The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-08


ine that slavery under The the Federal
government into all the Territories which the ju-
with the that the pc pie Of the Territores
have no right 10 make laws to exclude 1t till the Terrific
sis are somed ss states ane that the seope Of Kan
,ure convened ut the Shs Mission guilty tres
SGD and AIMED resistance to the whisa Is duy
to put Gown. The same influence which has hitherto
the counsels OF government packed the
Cncr patti Cooyeption, constructed its PLATFORM nomI
matt It's candidate for the Presidency win dictate
his course If he Is elected.
[Fiom the Journal of Commercial Pierce Administra-
ton o gan]
The selection of Mr. Buchsns will tend to siren
the public faith in he r of the people
meIt Among the most experienced of The remaining
vice curing period extending halt che existence of
the lepube hs has exhbi ed in the various exalted
ns ior their respective duties perfect comprehension
OF ibe inte ess entrusted to his charge undertaking
tion, and liberal and patriotic those cons
otatoLs Necessary 10 the adjustment OF conflicting
ro5al interests, which have hih herto so happily
pecedented egeopemont OF expansion power ard pros
peit and which the of general civilization
and progress no iefs than our own permanent well being
require 10 be maintained.
Inc news Of the nomir ion received by the demo-
Gratis OF this city with rejoicing The wekin
mace TO ring with peaIs Of cannon which continued At
short intervals for at least hour The gun used on
tbs occasion was captured FROM the British Ssratogs
and 1t wss fired by tie Buchanan Volunteer
n the evening hundred guns fired, under the
pices If the Democratic General Committee Tsmmapy
Boil was Illuminated ard huge bonfire built in front
OFT The IammSny ratification will take place Wed
he is well received by the pu ble gene.
rally Mr.. Buchansn's election will be considered
for domestic quiet on the basis Of the cnsttu
N a and for friendly relations with f'regn Powers.
From the Ne York bupe--Sewardite and Fou risris
Mr. Buchsnsc is q good candidate FOR his party, pre-
ci.y because be is not directly implicated in of the
10 ard worst OF that partys coings. Had he been at
ht tme in 1884 he necessarily have been involved
in the passage oftss Nebrasks bill and its disastrous
e9uenees l. is only the abb wh,h be proved
his benaf, which tenc MIN available ddAte
than Fierce CT Douglas And those who will sup port
him must he pe,f y sare ths, will follow in the
footsteps OF those hs has supplaneJ do the work
elected, which they have elr uncompietea Nay: the
facts thar he not in the fight and ives his
nomination manly TO Northern votss, will constraiu
him 10 comit hnsef more utterly and abjectly to the
evinced greater piisncy subssrviency to
that power than James Buchanan.
And this s, after all the only question Of any
quepce involved in the Presidential contest. Who cares
whether this man or that is called to the White
House, save his election shall rebound to the esab
tIiess In contemplating this ISSUE all personal con.
sde atlons fade into niGance. We ssk not who
but who will ro back tide OF ruau violence and gi
gsntic fraud which tor two have rendered the Ter
her beneath the heel ruthless Invaders intent
only on her subugaon TO slavery by any means. and
at all hazards AZ we look out tho contest for which
The hosts are now herring hear the of the
by which the partisans Of Buchanan are hsing
his triumph at Cincinnati but rather that of tho federal
by which the chief edce of Lawrence was battered
Gown by Sheriff q posse, in obedience to the
dictates Of pro slavery Grand Jury, while the Of
free labor and hum rights ravaged their ma
terias thrown into the river The bonres raised in
can Iever hide the urid blaze Of the burning dvnrs
OF Governor Robinson ard his ccmpAtrots, guilty ef no
crime but that of ha.ng slavery and loving freedom The
cheers OF ten thousand patissns, rejoicing they
hsve no longer to Pierce and Douglas their
meoAte shoulders, ring out the evening air; bu. the
Kansas have made WIDOWS and orphans because their
husbands and fathers esired and labored their
tnue to be heard lorg after those cheers shall ded
away The wrongs q the free State readers now inpri
shall yet be god ty the American people, whose yer
dc in November must be against slavery usurpation
and wrong, and in favor o. justice humanity and free
from the Times--Junier Seward Orgsul
gotten, there Is much In his personal character
acquescence in the wisdom Of the nomination. man
OF large though somewhat tutlsss experience and fa-
miariy with the world his agreeable manners ao ready
peasanry In social intercourse insure him the liking OF
those who encounter him in private lie In pubic lie,
piisd, even at those epochs Of imminent emergency
when the latent powers of reused and exhibited
IN hs la get extent has Mr.. Buchanan dstiny
himself by taient, courage. decision Of char
acter. ChaDgeful, uncertain, vacilatirg, directed
s none ONE. Of m those s generous impulses which marked
Clay, he lhas set ccolly down TO the anatomy of cir.
