The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-06-18
rho mocratlc National Nominees.

The nomination Of FRANKLfN PIERCE
and VIM R. KrNe, which we this week
place Al The head Of our columns, IS re.
ceised generally with satisfaction, and in
many instances with high degree OF
enthusiasm. The peculiar circumstan--
ces Of great division in the public mind
relative to the choice Of Democratic
national leader, and the warmth and
! feeling with which rival claims were ad-
vocated, rendered /. exceedingly doubt
ful, IL either Cass, Douglass, Houston or
Buchanan, had been nominated, that a
warm and hearty union o! their respec-
tive supporters could have been had in
'laboring for their success. Not so with
Gen. Pierce. Admitted by all TO be a
gentleman Of unquestionable capuciiy,
and fitted for the high position to which
] he is eleyat cd, as Democratic standard
bearer, retiring and unambi'ious, he
has moi attained his position by promises
of place or favor, and has therefore
no favors to bestow on particular aspi'-
rants, or enemies 10 conciliate. He has
frankly declared his unwillingness 10 be
candidate for the position at a time
when the sincerity Of his declaration
could no, be doubted; nor was he voted
for BY his State, until after the 35th
ballot, when he was brought Cnward BY
Virginia, which led 10 his Ultimate nomi-
nation. Under ordinary circumstances
the selection Of men for any station
not prominent before the people, and
whose choice is not the reflex Of their
will and wishes is, in republic, a highly
dangerous precedent. But il ceases to
be 90. when no Statesman has sufficient
hold upon the popular confidence TO se,
cure majority Of their votes for the
high position Of Chief Magistrate. Then
indeed Il is the part Of wisdom 10 pass
without the limits or struggling and ex.
pecting pariizans to make the selection
of stafesman who is bound equally TO
oil, and obligated 10 none. This isl
Franklin Pearce's position. He can re.
conciIe 10 great degree the contendine
factions who brought defeat upon the
party in 1874, and he Is almost wholly
freed from the influences Of the conyul-
sions which lsfi General Cass little or no
hope Of attaining the first place in the
republic, then, or now. A strong Union
man, as ihe phrase goes, Gen. Pierce
possesses the confidence Of the entire |
South; the supplan,er Of those who have
lent themselves 10 ultra measures aud
opinions with the participation in which
lie was not publicly. If at all, identified,
he will BE- acceptable to large mass OF
voters, who would have refused 10 give
their influence either for Cass, Bucha-
nan or Douglass. He is new man,
eminently qualified, with no ansecedents
10 excite enmities, and when we take
into consideration the odiuni which at
saches 10 the weakness, imbeciliiy and
office-seekiEg tendencies Of the Wing
President and Cabinet, their Galphinisms,
and The great discomfort which exists and
must continue To exist in the Wing party,
we can come 10 no other conclusion but
that the Democratic nominations will be
ratified by the people Of the whole
Union, BY overwhelming victory.
The Democratic platform adopted by
The Baltimore Convention recognizes the |
popular will as sovcreign--it restricts
the national government to the stric,
limits Of the powers expressly granted,
leaving to independent States the main
regulation and preservation Of the liber-
ties or which they are the safest deposi.
iSries-it rejects favoritism in the impo-
sition Of trade and indus,ry-and b'oudly
recognizes the great principles Of Equal