Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-04-22
From the New York Herald.
MIR. Hue han3n and tho Presidency.

JAMtS DuChANAN Tor the next TreslueHt Vi
these United States The demands of the De.
mocracy are not TO be disregarded, backed as
they are by thousands of Wings and other Ma.
tional men in all sections. The neutral press
of the Union have also taken up the cry for
Mr.. BUCHANAN, and come to us with demand
tor the great statesman of Pennsylvania. What
has produced this spontaneous unanimity of
feeling? All history teaches that the proper
man is always produced for the times, and by
sympathetic action, the people know where he
is to be found, and feel the necessity of his ele-
walton to power. Such is the mysterious work
ings of nature.
We observed in the New York Sun, Of Tues
day last neutral journal of the largest circu-
lation and influence, one Of the abest edito-
rails we have yet seen on the Presidency. The
Sun seldom treats of politics; but it now feels
impeled, by the very crisis in our national
AFFAIRS to urge the nomination of Mr.. BUcH-
ANAN. There seems to be but one feeling ami
mating the mind of the New Workers., and that
is for the veteran and safe statesman of Penn
sylvania. The San, in speaking on this sub
Ject, says:
According to the advices brought by the
Washington, Mr.. BUCHANAN would sail, on his
return to the United States, on the 9th instant,
Wednesday last. Unless some unexpected
the stormy Atlantic nearing hour by hour the
shores of his native land. The earnest wish Of
thousands of his felow-citizens, is that kind
Providence may protect him from the dangers
of the deep, and spare him to his country,
which he has served with such distinguished
ability, digni6ed abroad by his plain, republican
simplicity of manner, and defended with zeal,
a cearness OF judgment and lirmness of pur-
pose, which have won for him the confidence
and the respect of the whole American people.
in few days we may expect Mr.. BUCHANAN
to be among US, and we are certain that not
only from his more devoted political friends,
but from the citizens of New York generally, he
will meet on his arrival warm and generous
welcome
ave have observed in the party journals
comments on the righteousness of Mr.. BUC-
HANANs return to the United States SO much
in advance Of the meeting of the Cincinnati
Convention, intimatng that it would be better
policy if he wish to be the candidate Of his
party for the Presidency, to keep out of the
warfare. But Mr. BUCHANAN is not q man whose
reputation can be destroyed by the political
assassin, and the people are not now disposed
to submit to the dishonest tricks of the venal
spoil-seekers, who would set aside the eminent
statesmen of the Republic that some obscure
or weak minded man might be elevated as their
tool to the highest office.
"The Presidency of these United States Is
an Office which every American citizen who
possesses spark of true patriotism, must de-
sire to see filled always by the ablest and the
worthiest men. The peace, the permanency,
and the prosperity of the Republic depend in
no small measure on the fitness and frmness
Of the man to whose hands the people confide
the weghty trusts which belong to the office of
Chief Magistrate. While men of broad ma
tional sentiments, clear heads, firm purposes,
and patriotic instincts, guided the ship of State,
storms might rage and fierce waves Of agita
ton assai! il, but the good ship rode proudly
e:,d securely on, with not a faint or doubling
heart among the crew. And there never has
been time when it was more necessary than
at the present moment, for the people to seek
out and place in command their most skillful
and most trustworthy captain.
ave have had opportunities within the past
few weeks of conversing with>intelligent men
from all parts of the Union, and more especi-
ally with men from the interior of this State,
and from the Western States, and their testi.
mony, without exception, has been, that James
Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, is the man whom
the people desire for their next President New
York and the West will give him an over
whelmng vote, and there is not another named
for the Dem ocratic nomination who can, with
certainty, carry New York or single Western
State. More than this. Let the Cincinnati
Convention reject Mr.. Buchanan because he
is too good and too national a man for those
who adhere to party only to reap its spoils, and
in the spirit OF indignation and retribution the
people of the East and West will unite to teach
these political vultures a lesson which they will
~
long to the management OF the sposmen, and
they have reaped the bitter fruits Of their sub.
mission and forbearance.
"This matter of the Presidency is one which
does not properly belong to the ordinary party
politics. 1t is matter which should most deep
ly concern the whole people-which affects, in
an uncomfortable degree, the vital interests of
the Republic. Wespeak oft, therefore, not as an
ordinary political question, but as a great Ma.
tional concerns Reserved as we are in regard
ing all mere party preference in minor matters,
we cannot reconcile it with duty TO be reserved
when the honor and interests of our whole
country are involved. And when we find the
hearts of the people turning with an instructive
sagacity and spontaneous unanimity to the
great statesman who has so nobly represented
his country in a trying crisis, at the British
Court, we cannot hesitate TO echoe the express
sion Of their will, and warn the callous hearted
politicians that their ruin will be the conse-
quence Of perfdy to the public WILL"
roa- Barnum says he has got about half a
bushe of writs and protests, and is compelled
nearly every day to swear before some court
that he is not swindler.
rsa- 1t is remarked as significant coinci-
dence that the number Of the Paris Moniteur
announcing the birth Of an heir to the throne
of the Bonapartes, contains decree ordaining
that all the money which bears the effigy Of Lib
erty shall cease to be current coin.
H6y- The season Of pruning the majority Of
shrubs is during autumn and winter, and that
of conf erous shrubs and trees late in the spring,
after the sap has commenced circulation.
~ The superintendent Of public libraries
in Indiana has ordered about a thousand copies
Of Holbrook's "Ten Years Among the Mail