New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-28
a pERpLNxEp pREsIpENr.

The President of the United States has good
reason to believe in the truthgof the old saying
that Misfortunes never come singly.H In truth
the venerable old gentleman who now occupies
the White House has hardly been permitted a
days rest or an hours peace since he assumed the
Presidential dignity. Troubles, trials and tribula
tions have followed him up closely that we dare
saw in his heart of hearts, he has cursed the hour
when he aspired to the position, and bewailed the
folly Of that ambition which SO consumed him for
thirty years, before he finally had it satisfied.
What with Kansas and her Governors and
Walker and his Central American operations, and
Douglas and his rebellion, and the treachery of his
old friends and the obstinacy of Congress, and the
corruption of his ofiice-holders. Old Buck has had
the iyelest sort of time of 1t from the very day
when Chief Justice Taney, on the Eastern pcrtico
of the Capitol, administered to him the oath Of
office. 4"
HIS latest " agony is the landing of Eve hum
dred African slaves on the coast of Florida from
the ship Wildfre This is the second time, during
this Administration, that savers have been caught.
| How many have escaped the vigilance of our fleet,
| we will not undertake to say Old Buck is dis
| tressed only about those that are caPtared-and
4re accordingly find a long message TO Congress
on the subject written in the accustomed patent
right Buchanan style, and imploring the Immediate
attention of Congress to this dreadfa business oi
/ the Wildfire In the midst of his either troubles
/ about the disruption of the Democratic party, the
/ contumacy Of Douglas, the defaleafaon of Fowler
| and the naughty telegraphc condnct of Admiral
Sanders, this Wildhre affair comes IN to crown the
/ summit of Old Bucks misfortunes.
/ And what is the character of his message to Con
gress2 It is nothing more nor less than call fol
an indefinite of money, to be applied, first, t.
the removal of these Africans FROM Key West, OF
the pretense that they are in danger of yellow
| fever there, when the truth is they come from
/ yellow fever country themselves, snd were per
haps never in 50 healthy place as Key West be
fore; secondly, to their deportation to the coast
Africa and, lastly, to their maintenance and edu
cation there, after their arrival, for the space
twelve months This is the disposition of thes
of course, to be borne by the Treasury of th
United States.
This is about the same course that was pursue
in the case of the Echo. The President states
however, that the cost, in that case, was muc
greater than was at first supposed; and he there
fore recommends that Congress- in the present in
stance, put no limit to the expenditure, as it is un
certain what it will come to. In other words, h
Ii to be at liberty to spend one million, or five mi
lions, Of dollars, if he choose, in the deportation
maintenance and J" education Of these Africans
, Besides this, it appears from the teegraphic ad
vices in the papers of Saturday morning, that tn
President has been allowed the use of Goyernmeu
vessels to send these negroes back n and they ar
: to go home amid almost as much pomp and glor
.,,;s ,.assoa ta eanoto
resoiatloi aulnofAiis ~ passeu 1le f,shaee'
affirmative to fourteen in the negative
All tbia wa are hound To saw. is exceed;nol
s' Il. ~ H., Thoso ?,
ridiculous, no mattef what the law Is. ihese nj
groes were slaves before they were brought froi
Africa. and they will be re e.conyerted into slave
i ,tN'' NS' " - =. - :
when they get BACK thefe. Ihey VIII go INTO
state of slavery more abject less humanizing, an
lass civilizing than that to which thev wpuld hay