The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-10-14
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The political sGuaIl, which, by the in
defa'igahle efforts of certain newspapers
in ;he South, was made TO whirl and whiz
for while around the head Of our vcue-
rable President, is rapidly staLsidiug and
1t does not appear the, single grey lock
upon that worthy geut!eman's brow has
been dshevcIIed or discomposed by the
comm"tion. The clamor about his want
Of faith in the matter Of Kansas is now
proven to have been roc ct proicrea Mill.
NO one can read and understand Mr..
Buchanan's mastery reply TO the meme
rial OF Taylor and others, aud not be I'M
pressed wiIh the conviclon that his AJ.
mnis,raion has been most unius,ly sus-
pected 10y the Kansas shriekcrs of ,he
South. BY the expIici: language of that
reply, the President stands boldly ont Lo.
fore the country rs the stern ex.cu,iyc .,f
the Constitution, the proclaimed friend Of
Southern Rights and the uriiuciiny ru-
cmy OF Black Rcpubhcanism. The as
PENSIONS that were so freely cast unon
him, on account o' Waiker's conduct. an.
pear erroneous, II not wautun, when tos.
ted oy the ciearness, force and proprie,v
with which he announces the policy aud
fixed course of his administration in les.
pect TO this territorial controversy. In
short, the South is renssure,l tha, tln
President is true 70 his artccclcnt> t,rn
20 h's oath Of office, true to the dictates
oi an enlightened patriotism and the
H"'Spurs OF our section will be compelled
to cease their fiery harangues, at least
until their ingenuity shall have discovered
"other cause 'gainst Roderick D'hu."
With many in South Caroliua, we have
all along cherished an abiding confidence
'ha, the distinguished and aged states
man ut the helm Of affairs would show
himself equal To the emergencies OF the
country. Oar confidence has not been
the result OF party prediction or party
prejudice, Tut has grown o4st Of oar NJ.
probation Of James Huchsnan's character
rs man and Christian. Full Of wears
and experience, lover e his country and
worshirpcr Of his God, a magistrate
ImEued with the justice and wisdom Of
an earlier era OF American greatness, we
could not believe thst the fear OF factions.
the bias Of favoriicism. or the dread Of
the responsibility, would >wcrrt him from
that direct line Of duty he had marked
out for himself. And thus far, thank
Heaven, we have not found our conf.
dence misplaced. 1t. is this feeling Of
hopeful trust, we believe, which has caus.
cd the great bulk Of the people of our
State t" remain calm, while few, moie
precipitate but not less patriotic than the
rest, have been impeIIed by their doubts
and suspicious to sound the aIarm.no;es
Of strife, and especially to indulge their
yirluous indignation over the develor-
m"nts in KanSas,-dcvcIopmcnts which
We must all admit have been but inner
tcctI y estimated by even the 5cst.inform.
ed and most sagacous amongst us. To
show this, 1t is only necessary TO recall,
first, The fact that certain leading jour
nails gave up Kansas early in the contro-
versy as lost 10 the South secondly, the
other fact that some OF those journals
have since become convinced that Kansas
is almost certainly within our grasp third.
/ Iy, the emphatic prediction that Walkers
Vaccinations would overwhelm the pro.
slavery party Of Kansas, and that the
power and patronage Of lhe government
would lie instrumental in bringing an
other Free State into the Union; fourth.
Iy, the late announcement that 10 such
Influences have been felt, or, il felt. have
had no power Of contro! whatever and
lastly, the still subsiSting doubts and COT
lectures in regard TO what will be the
action Of the Convention elect. With
the limited knowledge Of the real state
Of matters in the territory which these
changes OF opinion show to have been
ours, we ask, how could any correct con.
cIusion be formed in the premises We
furthermore ask, has not the course of
those who, in this doubtful condition Of
things, refused to censure, pcrmaturely,
the Administration conduct n the con-
troversy, been the really prudent dignifcd
and liberal course From the great
majority Of the people Of south Carolina
we ieeIl morally convinced that our ques-
ton will receive an afirmstory response.
They kave been quiet observers of the