, 1860-08-07

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',,TaE REAL cuLPRtr.
No man has ererreired from public Sta
ton under laa4 Of ob1o9uy. greater Than thas
which is. crownlng the Latter days: q ne
Presidency Of James Buchanan: It is doubt
n, II he has solitary friend or defender in
The country beyond those who are dependant
n,on bis favor for office or for fat govern
nn,nt: contract. With these exceptions. no
m,n tpeats well Of him or Of his Administra
,ion. Not evrn the Breckenridge men-tfe
nnea] political descendants and inheritors OF
tho PRINCIPLES and the historical renown Of
The party which plaoed him in power-are vii.
ling to assume the responsibility Of in dorsiog
Mr.. Buchsnan's administration. Not only 80,
but tue very men who aided ii elevating him
10 Office, arc in many instances. the most bitter
an uu1elsnting Of his rcvierq. -:
We shall not be suspected Of desire to
enter the lists as Mr. Buchnnaa's defender. He
richly deserves all that has been or that can
he said in condemnation Of his course as Pres
ident. But We do say that the weak old man
should not be compelled to suffer alone for the
s:ns which the Democratic party hare com'
mitted through him. ANY other- man, whom
that party might have cdhsented to run for the
Presidency, would have d4he just as he has.
The mission Of the Democratic party is to e1~
tend and perpetuato slavery; and in nothing
does it show its sagacity more clesrly than IN
fastening upon its instruments the odium'uhch
Justly belongs 10 ITSELF The Missouri Com
promise was repealed during the administra'
ton Of Pierce. The Democratic party demand
ed it, and nided in perpetrating the diabolical
act But while poor Pierce, at ths end Of his
term, was permitted to 60 ignominiously into
coventry, the Democratic party continued in
power, bent upon the same mission Of slavery
propagandism, having merely made . change
Ct instruments with which to accomplish Its
PURPOSES. What had Pierce done to render
himself unpopular, that had not been done at
the command ofthe Democratic party in Con-
gress. 1tis known that he vehement1yprotestod
against the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise,
that his organ ut Washington denounced it in
advance, bit the Democratic party forced bin
into the endorsement Of the measure. So
likewise in the furtherancs Of the Democratic
l. programme, what infamy has the. administra
1ion Of Buchanan perpetrated the stain o
which is not On the skirts Of the Democratic
party? The bloody villainies in Kansa
10 force slavery into the Territory. the coErup
tons and fraud which have been fastened upor
the administration in the vain attempt to main
tam Democratic ascendancy in the free States
these have all been done at party dictatlon
through the aid Of party, and to accomplish
party ends Why visit condemnation and
punishment upon the poor unfortunate instru
n1ent, while the real criminal-the Democratic
party-is suffered to 60 "unwhipt OF justicc?'
The real cu]prit escaped when James Z. Poll
closed his career with single term. The sane
was true when franklin Pierce retired from
public life in disgrace. VIII the people Of this
country suffer this thing to happen again it
1860? Will they exhaust thtir indignahor
upon the poor irresponsible instrument, and
give their suffrages again to the guilty principa
the Democratic party-whicb, with change
Of agents, would again march steadtastlg for
ward in the game pathway Of corruption ami
fraud to tie accomplishment Of the same end
We do not believe it. Low as Buchanan ha
sunk himself in the estimation Of his country
men, they would he unworthy Of any bette
administration than his, were they incapable
Of appreciating the fact that he has been th
victim Of party designs and party necessi.ie
that any other party leader in the same po
eition would have been used precisely as Bu
chanan has been used-that The eril aonsist:
in the damnable objects Of the party, its cor
ruptiou and rascality, and that the tue remed,
consists in tho defeat and overthrow Of tht
party, as well as Of its weak and corrupt in
struments.