The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-19

he a sword to throw IN the scale 10 make KICK
the beaml Tie Is simply that which Is expressed Sy the
word most precious " republicansm-a psn unIre-
tending but sound, SAFE, conservative citizen. Civil in
every sense he is civilian statesman of training, of
age, Of experience IN public affairs, prudent cautious,
honest patriotic able and has rendered the country not
some but much service He has especially rendered this
State and the South the service Of that sacred regard TO
the constitution which protects property and PERSONS
and maintains State sovereignty and State equaty-the
only policy which guard the Union. man Of sound
morals ne has conserved himself and kept his faculties
well by virtuous life that he, now at the OF g.
has many years Of service still in him. Though his head
be white snow-fu Of years and full Of honors-he Is
yet vigorous in mind and body and Is man Of Herculean
labor. Here Mr. Wise paused, and apostrophized the
men Of the heroic age Of the Revolution those who
Immediately succeeded them, and imbued with their
spirit He said James Buchanan about the last link To
that line Of settled system and secured
by their virtue and wisdom the Liberties Of our free instu
ons; who could, In the Of nature be made "
in the highest office and set last example Of the
, erved from personal contact with their wisdom and
patriotism. He was truly Of the order OF the Roman
Gator greater st the virginia Madison OF she better
by experience, he would command the conf
dence and respect OF every conservative man who
vencrated the past Such Is the man, and his services
rendered the best vouchers and credentials Of his
vgor and his merit and Of the debt due him by Virginia
He has been especially faithful the subject Of slavery
Mr. Wise undertook TO say that not only man North,
but South could show better record than that OF
James Buchanan on that vexed and dangerous question:
He had been arragDed for the imputed offence when he
was mere boya very youtl-of having presided at
attended meeting in Pennsylvania which denounced
mise This charge had been actively circulated against
HIM in 1852, and SO happened that then Mr. Buchanan
had, with his own hand furnished him (hr wse) with
the rrefragabe evidence to show not emily that the mpu
taon false, but that next TO impossible for
be Mr.. Buchanan had manifested his politics by
his early adherence 10 the Madisonan Of 1872 He
had shouldered his musket and marched 10 Baltimore;
and though it had been derisvey said he marched to
Baltimore and marched back agan-that was all he did
yet that march had shown the quo amino and that was
all which patriotism required He early as 1914 in
and otaii He
souri, compromise On the contrary when he went into the
House Of Representatives Of the Congress Of the United
supporter of the great arch friend Of Southern democracy
Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee When the issue Of in
cendary publications arose. he voted TO violate tho very
mails rather than permit the agtators of Nat Turner
nsrcction TO light the fires Of incendarsm by the Post
Office. When the Wilmot pr0viso was invented especial
his destruction by Cameron faction In his STATE
he firmly witstood nsidious continuance in free
State undermine the tenure Of slave property, and
found maintaining the sovereign equality OF slave States
when others faltcred and others fell that fatal issue.
When the issue OF annexation OF Texas arose. he content
ed himself by going for which would admit
went undoubtedly and unspent' for measure which
admitted state, new State not with or without bnt
with slavery already established as her pccular insti-
tutionn In 1896 when the issues coming to an issue
Of internal strife separation he did go for an extension
of the line Of the Missouri compromise to the Pacific, and
every Southern went with him. On that point Mr..
Calhoun himself went further North than Mr. Buchanan
went. He submitted his amendment to the Oregon bill,
proposed that the clause against Involuntary slavery
should be the law north Of the lne no question should
be raised against slavery South of the line This was in
the spirit Of 1919 and 20 They did not propose that what
stutona the other side, but they agreed TO disagree
that II question raised proslavery on one side,
none St s 81 Climate That Lack FTo should
reign north of $780, and Jack Frost had decreed that the
Ebo shns and gizzard feet Of negroes should not and
could not live in the korthslavery would not be proni
Bile there profitable in the land Of sugar and cot
ton. and even Of Virginia tobacco and corn and Mr..
