Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-06-20
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Nj. Buchanan, N Bis speech to Il

speak for me. s.l- - 8.s.1.s-ess..
-i8Of.eoufse this involves the necessity f0y
eating these words whielf he uttered when
be spoke for himself. The nominee Of the
Cincinnati Convention must have the stoni-
ach of an ostrich to digest the meal pre-
pared for him, aad We fancy before hisre-
past IS ended he viii axelaifn. Is this the
entertainment to wbiehI am invited oS
sLetus see what this platform makes NJ
Buehanan sad, 1t begins thus: nsa
1Resolved, That the American democracy
place their trust in the intelligence, the pa
triotisn and discriminating justice of the
American people. ssllsn sa1 u saefs
RESOLVED, That we regard this as g siisz
itinetive feature of otlr political creed, which
we are proud to maintain before the world,
as the great moral element in q form af
government springing from and upheld by
4 the popular will and we contrast it with
the creed and practice of federalism, under
1 whatever name OF form, which seeks to
palsy the will of the constituent, and which
coneeives no imposture too monstrous for
The popular credulity.
Now what said this Mr. Buchanan about
this Democratic party when he spoke for
himself, and when not dazzIed with the
ahope Of office! He spoke thus: ssstag
There was powerful faction IN the UNI
ited States opposed TO the adoption of the
Federal Constitution. The individuals of
which it was composed were called anti-ted-
eralist, and were the founders Of the Dem
ocratic party. They gloried in setting
themselves in array against our present adj
i miirable form of government. The au-
thors Of this operation were chiefly dena-
gogues, who might have raisen to the head
Of State faction, but who felt conscious
that their talents would be eclipsed, when
the lunniaries Of the United States would
be collected around the General Govern
Iment, To crafty their ambition, they
wish that this country should continue diyi-
I ded into a numberof petty State Sovereign
ties, without any efficient government. for
their control. This they desired, although
they had the example of an eneient Greece
before their ewes, and well knew the clash
ling interests Of the State and their mutual
jealousy kept aIiya by alliances with differ
ent foreign nations, would have made this
country a perpetual theatre Of contention
and civil war, until it had fed for refuge
into the arms of despotisn.
4 Again the platform makes Mr. Buchanan
say as follows: saro
That the liberal principles embodied by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and sanctioned by the Consultation
which makes ours the land Of liberty and
the asylum of the oppressed of every ma
ton, have ever been cardinal principles in
the democratic faith, and every attempt to
abTidge the privilege of becoming citizens
and the owners Of soil among US, ought to
be resisted with the same spirit which swept
the alien and sedition laws from our statute
books.
On the occasion when Mr.. Buchanan
spoke of the Democratic party as the enc
mics of our republican form of government,
he uttered these words:
i Above all, We ought to drive from our
shores foreign influence, and cherish exclu-
siye American feelings. Foreign influence
has been in every age the curse of Repub-
lies. Her jaundiced eye sees all things in
false eoIorsI The thick atmosphere Of
Iprejudiee, by which she is forever surroun-
led, excludes from her sight the light of rea-
son. - rz7
But the most unpalatable morsel which
this platform puts into Mr.. Buehanan's
mouth, is this:
Resolved That Congress has no power
to charter an us. Bank; that we believe
such an institution one of deadly hostility
to the best interest of the country.
Among the charges which Mr.. Buchanan
once brought against the Democratic party,
was, that @it refused the United States
Bank contiauancs of its charter, and
embarrassed the financial concerns of the
government, Withdrawing the only univer-
llsal medium of the country from ciaepla-
ton
Truly Mr.. Buchanan must have capsL
cious stomach when forced to swallow his
own words, and top off with the Cincinnati
platform = Czepela'ad Herald