Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-01-31
,,oN JAMES BUCHANAN.

Nor,h Carolina (GrahaH) DeWocIo' i"'"oo '''o
~" tho Hon. James Buchanan as It's hrst cholce
nau, .dent. and accompanies the act with the FOL
,,rug remarks: .,. Co.
P"m1 lanes BUCHANAN. The tune ana place Tor
"HoN 10 democratic National Convention, having
holding 'loonded nv the Democratic National Com
been I'd nv general consent adopted, our brethren
n'ep ross in different parts OF the country are be-
Ofthe hiring forward the names of their tavCrIte
gnIs, for the Presidency. believing that no In
Candiu rseouences, detrimental TO the future har-
furious The democratic Party, are likely to result
mony fees, discussion of individual preferences Tor
from 'ns 1 of the Baltimore Convention, we
the "o" dav and spread out to the breeze the flag OF
Buchanan . .;oL,d Dor,oc-.,s x~bose names
Of all ",antjoned in connection with the next Pres
have oe Doubt if there is one, whose nomination
ideney' ;o euch general satisfaction throughout the
wou'u q that of Pennsylvania we-tried, able and
Un,onIT statesman. The pride OF his native State,
a'nu & JarCe circle of attached personal friends,
the lu or more than aquarter of century enjoyed the
he MAJ of every Democratic Administration. The
I,aI friend of Jackson and the right arm OF
cOn;ant Administration of the lamened Polk, his
uame is prominently connected with me eaolng Dem
name. measures which have now become the set
oca"Or of the country. Of incorruPtible iniegri-
ueo P nnouestionable patriotism, he stands upon
al ominence, Unnecessarily beyond the reach OF
P 1uu or detraction. The tanatlcal crew, who
ded;ntained sickly existence, by their dsrepu-
nave nav" naJ,ions have aimed their envenomed shafts
tpe =; vain While the miserable retailers of stale
al lri orn ont SANDERS which have been again and
a"u denied and disproved, are fast sinking into
as;,oS contempt and obscurity, his popularity is
steadily increasing.
S''T .oon1. Of the South have marked his course
, lne the stormy period, through which we
so, rassed. and have everywhere been enthu-
nave ttbeir commentator. A strict adherence to
h Constitution and faithful performance Of its COM
"o have constituted the burden of his speeches
r1rrhN 0E
.ha Sonb have always found in him, firm and I'M
s;obinq advocate. And when some of our own poll
,ons and Presses to their everlasting dIscIedlt be
i snoken were veing with abolionists and treesoll-
o in beapng opprobrous epithets upon their South
u bretbren aiding and abetting the common enemy
adding insult to injury by turning into ridicue the
earnest protests of long-forbearing and deeply
wronped people, the voice of Buchanan was heard
from the midst of non-slaveholding community, pro-
claiming that the demands of the South were founded
in ustice and based upon the clearest constitutional
RIGHTS The charge of fanaticism preferred against
tbe advocates of Southern Rights and Southern Hon.
or by fawning sycophans of this Freesoil Admins
ration, he everywhere Indignantly repealed, maintain
inc our cause with manly frmness and shielding our
repuaon from the attacks of traitors at home well
as enemies abroad. The injuries. of which we COM
planned not treated imaginary, but real, while
the course of proud, sensitive, highminded but pa
trotc people, who had been driven almost to despe-
ration by the taunts and eers of their opPressors,
was amply Viholcd'sG' anu '"e ,ed' au'no's vi ou
national troubles held up to public Reproduction and
sccrn For his noble defence of Southern patriotism,
for his just appreciation of our wrongs and his steady
and undertaking zeal in behalf of our constitutional
rights think he is entitled above all whose claims
have been presented, to the support of the Southern
people.
An eminent patriot and distinguished Statesman,
his nomination would be hailed with general satsfac-
ton as affordng evidence of the abandonment, by
one of the great political parties of the country, of
the doctrine of availability, and return TO the true
standard of qualification for nomination to the high
est and most responsible Office within the gift OF any
people, or within the reach of human ambition"