The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-29
From the Pennsylvania.
THE PEOPLE CALL FOR A STATESMAN.


The public mind of the country is at present feverish
with excitement In whichever direction turn eyes
there looms vision dangers of the most alarming
character We require clear head and prudent arm to
the nation from its perlou situation both home
and abroad in Kansas we behold brothers with knives at
each others throat upon mere abstraction In the North
doctrines Of the most ultra character openly promu
gated against the rights of the out and in the latter
equally absurd notions entertained Of society in the
North In Central America couutrymen assailed
and butchered in cold blood by hordes Of ruthless
and in the full light OF day deprived Of their property The
route between the two ocean essential to prosper
ity natonin fact the connecting link between the
eastern and western portions Of Unions threatened
by feeble State acting under the advice if not the control,
Of France and England while both the latter are in
an attitude of quasi warfare towards our country AT
the very seat of government an unwhoesome feeling
prevails, and blood is shed upon the slightest provo
cation Why is all this dangerous commotion Into
what abyss of destruction rushing2 Is there
mind at Washington capacious enough TO propose a
remedy2 Has the vessel of State been abandoned to the
strife of political elements with pilot to guide her
haven of safety Has the soul of Nero subdiyded itself
and entered the bodies of the peoples servants that they
would fiddle while Rome is burning Or does the spirit
of Sardanapaus animate their minds that they should de-
sire gather together the choicest of epub
lie in order make the funeral pyre of Union and
themselves the awfully sublime Shall anarchy hold
her high festival in land whore all free and equal
There must be end of all this weakness criminal
negligence nation will perish in the convulsive
throes of a dying giant We want wisdom prudence and
frmness at the head Of affairs, and unless ge-hese
speedily, civil Will be upon us, with all It's horrors
while foreign enemies watching with a view to our
destruction While live in peace and harmony amongst
ourselves with exulting voices and jublant hearts
welcome foreign foe who would desecrate the soil of free
DOM grave already prepared for his reception But
with sickening horror from the feast of broth
ers blood and look with joyous hope to the Cincinnati
invention for certain remedy IL lies within the power
of that enlightened body 10 give it, and how it refuse
Who view the political and social fields of this Union
without shudder at the prospect? Braness demagogues
whose carpng souls goat over the mischief they brew
ing, aim at the control of government that their sordid
natures may reyel in booty Craftsmanship is secuted
word and its real possessor marked for the ban of proscrp
ton Mediocrty towers above intellectual greatness and
large experience is held in low esteem The politician of
day apes the of the veteran and hruss his
aud half idea into the face of men, if it the
sole offspring of wisdom Rank and noxous weeds spread
their luIurant but deadly foliage the garden where
nothing but heahful and sweet-scened plants should
hope should turn its face to the god of light and health
aud beauty Politics but not In Its philosophical
the urbid pool In which the unclean in spirit plunge
Their infected bodies expecting to find another Sloan,
10 cure their blindness The box of Pandora has lost
its lid and ev like swarms OF bess wing their fight
all the land to destroy the first fruits of genial lib
ety. The head Of Medua, with its hair Of scorpions
Kisses with defiant voice from Minerals shield, as 1t
assumes vitality and would sting 10 death the nation
Whittier are tending, and in what must we rest our
hopes2 Before us, foreign and domestic rear thsir
horrd fronts while apathy In the one and fierce OLSEN
sions in the other alone mark the pathway to strife
and bloodshed Shall the Union perish in nernecine
fare for want Of able leader Look around among the
statesmen OF the country and omit to see Rvou the
whose antecedents excam, with convincing emphass
\ "Lot H." every IaouiLy JaDes DGchanans
brain and heart hrobs for bis country, and irtsb
with equality every portion. Around his brow the
tie chapet Of wisdom twines Its perennial freshness and
reminds the nation that they have statesman for the
crisis Will they pass him by with civic hOnors
molten calf" that political chemists will reduce 10
ashes The democracy of the country is in peril Shall
its unity be discovered aud the scattered fragments given
to the winds of heaven Look out upon the prospect
before you, and listen to the whisperngs every
breeze, that tell OF nations danger Like the soft
murmurings Of the ghtly-ouched harp, they fill the
bosom with responsive thrill until tho heart Is swol-
widespread land the people point with uuerrng
tainty to James Buchanan They have called HIM from
sanctity Of his retirement and desire 70 invest him
with the dignity Of Chief Magistrate. WIN trading pot-
dare say nay TO the peope2 The teachings Of his
tory before them and is still the same When
ever the couutrys welfare involved the Fabric and
Curl Of old dead TO motives Of private interest So
Cneas the ambassador Of Pyrrus found when he tempted
them with place and gold In the bosom Of rural life the
noblest reared. So GURUS was bred, who dis.
daned the offers Of the yictor-kng of EpTus as Will
crowned with aur"s he put his hand again to the plough
TO cultivate his four the Vatican bills So too
Washington Jefferson, Madison, aud Jackson and
may add also James Buchanan. To the integ-
riy of the country look for wholesome nomination
and the pensioned agents Of any aspiring candidate
No gambling table with secret springs and loaded dice
must be introduced into the Cincinnati Convention. The
honest wish OF the country should be obeyed that the
threatening clouds Of strife may at be dsspated and
every section Of the Union feel the fuctfyng influence
With Mr. Buchanan candidate, success Is beyond
doubt aud raernal feeling will its pleasing mis-
sion Bat who tell the result penetrate the dark
future should Penney vauias and the nations cham
pion be iOckied Of the nomination. let Us draw a vel
the forbddng prospective We expect Mr. Buchanan
to be nominated because the popular voice has passed
/ into decree.
THE QUESTION AS 1T NOW STANDS