Washington sentinel., 1856-05-27

formed work of patriotic sacrifice in meeting
the demands of sectional excitement by un-
shaken adherence TO the fundamental law
ResolUcd, That this legislation cannot be
deemed unnecessary, but that it was expedient
to meet the question of which it disposed, and
which could never admit Of more easy settle
ment than at present, That we recognize in
it the application to the Territories of the
United States of the rule of "equa and exact
justice to all men," of all sections of the Con
federacy, which was designed by the trainers
of our Government, and which was defined as
one Of its essential principles by the immortal
Jefferson.
Resolped, That the Democracy of Pennsyl-
vania, following the counsel of some of the
wisest statesmen of the North and South, were
ready on more than one occasion in the past to
extend the Missouri Compromise line to the
Pacific, so as to make it the basis of final set
tement of the question of slavery in the Terri
tories; but when this proposition was rejected,
in l84S on the ground that it involved an un
due concession to the South, by the very men
who now clamor for restoration of the Mis-
| souri, line, there seemed to be but one wise
alternative left, and that was to refer the whole
| question Of slavery in the Territories to the
people thereof to be regulated as they may
deem proper; and we therefore, cheerfuily ex-
| tend our hearty support to the policy Of the
| Government az recognized in the compromise
measures of 1850, and embodied in the laws
organizing the Territories Of Kansas and Ne
/ braska.
Mr.. BUCHANAN responds to them in the fol-
lowing words:
| "The duties of the President, whomsoever he
may be, have been clearly and ably indicated
| by the admirable resolutions of the Convention
which you have just presented to me, and all
Of which, without reference to those merely
| personal to myself, heartily adopt. Indeed,
| they met my cordial appreciation from the mo-
| ment when | first perused them on the other
side Of the Atlantic. They constitute q plat.
| form broad, national, and conservative, and one
eminently worthy of the Democracy of our
great and good old States"
We ask, in all candor, can anything short of
the EXTREMIST hypercriticism find ground for
exception in the position of Mr.. BUCHANAN on
the Kansas bill, as demonstrated by the fore
going.
| There is strong antagonism between the
| strong commendation of Mr.. BUcHANAN's ca
reer, which. Mr.. Seldom SO fully allows to him,
and the microscopic examination of his course
on the Nebraska bill, to see that which cannot
be seen. The generous praise awarded to Mr.
BUCHANAN is inconsistent with the hair-spun
criticism on his Nebraska sentiments.
| But this Democratic North which Mr.. Seddon
endorses as sound on the Kansas question,
this Northern Democracy endorses Mr. BUcH-
ANAN to an extent that will render certain, and
enduring the spirit Of the Kansas bill, by pre-
senting Mr.. BUCHANAN with victory in his
grasp.
Is it not ungracious to seek to find imper-
ceptible spots on his fair escutcheon, and to
depreciate him who stands so well endorsed by
the Northern Democracy.
We attribute much to the warm personal
partiality for another, this misapprehension OF
Mr.. Seddon, and we would fain believe that even
before he will reach Cincinnati, all his doubts
about Mr.. BUCHANAN will have vanished.