Buchanan with the whole South at his back with myself
mn ffh n
am ant-savery man-went to make the Missouri line
I" liked iact' 10 the Pacific Mr. Polk went for that
sition that already fixed fact'-that the North
already bound in good faith to carry out the line 70
Pacific in the Northwest We wanted territory in the
Southwest to preserve the equilibrium Of slave power
in the Union This We had acquired by the annexation,
and its prosayery phase would have been preserved by
running the Missouri line TO the Pacific. Mr.. Polk
conte1ded ii did extfnd-everybody else except
Mr. Calhoun 80 contendcd but spite Of friend foe
he offered his amendment to the Oregon bill, which
conceded that did not so Extend and he-not James Blu
chanan-ot the value Of the extension 70 the South lie
made geographical line applying only 70 territory
acquired from france and Spain. Nr. Buchan an and
Polk and myself and all others, urged over cmatory
ine and did TO the Pacific. 10 concedc otherwise,
was TO put hands in the lion mouth Of majority
was concedc that had the fixed fact Of the line
jory against We were in Il minority, and Of course
would be voted down without that admission The cost
of running that line TO the Pacific may be valued thus
10 yrrinia-We get a thousand dolarv for sound
slave; would then have gotten from three 70 nve
thousand dollars for operative in the gold mines OF
California four hundred thousand multiplied by five thou
sand. or even three thousand will show our immense
loss. One billion Of dollars would not compensate Virgil
MIA for her los in not running the line on to the Pacific
until annexation II then our turn, and did not
take it. That was not Mr.. Buchanan's fault. Had
il SO been fixed "ebo shns and gizzard fee"
true COULDN'T have poked their North into the do
mnion Jack Frost but then free sosm couldn't have
poked it, South Of that line has since the COM
promises Of 1850. Yet though thus proposed by the
South and by Buchanan the pharsees and hypocrts who
bowling the repeal Of the Missouri COM
promise were the very men oppose the extension Of
the Missouri line, and TO making it fixed fact. Their
rcproach 10 Mr. Buchanan and to the South Is equaed
only in injustice by the reproach which some Southern
have cast in upbraidng Nr. Buchanan for the pro-
posed extension Of the line 10 the Pacific The
and Just Douglas has done him justice in that behalf and
has taken upon himself his commission OF participation
III the act Mr. Buchanan was equally sound on the Kan
sas Nebraska bill. He was not member Of Congress
Of the Cabinet when that measure was proposed and
passed. He didn't know that Mr.. b. would have proposed
.introduced' such measure at the tme but 1t had
PASSED; had repealed the Missouri compromise had
turned Iii to aatu quo 1890; it had but followed
out the compromise measure of 1850, which had
already violated and done away with the line
of 1920; and it left us as we ought ever
10 have been left TO our original rights under the coIs
tuition Ills friends Of Pennsy yania in nominating him
Harrisburg had, excluding the idea Of squatter
regnty adopted the principle OF intervention by
Congress to prevent to exclude slavery, and OF
state equality in the Territories, leaving the rights Of all
to be guarded by the constitutions and Immediately upon
his home he adopted their nomination Of him,
placed this platform. This identification enough
with that measure 1t was all which could fairly be
asked given by him and his friends. In addition 70
this the principle Of the Kansas Nebraska bill has been
incorporated into the democratic platform by the Con
Cincinnati and thereon he stands unreseryedy,
without adding to taking away single plank of Its
principles. And il well and II was wise that the de
mocratc party asked more than this. II was well
that they did not attempt 10 exclude every man from
the Presidency because he did not happen to
Introduce" this measure. II would have been going
too far to have thus secured monopoly OF pretcn-
eions for that high Office to those only who
happened to be members Of Congress, Of the
executive at the time Of the proposal Of particular
ure. Men there outside well as inside Il
Congress and the administration who approved Of IT,
introduction OF the measure, though the country
not about it, introduction; and there
men sound slavery who did not approve of its intro
duc,on,n and yet, who would have voted for it, and
would fight against its repeal. 1t would not have
dore he repeated have made the Kansas Nebraska bill
hobby horse Tor privileged few. to exclude all others
ON the for bonors there were other wcighter
matters uf the law, - and other modes OF maicsting
other than upon that particular measure As
the bill proposed and passed, II did repeal &
Missouri lire and carry out the compromise Of 1850,
though that compromise cost us mucl-as IT left
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