Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-11-26
s.B. ROW, EDIroR AND PnornIE1oR.
CLEARFIELD, PA, NOV. e6, 1856.
WHAT THE SOUTH EXPECTS.

WHAT THE SOUTH EXPECTS.
Immediately after it was known that James
Buchanan had received sufficient electoral
votes to make him the next President, the
leading papers of his party at the South threw
out intimations of what their section of the
Union expected of him. At first, their sug-
gestions were made cautiously and guardedly;
but soon they were expressed more boldly and
unequivocally. The Richmond Enquirer SEEM
ed to take the lead in this matter, and mere
hint from it that revival of the slave trade
would be acceptable to the South, was follow
ed by open avowal on the part of the Char
lesion, South Carolina, Standard, New Orleans
Della, and other prominent journals, that this
obnoxious trade must be resuscitated. Stimuli
taneous with this unequivocaI announcement,
the first named paper gave Mr.. Buchanan his
orders relative to his appointments-tha as
N. York had done nothing for him, he must do
nothing for her-and, (.unkindest cut of all, y
tells the politicians of the ssEmpire State''
that they can do without their assistance in e.
lecting a President of the United States.-
All this bold dictation was manifestly intended
to persuade Mr.. Buchanan to pursue such line
of policy as would eventually enable the South
to succeed in all her ambitious designs. Syco-
phancv was also literally resorted to, and
seemingly his Southern friends had the most
unlimited confidence in him. But Judging
from the recent tone of some of the Southern
journals, serious misgiyings are entertained of
Mr.. Duchanan's integrity to their interests.
They begin to think that ssthe favorite SOM
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at the North, as evinced in the enormous vote
cast against him-that the fear of sinking his
party at the North, may induce him to oppose
their views and objects. As an offset to the
influences named, they are now proposing to
try the virtue of their usual tactics-they say
they viii s'make the South so strong in her
material progress, in her domestic reforms, in
her political attitude, as to keep the North in
check by the only arguments which romain to
be used against Free Soil-fear and interest,""
This is their own language, and there is no
misunderstanding it. But lest Mr.. Buchanan
might not fully comprehend their meaning,
they declare that if he ssrely upon old explo-
ded expedients for success, if he devote him
self to laborious do-nothing policy, he will
signally fail but if he turn his back on those
expedients, and direct the energies of the Gov
ernment where the Ostend letter points, to wit,
to the tropics, towards Cuba, Nicaragua and
Mexico, they will succeed" They further
declare that, as Mr.. Buchanan owes his cleo
tion to the South, he will be a traitor, and in
sensible to every feeling of gratitude, if he
forget and disregard the obligations it implies !;
if he does not look to our interests in Cuba,
if he does not fortify Walker in Nicaragua,
and forestaI Spanish and French designs upon
Mexico. What grand acquisitions these would
be Mexico, with her eight millions OTTOMAN
Catholics, will doubtless be a strong tempta-
tion for the head of Democratic Administra-
ton, And Cuba and Nicaragua must certain
" awaken the liveliest sensations in Southern
slave dealers! The South seems determined
upon these acquisitions, and expects Mr..
Buchanan to favor them. She desires new
order of things introduced. The New Orleans
Delta, of the 11th inst, Buchanan paper,
thus speaks on this point
ssThe people from Maine to California are
sick and tired of old issues. They want some
thing new, bold and expansive They want a
policy in keeping with steam, railroads and
telegraphs. They want new leaders, new
homes and new ideas. The new policy must
come from the South-must be sustained by
the independent press, and the leaders in Con,
press must be men so seated and fixed in the
heart of hearts of the Southern people tC
command cur approval, even if leading us a
gainst established prejudices and party gods
We have the men for the emergency. We
will have John a. Quitman, of Mississippi, il
the House, and Jefferson Davis, of the same
gallant State, in the Senate. They are bott
men of principle, regarding fidelity to noble
ends infinitely more honorable and glorious
than ignoble success. They are Injured to the
battle harness, both civic and military, and il
peace orwar the South will always know where
to find them. They have no mean past a
their backs, but they are men of the future
too, and in settling the great question which
must be met, sooner or later, they VIII have
conspicuous parts to enact. That question i
this. to wit Whether this Union shall b.
Northern and Sectional, (to use seeming
contradiction in terms,) or Southern and Ma
fional 2''
There, we have given the programme a
made out by the Southern slavery extension
lists. We wonder how their Northern Demo
cratic brethren will relish it. As we remarke'
last week, there is trouble ahead, and we thinl
Mr.. Buchanan must be satisfied that he vii
have some difficulty in satisfying the South
and at the same time meet the expectations o
a large majority of his party at the North.
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