Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-01-19
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.

tions of the different parties will meet to
nominate candidates for the honorable
and responsible Office of President of this
Union. Two parties will be prominent
in the campaign, the Democratic and the
Know-nothings and judging from events
since the origin of this new party, the
campaign will be one of more violent ex-
element than has ever occurred in our
political history, and upon the manner
in which it terminates will depend the
lasting interest of the country.
The Democratic party stands forth as
great national constitutional party, and
enters the contest as the exponent of
civil and religious hberty-the advocate
of equal rights and equal privileges for
all claiming home in our land, and
recognizing and sustaining our constitu
ton irrespective of birthplace or station.
Extending over the whole country, it
respects the constitutional rights of every
portion of the Union, and believing in
the sovereignty of the people, States
rights and Territorial rights is one of its
cardinal principles. Its representatives
in Congress, both from the North and
South, are united ON these liberal princi-
pies, and exhibit to the country the
soundness, dignity and patriotism Of the
party which they represent Flushed
with recent victory, after short period
of adversely, being borne down by the
combined forces of opposition, it is now
stronger than ever. and its principles are
dearer to the affection of the people.
The Know-nothing faction stillretains
its proscriptive oaths, its secret orgies,
its intolerant principles. Not national
like the Democratic party, its great ma
iority in the North is sectional and vio-
lently opposed to the rights of the poo
pie of the Southern States of the Union,
termed by them the slave oligarchy
Its representatives in Congress are di-
yided on this great question of sectional
ism and nationality, and unfortunate fol
the welfare Of our country the sectional
portion of the party numbers one hun,
dred and three, while the national wing
only consists of thirty-three. Thus i
will be seen that although the national
platform was adopted at Philadelphia
the party of the Northern States repudi
ated it and elected great majority o
Representatives opposed to the Twelfth
section, guaranteeing the rights of the
South. Having met with frequent anC
overwhelming reverses in the past year
it enters the contest a sectional, dis
heartened and repudiated faction; yes
terday it boosted its hundred oftriumphs
to-day it is vanquished, with its princi
pies openly repudiated.
With this review of the condition an(
strength of the two parties before us, WI
cannot fail pretty accurately to forese'
the result. We cannot for a momen
doubt that the Democratic party not on
" deserves to be, but will be triumphant
If it selects sound constitutional stan
dard-bearcr it must succeed. 1t hai
principles which will stand any test;
history that will bear the most critica
review-all it wants is a man to carr,
out its measures. 1t contains in it
ranks many who are worthy of the honor
and who would add honor and dignity t.
the Presidential chair.
But who shall be our standard bearer
We have but to say, that, all that VI
ask is sterling Democrat, or an OLE
line Whig-a patriot statesman an'
friend of the Union. Such man shall
receive our support no matter from VIVA
portion of the Union he may hail. TIL
old patriot, General CAss, the favorite 0
the Democracy of Maryland, has retirec
from the field, and they will have to be
stow their preferences on another, w
hope no less deserving of them. Among
the many SPOKEN Of, and At present tn
BUCHANAN, Pennsylvania fayorite son
Time after time she has sent an undivid
cd delegation to the Democratic Nationa
Convention demanding his nominate OF
by that body, and now again the Dem
ocracy of the Keystone State having
elected majority of delegates to thu
State Convention to meet at Harrisburg
in March next, which will appoint dele
gates to the National Convention, ask
their brethren Of the Union the nomina.
ton of their distinguished favorite HI
deserves the honor. A pure patriot, 9
constitutional Democrat and eminent
statesman, he has graced the councils oil
the nation at home and added dignity to
our countrys name at a foreign court.
Popular throughout the country, his
nomination would be equivalent to an
election
But while speaking thus favorably Of