Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-03-06
MIR BUCHANAN.

James Buchanan is no longer President.
His official term expired on Monday last
1t noon, and ne retres to enjoy the peace
and security Of private life. However men
may differ as to the propriety Of certain
measures of his administration. We believe
there is onc thing to which all assent, t3a,
4 arrorc thoroughly abused man, never lJE "'
Prr:'icnia! cLair-lsaye, perhaps, the i'm
mortal Jacksonl Every act o!his admin
istration has been subject to u succession
Of assaults, from open enemies and pro-.
fAs.ed friends, every sentence he uttered
has been tortured into treason. Standing
between the fanatics OF the North and
the South, he has patriotically laoo'ed TO
hold them spart to avert biz o lshed, un
I'll some fir adjustment Of thei: conflict.
irg claims could be made. By strong.
constitutional appeals, he has called
upon the conservative men-the true men
of the nGtion---to assist in allaying this
fcrco sectional controversy. Treating the
American people as an intelligent people
"A .oyal peoplo-he has cndcayored TO
restore peace and good feeling TO different
portions OF the country, by an appeal to
reason. and not resort to arms. Happy
would It now be for this nation, had the
wise counsel and patriotic suggestions OF
the retiring Executive been obeyed.--
But, TO our National shame bc it said, con.
scrva;sm is no longer honorable, and the
heroic concessions that q hundred times
have STAYED the tide and sLved lho country
can now no longer be made, party must
now live, though patriotism should die
unheard, thc stirring calls ofthc true men
of the nation have died in the very breath
that gave them utternnce the irreprcssi-
bic corll llct was going on, and the people,
frenzied with aboltionc ncxcitemeut, against
the protest Of the President and those no.
ble men that have sustained him, 10y their
votes were precipitatlng "civil war" or a
dissolution of this blood bought Union.
The goal has been won, the whrlwind has
swept the land. Seven States now out OF
the Union, with eight more vainly asking
CT their crazed victors recognition OF
their tights, speak out too plainly OF the
ruin that is wrought
These unhappy consequences Mr.. Bu-
chanan has patriotically iabored to avert.
Many have been lis warnings-v verified TO
the letter have been his predictions. He
toresaw, as all great men have foreseen,
that the triumph Of a geographical party
must herald the downfall Of the Republic.
lie regarded it as public calamity, and
when forced upon the country, he, at
the 'acrifce of ell, but honor. prin.
clple and life, has eagerly sought to peac
ablg settle His has been triumph.
though clouds around our country lover,
and when the bitter party spirit that rules
the hour shall have passed away, and the
unfounded charges Of personal enemies
shallhave been forgotten, James Buchanan
and his adminstrstion-liko Andrew jack
son and his admini,traticn-like James
X. Polk and his dministration-will be
pointed to by his present prosecutors and
slanderers as a man for the times in the
better and purer days of the Republic.
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Twenty-Five pick.pockets were arrested
by the Buffalo police during the occasion
of the visit Of the Presi1ent elect