The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-02-15
The Conservative Press on the Presi.
dents Message.

One OF the most significant signs Of the
day is the bold manner in which the coHserr-
a,ire press now speak Of the pro-slayery
demagogues. They have been foreed into
decided sentiments, along with the bulk of
the Northern people, by the unwarrantable
agitation kept up in the interest of slavery.
We could produce columns of such senti-
ments taken from conservative journals on
the occasion of the late special message
But as examples, it will suffice to add few
extracts from the Boston press.
The old Daily Advertiser says:
Sickening Us this document is to every
one who reads il with common understand
ing of the facts Of which it treats, we arc
willing 10 give 40 much credit to the Presi-
dent, as 20 suppose that that unhappy man,
surrounded by aatteres and false friends,
really thinks he has justly balanced the
right and wrong Of this case and, in pro-
posing now State Convention, hopes that
he shall suit everybody, and dispel civil war.
The address bears the marks OF the gruss-
est ignorance and prejudice, but not of in
territorial ialsehOod, which has been charged
upon it,"
The Boston Traveller remarks:
I'VE have now the Presidents message
entire, on the affairs of Kansas, from the
columns OF the Washington Union. The
abstract by telegraph, published some Gays
since, gave q very fair idea of the message.
IL is throughout little else than PartiEin
argument against ex-Goy. Reeder and the
Free State party in Kansas. There arc
scarcely a dozen consecutive lines in the
whole mcssasc-which would fill about two
of our cOlumns-that are such as CHIEF
magistrate of the United States should have
addressed TO Congress. Governor Rceler IL
arraigned, tried and condemned, without u
chance Of being heard in his own defence
Indeed, the prominent design of the Presi-
dent in this extraordinary message, seems TO
have been, to prejudice the public mind
against Ex-Governor Recler. For Presi-
dent Of the U. ). to adopt such u course, is
mean and pitilul in the extreme. To attack
a man in public document, TO which the
accused can have no chance to reply with
any advantage, is beneath the dignity Of any
executive officer, above all, that Of the
President of the U. s."
The Boston Journal adds
1.-THE message is continuation Of the
remarkable chapter on the slavery question
in his recent annual message
Ii was designed to create political capital
at the South, and to secure the selection OF
delegates 10 the Cincinnati Convention who
will be favorable to the pretentions Of Pres-
ideut Pierce to Democratic nomination.
Southern favor is seemingly the leading card
in the Presidential game, and upon this
Gen. Pierce has staked his future prospects
and even reputation itself. However care
fully we may read the recent Presidential
message, we shall fail TO find u paragaph-
nay, even n line-which would do violence
to the feelings of the most ardent slavery
prOpagandist. while the President is not
sraring of his Misrepresentation and CEN
sures Of those at the North who are striving
to make Kansas what il would have become
had il not been for the unrighteous abro-
cation of the Missouri Compromises free
State