Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
MIR. BUCHANAN'S POLICY.
A prominent Pennsylvania paper thus discoursc'
as to the course and policy of the President elect

A prominent Pennsylvania paper thus olscourScs
as to the course and policy of the President elcct
Now, without assuming to speak 1or Mr. D"-
chanan, or to promulee his views on thc V'lio'
treated of in the Enquirer we nevertheless 'e,..
tnro 10 assert that Governor Bigler, and nobody
clsc is himself responsible for what he SAID on
the floor of the Senate; and further, that neither
the Pennsylvanian, nor any other newspaper
sncaks by authority of the President elect MT
buchanan is now, what he has been for the iaSI
thirty years or more thorou9h'solh@ o'a'e
RIGHTS constitutional democratic statesman OF TIE
Joff;rson and Jackson school, and in bis admiliS-
tration Of tlc government will be actuated we
have not doubt, by determination TO 40 e!uai
and exact Justice to every portion OF the Uhloh'
His course of policy will know no Morrill, no SouLH,
no East, no West. The constitution will he ms
COMPASS and his chart. By it, and it alone, WIN VIII
lie seek to guide the ship of State; ana OF MS
skiIl as piot at the helm, and the lofty patriot
ism with which he will he actuated, no one VINO
is personally acquainted with the man can nave
solitary doubt. The Enquirer may, therefore, wen
re;tcratc IFS expression of " implicit confidence in
the President elect" This confidence, We venture
to anticipate and predict. will not be shaken dtl'
RING the next presidential term by any act OF m nls
His course of policy we doubt not, VIII De anke
satisfactory to his friends and the lovers OF tne
Union in Virginia and Pennsylvania, in georgia ana
Indiana But that policy has not YET bcen aauni:
brated, except in his endorsement OF The C,nclna:
| nlotform and in his letter accepting the noml-
| nation.
We, therefore, respectfully advise our Southern
democratic friends to keep cool. The President
elect has always stord By their constitutional
RIGHTS when assailed by aboltionism Of every hue
and Grade and, VIC firmly believe, he Will stand
by them to the end Ho is therefore, entitled 10
| tLcr generous confidence, even in advance oi MS
inononration as the Chief Magistrate of the nc
public. Let them not permit the opinions OF "A,
| B, or C, Who we again aver, speak OF tieit oMi
responsibility to weaken their faith IN the i1egrl-
ty of the President elect. If Providence spares
I his life until the fourth Of March next, ne WIN
then take the oath of Office and cnunciate tue
nrincinles and policy which he intends carrying
out in his administration, and when he does thaG
we have every reason to believe the Enquirer WILL
be abundantly satisfied.
So far as Senator Bigler in concerned, We know
him to be truc-heated conservative Unlon-loVins
democrat who will stand by the constitution ana
the rights of tho States in every emergency. lie
is a wcll-tried and faithful democratic statesman
and we have no fear that he will prove recreant IN
word or deed, to the great principles when nave
always been his guiding star, and whlcn are 30
dear to every democrat throughout the broad eA'
panse of our glorious Union.
In connection with the foregoing, we have the
approval of Mr.. Buchanan in saying that the fol-
lowing extract from the Southside Democrat state:
correctly his position:
GAS for Kansas Mr.. Buchanan has never eA
pressed an opinion either one way or the other, II
favor of its coming in as free or a slave state
!, He has prudcntly conceived that it is matte
with which he has nothing to do, and with whlct
he does not mean to meddle. 1t is a question eX
c,us;vclv with the people of the Territory, Will
whom he is content to leave it for solution. III
will sec to it that the principles of the Nebraska
law are carried out in letter and spirit, impartaly
and without fear, favor, or affection"
This exposition Of Mr.. BrcHASAS's sentlmenl
has very much the air of authority and sincerity
There is degree of modesty and an absence o
pretcntiousness about it, which cannot fail 10 strE
every reader of taste and experience. We llav
no doubt that its distinguished subject will rsdi.
adhere to the chart here foreshadowed. His an
tecedents his associations, his grade of statesman
shin, the school of which he is so able and s
: faithful representative, the links that 2onnec
, him so intimately with the good and great Oh
past and better day, his Christian worth and III
ttrvIce- rrr ITS administration wH1cn w1pa,ea"s
since WASHINGTON have commanded. True, III
has arluous obstacles to surmount, pcrous shoal
, to escape. But with the honest and brave back
ing of all good patriots over this wide and glorou
country of ours, he will (if any man can) guild
the ship of State safely amid the gales OF popu
lar fury which in one section Of the Union seen
to threaten her with shipwreck. 1t is a warm
generous, energetic undcspai:ing support. tha
will carry him, and us, and Our country, and ou
institutions, right on in the road Of success and
glory. God grant he may prove himself altoscthe
worthy of this support, and that he may recciv
it cordially and fully, at the hands Of the Ameri
can people