Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
MIR. BUCHANAN's POLICY.

A prominent Pennsylvania paper thus dlsconrSes
ne to the course and policy of the President elect
Now without assuming to speak 1or Mt. nu.
chanan. or to prolnuloc his views on thc ''l"o'
treated of in the Enquirer, we ncVcrthe'eSS 'en
turc TO assert that Governor Bigler, and nohouy
clsc is himself responsible for what lie Saia on
the floor of the Senate and, further thai hcit'le
the Pennsyvanian, nor any otner ',c"sP"lpII.'
sncaks lw authority of the President eect; Mr.
Buchanan is now, what he has been iof inc 1 n'SS
thirty years or more, thorou4n.s"'''S tI.
RIGHTS constitutional democratic statesman OF tIe
JcAirsou and Jackson school, and in his admlnS-
tr,tion of tbc government will be actuatcd, we
have not doubt. by determination to do eGnai
and exact Justice to every portion OF the oni' o,,
H;s conrsc of nolicy will know no North, no SOUTH
M Fast no West. The constitution Will nc nis
comn,ss snd his chart By it, and it alone, WIN
hc seek to gudc the ship of State; ana OF MS
skill as pilot at the helm, and the foitS Ialrlov
ism with which he will hc actuated, no one WHO
is personally acquainted with the man can nave =, d
solitary doubt The Enquirer may, therefore, "cll
reitcratc IFS expression of implicit confidence IN
the President elect" This confidence, We venture
70 onticipate and predict will not be shaken tll-
| rinT the next presidential term by any act of his
His coursc of policy we doubt not, will be allKe
SATISFACTORY to his friends and the lovers OF the
Union in Virginia and Pennsylvania, in Georgia ana
Indiana. But that policy has not yet hcen adunl.
broted except in lis endorsement of the Clnclnatl
platform and in his letter accepting the nolhi-
| nation. e.,,,
We therefore, respectfully advise our Southern
democratic friends to keep cool. The President
elect has always stord bs their corstituIiohal
riuhts when assailrd by abolitionism Oh every nue.
and Grade; and VIC firmly believe, lie VIII SIanu ~
by them to the end IIo is, therefore, entitled 10
tLcir generous confidence, even i'll advance oi nis
;n,uo,,ration rs the Chief Magistrate of the hc'
public. Let them not permit the opinions OF a.
| B, or C, who, we again aver, speak OF their o"!
resnonsihlitv, to weaken their faith in the lntegr-
tv of the President elect If Providence spare:
his life until the fourth Of March next, ne VIII
then take the oath of Office and cnunclate toe
nrinciples and policy which he intends CARVING
ont in his administration, and when he does tha
we have every reason to believe the Enquirer VII
be abundantlv satisfied.
So far as Senator Bigler in concerned, VIC Kno"
him to be truc-heated conservative Union-ovlns
democrat, who will stand by the constitution ane
the riohts of tho States in every emergency. III
is a well.tried and faithful democratic statesman
and we have no fear that he willprove recreant,
word or deed, to the great principles when nav
always been his guiding star, and which are 81
dear to every democrat throughout the broad ea
panse of our glorious Union.
In connection with the foregoing, we have tn
approval of Mr.. Buchanan in saying that the loi
lowing extract from the Southsde Democrat state
correctly his position:
"As for Kansas, Mr. Buchanan has never ex
pressed an opinion either one way or the other u
favor of its coming in as free or slave otale
!, He has prldcntly conceived that 1t IS a mattc
with which he has nothing to do, and with whic
| lln iS q
r c,us;ycly with the people of the Territory, VII
whom hc is content to leave it for solution. II
will sec to it that the principles of the Neorask
law arc carried out in letter and spirit, impartial!
and without fear, favor, or affection"
This exposition of Mr. BrcuAHAH's sentiment
has very much the air Of authority and smcerlt!
There is degree of modcsty and an absence
pretcntousncss about it, which cannot fail 10 strlE
every reader of taste and experience We liaV
no doubt that its distinguished subject will riSldl
: adhere to the chart here forcshadowed His al
tecedents, his associations his grade OF Statesman
shin. the school of which he is so able and
y faithful representative, the links that 2onne'
e e him so intimately with the Gool and great OF
past and better day, his Christian worth and IL
t,rriee r,r his aumIrlsrratlon wnlcn lew l'aEca"
since WAslIlyGToy have commanded. True, Il
has artluous obstacles to surmount, pcrilous Shoa
, to escape But with the honest and brave bacl
ing of all good patriots over this wide and glorior
! country Of Ours, lie will (if any man CAM Suid
b the slip OF Stale safely amid the gales OF popr
lar fury which in one section of the Union seer
: ! to threaten her with slipw:cck. 1t is warn
+ generous, energetic, undcspai:ins support. tn;
will carry him, and us, and our country, and OF
g Institutions right on in the road Of success and
glory God grant he may prove himself altoscth'
: worthy of this support, and that he may recciv
it cordially and fully at the hands Of the Amer
can people