The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-19

Mr. Buchanan's administration. We have here
the Southern disunion programme for the Presi-
dent elect, aIG the platform Of the democratic
yarty for the campaign OF 1850, very clearly and
frankly defined. 1t is simple, yet broad aud
general as the casing air. 1t is nothing more
nor less than the tremendous expedient of bury
ing our domestic agitations upon the slavery
question in the overwhelming excitements of a
general flibustering foreign war.
The necessities demanding some desperate ex-
pertinent OF this sort for the purpose Of restoring
he shattered fortunes Of the democratic party,
are very forcibly put by our New Orleans cotem-
porary. We are told that the retention Of the go
yernment for eight consecutive years by the de-
mocracy will only serve to consolidate the OPP
position forces-that the secret Of Mr.. Buchanan >
success in the four Northern States which ne has
carried will be discovered TO the prejudice Of the
South when they shall approach in the next Con-
gress the question Of admitting Kansas as slave
State-tDat the South will find it difficult,
if not impossible, to bring Kansas as
slave State into the Union-and '1sGt
The dag Kr. Buchanan signs bill 70 that cfec,
j erer passed, his party I'll Re dead and buried a.
The North" True as gospel every word OF il;
but what then 1t is just at this critical point
OF life or death that Mr.. Jefferson Davis comes
forward with his grand scheme for saving Mr..
Buchanan, for rebuilding the democratic party,
and for making the South impregnabie against
Northern aggressions
dr. Davis fatty tells Mr.. Buchanan that "old
exploded cxpedients viii not do" that a labo
rious do nothing policy" and "a foreign circum-
locution office" are not up TO the mark; but that
they will sink his administration at the end Of
four years lower than did plummet ever sound
On the other hand if Mr.. Buchanan shall direct
the energies Of the government 10 where the Os-
tend letter points, y towards the tropics towards
Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico he will succeed. +"
He is admonishea that "he owes his election to
the South and that "hc viii be a traitor, ard In
sensible to every manly feeling of gratitude, if
he forgets' this fact, and the obligations it i'm
plies"
Here the argument, the warning and the threat
all go together First, the party is upon its last
legs, and its desperate case requires desperate
remedy-that remedy is not Kansas as slave
State, for that prescription will kill the patient
outright without some more powerful
counter-irritation. But let Mr.. Buchanan
get up a flibustering descent upon Gu
ba, and wrest it from Spain, If we have
the power" 'let him fortify Walker in Mica
ragua and forestall Spanish and French designs
upon Mexico" degenerate Central America"
and emancpate "the West Indies from the infar
nous free negroisrn established by the enemies Of
American republicanism," and his administra-
ton will be wound up in universal blaze Of
democratic glory. But let him shrink, let him
forget that he has been elected by the South, and
what he owes the disunion agitators Of the
South, and they plumply tell him that he shall
die the death Of traitor.
Such are the terms Of peace which Mr. Jefier-
son Davis and his Southern disunion faction offer
to Mr.. Buchanan-such is their notable scheme
for covering up the Kansas issue, and for re-
building the broken fortunes OF demoralized
and expiring party. Prudent and conservative
men, however-patriotic and Union loving men,
of all parties, and Of all sec.ions-will be ap. to
shrink from this formidable programme Of fill
clustering spoliation aud foreign war, which
alone, we are told, is competent to save the new
administration, or the party supporting it, from
absolute humiliation. A maritime war against
England, France and Spain would unquestion-
ably rally the body " the American people to
the support OF the administration, but the issues
Of such war TO our commerce, to
the exposed Soalh, TO the institution of
slavery, and to The party in power, lie beyond
the range Of human calculation Above
all, what acquisitions, what glory, what strength
Of home or abroad could We expect from &C.
neral worldwide naval war brought upon US
from a disgraceful Glibustering attempt to
wrest the island Of Cuba from Spain, If we
have the power?'
No thousand times. no, This is not the
.olcy Of Mr.. Buchanan--this Is not the way OF
safety and success TO his administration and his
party but the broad highway to destruction.
If he can acquire the island OF Cuba through
honest negotiations, good The North win
cheerfully consent and contribute to the acquis-
ton. But wc must bide our time and IL the
flibusteTing experiments at Madrid aud Ostend
under poor Pierce, have postponed the golden
opportunity We must siill consent to bide our
time The unsullied honor Of a nation Ike this
Il worth thousand Cubas. But how, then, Is
Mr.. Buchanan TO avoid the finishing blow which
his party viii receive IN the North from the day
that be signs q bin admitting Kansas into the
Union n a slave state and how is he to elevate
his administration from the low level Of poor
Pierce, and restore the desperate fortunes Of the
sinking democracy
Tic answer 10 these questions Is our object in
view. This Southern disunion faction, Jefferson
Davis. slidcll, Wise, Toombs, johnson Of Georgia.
senator Mason, Butler. Brooks, Atchison, u. J.
Walker and Company, must b cut sdrift. This
disorganiziDg disunion faction lies at the bottom
al all The troubles and disasters Of poor Pierce
and tbc democracy under his trucking and imbe-
clio administration Let Mr. Buchanau then