Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-12-14
The Presidents Message.

The country has looked % ih' Message -
pr...l.ri Buchanan with deep interest.
ts.m OBJ, ku1v'r'-s that IN the present
.r.... hs lll both q, power 20 rr,c,pi,aie
,h, threatened dissolution, or, hy h,,1min:
fruuss.. o, utterly annihila,c an h1re oi a
~.a'h-u C1ui,ira,y. \ cur'9ry rsalin.
i.r.-,,. all h7rs ofthc latter coure wh.is
ca-.rul study even forces the fear upon us
tH,t o., will c,snrily he,rny To- material
force. lf tts Government in', the hand. Of
e., upItrrru. crsmir. 90 TIE country, who
ar- ,arr,rI. battered. and allowed &, share
o., c1url,res uf 90, executive. N'sur.
rr,rou. are male f1r isi-nc, Of tie public
rursrty o., mean. hav, BEEN taken 90 even
l.ll firm session Of the forts in tbe DE-.
c7rt-u,rl Districts. while even the ar.anal
of Charleston D., PLACED under The charge Of
o., traitor Governor of the state. The
vh.', crlr., % thc EHscu,iy, 8. weak.
c'varl'v. even tl,'. IN 10, mastery mac.
ty.tv.
wor.s than an. instead Of placing his
foot upon the mischief, like q Jackson, or a
TAYLOR. De turn. upon the unoGrnlins citi-
lsu. OF ths Nar,h. 20 whom be rcal. lee
turr. unjust. uncalled f1r. and UNANIMOUSLY
insult.u. &, the Prc.ijen, elect, While
uciily approving the state Of anarchy now
c1Isun. at the South. And even when be
doe. oven uron the latter, be completely
stulu6N bis own logic, by sayinc that a
State canno, secsIr, AMI that no power can
prevent her seeding. Il she wishes 70. Not.
withdrawing his assertion, that the Gov
eminent cannot exert force aei,ns, State.
De state that the officers Of the fort. arc
instructed % act on the defensive, II attack.
"a. while u has been shown that about tho
lat mau has bern ordered from the garri-
son. q California, though other soldiers
could have been --nt as we'll. Where words
are not opposed to words, acts are inter.
po-I which speak With tsn.iOll greater
power.
Alter proving tina, State could not Sc
c~ie. had be stated that it was b.. duty, as
Executive. 10 see that the laws are obeyei,
and the public property preserved intact,
TIE people would have sustained his deci.
sion. and he would have one good act to
redeem his wrstched administration. H.
did not 90 that; but infinitely wors', pro-.
posed another comrromiss.. Il i.thi. The
Constitution must be amended as follows:
I. An r.prr.. recognition 81 the o.. ht of prop.
co., tp slave, BE- tbs STATE. Whcrc u NOV east.
ur mt, hsr,sNsr exist.
p m Doe, ui protecting this right ,u all lhe
cH.uHHu l,uiIHtir- ihrpug hout. their territorial
D,.-fsl-r, lHt uHui The, shall be admitted 90
~lir. lotto che iu.uo, With o. vlhuH ,l1ycy.
81 hks recognition Il the right IT The master
o. have hi. slave, shs has esoir,d hOm uns
Stale f1 rultHTr, tssiUfrd and " d-l,Ffsd up "
O. h,m AM ~ ths ,,Id,iy Of the Fugiu,e slave
Law sHsrisd toe tbis pufpose, together with a
ts.iiatlun that alI State Lass inpaiiing 90 DO.
frat.ns thi. right ar- violations Of the Cousiitu.
I,1a, aui ace consequently nell and VOID.
This is substantially a recognition Of the
Drel Scott and Slave Code doctrines, con.
tanned IN the Breckinridge pl'tiorm, which
has just failed to receive One,fi,h Of the
VOTES VI the people Of this country. Is it
not a complete answer to this proposition
TO poin, to the popular majority against II ?
>ueh an arransoneu; IS simply an inpOssi-
b,Ii,y.
The other recommendations are Of small
import, and we dismiss the document in the
foil hope that hereafter our Executive com.
municaSions may mean somsihiag.