Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-04-09


beautiful valley around us was comparatively
wilderness-in rude log cabin in Franklin
county James Buchanan was born. The
| vigorous arm of his father had felled the for
est trees, and heavens sunlight fell on the
little clearing that surrounded hls humble
house A few years afterwards, If you had
visited that spot, you might have witnessed
the gambols of iax-headed boy, in the in
nocence of childhood, as he threaded the
paths of the gloomy old forest, chasing the
| butterfly and plucking the wild flower Who
that had then gazed upon that child, would
have predicted that he one day was to be the
greatest living statesman ID America! What
! a beautiful commentary it furnishes on the
institutions of our country The log cabin
boy. with the laughing check and open brow
| of that day has become the calm, dlgnlhed
statesman of the present, with a fame as ex-
tended as civilization, and free people are
about to elevate him to a position, far higher
in dignity and honor, than that held by the
most powerful sovereign in Europe. (Cheers.)
James Buchanan was born in full view of
the mountain ranges. whose lofty SUBMITS
rusking On the sky" doubtless awakened
in his infant mind the first ideas of the sub
Unity of nature. The lofty forest trees in
whose shade he rested from his tolls, the
mournful music of the wind as it swept thro'
the leafess branches in Autumn--the gloom
of Winter-the blossoms that sprang from the
soil in early Spring-all called for his patient
study, and impressed his mind with that state
ly and solemn dignity, which in after years
- held listening Senates in awe" (Cheers.)
Such, Mr.. President, was little JAMES b.
CHANAN
Years passed by, and the little cabin boy
has become man. And we find him taking
his place as member Of the bar in Lancas-
ter county,-at the time one of the ablest in
the State. He vas poor, and necessity de-
ms nded excrtion, and he was soon the rival
and the equal of the best of his profession.
During the war with Great Britain, the
English army-fushed with victory-threat-
ened the destruction of the city of Baltimore.
News of the intended attack were sent by ex-
press throughout the land. a company of
volunteers was Immediately enrolled in the
city of Lancaster. Among that number, and
the first to respond to the call, was stripping
lawyer, marching in the ranks as common
soldier-a model for all in his manly bearing
and strict obedience to the command of his
officers Who is he that thus carefully casts
aside his law books, and Voluntarily takes up
on himself the perils and privations of sol
dier's life, and enrols himself among his coun-
try's defenders. That STRIPPING lawyer is young
James Buchanan. (Cheers)
In 1914 the people of Lancaster county
cast about them for some man in whom they
had the highest confdence-some man of in
tegrity, ability and patriotism for a represcn-
tatiye in the State Legislature. Our nation
was at war. That choice, Mr.. President, was
James Buchanan This was his first endorse
ment by the people of his adopted country.
In 1920, the people of that county wanted
representative on the floor of Congress. They
had tried James Buchanan in the legislature
of the State and he had not disappointed
their high expectations and they sent him a
more exalted position in the councils Of the |
nation
In 1923 James Buchanan declined a re-
election and resumed his practice at the bar, !
and was acknowledged to be the ablest lawyer |
in the State.
In 1884. the people in the State of Penn
sylvania desired a representative in the Sen
ate chamber of the United States. They had |
the whole State from which to choose, but |
from all the gifted and distinguished men
within our borders, James Buchanan was Sc
through intrigue and management
but freely, voluntarily, and without solici-
tude on his part, he became our representative.
And in the Senate chamber of the U. States,
IN the intellectual cOnHlctS,, Will HOG JHe great
est men in America only, but we can proudly
say with the greatest men of the world, he
proved himself their peer and their equal
In 1S44, James X Polk had been elected
President of the United States. and he cast
lis eyes over the nation to select the wisest
md best of our glorious great men to assist
lim in the administration of the government
If our country. He had twenty millions
rom whom TO select, yet, Mr.. President, his
irst choice fell upon James Buchanan for the
highest position in his gift His presence in
hat cabinet won the confidence of the Ameri-
AN people, and his safe and patriotic coun-
ills conducted the nation through the peris
# foreign war-and added thousands of
niles to our national domain-and he relin-
uished his power amid the plaudits of great
al people.
In 1852, the people of the United States
emanded representative at the Court of St.
ames From all the great and illustrious
tatesmen of our glorious land, James Bu- :
hanan is selected, and the heart of the pa ,
on went with him over the sea. He is now {
ntering on a new arena The varied duties ,
his new situation call for display of un {
'ied powers His powerful intellect must |
nter upon a course of discipline for the new {
asks now imposed upon him. He is in daily {
Intercourse with the greatest statesmen and 9
ip,omatists of the whole civilized world :
tut even there he fills the full standard of his I
itelectual greatness. He stands there as
e stood IN his native land, the greatest of the =
reat; and the voice of all nations admits T
ames Buchanan to be the most illustrious :
nd distinguished minister at the most power q
il Court in Europe. ?
At the present moment the people, not of o
but of the whole Union, proud o