The Nevada journal., 1858-02-26

son, and under the belief that was held
by the democratic masses of the people
of this country, that he would at least
restore the party to its for1cer integrity.
Vindicate lis old principles, and admins
ter the Federal Government in accord
anoe with the recognized orthodox faith
The Administration of poor Pierce had
divorced lhe people from the party, and
reduced it to miserable minority ever v
where but, 10th to leave their first love,
upon the first sign of repentance-upon
the substitution of a man of Jackson's S
day-they returned with eagerness :;
and the Democratic party again tri-
umphed. But that is all. Not quite
twelve months have elapsed, and we
witness the first act of the new President
to be recommendation that Congress
shall force upon :he people of an infant
Territory State Government in oppo-
sition to their will, and in defiance If
their almost unanimous protest SO vi
olent is their Indignation, that the mere
announcement of this programme upon
the floor of the Senate has excited the
yeomanry of Kansas we'll nigh to civil
war and revolution. The technical
forms and constructive powers and Off
cial rccognitions are pleaded in iustifi-
cation by the Executive; but what are
forms or powers or recognitions in mani
fest conflict with tie p,H Of the people /?
1t is insult to the very womb from which
the party sprung. 1t is treason to the
great names who consecrated their lives
and labors to its success. 1t is profani-
ty against the ritual, and heresy against
the creed, and sacrilegc against the d.
vinity of all democracy If perpetuat-
ed, popular supremacy, the milk that
nurtured its infancy, will distill poison
that will sink it fostering into dishon-
ored grave. But shift the scene, and
what next! The advent of the present
Administration was signalized by the
announcement of thirty millions and
more of specie in the vaults. And yet
before the Message, giving hattering ac-
counts of the financial condition of the
Government, was read in remote parts
of the Union, the representatives of Ma
tional Democracy in Congress forestall
public sentiment, not less than public
need, by demanding a total departure
from the Sub-Treasury system, the issue
of ten millions of paper, and it's CONVEX
sion into Federal currency. Instead
of gold and silver, it deals now in notes
of one hundred dollars and upward,
payable-never, or at least at an uncer-
tain date. The specie basis Of the Cor
ernment IS discarded, and that not from
necessity but from choice-while uncer-
tain issues of vast outlines, taxing the
industry of the country in their rise and
fall, loom forth from the future as the
medium of its disbursement. Does this
comport with democratic principles as
recognized in the past! leave the an
swer to the national debt that will ac-
cumulate, the domestic revulsions that
will be entailed. and the foreign wars
that will be invited and encouraged by
the change. Turn again and see those
who assume the party leadership. Cho-
sen by the people because he was not
the choice of Southern Secessionists,
Mr.. Buchanan has scarcely entered upon
the discharge of the duties of his high
place before we find his Cabinet the
merest tools uttering the edicts of the
latter, and the Presiden mt himself surren-
dering his entire administration to their
dictation. Davis. and Hunter, and
Toombs, in the Senate, Quitman, and
Orr, and Keitt, and Stephens, in the
House, now speak in the name of De-
mocracy, and shape all administrative
measures, from the pac;fcation of the
Territories to the protection of the Tran
sit route, and non interference in Central
American affairs. As well set hawks to
guard sparrows. Who are they? am
asked. They are each and all men
welded to the idea of a dissolution of
the Confederacy and the formation of
Southern Republic. Not one of them
whose age goes back so far but wears
the scar of blows which jackson dealt
at the first notification. Beyond the
precincts of the Capitol too, a still more
sinister prospect greets the eye. The
chief applause that encourages the Pres
ident's policy comes from South Carroll
ma, while the dread of Mississippi goads
him on to perseverance. His predeces-
sor, bad as he was. preserved SEM
blance OF respect for his position as the
head of the nation. Mr.. Pierce accred-
tied TIE Union as his mouth piece Mr..
Buchanan recognizes only Tie South as
his organ. Imagine, then, solemn sit
ting of all that company at Washington
who now presume to wear the official
robes of the Democracy of the United
States, and how like crash of live
thunder, if uttered in their midst, would
reverberate those words of jackson,
"O4r Federal Usion-n must be pre-
served" One other parallel remains /;
that which touches the Federal Consti-
tuition. If any inference could have
been drawn more reasonable than an
other in regard to Mr.. Buchanan's
course in the Executive Chair, it would
nave been affirmed that the same timid-
ity which had characterized mis- past