Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-03-19

ted with view Solely 10 our oHu eoh'ehieuS''
nag~ Mr.. BoYcE has our thanks for Congresion-
al Documents.
PARAGRAPHS ON POLITICS..
A running commentary, on the outside page,
will enable the reader to form an enlightened
opinon in regard to the members of Mr.. Buchan-
ans Cabinet While we do not permit ourselves
to indulge unlimited confidence in either the men
or the measures Of the Federal Government We
are free TO believe that, regarding strictly the
personnel OF the Administration, the South can
find no serious ground of complaint. In point Of
ability, it is at least equal to any Cabinet which
has, of late years. controlled the dcstnies of the
government. Gen. Cass and Mr. Cobb are men
of large experience and profound attanments in
the science of politcs-not inferior, in these re-
spects to either of the Secretaries who occupied
their respective positions in Mr. Pierccs Cabinet.
In the hour of trial, we could rely upon 'either
the one nor the other to maintain an ultra South
ern creed hut, candilly, We had no reason to ex-
pect that Mr.. Buchanan would invite into his
household any strict adherent of the States Rights
school and that he has done so in the instance of
Gov. Floyd, and perhaps others, furnishes matter
for agreeab bic surprise. The Cabinet has more of
the Southern tincturs than we anticipated and
as for rs it is possible for the course of events to
be controlled, we may indulge hope that, during
the career of its rule, the interests of the South
will suffer no serious detriment. Elements no
doubt exist, within and without the Council
Chamber, to disturb, to perplex, and eventually
TO throw; out o. th,se We shall not speak,
now.
Verify, oil good auspices appear to attend the
beginning of this new rule! Scarcely single
untoward event has occurred to mar its great good
fortune The leader has the confidence of his
party and the respect of his foes. The past has
arranged, perfected and placed in his grasp all
the elements of success; the future seems to have
in reserve period of "calm tranquility, in which
these great agencies may do their great work, and
illustrate the brightest chapter of American his
tory The principles of the Compromise OF 1884,
confirmed by the Kansas Nebraska bill, carried
into action in the Territory of Kansas, approved
by the people in the Presidential election, re.af-
frmed in the inaugural, and now settled and es-
tab!ished as the law of the land BY the high be-
hest of the Supreme Court, must be regarded for
the time as the sufficient shield and protection of
of the Constitution and the Union against the only
enemies who threaten the integrity of the govern
ment Upon the ground, thus boldly assumed
and consistently held and defended, the victory
has been complete. Such is the picture which
the country is called upor to regard; such the
revealing of the horoscope con6ding people have
cast into the future. We will not say that, in our
honest opinion, these happy auspices merely op-
pear to exist; that these high hopes are upon the
surface; that below are unrest, discomfort and
revolution The prospect is too fair to be marred
by vague and uncertain prophecy; let us look
upon the future in all the singular beauty and
attractiveness of its outward adornings forget
the lessons of the past, and be happy.
- The extra session of the Senate ended on Sat-
urday last. 1t did little towards developing the
designs of the Administration in regard to fed
eral patronage. In some quarters it is asserted
that Mr. Buchanan will hold to the principle if it
may be so called of ''rotaton in office !" and pro-
ceed to vacate all the Offices of the government in
order to fill them with his particular partisans.-
We have seen no indications of the adoption of
this disreputable and unworthy policy; and we
earnestly hope that public expectation to that end
will be signally disappointed. That cold-booded
formula-'to the victors belong the spoils"-too
long settled principle, contains the Pandora's
box from which has sprung great burden of evil
for years suppressng the best energies of the peo-
pie. To it can be traced the centralizing tenden-
ses of party power. Mr.. Buchanan has it in his
power to disregard entirely this disgraceful and
baneful precedent; and, despite the opportunities
of vile horde of ofice-seekers we have sufficient
confidence in the integrity of his purposes to be-
lieve that he will execute this important trust
with an eye single to the public good, and in a
manner nearly in keeping with the practice of the
early fathers of the Republic. Only few NOM
nations were confirmed by the Senate.
The session was signalized by the adoption of
the Dallas Clarendon treaty. The vote was 80
yeas to Is nays. Certain amendments were added
which will be the subject of negotiation +; but it
is understood that these are not of vital purport,
and offer no serious obstacle to an amicable ad
iustment This Central American ENHANCEMENT
will yet prove unfortunately for the country. The
treaty in the first instance should never have been
confirmed 1t gave to the United States no prac-
tical advantage, and involved the surrender of
policy, long since declared, which will yet be re-
quired for our self-defence in respect of our Pc
culiar right of jurisdiction over the affairs of the
Continent. When palpable misunderstanding o.
rose as to the purport of the treaty, it should
have been promptly abrogated. Instead, the
Dallas Clarendon treaty was negotiated, declara-
tory of the very features in the previous Conven-
ton which are proved to be obnoxious to our in
terests; and at last this ill-advised agreement
has been, with immaterial notifications, declared
to be the low of the land. This, We think, is
deeply to be regretted. In regard to the new