Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-01-03
xR. BUcHAEAK-rHE PACIFIC RAILROAD,

Ak. UCAAN AN-IAE EAS1EAG hhALASAbs
The election of this great statesman TO the
highest Office in the gift of the American peo-
pie, after one Of the hardest fought political
battles ever known in the United States, is a
, victory which every conservative man in the
Nnion should feel proud of. Detraction did its
worst to injurs him prior to the election, bot so
fair and unsullied was his name aud fame, that
he passed through the fiery ordeal and came
forth unscathed, &c receive the congratulations
OF over two million Of freemen, who, having
watched his Political course for years past
having noticed the traits in his character which
made the man, as also the statesmaR-TeJoiced
IN his elevation to the Office of President Of the
United States. Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN stood
ard still stands upon the platform adopted al
the Cincinnati Convention, which nominated
him, and he viii be governed by it, else we
much mistake the man. The how raised in
relation to the Ostend Conference, has ceased,
and in lieu Of something else exciting, the enc
ny now desire TO make capital out Of a letter
written by hin in relation 70 the Pacific Rail
road, published some weeks since. The views
were simply those Of plain JAMES BUCHANAN
Got those Of JAMES BUCHANAN, President OF
the United Sta.es-and We wonder much that
our Democratic brethren of tie press became
in the least exercised concerning it. MT. b.
cHAKAS viii be the President Of the rhOis
PEOPLE; be will cot permit bis private views
to interfere with bis administration
The Democrats viii have a majority in both
Houses Of the Thirty-Sixth Congress, and we
predict that the acts of the majority Of that
party which elevated him to power, as repre-
scented through Congressman and Senators, vii!
ind in the President elect a faithful repre-
sentative Of the people. He viii veto no bills
which have for their object the public good.
The Constitution will be Mr.. BUcHANAS's
guide, as long as he is at the helm Of State
and with such a guide, as inductory, need there
be any fears expressed as to the composition
II bis Cabinst2 L viii be a conservative one.
Ultra men. no natter from what section Of
the country, will have no place therein.
In relation to the Pacific Railroad, and as
appropos to what we have written, we make
the following extract from the Lancaster IztsI-
iigenor, a Democratic paper, published within
a distance of two miles from the sage OF
WhestIaud's home:
TEE PACIFIC RAILKoAD.-The opposition
press is fruitful in eXpedients to alarm and de-
ceiVe the unWarF and unsuspecting portion
Of the people. Scarcely has one phantom
vanished from the public gaze, before another
is c~onjured up, and made to glide over the stage.
and then, - igrn, vanish into thin air. A short
time ago, the Ostend letter was the great bug
bear, and we were gravely told that il Mr..
Buchanan was elected President, Cuba would
be seized upon and annexed to the Union, wheth-
er Spain consented or not. Peresiving that this
did not frighten the people to any great extent
they dismissed that phantom, lnd have raised
another, In the shape OF a railroad to the Paci-
nc ocean. The presumption is very strong tina!
they viii not be able to create any greater
alarm By this new ghost, than BY those that
have preceded it in their transit across the DO
liticslsstsge. Everybody knows, or should
kaoWythat the President has 10 power, even il
be desired II, TO embark the country in any rail.
road enterprise, without the concurrence and
authority Of Congress. He is responsible, OF
course, for what he recommends but let u:
wait patiently and see what he does recommend
before We condemn him.. Mr.. Buchanan hat
long been considered one Of our ablest and mos
prudent statesmen, and we have no fear what.
ever that now, in the maturity OF bis wisdom
and with his great experience, lie will violate
in any particular, that Constitution which b.
has labored 80 faithfully to preserve during hi
long and eVeutfui political life