The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-10


Inr.eAd Of further comments Of our own
on the subject Of Buchanan's letter, we ask
the attention Of our readers to the following
from tho Chicago Tribune:
Ma. BucHASAN's LErrER.-Had Mr.. Blu
chanan been Governor Of the Province Of
Pennsylvania at the time Of the American
Revolution, he would have proved himself
the last friend and sturdy supporter oi the
Crown--the apologist for the taxation with
out representation To which the colonists
were suhectcd--thc defender and advocate
o. the military terrorism against which they
rebclied. In his letter "a Professor Silliman
and others he 50 writes himself down: and
there Is not position that he has assum-
ed IN that document, in relation TO the ai-
fairs 81 the Territory, that would not have
applied with equal or greater force 10 the
necessity and justice ol maintaining the col
onia! government in Pcnnsy wanna, against
the attacks of Franklin and his coadutor.
all ianatics--in l,12 to lT76. The ty-
rants dogma - Obey the Law - behind
which lac shields himself, is insufficient for
his defence; because il is notorious --acknow
lodged on all sides and by cyer,body-that
the law that he avows that he will enforce.
lacks the essential and indispensable pre-
requisite Of ,alidity--thc consent or those
for whom il was framed II was not made
by them, by their concurrence, or even by
those whom properly constituted authority
lad appointed to rule over them while in
their minority. Ii cannot be entitled to
consideration Of free and law -obeyine men
and no Ingenuity can prove that the settlers
owe Il atithe of the respect that was due 70
the acts &c Parliament efrectinp the thirteen
colonies, i'm consequence If which the men III
.6took uparms. Thelaw is the work ola mob
II - the outgrowth Of violence and invasion
those who execute IT are usurpers; and
those who defend them in 20 doing are nc.
cessorics alter the fact. Mr.. Buchanan ha.
not been in his grave for the last three year.
that these things are unknown to him He
doubtless, is aware ofsll the facts Of the case
and that lac should make use not only &c IL
hrs constitutional power, but that he should
60 beyond the Constitution and transcend
the authority with which il clothes him. e
consuinmate the dcvilish work that Dougla.
begun and Atchison and Stringfellow con
tinucd, Is proof sufficient Of his complete
Identification with that turbulent olirarch,
that, at whatever cost, is determined Z,
plant itself and institutions in all the Ter
| ritories OF tue I nitcd states.
Saying nothing of the enor,nity Of his
proposed action, his letter is open 20 great
objections. Ii j. disingenno,is and unworthy
OF the high official station Of it, writer. II.
assumption, n facts, ot what are notorio,i,
untrutsh; its condemnation IT the Free State
men, who, in all the past controversy, have
confended only Tor Their plainest rights its
omission Of the causes that have led to the
present deplorable condition of affairs: it,
recognition of the acts Of the invading Mis-
sourians, ~ the acts of the people Of the
Territory, are worthy Of Douglas, who ha.
no reputation for truth and yeracity I,
lose. They would be mere ornaments in =
haranguc OF that demagogne but they ar,
not becoming To the Chief Magistrate Of I'll,
Republic in the discussion Of the most i'm
Portant question that has agitatcd the pub
lc mind since the close uf the Revolution
the principles of which Mr. Buchanan nov
contemns. Of the evidence that the l~ttc,
furnishes that the author has embraced th.
ultraism of Calhoun, and discarded the COZ,
scrSatism Of jefferson, we shall hereafte,
speak.