cumstances studying their relations with his private
ing only the instincts of right and justice have taken
places in the issue At once any trait eminenty
it is cold, calculating selshness passive rather than
active, because based en- m.docrty of talent pract
taee Governed BY this cauous policy. he has never
Throughout long legislative career suggested or orig
pa'ed single measure Of Importance to
the Unien At these crises OF threatened convulson
when the interposion Of great could alone
avoid the catastrophe, Mr.. Buchara never that
name slow il deed to ally himself with uptried ventures
he has not embraced the side Of order peace until its
popularity out doors assured At the Of his
political career ederast of the strsitest sect fede
rast he has remantd, although Identified with and ac
mmoe a'ipg himself to the varying doctrines and for
M tnos n Seeosurs Il RI: Hence without any
EDITORIAL questions than may be drawn from The pub
shea and uprepudated letter to Hon. John slde and
om the undeciphetable platform upon which he IL no.
minated, We are authorized to believe Mr. Buchanan will
60 all iergh In the policy inaugurated by Douglas and
supremacy of the federal government over the
States. and ever the people.
Cncint a Con venton as either safe or He can
not be otherwise Than unsafe the present moment who
in questions Of domestic interest uphoIds nvsterately
doctrines ,ubvervs Of State sovereignty or Who in the
aenduct Of foreign policy has displayed the
Weakness and tendency to bluuder and beog himself
which Mr. Buchanan manifested throughout his recent
intercourse with the Bri ish Foreign Office The republic
nov, evsr, requires statesman at theheIm The crisis
Is the most perous which ever been exposed II
can, hereafter encounter danger more formidable
Looking ~ the career OF Mr. Buchanan in the favor
satesmanshp nothing but cold Dloodsd self sessn9
ana Graf. OF the party politician than the elevation OF
precsed avoided. We doubt whether the Masses to
wnom the Convention commends its abors, will not be
found OF our opinion.
From the Express-F Fillmore Know Nothingl
Unfortunately for Mr. Buchanan, he is by the plat
form ADOPTED, peoged 10 the same policy The
Of the Pierce administration already endorsed and
probably the man himself. He has held office under it
abroad and he has in advance, announced his adher-
ence to measures which he before condemned He has
stood upon the Missouri Compromise fiat footed and in
his recent declarations has acquiesced and approved OF
is repeal He has record against the extension of
slavery, ard record against arretrg the ex ension OF
slavery. He has democratic record and federal re-
cord. as red and blue Lucifer himself His antece.
dents politician Of the worst possible sort and OF
so mixed cast that 1t will lead all cautious men to mis-
rnst him. He has been aspiring for the Presidency
bed fes eral certificates election uncer the worst re-
gime of federalism, and democratic certificates of
election since the time fortune first favored Andrew
jackson. He has been extreme rarty man. too
sni as such wanting in mspnAnimIty TO political
opponents. witness his treatment Henry Clay and
his attacks on John Davis of Mass for expong his