The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-30
. From the Boston Courier (Opposition)
The Presidents Reply to his Connect
cut COunselors.

From the Boston Courier (Opposition)
The Presidents Reply to his Connect,
cut Counselors.
For our. own part, upon reading the
Presidents reply, the first sentiment
which occurred to our miIds, was one
OF unqualified qualification that we, the
people of the United States, had an ac-
tual President. and not mere man of
straw or wax, in the place of the supreme
executive officer of the nation. There
is no avoidance of the question, or of
any question pertinent to the issue in
the paper submitted to the self-constitu-
ted Connecticut committe, and inciI4,=
try. = r.. .... ..
The advice commended to these gen
tlemen, in the concluding paragraph Of
the Presidents reply, is timely and
iudicious. The second sentence briefly,
but directly and explicitly, states the
subject, in its principles and operation,
and Mr.. Buchanan deserves the graft
tude Of all rational men for his manly
SldlclllcHt VI Viz uCSCsSoiy ioouAeS, w
which a spirit like that exhibited by
these Connecticut zealots must lead and
always had led. If there be any one
fact manifest to the eye of sober survey,
it is that incalculable mischief has been
inflicted by its indulgence-that, under
its influence, the prospects of emanci-
patton have uniformly retrograded and
the cause and hopes Of true philanthropy
have been discouraged and repressed
1t has not been common certainly here
tofore for a Chief Magistrate of the
United States to express his views upon
such subject SO plainly upon such an
appeal, if one of precisely similar
natureswas eYersmade before. But the
occasion and She condition q the coun'
Try denan'sd it. p. ...s ....
From the Phiadslphia Ledger. tNeutral9
We doubt whether in our politica
history there ever was an example o.
such gross improperly set by any body
of men, holding respectable position
in society as its teachers and instrnc
tors, as has been presented by these New
England clergymen. The humanity
charity and justice which they profess
to teach, as virtues which exalt the
Character. are, in their own conduct
entirely set aside. They assume tt
know more of the true relation of affairs
in Kansas than the President, whose
duty it is to be well informed upon al
public questions, and whose public lift
has been devoted to the politics Of thu
nation. They charitably assume tina
he is not governed by views Of publ,
duty conscientiously interpreted, bu
lends himself willing instrument t.
fraud and oppression. Their sense O
Justice may be inferred from the fac
that, without a hearing, or knowing
what motives and policy govern tn,
President, they declare his course. il
sustaining the acts of Gov. Walker, j!
"openly held up and proclaimed, to thu
great derogatioa Of our national charac
ter, as violating n its most essential par
ticular the solemn oath which the Presi
dent has taken to support the constitu
ton of this Union" They undertak.
to lecture the President and forget de
corum. charity and justice in the act
He replies with dignity, and proves then
to be ignorant of the facts in the case
and totally unacquainted with the con
stitutional obligations he has assumed
as the Executive power, and being thu
shamefully ignorant they are very uni
guides to mark out the path OF oficia
duty, or very imperfect expounders o
political rights. = = = Th'
President. in his treatment of thos
memorialists, has departed from an ex
cellent rule not to be drawn into q con
troversy with private citizens upon hi
official acts; but the country will thanl
him for the proof he has given it, tina
) he means to be President while in Office
; and will perform his duty, firmly, faith
fully and conscientiously, in despite Q
. partisan clamor and intermeddling fror
ofiicious sources, whatever characte
they may assume. ... .,.-
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