Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-07
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

yesterday, dispatches from Cincinnati an
nounced the nomination of Hon. James Buch-
anan, of Pennsylvania, for the Presidency by
the Democratic National Convention and in
the course of the afternoon information was
received of the nomination of Hon. John C..
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, for the Vice Pres
idency, on the second ballot, by unanimous
vote.
The Convention has reason to congratulate
itself and the country at large upon this
prompt and suspicious conclusion of its la
bors. The present Administration, and its
foreign and domestic policy, have been fully
and heartily endorsed and approved of, and
the general action of the Convention has been
such as to meet the cordial appreciation of
solid national mon in every section of the
Union.
The enthusia sm with which the nominations
have been re :sived in all quarters indicates
the universal cor6denes felt in the integrity,
patriotism, and craftsmanship of the nomi-
nees. All personal preferences have been
promptly and cht srfully waived, and re-
markable and general harmony exhibited.
The neutral and independent pI ass, without
exception, SO far as We can see, express salts
faction at the nominations, and testify to the
qualification felt by the people at large.
The Baltimore Sun Independently says:
"Our citizens generally Of other political
views congratulated the democracy upon the
selection of their candidate His eminent
talents, distinguished public services, ire
prOachable life and manifest popularity are
high qualifications with which to enter upon
the campaign"
The New York Mirror (Fillmore) says:
"Mr. Buchanan is a man Of eminently re.
spectacle ch aracter and talent, and the very
best and strongest man the Democrats could
have named. He will be hard candidate to
beat
The New York Express (Fillmore) says:
The nomination is personally respectable,
politically consistent, and probably the strong.
est that could be made.
The New York Journal of Commerce fin
dependen) says:
The selection of Mr.. Buchanan will tend
to strengthen the public faith in the fitness of
the people for self government. Among the
most experienced of the few remaining states
men who have been employed in the national
service during Q period extending over half
the existence of the Republic, be has exhibit
cd in the various exalted stations which he
has been called upon to fill, thorough fit
ness tor their respective duties, a perfect COM
prehenslon OF the interests entrusted to his
charge, an undertaking sense Of equity and
justice in judgment and administration, and
liberal and patriotic estimate of those con-
slderGtions necessary to the adjustment of con-
ficting sectional interests, which have hitherto
% ant rnIl lad -. r
try, and given to it an unprecedented devel-
opment Of expansion, power, and prosperity,
and which the advancement of general civiii-
cation and progress, no less than our own per-
manent well-beiug, require to be maintained
in paramount supremacy"
The New York Commercial Adpeytisey
tWhig) says:
Perhaps no gentleman whom Democratic
convention could have nominated, would have
commanded more respect from the connt,v ~
large than James Buchanan of PepnsvIvania
Personally, he Is entitled to and willcom mapd
respect /"
Telegraphic reports announce the holding of
congratulatory meetings in New York, Phila-
deiphia, and various other places, on last
evening. In this city, mass meeting Of the
Democratic citizens Of Washington has been
called for this Saturday. evening, June 7. at
half-past seven O'Clock, in front of the City
Hall, to ratify the nomination Of the Dem
ocratic National Convention. Hon. Lewis
Cass, Hon Stephen A. Douglas, Hon. 8. A.
Smith, and other distinguished democrat. now
In Washington, are expected to address this
neeuns' and should the weather prove ia
so, there will undoubtedly be great
demonstration.
'0nom0us The Organ, like a Gagged rat.
,e .'' IN the despair of defeat, turns and
did partizan make more malignant a,,a.S.
upon political foe than those the O,oan -.
visited upon its own political friend, sine.
the notifying defeat it received on Mondav
last Its last Onslaught directed upon the
Seventh Ward Know Ncthinys, accusing them
OF treachery in the late election, was how