Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-03-13
Prcsid't Buchanan's :


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tanning all lust measures calculated Il,
,,aruetP,ata ,Sese the riches, ,.,l;ric,I 49,
ms which Heaven has ever be.,o,,,.d nm.
ON any nation. Havin, determined no, ~
become a candidate for re election | shall
have no motive to influence nv corIurt
in administering the Goy-rum.n, excan,
the desire. ably and faithfully IN ..rye nv
country, and to live in the grateful ueu,1-
nv of nv countrymen. We have recently
passed through a Presidential coutest IL,
which the PASSIONS of our fellow citizens
were excited 10 the highest degr-a bv
questions of deem ard vital i,nnorf,rra .
But when the people proclaimed heir
will. the tempest AT once subsidized. and an
Was calm. The voice of the nai,ri-v
speakinp IN th.. manner prescrihed Nv tho
Constitution. was heard. and instant srh.
mission followed. Our own country could
alone have exhibited 50 grand and striking
spectacle oi the capacity oil man ior self
government: na' naPPy conception,
tAeh' was II LOT congress 10 apply this
fu'e' tiiat tie VIII vi lAe majority snail
govern 70 Inc settlement oil the question
ol uonAes.lc slavery III the terrl'orles.-
congress Is neither 10 ie2isia'e slavery
mo any 'erf4tofy' nor u eAciuGe Ii mere
IIoin' Dut u iea'e 'he i'eOp'e theFeoi per
ec'ly irte 70 lofli anu regulate u5Ir ~
heSuc ihs'lIu'iohs III 'heif own "ay, SUD
Ject ohiy 70 tue IONS ,iIuIiuii Oi LAe niI1d
States; AS d na'urai eonse lueHee, Con
sress Las 'l9o PEe'ctioeu 'hat "heh the
lerri'ofy Vi haiiSas sh''ii De ADMITTED as
State IL shaA De received INTO the mon
"lth or WITHOUT slavery, as their own Con
sti'uiion may prescribe al the time OF their
admission. A different opinion has arisen
IN regard 10 'he point OF time %hen the
people 0, territory snail ue9ide the ques-
ton Ior themselves. Inns Is haPpH! mat
Ter oi but AttIe pracucai Importance DC
siueS' II Is uuiclai quesuoh' "Hich ie-
gtni'ey OeohSs 10 'ne Supreme court oi
the hl'eu osa'es, oeioEe "hOin II Is NO"
PehulhS, anu VIII Is uhusFstood' De
sPeeoiiy anu nhaily settled ic their De-
cision, III common win an good citi@ens,
NAV be. though il has ever been m, md.
vIdual opinion that. under the Nebr,sLa.
Kansas act. the appropriat. p.rioJ viii la
when the number of actual residents IN
the Territory shall Justify the formationo Of
a constitution with a view 10 its admission
as State into the Union. Be This a. II
NAV. il Is the IMPERATIVE and ind;,napsa.
bic duty OF the Government of the United
States, to secure to every resident iph.bi
tant the free and independent expression
of his opinion by his vote. The sacred
right of each individual must be preserved.
This being accomplished. nothing CA, be
iairer than to leave the people OF n Terri
tory free from all foreign interference. to
decide their own destiny for themselves
subject only to the Constitution of lie.
United States. The whole Territorial
question being thus settled upon the p.in-
cipIe of popular soyereigaty-a princ1y!e
as ancient as free government itselt-ev-
erything Of practical nature has ben
decided No ether question remains tor
adjustment. because all agree that. under
the Constitution, slavery in the States Is
bevond the reach of any human power cx-
ceptthat ofthe respective States themselves
wherein II exists Nav We not, then, hope
that the long agitation on this subject Is
approaching its end, and that the geo
graphical parties to which it has gwen
birth SO much dreaded bv the Father OF
his couutrv-will speedily become extinct
Most happy will it be for the country wien
the public mind shall be diverted from
this question to others of more pressilr
and practical importance. Throughout.
the whole progress Of this agitation. which
has scarcely known any intermission for
more than twenty wears, whilst it has beeu
productive of no positive good to any hu.
man being. il has been the prolific source
of great evils to the master, to the slave,
and 10 the whole country. Ii has alHena-
ted and estranCea the people of sister
States from each other. and has even serI-
ously endangered the very existence u the
Union. Nor has the danger vet entirely
ceased. Under our system there Is a rem.
cdv for all mere political ey lis IN the sound
sense and sober Judgement OF the people.
Time is q great corrective. Political
subjects which but few wears ago, excl
ted and eNasperated the pubic mind, havo
passed away and are now nearly forgotten.
I'm, Tho nut s,ion of domestic Slavery Is Of
far GREATER ir,Dortauce than of any mere.
noli;;r,l nuestion. because should Nh. AN