The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16
Prospectus OF the Republic.

A sufficient time has elapsed since the inau.
guration of Mr.. Buchanan, to dspel the hopes
entertained by many who did not support his
election to the presidency, that his administm-
ton of affairs would be moderate and con
servatiye as to give repose to a country too long
agitated by exciting collisions of opinion and
interest. On the contrary, it has been so far
marked by a violence of measures, which is
without precedent, even in the administration
of Mr. Pierce.
In Kansas it has given all its patronage, not
merely TO faction detested by the people of
that Territory, but TO the most odions men of
that faction, some of whom have participated
directly in the scenes of violence and bloodshed
while it has concentrated the entire disposable
army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth
under the command of a man of known violence
of character, for the manifest purpose of intm-
idating our fellow citizens there into submits
sion to foreign usurpation, and if intimidation
fails, of desolating them with fire and sword.
In foreign affairs it does not disguise its pur-
pose to take immense sums from the Treasury
to be expended in the purchase of new Terri,
tories, while it threatens us with complications
and wars fatal to commerce, in the sole interest
of an institution deemed temporary and excep-
tiomal by the founders of our Government, but
which now aspires to an eternity Of duration
and to universal dominion.
tion clearly is to keep up that agitation of the
Slavery Question, which was deliberately enter
ed upon as matter of political calculation in
1854, as the basis OF new party then formed
to control the destinies of the country that agi-
tation to which Mr.. Buchanan owes his own
election, and TO which those who surround him
now look confidently for the perpetuaton Of
| their own aower.
There are large bodies of our countiymen, in
all parts of the Union, who deplore this organi
cation of sectional party at the South, bottom.
ed upon the revolutionary proceedings of 1854
and still maintained by violent acts, appealing
to sectional passions who perceive that it os-
tr:cises the moderate and conservative portion
Of the citizens of the slave holding States from
participation and influence in public affairs
and who see in this geographical arrangement
of parties the greatest dangers of all kinds, in
Guiding dangers to the peculiar institution, the
sensitiveness of which is so recklessy appealed
to by political gamblers
1t is proposed by the undersigned to estab.
lish a Newspaper at the city of Washington, in
which the views of these portions of our coun.
trymen may be reflected. This newspaper will
be styled The Republic, and will endeayor &c
maintain a nationality and comprehensiveness
of views worthy OF its name.
Esteeming as the most imminent and pressing
graphical party by panderlng to the passions OF
the slavery propaganda, The Republic will reso.
lutely oppose an Administration which has de.
termined to perpetuate itself by keeping up
form of party so dangerous and so odious.
An infieXible attachment to the Union a rev.
erence for the Constitution Of the United States
as the highest achievement of human wisdom
a general conformity as to doubtful eonstruc
tons of the Constitution, and as to principles
OF public administration to the school of polite;
| illustrated by the genius of Mr. jefferson: peac,
and justice in our foreign relations; the consol
dation of our civilization at home, rather thar
| needless, premature or dangerous enlargement!
of territory; the dedication Of our present pub
lie domain as theatre for the prosperous indus
try OF freemen, and, with that view, the prohib
ition ofits transfer except in moderate quaint
! ties to actual settlers. Such, briefly, are tn,
principles, feelings and objects which will Civ,
tone TO THE Republic
1t viii be one of the aims of The ReBuJRc tc
cooperate in reducing the expenditures of the
Government, which have been swollen to seventy
millions per annum by the extravaganza and
corruption of the party in power. The revenues
of the country are mainly contributed by it:
free labor.rs, while its disbursements. of late
years, have been made with very little reference
to their interests. Public employments mill
| tary. naval and civil, have become more and
more engrsssed by peculiar class, which bears
little OF the public burdens and which has thu.
had double motive TO augment salaries and ex
penditures
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