The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-04
The Vres,a-,. 5 nsessage Kan.ss-The
Cyenanua FlnaI Contest Upon Us


The rres,n.,s 5 message kansss-Ths
Cyenanua FlnaI Contest Upon Us
Our readers ca all parties, in TIE special mes
sa &c of the, Pree:S emit to Congress upon Kansas
aft airs are fully N formed of bis reasons fo7 adj
he, ing to The beeon lpton constitution. Ii is a
gre at message. bor generations 10 come it will
stan out in boldr,,i, fas enc of the most proni.
men, landmarks in n, political history of these
Unit ed States.
Th ere is something e ruiy magnificent in ths
earnt .stness with which Mr.. Buchanan under
lakes the teak before hin and the style n which
ne &C hieves ii is pssiti,Tel sublime. Fully
aware of the exgeno;es O, the crisis, ansscf the
tremei ldous contingencies involved he does not
SEEK 4 evads or soften his resr ,rrsibiliti.~ but
comes forward brave,y and res putely 70 the
work lie knows that the alternative in tte
selutio Of this matter is life r dcsth-Unou or
dsunio 1.-THE continued marCt, oS the republic
ia the upweId path az prosperity, power an d
glory. or its. swift dissent to destruction; and
ne write e accordingly, If we look we atsl /
look in vain for any message Of a-y prece5ist !,
President, upon great emerpancJs more re- =
markahe fo-,moral courage. convincing a-gr
sas ultimatrp If Mr. Buchanan.
The unrlsasured violence with which Il;
is. denounced by the opposition press-
especially of tie, black -eTsbl'sn-
school. furnishes the most satisfactory
evidence in support ofthe position ostbe Pr,si-
dent as the policy Of he democratic party. Cur
city coteu poraries of tAe Seward faith. for sx-
ample. are perfectly frantic. The English Ian
guare. with its abundant resources, a too weak
for the EXPRESSION Of their terrible wrath. Cne
of them declares thas ;his message O. Is noting
more nor .ess than an incendiary pEslieaticn>'~
that lit eaerns to rave been studioasly ca.as-
lated ~ put the whole coAntry iaso the in
tensest heat of excitement, and 10 light VI The
| flames OF civil waS in Kansas. cid that the
charge that the Topeka party are in state Of
rebellion " IL an at-ocious ealumny.' Another
Of our Seward organs declares tAet the Iresi-
| dent has become "a sectional chisftain, tramp
ling under foot like the dictates OF patriotism
/ and the control Of common sense In the sSrvice
Of sectional jealousy and Reasonable anati-
cisn."
These shriel.s from the enemy pretty plainly
indicate that this Kansas brosdside from the
White House has struck them betseen wind and
water But there i yet another Of orr Seward
contemporaries whose shrieks. from incessant
practice are liitls sharper than al the rest
He says. speaking Of the manner 10 which the
affairs of Kansas IRE discussed by the President,
that afrom the gigantic ialsehoods. By suppres-
sion. with which he sets out, to the snuihing cant
with which be concludes, all is systematic i'm
ros,are. pcrvcrsion and villany." This comes
-. near the elegant style of augmentation
recular to the Five Points; bus we suppose
b that the libel, reduced to the exact terms OF
that locality. would be that flames buchanan
is an Internal Liar. perjured scoundrel and a
e snuflling hypocrite." A fair Interpretation, as
y every reader will perceive. But what does this
!, splitting Of venom signify when applied TO the
" real merits of the casef Simply that our black
. republican philosophers are driven TO the wall
o and that. concerning bleeding Kansas" the
n President boldly proposes to rob them Of Their
Il stock in trade.
IS Let the democracy in Congress sustain the
IN message of the President, and admit Kansas
AZ under this Lecompton constitution, and they
~ will soon discover that they have adopted til,
- true policy for the party, and for the peace o.
: the country. We dare say that within 81,
n. months from the acceptance Of the Lecomptor
I'd constitution, peace will be restored in Kansas
DO that she will be free State, out-and out, ana
Of this Kansas agitation in Congress, aud through
be on, the Union, will he at an end. We believe
too that with the subsidencc of the agitation tn
y odds and ends of the democratic party, Mort
o. and South. will be brought together again
~ and that upon new practical and popular issue
h. they will be strong enough not only to secur
IN the Presidential succession in 1850, but TO
re- many years to come. The LecompIon constitu
* tion is the legal product Of The kansas-Nebra'
k hill. lf there arc in Kansas ten thoussn
Y. or fifteen thousard Of her seventeen tbousan
'ea legal voters opposed 20 this constitution s
hn much The better. The greater the majority th
ate more readily can the people accomplish th
led very thing which they most desire--"the regr
ar laton Of their domestic instu,ioDsi in their OW