The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-02-21
RAYENNA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1856.

meeting and celebration held in Pennsyl,
vania, Us the champion Of her Democracy
in the Senate of the United States. 10 the
year 1910, his name was first prominently
mentioned a. a candidate for the Presiden
cy. At the Lancaster County Democratic
Convention, of September, ls42, an able I'D
dress andresolutions were unanimously adop
ted, which speak thus:-"The Hon. James
Buchanan, whose merits, strength in th,
hearts of the people, well tried and valus
BILE public services. able statesmonsbip
true Democratic course and puriss of char
acter, Enthusiastically point 20 hIm as thu
PrOhinet candidate o De presented to tn,
next National Conyenioh,i, etc.
Oh The eighth day n January, Is4s, th
Democratic party of Pennsylvania assem-
bled in State Convention at Harrisburg
Every county in the State had d full repre-
sentatioh Of dglegates-and this Cohtehtior
unanimously placed the name Of James Bd
chanan before the country as the choice o.
the State for the Chief Magistracy.
James Buchanan being thus prominently
put in nomination by his own State, as .
candidate for the Presidency 10 1914, it has
been frequently asked why his name was no,
presented, and pressed before the National
Convention at Baltimore. In January, 1874
one year after his nomination by the
State Convention, without consultation with
any of his friends, he addressed letter ID
the Democratic party of Pennsylvania,
withdrawing his name from the cait.as,
then warmly progressing, and urging his
friends to recommend another candidate
when they should assemble in the Conyen.
tion, to be held in Harrisburg, on the ensu.
ing fourth of March, for the purpose of elect.
ing delegates to the Baltimore Convention.
and nominating an Electoral Ticket. The
reasons for adopting this course were frank.
ly made known to his friends; and, although
the existence of the cause of his withdraw.
al was acknowledged with the deepest re-
gret, his conduct was approved There
were several candidates in the field, pressed
BY their States for nomination. Dele.
gates had already been elected by tieurlv
one-half of the States, instructed to support
Martin Van Buren, who declared that he
had been defeated by fraudulent means, at
the election of 1910, and whose friends
were strenuously urging his claims as
candidate for another trial. For these and
other reasons Of a similar character, Mr..
Buchanan yielded to the impulses of his
generous nature, and relinquished the fair
prospect of being President of the United
States, to ensure, as hebelieYed, the success
OF the Democratic party.
In consequence of the withdrawal of his
name from the canvass of 1914, the 0Sh-
sehtion held at Harrisburg; on the 4th of
March, elected delegates to the Baltimore
Convention, instructed to support Martin
Van Buren, for President, and Richard M.
johnson for Vice President.
At the Democratic Stats Convention
held at Harrisburg, on the 4th of March.
ls48, fot the purpose of electlng delegates
to the National Convention. and nominat-
ing an Electoral Ticket. Mr.. Buchanan
was nominated as the candidate of Penn
'ylvania for the Presidency. The delegates
elected to the Baltimore Convention, were.
in the strongest terms, to use all
air and honorable means to secure his nom.
nation by that body. General Lewis Cass.
# Michigan, was elected, howevef, ahd be-
'ame the candidate of the Democratic par
y at the ensuing Presidential election.
lE 1862, Mr. Buchanan's name was again
PRESENTED for the Presidency. by the Democ-
acy OF Pe nnsylsania, and the tenacity with
which, in the Baltimore Convention, the
elegates from his State clung to him
trough iortY-nine successive ballots, con-
'usively proves the strength of his hold up.
n their affections and confidence, as we'll
the fidelity with which they discharged the
rust confided to them by their constituents.
is also worthy Of remark that large ma.
'rity of the reliable Democratic States, cast
heir votes in that Convention for Mr.. Bu-
hanan. ,..4.
Since We have spoken OF MIR. Buchanan
Democratic leader, and have show n that
oring his public career OF over forty years,
Q has adhered unsWervingly to the princi.
les and doctrines ofiihe Democratic party.
is scarcely necessary for us to state that
e has always accepted the views OF that
arty with relation to all great public meas
res and questions which have agitated the
eopie OF this country. In regard to those
ectional controversies which, with more or
'ss intensity, have entered into our politics
y 90 many years, Mr. Buchanan's senti-
ents agree with those of the vast majority
the party to which he belongs. His po..
tion is, and always has been, eminently
ational. To this fact is doubtless owing
IS strength in the Southern States, which
'obably exceeds that Of any other man.
he vote, which, in the Convention Of 1859, T,
received from that section, Is sufis
emily indicative Of this fact. The Com. .
omise measures Of 1850, met with Dir. Blu.
'anan's approval and support, 80 far as ],
ey were considered TO involve the princi.
ofnon-intervention, BY the Federal Gov !