Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-06-16
THE

THE ADMINISTRATION.
The Memphis Enquirer, d staunch conser.
vative paper supporting BELL and EvEphrr,
for tine two highest Offices within the gift Of
the people, entertains no particular love OF
reverence for Mr.. BUCHANAN or his Admin
istrasion. A late number Of the Enquirer. in
an article too lengthy for US to transmit en-
tire to our columns. $ pitches into" the ruling
powers with an ardor plainly showing that it
is determined the people SHAH Know how
corrupt and rotten is the government now
ruling the destinies Of the American people.
Our readers who have not kept themselves
posted in regard to the events Of the day, are
requested to give the extract below a care
full perusal. And you, You Long Tail Demo-
Gratis who believe the sun rises and sets
within the circumference Of JAMES BucHA-
NAN & Co, read, and learn the truth in re-
gard to your political idols:
They have seen the flag of the nation again
and again, insulted upon the high seas, and
the j, sult passed by unavenged and unresent-
COs AC A~VS 0SC" tuV ~ iouSS y
the frontier murdered, and their houses redu-
ed to ashes by bands OF rowing %Inlians and
marauding M.x,cans, while the sword which
should have protected them was sleeping in
the scabbard, and the Secretary. whose duty
it was to watch over them. was devoting his
attention to the sale of mules and wagons.
not without suspicion Of beneftting MS private
fortune by the speculation. they have seen
4 Secretary of the Navy neglecting the great
interests committed to his supervision making
contracts. not with an eye to the public good.
but to the amount Of votes the contractor
could control, and faudulentIy packing the
Navy Yards with vzgabonds and iosfers to Sc.
cure the illegal election Of the plant instru-
ments Of the President They have seen a
Secretary # State denying the right Of natu-
rallied citizens to protection abroad, and
weekly shifting and changing his position
until he had fully earned the contempt Of those
he first outraged, and afterwards stul,ifed
to conciliate. They ave seen an
Attorney General voluntarily becoming a
mediator and an amanuensis in a vile bargain
between public pIunderers. They have seen
the President himself descending from his
station into the dirty arena Of PARTY strife
brides in person, and exertiry the
whole power OF his Office to crash a Senator
who dared to ne lnhependent-to smother the
voice Of a State, and convert the representa-
tive Of its sovereignty into the creature o.!
his will. They have seen him assernbie Il e
blacklegs and shoulder-hitters of New York
at the presidential mansion, for the purpose
Of patching up their dirty quarreIs and, moe
Infamous, still, they have seen him, with cow
ardly :reachery. desert the creature he had
sent to Kansas, and give him up to rublic in
dignation tor obeying his instructions. They
have seen the country brought to the verge
Of a civil war upon a mere abstract question.
which, be it decided one way or the othe-,
AN not affect its prospects, or advance or re-
tard the growth Of a single material interest
They have seen Congress kept ,norganized
or many weeks. and 50 disgtaced W black
hat the name OF America became
Kissing and a reproach throughout the civil
zed world. They have seen one public Of
icer after another felonious!v d ming his hands
nto the treasury, until honor ard virtue il
position have became obsolete words,
it is doubtful whether he is not respect
ID who steals the most. They hav- locke.
ipon all these things with the loathing they
ire so well calculated to excite, and the eff
ort to reform them characterized by a deep.
tern earnestness Of purpose, as far removed
enthusiasm as possible, and far more af-
ective.