The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-05-16

er of his Country was never Native American.
This american excellence never belonged 10
him.
.sThe Fugitive Slave Law is all the South
has obtained in this compronlise Of 1880. II Is
law founded both nPon The letter and the sgir4
if Of the Constitution, and similar law has
e2Isted on our statute books ever since the Adj
ministraton Of Gen. Washington. History
tracdes Us that but for the provision in favor Of
fugitive slaves, our present Constitution never
would have existed. Think ye that The Souh
will ever tan.eiy surrender fhe fugitive slave
law to Northern fanatics and Aboliionisis.
Sand now, fellow citizens, what glorious
party the Democratic party has ever been!
Man IS but the being of summers day, whilst
principles are eternal. The generations Of NOR
tails, one after the other, rise and sink, and aEr
forgotten, but the principles Of Democracy,
which we have Inherited from our revoutiona-
nv flthers, will endure 10 bless mankind through-
ont all generations. Is there any Democrat
within the sound of my voice, is there any
Democrat throughout the broad limits Of good
and great old Democratic Pennsylvania, who
will abandon these sacred principles for the
sake of following IN tn train Of military coG-
ourroi, and shouting fr the hero OF Lundy's
Lane, Cerro Gordo, and ChapnltePrc-"
And when the campaign resulted in triumph,
President Pierce rendered to Mr.. buchanan the
lsaLing foreign mission, which was accepted.
Circumstances have irapspirrd, within the last
few wears to make the American mission 10 th"
Court OF ST. James sineuIarlY important, aud II
has happened that during MIR. Buchanan'S stay
in London, several great qaestiCnS, Of veXa-
tions and complicated character have Disturbed
the intercnursp between the two countrles.--
However important TO both the cultivation of
continued peace and good will, the fact that
Great Britain sees Our growing progress with
iealousy and alarm, ard the fact that We behold
her prngmatical interference upon this CONT
neni wherever an opportunity Is presented 10
her, with Indignation, render our relations with
Great Britain of the most delicate character.-
The yerv intimacy OF our business connfxlonS,
constituting, as ii does, the cord which binds us
together, Is apt, moreover, to comr IN couiict
with political considerations, and the CONNER
ca attraction. 50 to speak, throws INTO danger
ous neicbborhood English ambition on the Que
hand and American progress on the other 1t
has become proverbiaI that the selection oil
wise, able and experienced man to represent the
United States at the British Court, is one OF tue
first duties of ar executive, hardly secondary
10 the selection Of its own chief cabinet minis
ters, hecause the English mission IS always IL
tenSivey important TO he immediate Interests
Of orr people. During the trying time OF Mr.
Buchanan's mission, the whole nation seem 10
have become impressed with the importance
and Justice of these observations. They trlt
that in The American minister they had man
upon " hose safe character and wise counsels
they could confidently lean. Their eyes were
constantly fixed uTon him. Every steamer
brought news occasioGing the greatest aaXirty
10 the commercial and other classes. On more
than one occasion collision seemed to be new
table, but every panic passed of. The corre-
spoudpncp Of Mr. Buchanan, such of II as has
been puh!slird exhibits on his part vigilance,
discretion an industry, and at The same time
dignity o. character, that have made his name
favorite name in every section OF our beloved
Union. In the later troubles which have CIV
en- rise 10 50 nuch excitement and discussion in
Congress and the country, Mr.. Buchanan has
lowered in ALT dignity OF his high character
and Intellectual superiority. He will leave hlS
post TO give wav to his successor, having esiah-
lished renewed kind relations between the two
countries, and having fixed upon the hearts Of
the English people the impress oil a republican
character. which has never, for a single mo-
ment, yielded its simplicity and It's truth to ar
istocratic establishments. Couttpd and BATTERED
during his stay, h= stndiouSy absiained from
paying tiibutr to English vanity. In all circles,
aud on all occasions, be displayed his American
dignity and his American patriotism NeveF
gratutously obtrudine his country OF her advan-
taors, H. never htSiiated a sPrak OF her aS ore
speaking of his parent; nor was be ever actua-
ted by any spirit OF offensive par,ISanshlP. As
he came 50 he goes, the same plain, untitled, un-
pretending American citizen. The highest claS-
SeS vitd with each other 10 10 ban honor; and
on recent occasion, when the news OF threat
pned collision between the two countries alarm
ed thu people OF both, bis presence among the
populace OF London Was greeted with cheers,
an evidence that, however parties may intrigue,
one honest, straightforward patriot IS sure TO
hold high place in the affections OF the mas
seS.
One great reason why Mr.. Buchanaa's name
is at this moment so accrptahie TO ms country
Hen is. brcauSr he stands before them mol mere
lv as an eIninently capable, but as an enI3neHffy
safe nan. In The growing greatness OF our re-
public, its increasing Importance, commercially
and politically, It's extended and extending re-
lationS with other powers, not TO speak OF the
efforts of reckless agtators against the Constiu-
ton, and all the security and guarantees oil our
domestic safety and tranquility, we See the evi-
dencss that such man would be able 10 confer
signal benefits upon the American people ID the
Presidential Chair. For The first time IN many
wears We behold in the person Of James Buch-
anan, statesman who combines the rare quail
" Of having been among the very first, IN every
emergency, TO take the most progressive view OF
every great question, and yet OF being able TO
preserve, 10 the midst Of such emergencies, the