Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-11-26

,.red. whether embodying great national ques
aoos shs sequence Of which 10 the ssabilit,
:, in6essrscsAbility Of nations laws and gov
.,u.euss. Or only An individual aim and ~
arrangement TO attain II, there h ever mora
"a b deduced. From the FIRST, II successful in Z
,,.b,eous cause, the mass Of man will feel q
nuickeuing influence, and governments move on
rader the smiles Of approving Heaven; but the
,.,ter may seem 10 prosper and may even 70
nan. seem right, bat It soon passes away,
l.sy;ps but stain 70 mark the spot Of its
existence, or calumny on the propriety Of
,elying on human judgments. In the conflict
n opinions and the war Of human efforts, such ~
~ ever engaged in the Presidential Csihpaigns,
70 the careful observer, the moral u not only
quickly seen and felt, but Il b not seen by all
alike. Ever liable 70 err, ~ il the human under
sanding, IN nothing Is it moro % than in form
ias deductions from tho engagements Of politi.
chi factions
10 the one just now brought to close, the
triumph Of Democracy has its moral. The par
I, claiming that name, have succeeded in elect.
ius their candidate, and IL is styled triumph
Of Democratic principles, and victory of ms
,iouslity over scctionalism. The great issues
IN thu, contest was the approval Of the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise, through the Kan.
s.sNebraska act, and the nationality and ex-
tension Of Slavery over the Territories. BY
he success Of the Democratic party these H.
sues arc claimed TO have been acted upon and
decided BY the popular voice, in their favor
Here 10 another instance Of the error of hu-
man deductions when based on party prefer.
euces, and hence the moral that this victory, so
called, teaches us. That these were the ques-
tons At issue may be true, but that the result
points 70 the right is by no means certain. We
claim that the wrong has triumphed; that 1t is
bu. temporary triumph, and that the people
have not given them this victory, nor will they
sanction the course TO be pursued on the basis
Of this triumph.
Would the extension of Slavery over Kansas
be tolerated by the popular wills Would the
veeple approve of tho Missouri Compromise
vslasiong and would the people endorse the
movements Of the Democracy toward tho ac-
gu elton Of Cuba and an sd l;bitum stealing Of
South ern Territory generally, to which the Pro.
Slavery Democracy are pledged? We greatly
ar, in our judgement Of the spirit Of the peo-
MA f they can be drawn into an approval Of
such course.
Mr Buchanan, the candidate and elect of the
party claiming to have achieved this mighty
victory, and the embodiment and ensoul'aem
Of the principles Of corrupt and dilapidated
dynasty, will soon take his scat as the director
Of this discorlant machinery that the adhesive
power of public plumber cannot keep in harmo-
NOUS action, longer than four years hence, and
then we sh.ll SEQ the .'powcr behind the throne"
asd the destiny to which that power will hurry
90 to disunion and destruction our common
country. Already the ciank OF that machinery
sends up discordant so unds and the good ship
Of State manned and he lined by Northern sub
ordiuates, is being fitted out tor Southern
cruise. Here are the first lessons on the chart
from Capt. JEFF. Davis, in which he fatty tells
Nr. Buchanan that "old exploded exped'ents VIII
not CO." that "laborious, do-nothing policy,
and "a foreign circumlocution Office" are not up
10 the mark, but that they will sink his ad-
miustration at the end Of four years lower than
did plummet ever sound. This is pretty PLAIN
70, the first lesson, but here is the second
But If Mr.. Buchanan eshall direct the energies
Of the Government to where the Osten d letter
points; towards Cuba; towards the fsop,es;
Nicaragua aud Mexico, Ito will succeed. Here Is
The third lesson. He admonishes the elect that
s'he owes his election to the South! and that
he will be traitor and insensible to every
manly feeling of gratitude. If he forgets' thus
hct .,and the obligation it implies.
And hero wc will pause for this time, and
venture, in few words, to deduce from this great
siciory Of the Democracy, our moral.
That this Democracy IS party ID dying out
and some desperate efforts must be made 70 re-
vive IL or it expires during the coming four
years. That this electiou was the game OF the
South and BY them directed, and to them must
the result be held subordinate. and that Kansas
Y. but a secondary object in the play, to Dc
made II possible, but lost if must be, for the
more xeirhty considerations of Southern en-
pire; and lastly that Mr.. Buchanan is to DC
the tool Of Southern dictators. The hrst act
to be played really viii be the Kansas sdmi-
son. II il be possible to carry'it through as =
Slave State, which is not now probable, in view
Of other chances, what will Mr., Buchanan 90
He dare not veto the bill, and he dares not 70
spapss of it, for he knows well the doom 70
.AsA tAs 6sse people will huri him; and thus he
Ut to place himself upon the crater OF par
so =, siih its yaxning guilt and the merry
a''A. Il an offended people on one slde'
'aa,sa.uoa Z onward OF his Southern task
.a' 'ne so.a."' ~ ringing Of obligation,
masters With I. ,..nucsion' constantly III
"sre'ehery,' and In isis dilemma wha
hh ears, on the other. al.
will he do. pause Tor +,
RlasPhcny. .,, .,,
That unclean wretch, Palmer, no . :" a.f ~.
Ing his lucubrations through the c oium. ~.
Gazette has the brAsen audacity 70 mock
very namc Of religion. With innuinsrab!e false
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