The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-02-12
Presidents Message.

just issued from the presidential sanctum
to teach Congress their duty in respect to
Kansas affairs. This one idea document
tn umbs away upon the old string of
tinolity" and peace to the distracted
condition Of the country through congress-
1aat tnsEertng, and Intervention with the
rights of sovereignty, which belong uni
VERBALLY and iutcgraIy to the people them
selves. Ills way of settling all the diff
culties that have bccloudcd the political
armament Of this nation, bringing to the
verge Of disruption and civil anarchy; and
threatening the absolute suppression Of
its liberties, is to force upon the people of
Kansas an organic law that niac-tcathS Of
the people therein utterly dctcst, and that
ta-tnthS have had no voice in making,
and no iytcicyc allowed them of mani
Testing their opinions concerning it tIro
the ballot box. Ills way of smoothing
down the dashed and white capped waves
of political agitation and turmoil, is to
keep stU.dinJ army there, fully equip
ped upon war footing, aui with blyo-
nets and ordinance, az trlDrv," keep
the people in Subsection; aud then if
they wont exercise their "popuior Snccr.
eiynty" i'll accordance with slavery and
southern bullyisln, and the federal troops
are insufficient to force the people to cxcr-
cisv their own inalicnable rights of self
government, then the whole rctaSc cmpLg-
!nys Of Missouri blue lodges and pot
houses arc to constitute " j,osS" coD,ita-
sos' to compel them to accept such kind
OF self government as they in their tender
mercies may see fit to impose. Ifprecc-
dents teach qay,hiny and are ,ror,A any
thing, We should suppose TINT President
Buchanan had seen enough of " fa,H-
ties and settlements OF the slavery qucs-
ton heretofore, to not unclp another vol
o4no Of this kind, which may rcnd this
Union asunler, AMI will dig deeper Pc
litical grave for himself and his party
than even Benedict Arnold, and Iii.
treason, conceived OF occupying. Bnt it
= an ancient saying, tat thos tint lite
uodf wish 70 destroy, ,hcy a..t make
mad" and if ever the truth cf this max
n vas verified, it has been during the
k1crcc, and Buchanan administration thus
Tar, for if ever there was a tissue Of 6lu,a-
'1er' interviewer into tn chapter Of po liti-
Gal management, it has been during the
last six years, aai If ever the rctributions
of populsr displcasuro followed glaring-
iy corru pt and decaycd political party, il
has been during the same lapse of time
One of the great themes of his message,
aud one that he seems particularly aud
nervously anxious to display before the
country, is the extreme .J1rJcora,,ce, pr
tiencc and lanb-likc mcckncss with which
the pro-slavcry party i'll Kansas have
sufcrtl aud cnlIrei from tn airfM AMI
terrtjie er;9cutions AMI insolcnce Of the
fr.c-.s.tes mon. According to his view
Of the subject it i the t,yor that have
made all tho difficulty, AMI upon hem
only should be visited the Indignation and
vengeance Of an outraged nation They
are the monsters that have kicked up al
the tu,s there, aud consequently should
BE- hrn7"d for their rebellion and treason
while the South Caroliniln anl Missouri.
al g,lt' of riff N h,nlitti, ar5 the very
pink of pcrfc elton, al tn, inn)cent vie
tins Of oppression, AMI III Ib violence de-
serving of his august consideration and
protection; AMI h>lll b. supplied with
presidential pap and s'3rr p'om' in this
he, and canonzcd as political saints am
as7lyrs ~ the next.
Throughout tn, whole message, th
president fails 10 conceal the l,assjo" an,
rJacor which arises from disappointc
ambition and the gl1ring oLorfion, whicl
has characterized his entire policy as
ch;efmagistral,. Openly and successful
thwarteI in his corrupt schcming by the
great Republican p1rty at the North; abln
d)arI an | deserted by his hithcrt, able
champions within his own purity, wit
~,'ti"y now left, as "poio, ne opui,
but tn, little knot o. Southern "Firc-ca
ors," he totm, and raras, aud Scoi'is liz
anrrvol, all e,ty oil w,man, until h