, 1859-01-07

We cannot blame any man who helped
make june. Buchanan President Of tie
United STATES, for going through Drabmini-
cal penauce for the act-hook. swinging,
trayeTsin: the land Of his nativity with peas
in his boots, giving. lis offspring to crnco-
diles, etc. These things argue capacity
for moral growth, and though the penitcnt
should never indict upon himself the Just
chasliscmcnt due to his depraritJ, he
Is getting open to Virtpous impress
ions in way which may excite
the highest hopes of the rcformer. Ercn
though his conviction of guilt have a source
in his bile, or bis pocket, rather than in an
IN awakcn>d conscience, it is something TO
have put him on new trail of ideas. And
notwithstanding he has been restrained from
cleansing his stuffed bosom, by unknown
tcrrors, until the verge Of The eleventh hour,
his case is far from hopeless he is none the
less candidate for tic rewards Of better
life.
We arc led into tllesc rcvcries by an article
in the Chicago zimes Of yesterday, making a
pretty clean breast Of it, so far az the writer
17 ~oD~s1se ~ ~ 'ne e''sa''on " our tener-
bible Chief Magistrate to bis present dignity.
1t ia true, one Of The prorrictors of HAT
1'u -. ~ onse tue noas u nourlfalns
p's' o4u-'' 4.'1a "A'en 1t was removed W
- '(''l@1''n' ~ u - ooscl'eo also'
sa.s .Ae 4tMss op'n1 l' eo1nincn' Will oaa-
ee eoA' "Ae LUIS
might in any noasih]e manner he e ana.
tending to eubArrass political contest il
in ou. ,senus 1so oeep psrsonai interest,"
aud candid expressloa of our judgment n TO- o, tbe
acts oi Inc adminlstrat'ou 1! oi Mr. Buchanan,
The aet;on of The 1'scxatnsa eT I, 4ai ssaaess'
day hes removed the lust possible excuse for 81
tenee th W. w, ensse.ofe ts that We ssk
this morning." -" l'N''''
But tie purging Which follows is somewhat
commensurate with the ardent proyccation
aad painful delay referred TO. We havc no
interest in the personal grievances which tbe
Times brings into public view. Whether This
clique or that. wormed itself into tl1e sbrunten
affections of tie old man, is Of M consc,
qucnce to any one, aarc those who were ken:
out Of The treasury by it. But wc have n
right TO entc. our protest at Lie mint phe,o
principle begins to Gcurc in tbc d;ecuse;on ond
We do this not TO ul] any rcsncctah;,;t,r u
James Buchanan, rs will be seen INIT Ia rive
him tue benefit Of a larecr conn7,r t,,,,
come peon1c seem wiy,fnr n r,,o,,,.tn ~,
The 7;mc, declares = &. t1,a oe,ano. ar ~ =.
;lictmcut th,t tbo c;,o,n,n,; C.s-..
"made p1atform. t}c 1;G. nr ,r,,;ch VIC
n the Kansas, ,N.rroe., ~, AL -,,,
"1or its fair aud faithful nnn1jcat,op ;, ~
cisely the contrary Is t,1,a. TIL. ncmo,r,cr
of 1856 lad rot 4 stem in oav,ncc nf ,,o
Democracy Of 1854. When tue Nebraska
bill was passed it vas everywhere declared
that its object was tn ,,ivc Tin rcon1o or t,o
7tr,tor;e, The same 5joIts ~ v.ro aniore, hr
tue peonlc Of fLc Stat r. The wav h,r;,,x
becn ourn,d for s,arorv in Kansas t,,o u,,,la
D,.mocrutic Marty in concrcss h,r;,o .t,:.n.
for two wears to nut If thcrc ana vct the nm.
chtncry lrine aiscoycrc1 10 work ovrr,ra,,-
tue Ciucicna,i Convention of 1s5G nro.oo1:.1
to doctor their priucinlcs liz civno tho ncon,o
of the Territories these inalieuah1c rir1,t.-
not while remaining in Il Trrrj,or;o, cons;.
tion, hut "wurSEyEn THE NUMBER or 1ur,n
1SuAB11AS1s Jr>1irl:;s admission ;nto
the Union. THIS WAS a nrcuaratorv ,,ovo
mcnt for the Lccomnton Cnnstitu,ion on1 If
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