Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-12-09
THE ADmINlsTnArDN. !,

It iSgratifyinS to the Democratic party
that 10 al the exciting. political coutesh.
that have taken place in the late State
elections, there is but one measure Of pub
lie policy against which our opponents
have leveled their batteries. 1t is
questionable whether any adminis,ra-
ton has encountered, witbiu~ . period
of Two years trial, but single cause OF
complaint. The Presidents policy upon
the Kansas question has engaged the eu-
tire attention Of the united opposition, and
fortunately for him and for the country,
the condition Of things in Kansas is such
that there is no probability Of cleaning
therefrom hobby that will longer serve
the purpose Of political agitators; and
whatever may be the verdictthat the coun.
try may pass in reference to the Presi.
dents course towards that Territory, it is
now = dead issue that must in the nature
of things give way to more important
questions.
Other questions Of great national i'm
portance have been before the country,
and upon the relation which the admins
tration has sustained on these, and the
skill with which they have been adjusted,
will the future historian make up a record
by which posterity will Judge the merits of
President BUCHANAN. He must have been
much greater or much less than either Of
his predecessors to have escaped calumny,
and that man must have paid slight atten
ton to the past who thinks that the abuse
of opponents detracts from the fame of
statesman.
In the foreign policy Of the present ad.
ministration, there has been exhibited
skill and a sensitive regard for the honor
Of the nation, that has met the approba
ton of the patriotic men Of all parties.
The great question Of the right of search
ing our vessels upon the common highway
Of nations, which for nearly half centu-
~ has been assumed with such pertinac-
ity by Great Britain, and which the war
Of 1912 failed to settle, has been amicably
adjusted, without the expenditure of dol
lar or the less of single man, and this
naughty and ancient foe has been forced
to yield, in the most unequivocal terms, 10
all the demands Of our government thus
terminating at once and forever question
which has cost us one war, and which has
90 long occupied the attention Of the most
distinguished diplomatist Of the world,
The prompt manner in which the Pres
ident has, upon different occasions, inter,
posed his authority to arrest the progress
of those lawless expeditions prosecuted by
the notorious "gray-eyed man of destiny"
evinces a regard for our national honor,
aud determination to keep ourselves
within the sphere of duty. while We exact
an observance upon the part Of other ma.
tons of the duties incumbent upon them
towards Us, which is in the highest degree
honorable to our country and creditable
to the Executive. Without such inter'e-
renee, these deluded adyenturers would
have undoubtedly involved our country in
. war, which in any event would have
placed Us in dishonorabe position inthe
estimation Of the civilized world. ea.At
Under President BUCHANAN, for the FIRST
time in the history Of our government,
necessity arose for enfurcing the laws Of
the Country against slavsrs. and for the
disposal of their captives. The prompt
ness with which the exigency was met
the rigid enforcement of all legal require
ments, and the humanity which charae-
terized all the proceedings in reference to
these unfortunate beings thus rescued from
perpetual slavery, has elected hearty com.
mendation from the most rancoroas oppo-
nents of the President.
The recent treaty with japan, which
opens the hitherto sealed ports Of tina,
mighty nation, and by which for the first
time in her history she has stipulated to
send . minister to our government, is an
other important event which will signalize
the present administration. For centuries
past the most powerful nations on the
globe have exhausted every resource in
vain attempts to cultivate feelings Of ami
ty with this strange people. Possessing
= country rich in mineral and agricultural
products, with an immense population
skilled in the various useful arts, the re-
suit Of this great triumph in extending the
commerce of our country cannot fail Of
being Of the utmost importance.
Inregard to achievements connected with
the domestic policy Of the administration,
we shall only now allude to two events,
the FIRST Of which is the Norman war !"
One year since the most fearful forebodings
were entertained in regard to moral
chancre which had become so firmly rooted
in the very heart Of our territory as to be
seriously menacing. 1t was reported up.
on what was deemed 70 he the best Of au-
thority that Utah was in state Of open
and avowed rebellion against the govern
ment. That immense numbers Of Nor.
mans, abundantly supplied with all the
munitions Of war, secsre in their remote
ness as we'll AZ their Notifications, were
eager to engage with any force that the
United States could muster against them
that they could only be reached by tray.
ersing extensive, arid and uninhabited
Ylaina dastitnta &C VII tho aunnlina neceS.