Washington sentinel., 1856-07-24
From The Louisiana Democrat.
The Presidency.

pursue IN the approaching Presidential strug
gle IS q subject which has recently assumed a
grave Importance, and their action as a body
will be watched with interest. They have the
power to do great good or inlict irreparable
wrong on their country, accordingly as they
may use the influence which they possess, in
this canvass. The efforts now being made
throughout the country to galvanize into po-
litcal being the seemingly dead remains Of
this once gallant and powerful party, has de-
monstrated the fact that there is more vitality
in its dry bones than even its most ardent
WI rshippers had dared to hope. The recon
| struction, or rather the consolidation Of the
scattered fragments, appears to be the object
OF the present movement-not to put in nomi
1 nation candidate of their own but To cast
| their united strength in favor of that party
which most nearly affiliates in principles to
their own and in their opinion is likely to be
| productive of the greatest amount of good to
the country by restoring harmony among the
States and forever crushing out of existence
the miserable factions and dangerous section
alisms that has arrayed one portion of this
confederacy against the other in deadly hate.
If prudence and wisdom guide their counsels,
it will need no prophet to tell the result. As
coming events cast their shadows BEFORE" so
do the opinions Of the leading spirits of the
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the course which patriotism and duty has
pointed out to them.
/ That they will. as body, cast their weight
in the Democratic scales next November, there
is not loop to hang doubt on. That this is
| so, and to show that our opinion is not based
on a fabulous hypothesis we will produce
evidence that is perfectly satisfactory to us,
and we believe will be equally so to all who have
scanned closely the political horizon for the
last three months.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, one
of the most influential conservative papers in
the country, and a straightout old fashioned
Whg, speaking of the efforts now being made
to collect the scattered fragments of the party
of which the gallant editor is an honorable
member, in long article in his paper of the
28th Jnne, uses the following significant Ian
guage:
There is large fraction Of the Whig party
who have not connected themselves with either
| of the political factions of the day, maintaining
distinctly their individual and political iden-
tity. 1t was doubtless weighty consideration
| with the Convention which nominated Mr..
Fillmore, to secure for their candidate the vote
and influence of the debris of the party, with
which he had been SO long associated, and so
highly regarded, and whose vote he will stand
in need of with any prospect of election.
| On the other hand the nomination Of Mr. Bu-
chanan is the triumph of conservatism over
ultraism, of nationalism and patriotism srer
sectionaiism and fanaticism. 1t is homage
too to that party, which, although reputed or
rather represented as dead, yet lives, embody.
ing in its remains the true and eternal princi-
/ Piles OF conservatism, and living, national
| patriotic faith Recognized as man of ability
and integrity as Mr.. Buchanan undoubtedly
| IS, the Democratic party entertain strong
hope that large outside vote may be secured
for the most prudent, conservative and intelli.
gent man of all their party"
The manifestations of Joy with which the
nomination of James Buchanan has been hailed
i'll every town and city in this broad Union by
the national men of all parties, Wings, as well
as Democrats points to him as unerringly as
the dial to the sun, as the man best calculated
of all our living statesmen to heal the sectional
strife now threatening the peace and pros
perity OF the country, and to restore that har.
mony and brotherhood, which should always
subsist between members of the same political
family. His nomination lifted load from the
minds of the people of this nation, and gave
assurance that fanaticism had received its
death-blow by the wisdom and patriotism Of
| the Convention which assembled at Cincinnati.
Renewed hope thrilled with delight the breast
of every patriotic and Union-lovinp citizen of
this glorious political fabric, framed by the
most mature intellects, and cemented with the
best blood of the last century, and whose exist
ence has been put in jeopardy by the widest
fanaticism and most reckless demagogism the
world ever witnessed
We again quote from the Bulletin and we
would earnestly recommend our Whig friends
to give it a careful perusal
"The candidates are now all in the field.
with the party platforms they respectively stand
upon. The contest is triangular one, which
fact incurs the deplorable hazard of throwing
the choice Of President Of the United States
upon the House of Representatives, tribunal
which as it is now constituted should be the
last umpire to which any true patriot would
wish to submit the arhitrament of this great
question. The Wings will have no occasion
to be perplexed or divided in selecting which
of the two candidates shall have their votes.
We confne the choice to two candidates, for
we take it for granted, that no true Whig will
cast his vote for Fremont, who is in the fullest
sense of the term a sectional candidate
In addition TO his own opinion, and still
further to fortify his convictions on this point
the editor quotes from letter of a friend Of
his now living in the North, and says he " has
had large experience in the political move.
ments OF the country, as sagacious and pru.
dent observer, and staunch and consistent
Whig," and "gives US good wholesome coun-
sci in the following extract" Here is por.
tion OF the good wholesome COUNSEL to which
he calls attention:
81 labored hard with the Know-notbinp
leaders to induce them to postpone their nomi.
nation until July, and in the meantime to let
the old line, straight out, old fashioned Wings,
like you and /, get up National Convention
and nominate Fillmore, and then they come
in and support him, and let him go out as the
Whig nominee, which would have rallied tens
and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Wings
and Democrats to bis support, scho cannot and
DiH not swailo,o him as tie Eno,c-aothino can
dtdate. l am not of this class Of Wings. for
knowing Mr. +. as do, and how safe and true
man he is for the country and the South. /
would most cbeerfully support him and gladly
see him succeed, had he been the nominee Of
Belzebub and his imps.