The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-04-29

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.vc;ted universal admiration 1t Is true he has
boon the subject of some vituperation and abuse.
pr+ this has been the fate of all distinguished
Democrats.
Those who have been the peoples greatest ia
,orites have been the most illuminated. 1t IS
..+be rough brake which virtue must go thro ~
10 cav that the p 'ople of this State VIII be at all
inauenced by the petty slanders which personal
malice or political hostility can coin so easily IS
IN insult upon their intelligence and justice so
,,ross. that we have right to repel it with in
Iicnation. We have yet to learn that any of
.t Buchanan's competitors for the nomination
hove escaped this universal fate. But when We
10 ascertain that either of them has passed
,brourh life unassailed by detraction, we
,renared to express our conviction, that such
man is unfit and unworthy to be the candidate
If the democracy for the office of President :
..Wo unto him of whom all men speak well. .
Among the many clements of popularity which
Mr. Buchanan combines, not the least is the
character of the opposition to him. 1t is not
bosed on any charge, which if true, would prove
him to be wanting in honesty, ability or fidelity
% the Constitution, and shows only that he has
baen fearless and faithful in the performance Of
his political duties 1t is absurd to believe that
q man cast in such q mould, could fail to enlist
the enthusiastic support of people like ours
Thus far we have in arguments PTi0rl-ln
reasons which show how utterly improbable it is
that our candidate can be other than the most
popular man among US. But the history of
Pennsylvania for the last twenty-five years,
proyes It as an iuc0ntcstaJIs fact. He was five
times chosen to the House of Representatives,
in Congress, the last time under circumstances
which made his election triumph to the friends
of Jackson. such as no other man in the State
had achieved No appointment which President
Jackson made gave more pleasure to the people
of the State than that which showed his conf
dence in Mr.. Buchanan by making him Minister
to Russia. He was three times elected 10 the
Senate of the United States an honor which
PENNSYLVANIA has never conferred on any other
man. His appointment Secretary of State
by Mr.. Polk, was well known TO have been made
with the warm concurrence and appreciation of
General Jackson, and if anything could have
increased our afectonate regard for our hero
and statesman of the age, his uniform endorse
mcnt of Mr.. buchanan would had that effect
But better and more direct evidence than all
this of Mr.. Buchanan's standing at home is af
forded by the action of the people on the very
question Of the Presidency. Mr.. Buchanan's
friends in Pennsylvania have three times presen-
ted him as a candidate for that great office, and
each time they were sustained by the full tide
Of public approbatien. The greatest and best
men of the nation have been set up against him,
and vigorously pressed by their supporters
But in the primary meetings Of the people, and
in the County and State Conventions, no name
has stood for a moment before the competition Of
his. We feariessly assert that since the days OF
Washington, there has lived but one man in any
part Of the Union who could rival Mr.. Buchan-
an in the affections of his own State.
We have not addressed you for the purpose of
proving that his claims TO the Presidency are
entitled to your respect. If you doubt his
talents, his patriotism and his honesty,
our appeal at this time Of day would be
in vain. If his life of labor in your cause
and ours, has made no favorable impress
SION on the country it is too late to create re-
Putation for him now. He comes before you
either with something better than a manufactu
red character, or else with none at all that is
worthy Of your attention. We ask you to subject
his life to the severest inquisition that justice
will allow, and if he does not sustain it, reject
him. But we demand that ne shall not be struck
down by palry slanders and, least of all, by the
absurd falsehood which charges him with want
Of unpopularity.
Ii the National Convention shall decide against
our candidate, we cannot promise that our peo-
pie viii bear the decision without bitter mortifi-
cation for their State pride is thoroughly arous-
ed. If the man they now offer is set aside, they
have no hope of succeeding at another time. Ii
Pennsylvania must wait until she presents a
more unexceptionable man than Mr.. Buchanan,
she must wait forever
Still the Democracy Of this State will be true
aud faithful to tbhir party, and their country.
1t will not be their fault if the rule of our op-
ponents is to be perpetuated. Whatever the
Convention may do, the Democrats of Pennsyl-
VanIa will be at their posts ready to perform
their whole duty, and to present, as they always
have presented, a living rampant between the
mltted to do battle under the leadership of their
own fellOw-citizen-the well tried friend, whom
they know, and trust, and love-it will energize
their efforts, and add thousands TO their major
ity.
Ills nomination would give them an Opportuni-
y not only to vindicate him, but to demonstrate
now falseis the dishonoring charge agaist them