Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-02-16

clan. and his services as "A democrat 5re
enthusiastically admitted. Among the
hardy and daring settlers of the west, ne
is spoken of in terms of familiar gratitude
as the early and eloquent advocate Of
presumption rights. against the power OF
federal eloquence and federal persecu-
ton. On the New York frontier he is
regarded as th& manly and fearless enc
my of the humi!iating tergiversation of
those who. with I'll the right on their
F.. side, permitted the blood of outraged IN
nocence to 90 unavensed, and would
| have been rejoiced to instruct ouE courts
to pronounce verdict IN fauor Of British
nsqraude,s. In Maine he is applauded
as the unllinching statesman who, even
I for peace, would not see his country dis
| honored bg tame surrender of our ter
ritory and Inherent rights, to a cavern
ment whose towering ambition and love
Of dominion had Just been rebuked by
the opportune interposition Of our repre-
sentative at the French court. In Mich
iean the noble effort of Mr.. Buchanan.
in 1887, in favor Of the admission OF that
state into the confetleracv-an effort dis
tinsuished by the advocacy Of the right OF
popular government in its hroadest,
| most universal sense. will long be remem-
.hered to his honor. In Rhode Island the
friends Of free suffrage regard him as one
i.of their most eloquent advocates at
time, too. when the tempest ct persecu-
ton would have swept them FROM exist
ience. and when the dungeons Of the land
holders and royal chartists were used to
frighten them into submission. In the
south. tive clear and perspicuous, and
profound exposition of state rights, by
JAMES BUCHANAN. are recorded among
the productions Of their ab'est exponnd-
p,s. Each of these separate acts is we'll
known to every section Of the country
and each. in rapid succession, has won
the applause Of the democracy of the
country. These alone, without ennmer-
asinr the many other services he has ren-
dered to the people, and TO the cause OF
,opnlar principles, are suficleot to show
that among all our democratic statesmen
there is no one whose course has been
more generally known. or more general
liv admired. They will also suffice t
show bow far his Dretensions are not bas
ed on local considerations alone.
The example Of nearly all our nom'na-
. fons for the presidency. rs the yindica
ton 81 m m the PERSONS OF The distinguish
III aaiis iodivieuals vino have filed the execu.
tive chair Of the nation.
Thus have been honored the sublime
and kish souIel qualities Of the immortal
WASHINGTON the liberal and effective
republieanism Of JEFFaRsoN; the pro,
: fonnd wisdom and pure patriotism 81
MADISON the stern and unyieldino
virtues and daring courage of JACKSON
These are bright examples in our history:
and they will ever remain monuments
alike of the gratitude and the sagactv
of the American people. Vet, when a
great state superadds to her own claims
based On the long and faithful ard unde-
WAITING adherence of her people to the
principles of democracy, and rendered
powerful by her position, her resources,
her population, the irresistible claims Of
the MAN she presents. we might we'll sun
pose that the nomination made. under
such circumstances, would not be inef-
fectual before the American people,
/ PENNSYLVANIA is this instance! Read O.
yer tie list of republican states-and
where is one whose career has heen
more steady. more self-sacrifcing, more
effective in the democratic cause ? Her
history is one that reflects honor equally
upon herself and upon her country her
staresmen and her soldiers have contri-
buted to many of the most glorious events
in our annals Her prowess was signal
" exhibited in the war Of the revolution.
/ in nearly all the struggles Of our infant
tpeGpe: and also on the northern from
tier. on the chores of the Chesapeake,
and on the ocean. in the war Of 1919
Her civic fame is equally honorable to
her The name Of her PGNN has itself
estabIishfor her the character of peace
and humanity. .
Pennsylvania has also contributed TO
art and to science, some of their proud
est triumphs. PENNSYLVANIA is the state
of the lightning rod and the Steamboat
Such names as Franklin, and Fulton. &
Rittenhouse, are not the productions Of
every century and we in Pennsylvania
rejoice to- know. that the first spent al
most his entire life in PENNSYLVANIA, and
the two last were the offspring of our no.
bic commonwealth.
The position Of PENNSYLVANIA is one
that is beautifully typitied in her d;stn-
guished BUCHANAN in the national leeis-
tature. In his own expressive language,
81 her democracy holds the balance with
steady Judgment and enlightened patriot
ism. between the opposite extremes of
consultation and disunion"--repelling.
on the one hand. the meretrioious adj
vances Of moned prostitution. and on the
other. keeping down the impuisive ex-
elements that arise from the question of
slavery. Herself one Of the very first to
abolish slavery, and occupying position,