American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-12-15
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The Coastiluti0a of ilsh moFuiag eqa'
llalns z oorssspoa6eRso bstwsea e0E. -Wis.
lei Virginia hnd Rlgsi1sat b1elsnih.- i
lappsais thatathe irdh uoSsrnor informar
Iths RrpsisCot Jhai hs hAd specific and .sa
il1bls IplpsN.iip9 ikAt :. pIaoss ipp Mar
llsud, OHIO ead Rsossy lvnaia have tssI
Esceupied q dspols aad-pho6sa Of readss
vous b fhsss febpsrsdoss, that i, b,
Ieegspit6sosp foFmidrls ia uamn1s. Nh.
lpfpppsei - tss6uee John sB rdIns o. .sirsl
IpFousiaeus cilissss Of Vkeiaia e hosi6tn
for Browu's security y unoba.rueisa s.,
tGueEda or othsrwiss. 10 Invade ihis SIlis
and 1s srs kept 10 continual appssheB
sisR ef onlrsgss, bY Gre and rapias % or
Ibotdsfs TIE 01veFuor informed d,
fPresideui th.t be. spprissd hiih Of thde
ieeie that ha miSht TAXA maasafsa 10 pre-
ssfss the psscs between ths stiteS 10.
Governor further said that he purpos'
was peaceful. but that IL spolhsfS tavasiol
SzIAiled thg t,iAlgy from my ausFlss,shl
wonld .passue The iuradsfs wherever fhsy
VAight 90. into auy territoFy, and puajsl
them with, arms wherever -hsconld reael
them. Bachsnsns replies With character
Hliie eeolnSss, and makes = peIahls hit. s.
Give the old man. credit for ID. 1oF. III. .hal
1 no friend; here who srs moi bis s,iessda
lries. He cara To- ia. ,Ioysrnor: i.ye,
ldo not concentrate ne facts "a whiol
,lTour convictions are iou,dsS. n lie sb
ssaot Of which t. would sssm. almost 10
lftediels that apy portion of The people q
the Siaisg mentioned ak:ula b., euil,y q
the atrocioqs wieksdeess, and folly, . Do.
&c, Buck would however send q guard
70 Hsrpsr's Ferry 70 prolset ths govern
Gegt propsriY there, aud 70 resist lhe Ora
opsI.uxbi Of ihs fearful and vondsrfu
bands Of Absliiiou dsuperadoos who wsr.
sxpesled, Tiis be did. aud the town o
Esrpsrs Ferry was iult Of regular .iroOD,
Whsn I was there.
Buchanan went on 10 say that he was a,
aloss 70 discover any provision 10 the COu.
sliiulioo of abe Uuitsd Slares which would
AhthoFisa him 10 take steps for the pssOos,
VAllon, Of fpssaa between the EiaIos. 4. n
said: II an al loss to discover auy pro.
vision 10 .,hs Oonslilulion OF. lsns Of the
United ataias which vdald antl,oriss ma
70 cake s,sps." lor this p,urooss. Il /,
dou bllssa. the imperative du,v of lhn pa.
sp .otivs Stste eoTsrsments Ia hrsak m
sach drpots, aud 70 e.svan, ths,e nIls, ,ns ~
from mskiag Excursions into Vi,rlnia d
disturb its pasaa or n,avAn, ,ha .s .n,,n.
81 Ne laws. II the Federal E1seutiva.
however. we're 10 salsr lhess sialss aud
psrform this duty Cor them u would b q
manilsst usutpation oe their rights. Were
! tsus 10 cot Il would bs 8 palabls invasion
Oi Stats sovsssigaity. and 40 precedent
might prove highly dangerous. ~ '-H 80
The President also Informed the Cover
NOR thst be hoped hls ''snergstis measures
mi1hI prove s1lIlcieet tos any smeFksIoy
that might ooeur.n ! think Old Buck
mat hare looked peculiarly inteEsSliaR
when be psnusd The last paragraph. lIS
had common asnss enough 10 know that
Wise wss making . great fool Of himself.
Bas Wise was not sstislsd With the Prsal.
deaf. and 10 his Snsssak4 Aisailsd him with
considerable warmth. The COL li.hsArssd
man had actually len The State Of virRinia
in her dire and aw ul emergency TO shiit
for hsrsslL The Chief Maeistrats of The
uaitsd States ,hai refused at the oaN Of
Virginia. to idvads other States with The
Federal srny 10 hunt up dsns Of trsitors.
basiDg bic fefussl upon two prepos,srous
prspcsl,icps. y ls1,' ~ 'ae ~ 3it,
Ia. That tbsrs wera no faota ootn
oated, aod. Thai ha lad "a con,tltn,ion.
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