Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

The PATRIOTIC REBUKE.-We do not know
that We ever before read letter more likely to
do good in its time, than the Presidents reply
TO the fanatic clergymen of Connecticut, who
recently undertook to lecture him upon his Of
fetal duties, which We take from this mornings
Union, and print herewith.
To US, it is the most grateful document we
ever read. The Stars readers know we'll that
we are sincerely devoted to the maintenance
Of the rights of the South as guaranteed in the
Constitution. Notwithstanding tie steadiness
with which We have defended them for long
years, the frmness with which we have resisted
the tendency Of some of our hot blooded and
unthinking friends in our own section to split
of from the democratic organization, under an
entire misapprehension of the views of the Ad-
ministration with reference to the Kansas ques
ton, has earned us of late much ilI-will among
those whom we had every reason to regard as
men entirely confding in us. We have re-
ceiyed message on message, and letter after let
ter, upbraiding the Star for breaking the force
of the efforts of those who would madly organize
possible, Southern party; the gist of their
representations being that the republication Of
the Stars neutrality-suspicious. of facts-on the
present phase Of the Kansas question, had
served greatly to check the late very general
Southern Democratic disposition to assume a
position likely to make a full and frank sup
port of the National Administration by tie
Southern Democracy, almost an impossibility.
We bore these reproachss in silence, content
to abide the vindication of the entire integrity
of our course on this delicate question, which
in drawing from the President himself an expo
sition of his position, policy and views with ref
ersnce to Kansas, that would satisfy all true
Southern Democrats that those who accused
him Of disposition to bate jot or title of the
just obligations of the pledge of the Cincinnati
Democratic Convention to conserve Southern
rights, did him grievous injustice, indeed.
1t is, therefore, with more heartfelt pleasure
than we can express, that we point to the manly,
able, patriotic and crushing reply of James
Buchanan, that will be found below, as the ex-
position which will instantly put to fight all
the suspicious of the integrity of the Admins
trations course upon the Kansas question,
which true-hearted Southern Democrats may
have entertained.
10 his ExcELLENCY JAMES BUCHANAN,
President of the United States.
1yhe undersigned, citizens of the United States,
anS electors OF the STATE of Connecticut respect
fully offer TO your E1oelIsRey this their Memorial
The fundamental principle of the Constitution
OF the United states and Of our political insttu-
tons is that the people shall make their orn lars
and elect their rulers.
We see with grief, if not with establishment,
that Gov. Walker, of Kansas, openly represents
and proclaims that the President OF the United
states IL employing through him an army, one
purpose Of which is 10 force fhs people of Kansrs
90 obey fatrs nor their OIcH, of the United
States, but laws which IL is notorious and estab-
lished upon evidence, they never made, and
rulers they never elected.
We represent, therefore, that by the foregoing
your exceilency Is openly held up and proclaimed,
TO the great derogatiOn OF our national character,
az violating in its most essential particular the
solemn oath which the President his taken TO
support the Consultation Of this UHi0R.
We call attention further TO the fact that your
ercellency Is. in like manner, held up to this
ton, TO all mankind. and to all posterity in the
attitude OF Z" !sryiRg rrGT against IA portion of
ThS United StatsS'' by employing arms in Kansas
20 uphold a body Of men, and code or enact
nents Purporting to be legislative, but which
never had the election. nor sanction nor consent
of the people ef the Territory.
We earnestly represent TO your excellency that
we also have taken the oath to obey the consttI-
tion; and your eTesllsHey may be assured that we
shall not refrain from the PRAYER that ALMIGHTY
COP will make your administration an example
OF Justice and benehcence, and with His terrible
majesty protect our people aud our constitution.
NATHL w. TAYLOR, DAVID SMITH,
THEODORE ID. woOLsEY j. HAYES,
HENRY DUTION. JAMES r. BABcocK
CbARLEs l.. ENGLISH, GA CALHOUN
J II: BRocHwAY, Err. GILsEKr
Ill w. BLAKE, LEONARD BACON,
Ill IVES, H.. KINGSLEY,
b. SILLINAS, Jr. Il. SILLiMAN
Noah PORTER, EDWARD c. HERRIcK,
THOMAS A. THATCHER, CHARLES IvEs,
A. DAVENPORT. WIN. Z. EUsTIs IT.
nMoEIHi,SeIoN HOOKER, ALEX. c. TwISING,