Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
MIR. RucHANAN,s POLICY.

A prominent Pennsylvania paper thus disconrscs
as to the course and policy Of the President elect
Now, without assuming to speak for MT bu-
cbanan or to prolnulee bis views on tue topics
treated of in the Enquirer, we neVcrtheicss Fe,.
tnre to assert that Governor Bigler, and Robooy
else, is himself responsible for what ne sara on
the floor of the Senate; and, further tiat hcltnel
the Pennsylvania, nor any otner He"sp"nI.' aI.'
speaks by authority of the president elecs iost n,
Rnchonon is now. what he has been for the last
thirty wears or more, a thorough-going State
Riuhts constitutional democratic statesman OF the
Jefferson and jackson school, and in bis admins
tration of the government will be aetuated' we
have not doubt, by determination to 10 equai
and exact Justice to every portion OF the Union
His course of policy will know no North no SOUTH
No East. no West. The constitution will be MS
compass and his chart. By it, and it alone WIN
bc seek to Guide the ship of State; ana OF MS
skill as pilot at the helm, and the loltf pa'iio'-
ism with which he will Ee actuated, no one VINO
is personally acquainted with the man can nave d
solitary doubt. The Enquirer may, therefore, wen
reiterate its expression of implicit commence IN
the President elect" This confidence, We venture
To anticipate and predict, will not be shaken du-
rinu the next presidential term by any act OF his
His course of policy we doubt not, will be alike
satisfactory to his friends and the lovers OF the
Union in Virginia and Pennsylvania, in Georgia and
Indiana. But that policy has not yet been adum.
brated, except in his endorsement OF the Ginclnatl
nlotform and in his letter accepting the noInl-
nation. ,.,,or,
We. therefore, respectfully advise our Southern
| 1en,ocratic friends to keep cool. The president
elect has always stood BY their constitutional
rights when assai1ed by aboltionism OF every nue.
and grade; and, we firmly believe, he VIII stailo "a
by them to the end. Ho is, therefore, entitieo 70
their generous confidence, even i'll advance ol ,lS
Inauguration as the Chief Magistrate. OF the nc
public. Let them not permit the Opinions vi a.
resnonsihiity to weaken their faith in the integri-
'tv Of the President elect If Providence. spares
| his life until the fourth Of March next ne VIII
then take the oath of Office and enuncate tue
nrinciples and policy which he intends carrying
out in his administration, and when he does that
we have every reason to believe the Enquirer WILL
be abundantly satisfied.
So far as Senator Bigler in concerned, We Kno"
him to be true-heated conservative Union-loVlnss
democrat who will stand by the constitution ano
the rights of tho States in every emergency ne
is well-tred and faithful democratic statesman y
and we have no fear that he will prove recreant IL
word or deed to the great principles which have
always been his guiding star, and which are sc
dear to every democrat throughout the broad e4
pause of our glorious Union.
In connection with the foregoing, We have tht
approval of Mr.. Buchanan in saying that the foi
lowing extract from the Southside Democrat state:
correctly his position:
"As for Kansas, Mr.. Buchanan has never ex
pressed an opinion either one way or the other, IL
favor of its coming in as free or slave state
/. He has prudcntly conceived that 1t IS matte {,
with which he has nothing to do, and with WHICH
Ill Ia 10
c,usiyely with the people of the Territory, WILL
whom he is content to leave it for solution. HI
will sec to it that the principles of the Neorask
law are carried out in letter and spirit impartiay
and without fear, favor, or affection"
This exposition of Mr.. BrcHANAN's sentiment
has very much the air of authority and sincerity
There is degree of modesty and an absence o
prctcntiousness about it, which cannot fail to strik
every reader of taste and experience. We hav
no doubt that its distinguished subject will rigdl
adhere to the chart here foreshadowed. His an
tecedents, his associations his grade Of statesman
ship the school of which he is so able and
faithful representative, the links that eonnec
, him so intimately with the good and great OF
past and better day, his Christian worth and II
ttrce rrr MS zunInrsrrur1un wn1Cr aeae
since WAsuISGToN have commanded. True, h
has arduous obstacles to surmount, pcrous shoal
to escape. But with the honest and brave back
ing of all good patriots over this wide and glorou
country Of ours, he will (if any man can) guild
the ship of State safely amid the gales of popu
} lar fury which in one section of the Union seen
to threaten her with shipwreck. 1t is warm
generous, energetic undcspai:ing support. tina
will carry him, and us, and Our country, and GU
institutions, right on in the road of success and
glory. God grant he may prove himself altosctle
worthy of this support, and that he may receiv
it cordially and fully, at the hands Of the Ameri
can people!