Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-03-26
pARAoRapHs on POLITICS.

aiism? Candidate or not, we are willing 10 make
our political standpoint known.
PARAGRAPHS ON POLITICS.
Since the adjournment Of the Senate, and TAX
ing advantage Of temporary relief, consequent
thercupon, from the overwhelming rush of Office
seekers, the new Cabinet have set to work earn
estly to mark out the policy of the Administration
This is, of course, found to be labor Of great
difficulty; involving, as the i'npo" ut object, the
reconciliation of dscorlent and violently conflict
ing interests The imminent danger Of the Demo-
cratic party is in the burden Of its own weight
in the threatened disintegration and demoraliza-
ton of its own elements. The outward pressure
which has heretofore kept its parts together s for
n time poweress and cohesion must be made to
continue by the earnest and skillfuy- ap-
plication Of inherent energy. Or all the agents
to this end, the "pubic plunder,' first of all, de-
mands attention. Here, difference OF opinion
appears to exist in the Cabinet connsels. The
Northern and Western States demand 'srotation
in Office" md accordingly hordes Of leaders are
spos while Mt the South, public opinion, with
singular unanimity, dcnounces this disgraceful
and destructive precedent, and urges upon the
Administration the adoption of o line Of policy
better keeping with the future integrity of the
government Rumor says, that Mr.. BUCHANAN
has decided to ''dea with fools according to their
folly" to adopt the rotation policy so far rs it
may affect the Northern and Western States, and
to retain public officers in the South except in ca
ses of palpablc ineficiency. We trust, however,
TINT the rumcr is ut fault. One policy for the
North, and another for the South, can be produc
tive of nothing but evil. If the Democratic party
cannot adhere to orc and the same principle ; IT,
its rulers cannot be made to occupy the same
platform, its destruction is enevtabc. But we
are unpreparcd to believe that Mr.. Buchanan will
pursue course so utterly vaccillating and sub
seryient. The truth should he realized that the
Inst election was not the result of party manage
ment Every step taken by the wire-pullers Of
the Democracy but hurried the party to their de-
feat: and nothing saved is from dire discontinue
but that firm integrity which resides in the mas
see, looking to the preservation of the Union. In
conducting the ntfairs of his Administration, then,
the President is expected to turn aside from pure
ly party influences, and consult the wishes and
the opinions of the great masses Of the people
Thus alone, we think, can his career rebound to
the honor and the permanent well-being Of the
whole country.
We are much gratitied to learn that there are
but few applicants for federal Office in South Caro-
! lima Mr.. Colcock, the Collector for Charleston,
who had one or two competitors, has been re ap-
! pointed Mr.. Aiken and Mr.. Pickens are suid to
be competitors for a prominent foreign mission
probable that at st. Petersburg 1t is conceded
that one of them will be successful. There is
reason to believe that the foreign Offices, which
nre affected by considerations distinct from those
at home, will be filled by the appointment of new
men; and we are disposed to credit the rumor
that Mr.. Buchanan has already ''gven notice of
the intended recall of all. Ministers and Charges.
Upon our foreign policy, the Washington corres-
pondcnt Of the New York Ne'cs, writes the follow
ing:-
1t is now supposed that Mr.. Slidell will 60 out
as minister to Paris, to relieve Mr.. Mason who
is anxious to return home. II is also sad that
Mr. Belmont. who is az the Hague, will replace
Mr. Dodge at Madrid. Mr. Lyons, Of Richmond.
Virginia, rs have before informed you, is, how
ever, the most likely to receive that commission.
The object of our Government in sending Mr.. Sill
dell to France, is to represent to Louis Napoleon
the necessity of forwarding the views oftbe Ame
,ican people for the purchase of Cuba from Spain.
1t is we'll understood here that the French Empc-
ror will raise no objections to any fair bargain that
the two nations can agree to, for he plainly sees,
that in case Of rupture between the United States
and England, the latter would endeavor to seize
on Cuba under one pretence or another, and ul-
timatcly establish protectorate over It, for the
purpose of holding it altogether as her own.
Cuba and all the Islands in tile Gulf of Mexico
and the Caribbean Sen naturally belong to the
North American continent, md no European con-
slderatons Of international law should stand in
the way of the American people, if their possession
by those whose political views and conduct are
calculated to weaken or endanger our institutions
by too close proximity to us. If We do not get
peaceable possession of Cuba and her sister islands
in the due course of time, for fair equivalent in
money, it must be evident to the most superficial
statesman here or in Europe that "Manifest Des
tiny" or in other words, the force and influence
of the natural current Of events in nation like
ours, will without doubt very shortly accomplish
it. ...
- Affairs in the Territories continue to pre-
sent troublous aspect Very soop after the ap-
pointment of Coy. GEARy to Kansas he began to
develop the designs of an Abolition parizan, and
the feud between his government and the South
ern majority has steadily increased in violence.
The difficulty which led to the murder of Sherman,
Of Virginia, in which, it turns out, the Governor
was involved, further exasperated tie proslarery
settlers the refusal of the Senate to confirm the
removal of Judge Lecompte gave them an advan-
tage; and the passage Of the BIZ! for calling n
Convention to frame State constitution, by an
almost unanimous vote, over the veto Of the Gov
ernor, has assured the country that ne is power
less and without particle of influence in the
Territory, and necessitated his removal. 1t is
said that his resignation has been forwarded to
the President; and we indulge the hope that it
will be readily accepted and followed by the mp.
pointment of an efficient agent to carry out the
wishes of the people of the territory. The Act of
the Legislature, passed over the veto, indicates
the complete success Of the Southern party
Their majority in the Territory is quite decided
and their aim looks to the admission Of Kansas