The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-16

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; purpose of gratifying his revenge--thc reckless
men aronnd your person accepted your own
conduct as a license 10 them. Bent alike up
on plundering the treasury and breaking up
f th @ Union, they organized system of pecu.
lation and fraud unequaled in civilized gov.
ernment, and with your aid, enlisted in the
work Of destroying the democratic p,rty.-
You pretend at this day that you were igno.
rant of tho practices in the first, but you can
not deny that you stimulated and encouraged
them in the second The disruption of the
democratic party at Charleston and Baltimore
was plotted in the White House; and, when
it was accomplished, although admonishod
that it must lead to the dissolution of the
Union itself, you refused to throw yourself in
to the breach and to accept tho regular nom.
ination of the party. Once more you en-
ployed the patronage of your administration
IN order to crafty your worst passions. You
never forgave Stephen A. Dougla, because
he Indignantly refused TO endorse your de-
fection in 1857; and, when you contrasted
the popular verdict which gratefully appro' =.
cd his coufo with the popular expression
which condemned your own, you resolved
that he should be defeated, even at the haz.
ard Of the annhilation Of the Union. You
saw the democratic party staggering under
the double burden of being held responsible
Tor the enormilies OF your administration and
OF being identified with the cause Of disunon.
Again you were admonished that the p orse
verance in these proceedings must lead 10 tho
most dlreiul consequences, and again you re-
fused TO listen 10 the voice Of reason. In
deed, through your organs, and your friends,
you circulated the doctrine that il was far
better that tho general opponents of the de
mocracv should triumph than that the regular
candidate Of the party should he elected, and
when this portion OF your programme was
fulfilled, when by means OF your patronage
and with tie aid of your mercenarics, YOU as
sisted to elect Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency,
YOU gave currency and credit to that fatal
theory which has hurried free institutions
90 s'o very lrecpice of disunion. Prepara-
ratlons for armed resistance TO the law as a
consequence Of Mr.. Lincoln's election wero
made under your own eyes, participated in
by your own Cabinet Ministers, advocated bv
your own newspaper exponent, and s. far ap.
proved by those who held position under You
IN different Sta,ss, North aud South, as at
last to assume tho air of q virtuous revolu.
ton. ln that hour when, for moment, you
seemed to comprehend tic magnitude of your
crimes, did you step forward to execute your
high trust by anticipating the Vaccinations Of
she Southern conspiratol., by crushing seces-
ton in the bud and by mixing an example
OF every man who held a commission at your
hands, who dared to approve their proceed
ingsl Alas. no. Ia your last annual mes.
sage to Ccngres, whilst arguing against the
right of State to withdraw from the Uuion,
you offered immunitIes to the enemies of the
Union by declaring that you had no authori.
" to punish them. Your Cabinet exploded
in the midst al your own complications and
your country's distresses, and then was dis
closed picture of crime, moral and POLITICAL
such as ma nation has ever been called upon
TO witness. Compelled TO summon 10 your
side other counsell0rs, amin ate! by different
sentiments, and resolved, so far as they could,
to rescue the Union, you embarrassed their
action by your ,imidity, vacIlation and weak
ness. AT this moment, while you are pre-
pairing to assist in the Inauguration Of your
successor, it ia doubr full whether YOU have left
him even tho fragment of government to
administer. Your enemies might congratulate
themselves upon the entire fuliment of their
mourn over the sad downfall of the Union
itself.
1t may be said these are Harsh words to ad
dress to an old man. Your countrymen lave
been told that as you approach the close Of
your official term, You manifest some regret
at the past, and within II short time it has
been given out that the weigh, of years and
cares has ieariulIy oppressed your spirits; but
Mr.. Buchanan, the very last acts Of your al.
ministration have shown that still in their
ashes live the wouel fires of your malignty
and revenge. Many Of your recent appoint.
ments have stocked the country. Even now
the name Of one of the chief agents in all
those proceedings which have Contributed to
rush the Republic upon the verge of ruin is
pending before the United States Senate for
high Judicial position, and others who have
been equally prominent in the prescription and |
treacheries Of the four years gono by have
been hopored with the most distinguished I
marks of your confidence. 1t will, therefore
be seen that you arc approaching the Psal .
mlst's age without feeling single emotion Of
remorse 70! the wrongs YOU have inflicted up
on patient and suffering people. do not .
envy you your reflections in the winter Of
your years; but like the Frenchman, when .
called upon to vote whet ther he would doom
the tyrant OF his country to the death he so
richly merited, / conclude this epistle in his
own words; 81 con,naiserue The poor and
the needy, and tie oppressed, Jm ! hare no
pity for the oppressor of my c1"'try."
J. w. FoRyEY.
Probable Effects Of II Low Southern Tariff.
The Albany Evening Journal apprehends