Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-11-09
From the Prince William Demsetat.
Mr.. Bhehanan's Administration.

We have noticed ia the OppositiSn pa
pers. ofilatei many very abusive articles
iursference to the policy of Mr. Bpchans
ans a administration and its expenditures
rim fact nearly every opposition paper
70 the State. from the Richmond Whiig
down 10 the Kanawha RepubSscds, are
.6lled' with article full of iiiisrspresetita-
Etipnsain reierence 70 Mi. BuchaRan j pol
icy, And WhY(is this 3 Ills !borause
The success ef the Democratic. party in
1860 viii be determined by TIE SUCCESS
of his Administration. In this fact We
find an explanation Of the attacks upon
Mrs buchanan and his Cabinet, which
appear IN these and AL the Opposition
journals. By such abuse they crafty
their instructive luminosity and hope Is
prepare the public mind for an % pposi-ll
ton succession. .
Mr.. Buchanan has not been in Office
quite two years. and in that brief time he
has achieved enough for the country to
signalize ar entire Administrative. First
10 order Of time. and perhaps of inpor-
lance, is the adjustment Of tlIS Kansas
difficulty. Then came the gratifying an
nouncement that Mormonism had been
subdued BY the wise and energetic meas
ures Of the Administration. Yet d little
and the country was informed that Great
Britain had been compelled to renounce
the pretensions Of superiority On the sea
IN behalf Of The American flag. And
lastly, Intelligence was flashed across the
Atlantic that The Administrator had &C.
complished. BIZ prudent diplomacy what
France and England could only effect by
expensive ornaments, and that hencsforth
Che United States would partake equally
| in the opening of the Chinese Empire 10
1.-THE world. Are we not warranted II az
lIfrming that either one Of these achieve.
ments would suffice to illustrate al Ad.
ADMINISTRATION Id the annals Of history p
Taken together and as the realized results
1of not two years exertion. they furnish
the most splendid attestations of Execu,
tive wisdom and efficiency.
But this is not all. While TIE Admin;
istration was laboring with zeal and effecl
in suppressing domestic trouble. ID vim.
tdicating the national honor, and ii ex.
tending the commercial relations sf the
country, asinancial panic suddenly sweep
over the land, arresting the operations b
trade and paralizing the energies Of IN
dustry. In Great Britain the Revision
twas more severely felt than IN this eoun
try, yet that government was compelled
Ito have recourse to extraordinary meas
lures of legislation In orderto avert q mos
deplorable catastrophe. b Without tesor
to any unural expedient and By The oper
alton Of a financial system which the De
mocracy had inaugurated, the Admins.
Itration was enabled to mitigate the sever
fitv Of the blow. and to restore speedy
return of confidence and prosperity
Never, at any former epoch Of their his
tory, did the United States occupy Il
proud d position before the world, Or en-
10y so large a measure Of good fortune Al
at this very moment. Factions may de
my the glory Of these achievements i
Democratic policy and q Democratic Ad
ministration, but the people win aware
1.-THE credit to whom it is due Let til,
Opposition howl--the.pso WI sustain
Old Buck and his administration!