Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-10-28
From the New Uaren Register.
The London Press on the Connecticut Me-

The London Press on the Connecticut Me-
morialists-
The following extract is taken from
lengthy editorial article in the London Daily
Telegraph of the 10Th ult., on the subject of
the memorial addressed TO President Buchanan
by Professor Silliman and the forty gentle
men of Connecticut who undertook to instruct
the President in his official duty The Tel
egraph speaks in plain and forciblc manner
of the folly of the memorialsts, and its ar
ticle is the more noticeable from the fact that
it appears in journal entertaining as strong
anti-slavery views as the memorialists them
selves. The Telegraph. next to the London
Times, has the largest circulation of any daily
journal in the British metropolis. 1t is
paper of and for the PEOPLE. and has always
spoken favorably of the United State. anI
the American people. 1t says:
" No one who has read the articles which
have appeared from time to time in this journ-
Of supporting for one moment system which
We have regarded with horror and Indignation;
but We cannot help rebuking a spirit of ag-
erosion on the part of the Connecticut min
listers, seeing that the sole ground of their dis
like to Mr.. Buchanan's policy is tha: he has
not put down with strong hand the pro-
slavery party in Kansas. and thereby endan-
gered the safety and wcii-being of the Union.
The fact is, that these northern ecclesiastics
would not hesitate to sacrifice the best inter-
ests of their country to carry out their con-
viciions, and are only restrained ty their
want of ifuence and power.
90 1t is to such men as President buchanan.
who, with the genius of an experienced d.
plomatist takes the whole bearing of qucs-
ticn, and does not act upon partial principles.
that the decision of matter involving so
large an interest may most securely be in
| trusted; and we view with sincere satisfaction
the stern but quiet rebuke which he has given
| these sef-copstituted counscllors in his reply,
and the statcsmanlike manner in which he re-
| pudiates the charges brought against him,
| These imputations are of such character
| that. if true, they ought to consign his name
| to infamy; on the contrary, as hs Justly re-
marks. if they be not true they must rebound
with withering condemnation on their authors
| 1t is not light accusation they prefer against
the Chief Magistrate Of their country, and
with remarkable calmncss and candor he pro-
ceeds to disprove their allegations
|
| .' Had Mr.. Buchanan been the man to bo
intimidated by the ndiscreet outpourings OF
a few Connecticut clergy, he would not have
been the person to rule over twensy-eght
millions of free and enlightened subjects
1t is no. usual for the chief magistrate of a
State to enter into vindicstion of his policy
to private and obscure individuals. The
President might have preserved dignifef'
| silence, and allowed the results of his admin
istratlon to show the wisdom of his acts He
has, however, yenturcd, with that courtesy
which SO highly distinguishes him. to reply
TO the charges brought against him by Prof
Silliman and his supporters in his cxplana-
alton he entirely refutes their arguments, Al
| manfests that true and liberal spirit of ac-
ton which cannot but render his admini.tra
ton beneficial to his countrymen, and e1al
the name of America throughout the civil
zcd world"