New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-16
NewVork DAILY Gibame
WHERE'S THE TRUE DEM0CRiCYi
BUCHANAyS ADMINISTRATION ARRMGSgD.
The Great Question i'm Missouri.
From Speech delivered on Jan 8, 1853 al Mas,
Meeting Of the Free DemOe acy Of &. Louis,
By q. GRATz BROWN. Esq.

James Buchanan the now President Of the Uaiied
States came into power under the very shadow o. Ia,
name of Jackson and under the belief that was held
bv the democratic masses of the people Of this country
tha, he would al least restore the party to it, former
integrity yindcate its old principles and administer
the Federal Government in accordance with the recog
nized orthodox faith. The Administration Of poor
Pierce had divorced the people from the party, and
reduced il to a miserable minority everywhere; but,
10th 70 leave their first love- upon the inst s'gn OF
repentance-upon the substitution OF man OF Jack
sons dav--they returned with eagerness aad the
Democratic party again triumphed. But that IS AL
Not quite twelve months have elapsed and We witness
the first act of the new President TO he recommeuda-
ton that Congress shall force upon the people Of al
infant Territory State Government IN opposition "
their will and in defiance Of their almost unanimous
protest So violent is their indignation, that the mers
announcement of this programme upon the floor OF
the Senate has excited the yeomanry OF Kansas well
ch 20 civil war and revolution. The technical forms
nd constructive powers and official recognitions
ara pleadr,i in justification by the Executive but
what are forms or powers recognitions IN mani
est conflict with lie ,rW OF he People Il IL in
ult ~ the YER, womb from which the party sprung
T. il treason 10 the great names who consecrated
tber lives and labors TO its IL Is profanity
against the ritual and heresy against the creed anu
sscrlege against the divinity of all democracy
perpetuated popular supremacy, tne nun sIa L. i
tmed it, infancy will dlstill poison that Will SINK u
fostering into dshOnored grave. But shit the scene,
and what next The advent of the present Admins
tration was signalzed by the announcement OF thirty
millions and more of specie in the vaults. Ana yet
before the Message giving fattering accounts OF tho
financial condition OF the Government was read IN
remote parts of the Union, the representatives OF Ma
tional Democracy in Congress forcstal public sentl-
ment not less than public need, by demanding total
departure from the SubTreasury system the issue OF
ten millions of paper, aud it, conversion INTO Fed
oral currency Instead Of gold and silver, 1t deals now
in notes of one hundred dollars and upward payable
never or at least at all uncertain date. me spc@
bass Of ne Government ts dScdrdcd, ana that NOT
from NE cessty but from Cholcewhie uncertain ISSUES
of vast outlines taxing the industry OF the country IN
their rise and fall loom forth from the future a. the
medium Of its disbursement. Does tnis compou WIN
democratic principles as Recognized III lne past
leave the answer TO the national DEBT that VIII
accumulate the domestic revulsons that will be
enaled and the foreign wars that VIII DO invited ana
encouraged by the change. Turn again and see those
who assume the party leadership Chosen by the peo-
pe because he not the choice OF Southern Seces-
sioniss Mr.. buchanan has scarcely entered upon the
discharge of the duties of his high place before we hnd
his Cabinet the merest tools uterng the edcts OF the
latter and the President himself surIenderng his en-
tire administration TO their dtctaion. DAVIS, eud
Hunter and Toombs in the Senate, Qutmsn, aud Orr,
and Keitt and Stephens, IN the House, now speak III
the name of Democracy, and shape all administrative
measures from the acfcdtioR OF the territories inc
DrotcciOn Of the Transit route, and H0ndefercHce IN
Central American affairs. A. well set hawks 10 guard
sparrows Who are they l am asked Tney are
each aud all welded to the idea OF adissoluonoi
the Contederacy and the formation OF southern ke-
public Not one of them whose age goes back 30 Jar
bu wears the scar of blows which jackson dealt al the
first notification. Beyond the precincts OF tho Capnoi'
too still more sinister prospect greets the eye Inc
chief applause that encourages the President pohcy
comes from South Carolina, while the dread of Mssts;
sipp goads him to perseverance. His predecessor,
bad he was, preserved semblance OF respect Tor
his position a. the head of the nation Mr. Pierce
credited The Union as his mouth. piece Mr. Buchanan
recognizes only The South rs his organ Imagine,
them solemn sitting of all that company at asis-
ngon who now presume 70 wear the ofneial ropes 0,
crash of live thunder, if uttered in their midst would
reverberate those words OF Jackson, "Oar federdf
tRiOH-H must be pyeserred. One other parallel re-
mains that which touches the Federal Constitution.
II any inference could have been drawn more reason
able than another in regard to Mr. Buchanans
in the Executive Chair II would have been affirmed
that the same timidity which had characterized his
past life would have rendered him most unwilling to
hazard extreme views in regard 10 constitutional ques
tons. But all signs of dry weather tail when rains.
The statesman who doubted on the bank, and hedged
the tariff, and quailed before notification Is
in pOwerthan he INDUCES in the largest latitude
of construction. The most strained extra udica! dcta
Of the Supreme Court become the texts of his public
responses The bred Scott decision, which in sub
stance declares that the Constitution perambulates
the whole country with a negro on its back, Is 80
clear to his strabismical vision that he does not
see how il could have been doubted. Powers
of Congress well settled heretofore by the prac-
tice Of the Government aud the approval of every
President from Washington to Polk, that they
never called in question, elaboratey ignored
by his Administration; while others dreamed Of
during the fist half of the present century are now
found creeping ont of every clause OF the Federal
pact and ndsc Intimately resored in defense Of his
ultraisms. Dir. Madison thought ii wrong to admit
IN the Constitution tue idea that there could be prop
" erty in men, and the phrase was avoided Mr. Blu
chanan understand " domestic relations in law
OF Congress TO refer 10 Slavery alone and that inter-
probation is to be enforced at the point of the bayOnet.
And do such positions embody the Democratic notion
of n strict cOHdracOH' ID would be an arrant piece
ofabsurdity, we'll as knayery, TO such prop
ositlon Thus then We perceive how, one by one, all
the uDites that attached the Of the people
the party have been sundered-how its great and
leading principles have been yolaed-how the foun-
daons of its support have been undermined. The
Administration of James Buchanan has been but a
Democratic grave-yard-wbeTen see the fitting
forms Of popular sovereignty, the Treasury system
the National Union, and the Constitution itself like
sheeted ghosts huryng along to the land Of shadows
II may be remarked, however, my Democratic
friends that TrOgress Is equally incident 10 true
democracy, and that tried by.other standards than
those OF usage and custom dnd precedent, the
conduct VI the present Administration will be
found more worthy OF estimation and more conso-
nant to the welfare of the whole country ae-
knowledge the force of the proposition and TO show
my sincerity will consider il in other lights than that
OF hneal descent. Bastardy, | know, although ii
might establish for fixture does not always imply
lack of force and vigor Waive then the question of
liegitimacy, and how does the matter stand We
have reviewed in the abstract let US consider il in
the concrete. IL has been judged a. whole examine
II IN separate parts Has the conduct Of the various
branches of the public service been praiseworthy
that the Democracy should overlook all faults, AID
tend cemebcy to the President and his advisers Has
the fame OF our arms been enhanced Has American
diplomacy awakened the jealousy of Europe Have
the operations OF the Treasury exoed the homage OF