Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-13
The Presidents Message.

The Presidents Message.
On the first page of to-day's paper viii
found synopsis Of the recent message OF
the President accompanying thekansas Con
stitution just submitted to Congress. AS
this able paper only rciteratcs in q more
emphatic manner the principles which VIC SO
gladly endorsed in his former message, We
have contcnted ourselves with publishing
this brief synopsis, though We heartily en-
dorsc and approve the whole message. The
President commences by saying that ga
great dclusion seems to pcrvade the public
mind in relation to the condition of parties
in Kansas the dividing line there being
not between "two political parties, both ac-
knowlcdgins the lawful existence Of the 60
vcrnment, but between those who arc loyal
TO this government and those who have en-
deayorcd to destroy its existence by force
aud usurpation-bctwee those who sustain
and those who have done all III their power
to overthrow the territorial government cs-
tablishcd by Congress lie then proceeds
to sustain his position by an irrcfragablc
course Of argument and an accumulation Of
stubborn facts, which all the ingenuity of
all the Black Republicans will be puzzled
to rcfute. We disagree with the President
on one point only, and thata point Of 10
practical import now. Hc says that lie
believed and still believes, that under the
organic act the Kansas Convention was
bound to submit this all-important question
to the people, On this point we have al
ways maintained and still maintain that, as
no such right was reserved by the people to
themselves, the Convention was bound to
submit no part Of its work to the people
yet we are glad they concluded to submit
the slavery clause, and wish for the sake Of
the peace Of the country, that they had sub
mitted the whole But we will not quarrel
with the President on this qucstion-wc a.
gree on the one all-absorbing issue, that the
Lccompton Constitution ought to be admit
ted in justice to the South, for its rejection
denies the equality Of the States, and prac-
tically ahirms that no more slave States
shall enter into the Union We deny that
this is a mere abstract question Of right or
wrong with the South We think it one of
vital interest to her, involving, not only the
extension, but even the perpctuation Of her
institutions. We deny that the expansion
of slavery is 2 question practically settled,
for VIC have only to cast our eyes South to
behold an extensive and fertile country,
where the white man cannot labor, beckon-
ing tho Southern people with their institu-
tions to its embrace.
The propensity to inorainate admiration
We think is not among our faults, and if we
had the quality, it would, probably, lie dor
mant in these times of scheming politicians
and tricky dcmagogues, for tho want Of q fit
object on which to ezpcnd itself But we
cannot refrain here from expressing our
high admiration, amounting almost to ven
Grafton, not only fer this message, but for
the whole administration Of our venerable
and able President. Arguing from the past
to the future Of fIr. Buchanan, we think no
candid man, Of whatever party he may be,
can deny that there is at least orc "North- !
ern man with National feelings" Noble
were the promises made in the Cincinnati
platform, and nobly have they been carried
out so far by our President The President
concludes with the following eloquent and
patriotic language:
7 have thus performed my duty on this I
important question, under deep sense Of
to God and my country. Ny
public life will terminate within brief pc
Rod; and [ have no other object of earthly
than to leave my country in
peaceful and prosperous condition, and to
live in the affections and respect Of my
countrymcn. The dark and ominous clouds .
which now appear to be impending oyer the
Union, conscientiously believe may be
dissipated with honor TO every portion Of it,
by the admission Of Kansas during the pres
ent session Of Congress whereas, if she I
should be rejected, I greatly fear these
clouds will become darker and moro omin-
Gus than any which have ever yet threaten
ed the Constitution and the Union"
And is there man in the Democratic
party who would do anything to throw Oh
staclcs in the way Of this noble ambition
Is there q man in the Union whose inorli-
nate love for the little grcy-cyod man Of
destiny" as this second Ntpogooss is 50 ob-
surdly called, or whose blind attachment to
a one-idea will lead to oppose SO glorious an
administration We trust not
Volunteer Company.
A writer in to-days paper suggests the
propricty Of raising Volunteer Company