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

Gr1uIyiuS W sne DS Py
that in al the exciting political contests
that have taken place in the late State
elections, there 10 bat one measure Of pub
lie policy against which our opponents
have leveled their batteries. 1t is
questionable whether any administra-
ton has encountered, with;o~s period
of Two years trial, but single cause OF
complaint. The Presidents policy upon
the Kansas question has engaged the en-.
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 verdict that the coun
try may pass in reference to the Presi
dents course towards that Territory. it is
now q 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 record
by which posterity will Judge the merits Of
President BUCHANAN, He must have been
much greater or much less than either Of
bis predecessors to have escaped calumny,
and that man must have paid slight atten
ton 10 the past who thinks that the abuse
Of oppone nts detracts from the fame Of q
statesman. .. ..
In the foreign policy Of the present ad
ministration, there has been exhibited a
skill and sensitive regard for the honor
Of the nation, that has met the approba.
ton of the patriotic men of al 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 unequivocaI terms, to
al 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 dipiomatist of the world.
The prompt manner in which the Pres
ident has, upon different occasions, inter-
posed his authority 10 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 10 in the highest degree
honorable to our country and creditable
to the Executive. Without such inter e.
renee, these deluded Adventures wou ld
have doubtedly involved our country in
. war, which in any event would have
placed Us in dishonorable position in,the
estimation.of the civilized world. aodi
Under President BUcHASAS, for the FIRST
time in the history of our government, a
necessity arose for enforcing 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
menss, and the humanity which chsrac-
terized all the proceedings in reference to
these unfortunate beings thus rescued from
perpetual slavery, has elected hearty com
mendation from the most raucoroas oppo-
nents of the President.
The recent treaty with Japan, which
opens the hitherto sealed ports of that
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 80 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, secare in their remote
ness Is we'll a. 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
plains, destitute Of all the supplies neces