Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-08
THE PRESIDENTS LErTkR TO A DEprrA-

TION OF CONNECTIC0Y, FANATICS.
We laid before our readers yesterday. th. Pes.
dents letter in answer TO number of New w,EnrIana
aooNtlonlats who had addressed him forhsl ms
inof'ai III relation to Kansas affairs Under oriSsry
'"0ua''anees' We have no doubt, Mr. Buchanan
"oud not nave coudescsndedto reply to so ohcioH.
nypocr'ticai ana impious address. But &C i, ie,
We rather reJoice tha' 80 favorable opportunity
mas Deen Afforded hlm TO rebuks his insane assa.an;s
Of the North, and to illustrate the utter iasty and
folly Of the reckless course of recreant Democrats IN
the South.
The Kansas question has been source OF much
annoyance aud veIation Almost all the appcia,.
ments TO the office Of Governor had proved itroi.
cious i'll advised and unfortunate. President Picrcs
was subjected to embarrassment and modification
on account Of the inefiosnoy of agents. and the
sequent trouble in that territory And the Adniria
tration OF Mr.. Buchanan had barely begun, wher he
too was Obliged to confront the same demon OF dis
cord that had 30 seriously tasked the statesmanshp
Of his predecessor. The perpeIng problem OF slavery
or no slavery in Kansas, still unsolved The fsns
cism of the North on the subject was unabated snt
the ardor and anxiety of the South had not ceased
spire hope that the game was not yet lost. Kan
still the point which all the angry elements
of the two oontending sections met. Geary soon re
turned from his unsuccessful soourn, with none OF
the honors Of office but the name Another Cover.
nor was now needed; and the South, with unlimited
confidence in the capacity and patriotism OF the Pre-
sdent of her ahnost unanimous choice, awaited the
appointment under the new Administration, anIiou=y
but not with doubts or fears. Mr.. Buchanan va,
NJ ipono NJ thn H.
had been elected to the Presidency, as an able, hon
est, experienced and impartial patriot. He wac
gsrded as the impersonation OF the conservative
sense Of the country. The nation looked TO him to
suppress the storm, amid the howlings OF which be
had been borne triumphantly into office. 1t
ordinary obstacle that met him in the OUTSET and he
felt the necessity to himself and to the country OF
overcoming it. Those Governors who had been pre-
viously sent TO Kansas had signally failed in their
missions. And to select q man equal TO the emer
gency was the delicate duty devolved upon the Ad
ministraton. Robert j. Walker was announced
and the appointment was spplauded North and South
received his instructions and repaired to tho hed
Of his labors where he had hardly arrived before
there murmur OF discomfort at his in the
South, which in few weeks became aggravated int
either srtul insnustons or open assaults upon tbs
Administration.
Thus there was q sohsm in the ranks OF the South
ern Demooracy-on the one hsnd q feeble faction Of
mslcontents heaping maledictons upon the head Of
Gov. Walker and endsavoring to embarrass and nnie
mine the Administration and on the other, almost an
the great leaders backed by the sympathy aud CONF
dence of the immense msss of the Democracy. North
and South, repeing the unjust sspersions OF the op
position, and driving them from their ground, by al
gumens and answers, which they could not withstand
This warfare. as the public well know, was wssei
with spirit both sidss for weeks AND even nov al
occasional gun is heard some one or another OF the
dsmsntled ships, belonging to the little feet OF he
enemy, fires farewell shot Of defiance unto death.
drifting away into the distance without chart
pass, her captain crippled, her crew mu'in. al, be!
ammunition expended, and her bulk slowly sinking
into the fathomless sea.
The contest, however, may be considered quite al
an end. The skirmish is over, and the anti Admins
tration faction feeble at frst has been badly 5e15n
and is now 1onplnssed and disconnected Such ho
circumstances under which the Presidents letter ap
pears. His enemies have assailed him severely re
leutlessly. unfairly and unjustly. They have beon
met, and driven from their position and now that the
storm has blown over, the opponents Of the Admins
rstion reluctantly retiring from the contest, and toe
National Democracy still standing fearless and frn
it peculiarly opportune think, that the views OF
tho President, relative to Kansas affairs, should be
submitted to the country, and assurance made
doubly SURF" Of hs continued adherence to the Con
stuon, bis impartial attention to the Interests OF tie
uholo couptry and ha mnprtnr hahln determination
sdmiuister the Government upon those principles
which are advocated and upheld by The De'nocrst'c
party, and with reference to which he was elected
Chief Magistrate OF the American people
The letter is frank and fearless exposition OF tho
views of the Administration the disturbing :opic
which it treats. And 1t cannot fail TO command Inc
| unqualified commendatlon Of every conservative
citizen in the Union.