Year: 1860

sage before Congress, and has declared en-
phatiealiy against secession. He acknowl-
edges no other method of Withdrawing from
this Union but that of revolution For this
one glorious act of his, we forgive him, so
far as We are concerned for many of his
shortcomings in the past We blame HIM
for Lending his influence to that breahlng up
of the Democratic party, 10y the nomination
and support Of Breckenridge, which has pro-
dueed the crisis now upon us, but the crisis
having arrived We are proud to see him as
sumo the position which he has taken. He
has declared himself the President Of the
United States, and he intends to exercise the
authority with which he is clothed 10y the
Federal Constitution. If we do not, to the
extent Of our most humble ability, sustain
him in it, may our right arm wither to its
socket


Mr. Buchanan denies that there is any such
thing in the Constitution as the allowing an
individual State to judge of the constitution
ality Of Congressional enactments or of State
ennctments, and well says that the trainers
Of the Constitution never intended to plant
in its bosom seeds for its own Instruction. -
They were not guilty Of the absurdity of
providing for its own dissolution" Threats
having been made by the South Carolinans
that they would take Fort Moultrie from the
General Government, the President gives
them to understand that they cannot do it,
without incurring the consequences Of blood.


The spell that has been SO long resting up
on the mind of Mr.. Buchanan is departed.
lie perceiyes that he can go no further in the
mad course in which he was but recently
| embarked lie sees his country on the brink
OF destruction and he raises his hand nerv-
ed with the knitted powers of the whole
country, to avert the calamity. Thank God,
we have, after all a President!


No doubt, there are men who will affect
to sneer at our present endorsement of Mr..
Buchanan. All we have to say to such is,
that We endorse a man where We think he is
right, and condemn him where we think he
is wrong. As for them they have endorsed
Mr. Buchanan where they must have known
he was wrong, and probably will feel like
condemning him now, when they must know
that he is right. We viii wager a good deal
that there are several of the late ardent sup


porters of Mr.. Buchanan who will be exceed
ingly lukewarm in their praise of him for the
first good act, as President, that he has done
in long time. Well we shall soon see.


1t affords us satisfaction to know that there
has never been a President of the United
States who has acknowledged the doctrine of
notification or secession. From the days of
Washington (God bless his eternal memory.)
down to the present time, never has there
been a chief magistrate of this Union who
has hesitated, when the time came to speak,
to pronounce dccisively against all disunion
movements. 1t was predicted that Mr.. Bu-
chanan would, and we confess we didn't
think much better Of him. But he has re-
deemed himself from the unjust suspicion
redeemed himself noJly, and now let the
people give him due honor for the same.


The President is of the opinion that a
withdrawal of the Southern States or any
part of them can only take place by means of
revolution. Such has been the opinion that
we have expressed all along If States are
tired of this Union, let them get out if they
can, but they must take the full responsible
ty ofrevolution. No Virginia resolutions of
1898 will help them out and no Republican
patent-rght system of voting in Convention
to let them 60 will answer. If they depart,
they must raise the flag of rebellion, and fight
for it. There is no sense in any form of
Government which contemplates its own dis
solution. There never was Government
that provided for its own destruction. Men
would be crazy to establish such a Govern
ment


Now is the time to determine what this
Government Of ours is worth. We believe
it is strong not only in its frame work. but
in the affections of the people, and we be-
lieye that the masses of the people will rally
around any Administration that puts forth
its power to maintain the Union.


P. S. Since writing the above, we have
received the Presidents message, through
the columns of the Sacramento Union, the
only paper to which it mas been telegraphed
on the Pacific coast. The President ably
argues against secession, but seems to be du-
bious of any power in the Government to
compel by force of arms, a State to remain
in the Union This is very important point,


and we shall notice it at length in our next
, issue.


Is TRoUBlE.-A friend of ours is in great


distress lie says that the Union is going tc
: secede from South Carolina if Linkum is in


augurated. His authority is the Appeal and
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