Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-12-14
The President and his Mes
sage.

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sage.
Fallen from his high estate,
And yeltering in his blood;
Deserted, at his utmost need,
BY those his former bounty fed
On the bare earth exposed he lies
With not friend TO close his eyes"
The President has been /" weltcrinC," not
in blood, quite, but in petty schemes aud par
tizan tricks, until he is about to 60 outof of
fee without a - friend to close his official
eyes, with hearty % God bless y you,
parting. lie seems to have been wonderfully
fortunate in making enemies Of every body
that has come into official contact with him.
Not satisfied with running his party. and
blasting the high hopes of the staid and so
Der men all over the country and II all PARTIES
tina, be at least would be g safe president, -
he must needs, through willtuluess orlack Of
courage, in his last message, place himself in
position 50 as not to deserve friend or a
follower 1t will not Do for hun, to merely
to see his own party, through his impotency
imbecehty, or what not, entirely ruined. but
in conjunction with a portion of bis Cabinet,
he has been. and is now, laboring, it would
seem,to bring about dis-union. The country
il perfectly willing that he shall be the - last
James" but not the last President of the
Union. The country is satisfied to look on,
quietly, and see him pummel the breath out
Of the n1ribuna democratic party, but not
quite as willing to witness his attempt, 10
g let the Union slide, without an effort to
save it. Modern Democracy and the Union
are no Siamese twins that cannot safely be
severed, by any manner Of means. Neither
as matter OF necessity must the South :" 20
OUT" because James Buchanan has permits
sion to do SO.
In reading the last message of the 4" old
Public Functionary," one cannot help think
ing that the President is entirely unequal to
the exigencies Of the times, and has been t
the mercy of men who are Numerically at
variance and the message was written to
please all these discordant men very little,
and the country and himsel less. Let US ex.
anime some Of the statements and recommen-
dations of the document.
The President denies the right of State to
secede and argues the question at length, say
ing " that the trainers Of the constitution
never intended to plant within its bosom the
seeds Of its own destruction" Very good a:
but almost in the same breath he declares
that the duty Of executing the laws has been
rendred impraeticable in South Carolina
because, forsooth. the District Judge, Mar
shall and attorney have all resigned. But
why not appoint others, and then blek them
up ard enforce their authority, by employ
ing the army and navy of the U. S. as he
says he has authority by the acts, of 1876
and 1907 He could telegraph to Boston to
the Government officers 10 do this, when a
Niger wac 70 be caught and sent back int
slavery. lie could send an army into Kansas
to subdue the inhabitants and compel them
to obey the laws of a bogus Territorial Leg
stature The President has ample power Il
employ the army and Navy, and the militia
too, in any free State or Territory, but in q
slave State, the government is powerless.-
Have the L. S. District Judge the District
Attorney and the t. 5. Marshal the power Il
diyest the L. S. Government of all authority
to see the laws executed in any State. Thi.
is indeed the weakest Of all governments, il
three men in a State can oyerturn it. II tn,
President will appoint resolute men to thes,
Offices. and tell them they shall be backed uI
by all the power Of the army and navy, mel
enough would be found to accept, and tht
Carolinians would not be half as resolute t,
rcsis, their authority as some Of the coloreC
/ people have been TO resist the Marshals II
taking back Fugitive slaves, This Who'll,
trouble comes from the imbecility and cow
ardice OF the President and his advisers
lie says - he is bound by oath, before Goo
and the country, TO take care that the law
/ be faithfully executed and then immedi
ately says he cannot do this, and before h,
has taken single step TO see whether he car
or not lie can collect the revenue but can
not secure the - administration Of justice. '
Why can one be done, while the other is al
impoSsibiity? lie asks Congress " to de
eide the momcntoas question whether it ha
power by force Of arms to compel a State t,
remain in the Union Why not ask Con
gress whether the Executive shall see tina
ats laws are obeyed and enforced. This is al
there is in this momentnous question -
whether the President is putty man, or q
man resolutsly bent on doing his duty.
! After adopting the opinion of Ensign Steb