The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-11-13
win walker bo sustained7

We must have the wood or the money.
win walker be sustained7
James buchanan finds himself, just
now, in the position Of man in a railroad
,unnel, with a train coming either way.
lie Is Ia a quandary. To move to The
right or loft is certain political DEATH
IIo has undertaken an impossibility,t TO witi
10 please both the North aud the South.
and the consequence will be. that he will
he ropudiaied by both. To maintain
neutral ground, in The present condition
Of things, is an absolute impossibility -
He must show his hand-he must either
sustain Walkers Kansas policy IN toto, or
express his disapprobatiou by oleciing
his removal forthwith Let him choose
whichever horn Of the dilemma he will.
the prestige Of his political power will
depart forever. James Buchanan owes
his election to the fact, that in the North,
no was represented as true to the iutor-
ests Of Freedom. The people will now
have an opportunity Of testing the sim
oerity Of that declaration. Gov. Walker,
(the stupid ass. by throwing out the iic
titious votes Of Oxford and MeGeo pre-
oincls, has frustrated all the nice laid
schemes Of the ire-oaters aud placed the
Administration under the unpleasant ne
oossiy Of showing its hand Tho
South smarting under ,boir disappoiut-
mont, like a tgress that has missed her
prey, now turn, with open mouth and
blood red tongue, upon the President and
Coy. Walker. From tho whole region
south Of Mason d Dixon's line there
comes up growl Of disapprobation and
low muttqrings Of suppressed wrath;
fearful premonilions Of the storm chat is
to follow Nothing short of Walkers
removal will appeAae these blood thirsty
frceaiers
In the North, tho popular leeling is
equally intense. No sooner did the news
begin to spread, that Walkers course was
condemned by tho Administration, than
remonslrauces, as thick as black birds,
began to pour into Washington from New
York and Massachusetts: and such was
the pressure brought to bear upon tho
President that il drew from him des-
tory Of previous reports. This was done
however to carry New York for the
Amalgamationists. The declaration,
however insincere, has stirred up another
Pa,demoniam in the South They are
not satisfied with mere profession. They
want some overt act Of loyalty to Slavery,
to test a mans fidelity, When the next
Congress convoues and Walkers appoint
mont comes up for confirmation, the
South under the lead Of Jefferson Davis
and Toombs, viii oppose Il and unless tho
Republican members come to his aid, the
appointment win not be sustained and
both Buchanan and Walker will be loft
without a majority in either branch Of
Congress. la that case. we are anxious
10 know what course Douglas. Pugh and
other Northern doughfaoes will pursue
VIII they sustain Gov Walker or not?
win they declare by their votes and their
acts, that tho principles Of popular soyer
eighty contained in the Kansas Nebraska
Bill, shall be faithfully carried outY or
will lhey endeavor to fasten the cnrso Of
Slavery upon Kansas by Illegal votes and
border-rufian rule9 We will SEQ.
Weighing these facts carefully in our
mind, we cannot but conclude that the
country is on the eve Of groat political
Tevulsioa, uneQualled even by that Of '54,
The Democratic party, no longer posses
sing the power Of ooherency, is about to fall
topieces and l"ose It's nationality Walkers
Kansas policy is tho entering wedge to
tho consummation Of this end. The
great mass Of the party North would.
in that case, fuse with the Free Soil party
and there would bo essentially but two
parties in the countryside party Of Free
dom and the party Of Slavery, Buchan-
an like "poor Pierce" will then be left
aloue, deserted by both the North and
the South, standing monument of the
fate Of a political demagogue; and he viii
retire to the shades Of privacy, unknown
unhonored and unsung."
Slavery In Oregon,
The Convention, elected for the pur-