The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-07


zENs AT NEW LEBANON, NEW YORK.
FRLLow-oIrzEss In addressing you assume that the
great object You have in view is TO secure able honest
wise and efficient administration of the business of the
national government and thereby to secure the blessings
of peace promote the happiness Of the people, and perpe
uate our Tree institutions TO the remotes generations III
there is an exception II is the man who loves Office and
pubic pander better than his country or her institutions
| WAat Is meant By he Presiasacy9
The election of President is simply selecting great
head agent TO conduct national affairs for four years.
to whom is eonhded the trust of selecting all subordinate
agents necessary execute the laws This selection is the
more important because the agency is irreyocable Will
you not apply the rules in selecting him that you
would IN securing in your own private business where
you scrutnze the candidates qualifications with reference
t. tho duties you wish to eonfde to hm2 You do not
loct farmer head mechanic lawyer for your phys-
clan, nor iandsman to sail your weasel. You employ
your agents with reference to their experience and know
edge of the business you wish them TO perform. II is
equally important that you observe these rules in the
lection Of your great agent to whom is intrusted the
agement OF the affairs of hirone States and seven Ter
rores containing twenty-five millions OF people. Three
candidates presented for this distinguished and high
agency invite yon scrunze their personal well as
political Qualifications and test them by the rules have
suggested
| James buchanan and his Qualifications.
He is ripe in years. and his character is without bem-
ish He is able and experienced lawyer familiar with
national laws and their modes of execution. Four
years in the State Department. having charge of all our
foreign negotiations and six years at Russia and Eng
land minister TO those courts, and long SER
| vice in the Senate and House committees, have
made him more familiar with our foreign relations than
any living Ten years service in the House and
ten in the Senate have made him acquainted with our
finances commercial manufacturing and agricultural
interests in each of which his loved Pennsylvan
has much at stake His long service in Congress and in
the executive departments has made him familiar with
public land system and the wants and duties of the
and navy well the powers and authority of the
federal judiciary His long service in public positions has
made him acquainted with citizens in all parts of the
Union, from among whom all subordinate agents to aid
hac
Politically he has from his first entrance into public life
been steady ardent and able supporter of the democratic
party and their cherished principles He has supported
every great of that party and opposed those of
the federal, national republican, and whig parties The
great and benecent principles proclaimed in the Declare
ton of Independence advocated by Jeferson Madison,
Jackson and their compeers and sanctioned by the demo-
cratic masses have guided his political action. His
whole life is guarantee that his future political
will be governed by these principles. Such is the man
whom the democratic party recommends for head agent
manage the affairs OF country for the next four years
Can You doubt he is every way worthy and well qualified
| to execute the trust?
Mllard Fillmore and his Qualifications
have long known and respected him citizen, who
has had considerable experience in public affairs though
less than Mr.. Buchanan My objections TO him not
PERSONAL bat political His whole political life has been
of hostility to the democracy and their principles
hen they opposed and oyerthrew the United States Bank
and sought TO increase hardmoney circulation he
for the bank and its continuance When they sought the
establishment of legitimate national treasury he opposed
it. He upon the ant-Masonc excitement and its
upon secret societies. and aided in the prosraon Of the
democracy and the elevation Of their adversares He
the political adversary of SAs WRGnr and the steady OPP
ponent of his political principles he is the candidate
Of party whose strength is derived from secret political
organizations controlled and bound together by oaths
i which excite feelings OF horror on reading them This
party insist that Americans only shall govern America
This implies that they divide people into classes
the governing and the other the governedthe
make consue and execute the laws and the other obey
| without having any agency in framing them-the one TO
assess to collect aud such they may
pose while the Others must pay TO the extent they may
require If one Is born the north and the other
the south side OF the ST. Lawrence both performing all their
duties 10 themselves their families their country and their
God this accidental circumstance Of birthplace authorizes
the govern and requires the other obey cannot
recognise approve any such distinctions They are not
warranted by any law human divine snd hostile
the benevolent principles upon which institutions
founded. The political principles to which Mr. Fillmore
yields assent preclude my supporting him. nowithstand-
ing the personal bear him. They are disqualified
tons which, with me- fatal to his claims for this great
Il ageaeT,
John O. Fremont and his Qualifications.
He is said to be foryhres years OF age taught mahe
mates on board national vessel and then entered the
| army lieutenant promoted TO a captancy was
made Lieutenant colonel was adiudged by court martial
to have been guilty OF dsobedence OF orders and was in
ls4S dismissed from the service As military officer his
employment was almost wholly in exploring western
territories He in California in 1896 when Ide with
whom he sympathzed, drove dhe Mexicans from Upper
California and under the command Of Com. Stockton
when that officer conquered Lower California without
however, planning battle commanding or participating
in shedding HIS blood in He was in no sense the
conqueror Of California He subsequently, furnished beef
for the Indians there and served tventyone days In the
United States Senate, for which he received including
travel Ssl0 40. As explorer be entitled TO high
Communication, for which he has been accorded full honors
Have these services qualified him for the chief magstracy
Of the Union Does he understand the history and ob
cations growing out Of complex and extensive foreign
relations Is he versed in all the relations Of expand
cd 6nances2 Is he familiar with widespread and
dsyextendng commerce and the sensitveness to which
Il 10 he stA,. anI
and increasing manufacturing interests aud the causes
which elevate or depress them and their effect upon tariffs
end fnances2 Docs he understand the wants OF apr-
culture and the duty OF the government toward that
great and alpervading interest and its agency In ex-
pnuding and contracting our exports and imports
and It's influence upon our specie balanees7 Is he mas
ter Of public land system, Of such vital interest TO
the prosperity OF the great West and important TO the
whole Unionf Has he read and does he understand our
youmnous statute laws and the forms and modes Of a-
plying and executing them with their lonE-estabsbed
constructions and usages7 And above ALL has he that
acquaintance with and knowledge Of over our wide
spread Union which would enable him safely and properly
select the twenty thousand subordinate agents neces
sary the practical administration Of public affairs
IL he has all these varied requirements and extensive
knowledge, when, where and how did he acquire them
They can be acquired not by study IN a closet In
tsversng the trackess wilderness but by experience and
practice and that through years Of perseverance, there
any reliable evidence that Col Fremont has mastered not
ALL but one Of these important subjects? Are you willing
commit the desnies OF beloved country to tie con-
troll OF utterly destitute Of ali political experience
H said he obtain wise and experienced assistants
reply why not elect the wise and experienced man. with
out intervening who Is conceded not TO be so We
want the wise and experienced at the head He s
great agent and ought TO be competent 70 advise in