Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-01-30

W. t*'iutI &fu tHo ntlttet Ato hhtH ~
simply impossible TO appoint State Rights
mon 10 his Cabinet, because the will Of
public opinion demands mon tinctured
with Federalism. A President Of this Ro.
publican representative form Of Govern
mont may appoint a Cabinet IN defiance
| Of public sentiment. Ho may 60 further,
and obtain legislation In opposition 10 that
sentiment. But tho Cabinet Ia powerlesa
and tho acts Of Congress dead letters up
on the legislative records Of thu country,
To enact and lnforce laws against the uni
versal sentiment Of majority Of the
people, 10 tho first attribute OF monarchy
| To enact and inforce laws against tho con-
stItutional aud natural rights Of n minor
ity Of the people. is the first attribute Of
! tyranny. The South stands between
these two elements. Constitutional mon
archy Is the same 10 her 90 an irreaponsi'
BILE tyranny. The power of President
and Cabinet amount 10 nothing In this
country. Ours has como 10 DO q Govern.
ment Of consolidated public opinion
President Pierce Is an illustration Of the
utter inability Of any ono man to establish
any policy In this country against the will
OF the people az mass. lilo has brought
all tho power OF his Administration to
boar In strictly constitutional direction
against tho Antl-SIavery element. What
are tho results? On tho one side, we
have the Presidents earnest aud patriotic
remonstranccs, his vetoes, his messages, his
patronage, his official and private influence;
everything, In fact, no could command
within himself On tho othor hand, we
see tho public will, developing itself
throughout tho country, In spite OF all
these restraints. The Presidents Cabi-
net 10 divided In It's policy. The Presi-
dents own appointments In tho North
turn against him. Hc fails 10 receive tho
vote Of his own party In convention
His messages and appeals 10 his country
mon only add fuel 10 tho flame. HS ye-
toes arc set aside In tho Senate and House.
lie goes out Of power broken IN health,
broken In heart, broken In private fortune.
Why? Simply because no attempted to
stem the tide Of anti-slavery. IL was too
strong for him, too strong for tho Demo-
cratic party, and too strong for tho Consti-
tuition. Mr.. Buchanan Is prudent man.
He has felt very recently the sdangero Of the
enemy no must expect to encounter .s A. ~
y, appointment OF nls ,, 0avIao ',av sssk
10 flank the onnositiop One thing is ev-
ident here In Vashiuetou. that this anti
slavery element reflected through tho
black hopupiiean organiza'ion, mas a.'s Cab
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w. -,
"s s' e 80
LIN ''''a '.'0 ''"','''0a '"'0v1'oa -
'"'' i'''c'' 'na', III o'aet 70 sustain" 'n'
P'e'ens'on' " 'ho ITO o'a'e'y D'''o'''
W ~ - ao'o'u'''y neces'a'y 70 stem '"'
''''o'e ''''e". F" PAo''0 cp"'o"' ~ Is 'oa
oeacu 'na. 'no 'ehoenc'es OF puoNc sen'''
menu are al against inc claims ana p'e.eh.
Sums " Tue poouha' ''''''a''0'' anu
""a' ."' ''oa'" must n"''' :" o'ae' "
ina'n'A'" 'no position IL mas asSamea' %
some power wnicn can Withstand these
''naen''os'-roS's. the advancing uao OF
pubic opinion anu ue'y 'hc popui" VIII
a "ona'cny m'gh' possible anoru tue pow
" ''qu''ea 70 a'oomPhsh 'his' Du' IN u
hepuDlic tho correspondents OF the Mercu-
~ conissses IL cannot DO done. Inc Pres
iueht may, ihaeed' appoint q oaolneb III
aenance Oh puoi'c sehumen'' by avg
ofous use VI the inhuehoo anu P"s'onaso
OF his ONCE no may even OBTAIN iesisia-
''on In aenanoe Of 'na' sons'"eh' Du.
the example Oh PRESIDENT rierce Is ci'ea
:, sue" 'AAs ~ s"'' VIZ ', 1na, @'''
.ha' oa''i'e'' " 'o''''us'e' WIN W us'0'
~ WITHOUT ''auenos' anu Ina. ao'S oi Oon-
''s ~ pAss'u ""i " aoa' 'e''''' up0"
an ~, e'e 's,o'u, - ~. se' .,
80 p"s' ""1 - ,''' p's' =" $50
P1.''' ""A r''"'' '''' '' '.'"s'
- ,a0'' NJ ,ou,a 'o''anu VIM" nun.
SON. .'y' '"e "e''N was use' "sa"',.
the an''-s'avery clement Du' ~ was al
~ 'ain' ms ve'oes nave oeen SGT aSioe'
us oap'ne' - a's'uea' ms own appoi"'-
'nen's Turn against h'in5 ana ne goes out
- Po"e ''oAe" :" heai'"' o'oN0n III
neai'' ana broken IN private ior1une'"-
anu 'ho reason ior al 1n's ~ 'ha' 'he
sentiment winch inc ffes'aen' 'nus Ut
tempted TO withstand was too strong Tor
nim."
rms Is q stfiNins' ana IN the main
perfectly true ana just view oil the case
ana 'hoSe ieaaerS oithe Denocfa'lc party
VINO are about to take position on TINS
VIII do wen 10 give u tnelr ma
.ure consideration. MI John Cocnrane'
LOT example VIII ma IL worth MS whlie
TO reconsider some oil the opinions which
he uttered in his recent speech before the
Young Mems Democratic Club which we
yesterday. We doubt wheth-
or ne can shape Tor himself q satisfactory
ana successful pubic career based upon
the position winch ne then assumed, that
nationality can IN no degree be predica-
ted OF our Federal Uni0n;p that "the term