-. NT,,,,,r, ,,1 f,r,.tnI Snnttsh and
French designs upon Mexico let HIM
place the great Tehnuntepcc route beyond
the hazard of being lost to us, by securing
the grant Of II strip Of territory across hat
isthmus; let him do these things, and we
can laugh to scorn the subtle policy of
Seward, the rhetorical raving of Sumner,
and the blatant menaceS of their followers
This is laying down the matter with a
firm hand and in very plain language.
The South says to Mr.. Buchanan, we
elected YOU to do our work, and you must
do it or we will ruin you. Now let us
look Mt the other side. The Newburgh
Telegraph, published in New York State
lays down what the Northern Democrats
expect at the hands of Mr.. Buchanan:
/. lie must in the language of Mr..
Van Buren,, secure to the bona tfde settlers
of Kansas, the full, free and practical
enjoyment of the rights intended to be
conveyed by the organic act of the terri
tory.
.. Recommend to Congress the repeal
of the disgraceful and illegal laws enacted
by the bogus legislature.
3. Remove the present pro-slavery
officers of the territory, and send impair
tial men to fill their places.
4. Oppose the removal of existing re-
strictionS against slavery in the other
countries.
D. Discountenance the policyof reopen
ing the slave trade.
6. Resist the acquisition Of Cuba by
force of arms.
z. Reject from his cabinet all men of
the jefferson Davis, Caleb Gushing, and
Henry a. Wise school.
8. Refuse TO shape his course by the
advice of aspirants for the succession
Detroit Tribune.
Mr.. Delta and Mr.. Telegraph, Mr.. Blu
chanan will do none of these things you
extremists so much desire, which work
nothing but discord and disunion. He
was not elected by the South exclusively,
nor is he under any peculiar obligations
to the fanatics of the North. He will
most likely pursue that wise, conservative
and natural policy which his whole life SC
plainly indicates and fre-eaters and
border-rufiians of the South, abolitionist:
and p~riest-goaded fanatics of the North
: may hang their harp on the willow tree
7 for the next four years.