Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-10-02

Presidency. /. speaks thus of Mr.. Buchan-
ans Letter
cit is neither more nor less than a solemn
act of submission to the nulihcrs at the
South. Instead of being addressed to Mr..
Silliman it should have been addressed to
Mr.. Kcitt. for it bears evidence in every line
of having been intended for the latter rather
than the former The President is said TO la
Dor under an obliquity of vision If this be
so, we can well picture that in pcnning. the
clear and straight eye was lovelled at New
Haven; the cooked and sinister optic was cast
upon Charleston With nothing about it
Characteristic Of state paper, unless it be a
diplomatic combination of plausibility and
hypocrisy, it has yet the grave and dcplorabo
aspect of document which reflects the cow
ardico and not the courage of the country
1t shuns the facts which it Processes to cluci-
date it lodges behind conventional forms Go
palliate and uphold gross cuormitics; it is
oblivious to all the natural rights of men and
citizens but vet can see the divinity of sla-
very clearly apparent Ia every syllable of the
Constitution and whilst it might exudo with
propriety from the merost tape worm in some
circumlocution office it is not fit to be put
forth as the voice of the First Magistrate of
this nation. II it were simply compromise
in advance with the secession wing of the de-
mocracy in the coming Congress. we might
treat it with lcnioncy and contempt; but it
amounts to a surrender to them of the fact,
the right, the doctrine. the government, and
what is more important still, the destiny and
liberties of all the territories of the Union ;
and such breach of confidence should not
l.. 4 - "a. Il i L..
Mr.. Buchanan's friends as a reason why he
should be nominated by the Cincinnati Con-
venton. that he was compelled TO cheat
somebody, and as matters stood there was
none he could cheat save the disunionists--
his enemies. lie has more than fulfilled eX-
pectation He has cheated both his enemies
and lis friends. He began by deceiviug the
radicals in his appointments he has ended
by dc,eiving the liberals in his administra-
ton. Even Brigham Young has been treated
TO a touch of duplicity in passing, for he will
find oil his preparations to resist the United
States, and maintain his polygamous kingdom
in defiance of federal authorities. to be labor
thrown away. az the expedition TO Utah has
been abandoned The army will be quarter
ed for another year upon Kansas.
Apart from the fact, that the document be-
fore US endorses and sustains all the action
of the Pierce administration, it is chiefly no.
ticoabc. from the following declarations We
quote the words Slavery existed at that
period, and still exists i'm Kansas under the
Constitution of the United States. This point
has at last been decided by the highest tribunal
known TO our laws. How it could ever have
been seriously doubted is mystery. This
lis the extreme ultra Calhoun doctrine in its
largest sgnifcation IL is the pcrambulato-
ry constitution of which Col. Benton spoke
so severely and CONTEMPORARY in his speech
upon the repeal Of the compromise. 1t were
needless now to discuss it anew; for it has
been the theme of discussion until it is worn
threadba1c. It is simply an onunciation, in
general words. of the principle that under
federal compact slavery goes Of course to the
Territories, but freedom cannot 90 there under
any circumstances The address to Mr. Blu
chanan was based upon the notorious fact Of
Legislative power in Kansas having been
sumcd by invaders from Missouri, and the still
further fact. that the people there were still
held subject to those enactments. They de-
mand selfgovcrnmeut and the right to choose
their own rulers and form their own laws
TO all this. the President puts up the poor
pea lndN aiANtfN' mas h1tn teldDllnNtA Antlts
no matter how but omits to add that he is
it there in despite of the popu-
lar will. dislranchizing citizens, prescribing
bona fide residents, manufacturing a spurious
registry and sustaining it all with the army Of
the United States as a posse comifotUs. How
strange are the ,acilations Of mon. When
Mr.. Buchanan was nominated for the Presi-
doncy an address from him was shown about
q
the following significant passage relating to
Kansas affairs
What man in the United States who val
ucs his character, viii rise among his fellow
citizens and seriously urge the repeal Of the
law declaring that the majority shall govern !:
None, not one. repeat we have reached
the fnality of the question. We have auiv-
cd at the elementary principle of freedom,
that the majority shall goyern--a principla es-
sctipi 10 liberty, and as Interchangeable as liberty
HsaE"
How does this action now comport with
his declaration then; and yet it was that po-
sition alone which placed him in antagonism
with Mr.. Pierce and secured him the nomin-
alton at the hands of the democracy Of the
northern states. But why pursue matter
so selfevident The future of all this we
cannot forsee, but its most natural consequence
would be TO install Mr. Keitt, of South Car
olina, as the leader of the administration for
ccs in the next Congress, and perhaps to ele-
waite him to the Speakership.
For our own part, we have more than ever
reason to congratulate ourselves upon the in
dependent position assumed by the Missouri
Democrat, which letters it to no party organ
ization, but leaves it free to pursue, unswerv-
ingly, the great principles for which it has
contended in the past, and for which it will
likewise contend in the coming time We
were amongst the most jealous Of those who
supported Mr., Buchanan for the democratic
believing him to be what he pro-
tossed himself We continued that support,
although with occasional misgivings, until
after the election and the Inauguration. Since
that time we have found little to commend in
his action. His selection of office holders in
Missouri and in Ksnsas, his violation of both
law and justice in regard to the overland
mail TO California, and now his adoption of
the Calhoun theory Of the Constitution. have
all indicated an executive controlled by views
to which we can never assent. If another
change shall present the government in more
favorable light, we shall not fail to note and
approve the same but of this, we must now
confess that we have little hope.
The NV TERRITORY OF DAcorAH.-
The last Con0rcss IL will he rcinen berod