Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1858-02-13
Bloomsbury, Feb. l3, 1858.
The Kansas Message.

We republish on the outside OF the
Columbia Democrat to day,'the able and
convincing message of President Buchanan,
accompanying the transmission to Congress,
of the Constitution of Kansas. We need
not say that we are impressed with the
Importance of this subject, nor that we
regard the President as clearly right and
emnently sound in his views the fact that
We republish thet message is proof upon
those points, and We ask for it cool and
dispsssionate reading. To our mind, the
reasoning Of the President is as clear and
unanswerable as mathematical demon.
stratiou; it proves him to posscssi what had
indeed been universally accorded to him
from the beginning, eminent ability, pro-
found craftsmanship aud "A safe conserva-
tisn; and it proves him too, to possess in the
very highest degree, that glorious charac'
teristic, and abs, lu'ely necessary qualiti-
cation, without which no man can be a
statesman, JachSOn HrmheSS'
Amidst detection and dctraction, in the
face of abuse and denunciation, he takes
the responsibility /; and VIC have no hesita-
ton iu saying that the great heart of the
democratic party that elected him, is with
him; and the only men who will 60 down
i'll his storm, are hose who have raised
their voices against the adminis.ra tion.--
This new Kansas excitement will soon
wear itself out, the territory will speedily
be admitted as a state, the question will
pass from the minds Of men, and with it
will pass the names of those who raised it.
They have lost their hold on the heart OF
the people, they are regarded as unsafe
and unreliable, and an eternal ,retireme ut
awaits the termination of their official
career.
1t is true, in Pennsylvania, We have
been staggered by blow. from an unex'
pected quarter; the fruits of our victory
have teen quietly surrendered to the enemy,
and the party finds itself subsidized. Now
is the time, therefore, to look to the great
Leader whom they followed so gallantly
through the roar and smoke of the contest
Of So, and closing their invincible and
serried ranks around him, bear the gallant
old champion, on their filial shoulders, to
a full fruition Of their own and his victory
Wrest from the hands Of Congress, the
Black Republicans and their traitor allies
the Territory of Kansas, by insisting upor
its admission as state, and when that il
done, we can securely rest upon our laurels
Until that consummation, nothing is won
After SO hard fought contest and s.
brilliant victory, are We to be paralyze'
in the enjoyment, aud have our prisoner
pluck the fruit from our handsl We hav
said, and we repeat it, the people vii
sustain the President, and Pennsylvania
notwithstanding late events, will stand b.
Buchanan. They will not, they dare nc
desert him.-If they do, where will the
go! They will go over to the black re
publicans, oppose the admission Of Kansa
as state, and hand over the people q
that territory for another year, to ih
tender mercies of Jim Lane and the freedom
shriekers. For that we do not believe tn
people are prepared-but the question ha
only two sides-rejection and agitation, o
ad mission and quiet.