The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-18

The Presidency.
At first blush IL may appear premature TO commence
talking about candidate at this early day-one
YEAR in advance OF the election but when recolee that
il is than probable that in Indiana the CONVEX
zion for the nomination OF State ticket and the appoint
delegates to the National Convention will come oil
the 9th of January next then it is apparent at once that
we should understand each other as to the proper seec
ton, that our delegates may be chosen accordingly.
Several questions which important 10 the saccess oil
the standadbearer who may be chosen at the great as
semblage which Is convene Cincinnati in June next
continually present themselves to our mind and are pressed
upon attention. and, for the purpose OF discussing
those questions we propose IN the present and perhaps
future articles, TO give them calm consideration.
We had well say here that when we speak OF "n-
mate success we do not mean mere temporary triumph ny
the polls by the election OF the candidate but desire TO
look further TO the probable course of the adnsinstr
ton which may be iuaugurated upon the absorbing ques
tons OF the day affecting the prosperity OF the country
That feud has arisen and gradually grown and ex-
banded until it has become dangerous TO the prosperity
and perpetuiy of this government between the extreme
North and the extreme South, is proposition SO painfully
papabe that argument need be adduced to establish IT.
And that these rival sections which but point upon
the extreme horizon to the North and the South 10 bigger
than mans hand have rapidly spread like the clouds OF
old until whole States are in enmity and until that north
and southern horizon is almost obscured by the
whrlng boiling clouds Of discord from whence issue the
low mutterngs of the deep-mouthed thunder OF dis
union is truth which fear is but too fully developed
1t is great qnestionthe perpeuity OF the Union Of
these States, involving nothing less than the ab-
ty of govern himself-a proposition which has in
all ages been denied by kings emperors and yrans and
has for eighty years been maintained by these States
Then, shall this great principle Of human liberty be sac
rifced in the house OF its rendn what has been boast
ngly called its home upon thasan Offering appease
the angry passions of sectional strile2 True mena
western men-will say They will, we hope, with one
voice decide that they will do nothing TO feed those angry
PASSIONS bat to the reverse that they will do all they can
to aay the gathering sorto pour oil upon the troubled
waters. That judicious selection of candidate will
have much to do either favorable unvorabe have
not doubt We would be the last to urge, all other
things being equal that any certain locality should to the
exclusion OF Others, be looked alone for candidate
But in the present instance believing do that all the
best interests of the country are deeply involved in the
choice that be made and that those interests be
permanently advanced by choosing the next President
from the great Northwest forbear Through fear
of being accused OF local preieence fully, candidy and
honestly giving our views.
| In near all the bitter strfes corrodng heavt-burnng
controversies through which have passed in late years
in which the North has been arrayed against the South and
the South against the North the Northwest has maintained
proud, dgnfei, pacific positions position in which,
when acting unit it has possessed the power TO stay
the hand of the peuous reater OF the South and stop
the mouth Of the Drawing fanatic Of the North As gen.
peacemaker it has held the power and has almost
uniformly used it to the benefit Of the country Shall
that power be streng thened for good? or shall it be
scattered TO the winds2 Let it be upheld. Let the
proud position of the Northwest be maintained. Give
| il the executive Of the government to enable il
to command the peace between the beigersnt sections
of the Union. Give the power physical and moral
of government to enable il to say to the troubled wa
ers, peace, be sti Let not the choice be made from
toe ranks OF conendng sections where there oanges OF
the judgment being warped and the mind preiudiced by
having drunk deep OF the tactlous cup OF criuinaon
Choose from that location where the only action that
be advantageous that kind Of governmental action which
results TO the benefit Of the whole Union Upon the great
absorbing question of the day. the choice should be
made from that northern region whose very atmosphere
appears to be mpegnated with the virus of hnacism
yet from that southern Cline the blood of whose
ehvarous is rendered dangerously fiery by spread
of that very poison 1t is right and emineny proper
then that the Northwest should demand that its position
shall be respectedtha its voice shall be poental the
Judgment and action of its leading statesmen have been
unbiased 1t is the great conservative region of the Union
and, although false doctrines may find foothold in
some portions of 1t for time it be otherwise than
seadiasy the friend of the Union This devoted friendship
resusfrom education, from principle, from gratitude for BEN
efts received from commercial intercourse Northeast and
Southwest from peculiar locality in the confederacy of
States All these things certainly and immutaby estab-
fish the fact that the people of this region in favor OF
the pepetuy Of this Union as by the laws of nature the
fact is fixed that this earth will annually receive the warmth
OF the summer sun. Whilst the North and East might Ian
gush and yet live and the South perhaps flourish after
of the Union of these States the States TO the
Northwest which the most thriving in the Union,
would from their internal location he but tributary APP
pendages to their rival neighbours whose exactons upon
commerce. it passed through their country, would
reduce wretchedness and ruin Look at the agrcul
tura and mechanical products in Indiana alone This year
they will reach one hundred and fifty millions OF dol
lars onesxth ofwhich will be tor expotation and near
like amount will! according the laws of trade
from other countries in the shape Of sugar, cof
fee tea salt fish, and manufactured articles If we were
subject to the caprces OF neghbong States as the export
and import duties which would have to pay for the
privilege of passing and repassng those articles through
their territory, would be bankrupt people.
Then not right in saying that people warm
y devoedy and continuously upon sober second thought
the friends of the Unon Something, then, is due
position, principles and past aeons and we
think it should be nothing less than the presidency This
is due for another presented candidate
few since OF the greatest and brightest
iueecs Of the nation, and he sacrificed TO the peeu
liar institutions of the South That South us an
apology for that and it be rendered in no other
form but by elevating of our choice Let Us
present the proper man, and doubt not that tx
South will make the apology ample. II is due nsl
for another fiom the foundation of this gov
the present time its executive branch has been
but a single month in the hands ofa rom the
Northwest and he not of the democratic school Let the
choice them be made from that region whose vast rivers
boundless plains mighty mountains and imiiable waters
tend enlarge the mind and extend tnegsion OF man. and
prepare him overlook sectional feuds and petty Jeal
ousies We have such in the Northwest and then TO
the reverse have few whose vision contract
ed that they but thing time, and that has
constantly in view that has warped their whole
moral nature Such man is Chase, of Ohio--a man OF
plausible address and respectable taens-a dangerous
for hs apparent candor, and from the position official
and geographical which he occupies Then should be
extremely careful that the feelings which exist in regard TO
the rights the Northwest permitted TO rebound
his benefit and the advancement of his onedea doc
trine. He WILL possibly in the next race beihe repre-
sentative of that doctrine Let guard against and fore
stall bis attempt make capital out of the bad faith man
ifested towards the Northwest in times past.
MISSISSIPPI
TO the Democracy Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS State Con-
penfion.
The undersigned appointed, by the democratic