Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-09-30
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1853,

d supCIHne = mon man has been converted
into fire-eater, equal to Mr.. Chaubert
himself-when Mr.. Cobb came into Penn
sylvania, and travcrsed our State from end
to end, and from county to county, talking
to delighted audiences all the tiule, what
was the burden Of his theme? Why
Popular Sovereignty. I would take the
Army and Navy, | would use every power
of the Federal Government, [ would sur
round the Territory but what the people of
Kansas should vote, and by their vote the
destinies of the future State should be de-
cided. Whenever a Southern orator came
into Pennsylvania and called upon me, [
SAID to him: "Now, sir, | have but one
thing to say to you; we have but a single
thing before the people; every day is max
ing the campaign more and more doubtful;
every day Is making the popular feeling
more and more intense; Mr. Buchanan him
self feels that everything depends upon the
prudence, the sagacity, and the spirit of
conciliation by which this campaign is
conducted, and for Gods sake take care
what you say about Kansas; leave your yio-
lent Southern feelings at home you must
not come to threaten; you Governor John
ston, and you Mr.. Scott, Of Richmond, and
you Mr.. Extra Billy Smith and YOU Mr..
Secretary Floyd, all of you, must remember
that if you lose this battle here, you lose it
altogether; it will be your loss, and there
fore must allow US to manage it in our own
way. And they did accede to that policy.
without any protection, and gladly. There
was no deception in that fight, at least 50
far as | was concerned / sowcd the state
with private letters and private pledges
upon this question. There is not a county
in Pennsylvania in which my letters may
not be found, almost by hundreds, pledging
Mr.. Buchanan, in his name, and by his
authority to the full, complete and practi-
cal recognition Of the rights OF the people
Of Kansas to decide npon their own affairs.
[Applause.
Gentlemen, he was elected. He formed
his Cabinet. lie issued his Inaugural Ad-
dress; and here, at this point, let me say.
that the public confidence inspired by his
nomination by the Democratic party, and
the apprehensions of his election inspired
in the Republican ranks, that public con-
ndence III the man was renewed and re-
yived by the publication Of his Inaugural
Address. The Republicans, many Of them
who had voted for john c. Fremont said :
eve believe in Mr. Buchanan; if he stands
by the doctrines Of his Inaugural Address
we will stand by him Now, had he
done so, the Republican and the American
parties in my opinion would have been extin-
guished; would have been one great, happy
national family After all, what the great
mass Of the people in this country desire
Is good Government Every man in this
country is not an office-secker. Nine out
Of ten are disinterestcd in their relations
to this Government, and they are ready to
vote for John b. Haskin or for John Smith.
if they have confidence in the man and
Mr.. Buchanan would have suited the coun-
try as well as any other man, if he had but
fulfilled his pledges; and therefore it was
that when the inaugural address was pub
lished, they said one to the other-We
believe IL Mr.. Buchanan-we are sorry that
We have not voted for him; but we are
willing to trust him and stand by him to
the end. Mr. Buchanan had before him "a
future which Washington, if he had been
living, might have enyied--a future which,
If he had walked rosolutely in the path he
had marked out-the path Illuminated by
his resolutions and pledges-would have
allowed him to go down to the grave with
the acclamation of the people Postcrity
would have pointed to his administration
,,,11aI anI IL
Pennsylvania would have no cause to have
been ashamed Of her once fayorite son
No, my fellow countrymen but he did not
stop here. As il for the purpose Of accu-
mulating pledge upon pledge, as if for the
purpose of piling up pyramid of promi-
ses upon the question, what did he dc
next He looked around to see whom he
should get to go to Kansas for the purpose
Of settling the yexed question which had
rendered Kansas, what it has been graph
ically termed, I" the graveyard of Govern.
ors. He sought no inferior man; he
would not be tempted to take an ordinary
man. He selected gentleman, states
man, who had been presented by large
portion of the leading and prominent men
had for years represented his State in the
councils of the Nation. He selected Robert
J. Walker. And when he called upon Mr.
Walker, and asked him to proceed to the
Territory, Mr.. Walker said to him, "Why
Mr.. Buchanan, that would finish me for
ever; it has ruined every man who has gone
there it will ruin me. | have reached
that time Of life when | cannot afford tt
risk all my prospects and probably the peace
and happiness Of my family" And ht
said further, 81 cannot run the risk of be
ing most probably betrayed and deserted
by the Administration that appoints ne.
Mr. Buchanan said to him, ''Mr Walker, i
you will go there, you viii settle this qUes
ton in few weeks. Everything is ready
here are your Instructions pledge yol