Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-01-02
From the Louca-,er Iu.clligencer.l
MIR. BI'CIIASAS'S POLICY.

Some Of our friends at Richmond and in other
parjs Of the Sunh, seem 10 DO unnecessarily excited
in reference 10 what may or may not be the policy oil
the incoming administration as 1t regards slavery.
sGuatter sovereignty, sc. Tho speech Of Senator
Bip,cr in which, by what we conceive to be forced
md unnatural construction OF his language, be is
represented go advocating heretica principles; aud
u recent article in the nnsylvanian eulngistic Of
Col Benton. are made the snbJsct OF an eiaoora'e
criticism in the Enqn.sr of Tuesday last; and fears
are entertained by the editors that MIR. buchanan
endorses ,hese views Of Senator !iger and the Penn
sylvanlan.
Now, without assuming 10 speak for Mr.. Buchanan,
mr. 10 promure Ills views on the topics treated of in
the ENQUIRER We nevertheless venture TO aasert that
Gov Biyer and nobody else, is himself responsible
for what he esd on the foor of the Senate and, fur
,lier that neither this Pennsylvania nor any other
newspaper, sptaks ~ authority oil the President
elect Mr. Buchanan Is nos, what he has been for
the last thirty years or ure, thorough going State
rights constitutional Democratic statesman Of the
Jefferson and Jackson school, and IL his administra
ton Of the government will be actIated we have not
a doubt, by determination 10 90 equal and exact
us,ica 10 ey cry portion o the Onion. Ills Of
'nn,icy will know no North, no South, no Esst. no
W.sf The Constitution will b. his compass aud his
chart BY it. and it alone, will he seek 10 guide The
ship Of State; and Of his skill g. pilot al The helm
and lie Lofty patriotism with which he will be actu
nted, no one who i, personally acquainted with the
,nan can have solitary DOUBT. The Enquirer may,
therefore well reirerate na -5prsssiOu vi implicit
cfidr,,ts in the President elect" This confidence,
We v-rr,nr. 10 anticipate aud predict, will not be
shaken during the next Presidential term by any act
OF hi- lis course Of policy, we doubt not, will De
alike satisfactory TO his tends and the lovers y, tue
Cuion III Virginia and Pennsylvania, In Georgia ana
Indiana. BU; that policy has not yet besn hdumora
ted, except in his endorsement Of the Cincinnati
platform aid in his ietter accepting the NOMINATION.
We, therefore, respectfully advise our sohtnrrn
Democratic friends TO keep cool. ihe fre-iaen'
elect his always stood by their constitutions rights
when assailed by abotouisn Of every hue ana
grade: aud, We firmly believe, he Will stand by tbem
70 the erG lie is therefore, entitled to their gene
ron. confidence, in advance of his inaugurailon
q, the Chisi Magistrate Of the republic. Let them
no, permit ,hs opinion. of a. Is, or G, WHO, We again
aver, speak of their own Responsibility, to weaken
their faith in the integrity Of she President elect IL
Providence spares III. lie until the fourth OF March
uex. be will then take the oath Of office and enun-
os,e the principles and policy which he intends car
ryiag out u his administration, and when he does
that we have every reason TO believe The Eoqulrer
will be abundar,Iy satisfied.
So far a. Senate. B!gier 10 concernec ~s know him
10 10 true. hear ted conservative Cnou.ovinS pein-
ocra;. who will staud b. tue constitution and the
rights If the States Ia every emergency. lis Is
well tried aud faithful Democratic e:atesman, and we
have no fear that he will prove rscrean in word or
deed 10 the great principles which have always been
hs guiding star and w:.h so dear 10 every Dem
ocral throughout the broad 'Ipanse oi OUR glorious
Union.