Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-07-14
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MIR. BUCHANAN IN ENGLAND.
1t appears to have been generally calculated,
that if Mr.. Buchanan was nominated at the Dem
ocratic Convention, that preliminary choice
would be virtually his election to the Presiden-
cy; result which could not have been the case
with either Of the other candidates if they had
been chosen. If Mr.. Pierce he'd been nom
mated for reelection, the antagonism which he
has provoked would have stimulated new efforts
to displace him; and then, amid the conflicts of
the Democratic party, Wing candidate would
have had u fair cha zee. And there are many
considerations which are likely to render Mr..
Buchanan less Objectionable to some of the ILL
classified political circles Of the Union than any
other candidate that could have been put for
ward. We treat the subject entirely as an in
ternal question. We notice that some of the
American papers give their support to Mr.. Blu
chauan, as likely to be the friend of peace and
Great Britain; while others equally support
him rs likely to be .frrn" in administration and
adverse to Great Britain. Wedo not put much
faith in any of these vague and iil-sustained
calculations. Should the difficulties" between
this country and the American Union continue
into the period of Mr. BuchEnan's Presidency,
which is not to be assumed, we may at least
calculate upon finding in him an adversary OF
ability and judgment But it is, we repeat,
principally on internal grounds that his Selcc-
ton must have been determined. James Blu
Trained as lawyer and as diplomatist, the
natural shrewdness of his mind has been culti-
waited in high degree. He is a man who must
be though customer" to deal with as an adver-
sary; but customer" who knows too well
how to look after the interests of his own side
to fall into any passionate or idle extremes
Few men have so large round of personal &C.
quaintances; from the North to the South, of the
| Old World and of the New-from Russia to Spain
from Massachusetts, to beyond the Mississippi
| in England as well as in America. Few men,
therefore, are better able to appreciate the actu-
al bearing of movements in Europe. However
Mr. Buchanan might be instigated by American
motives, he would be guided by European ex-
peTieuceS. The most difficult question of the
Union at the present day arises from the.dispute
between the North and the South on the slavery
question; and with reference to this question the
new candidates position is peculiar. Born and
bred in the State of Pennsylvania, within five
miles of slaveholding State, Mr. Buchanan has
been led away by the extreme views of neither
party. He has been amongst those who have
wished well to the Negro race, but he has new.
er appeared amongst the Fusiunists. Until
met President Roberts" he said TO friend, 81
never encountereda man with much negro blood
in his veins who could entertain an abstract idea;
and without the power of peTceiving abstract
ideas there is no capacity for political progress
He was, however, early associated with the
friends and relatives of Henry Clay, who endeav'
ored to settle the slavery question by prospec'
tive and gradual removal of the peculiar insti,
tuition" On the other hand, he has never sane.
toned any inroad by the South upon the rights
of the North. In the free States then, James
Buchanan is not likely to be regarded as Presi
dent who will surrender the views and free ac-
ton Of that part of the Union which has with
in this century, chiefly guided the political &c
ton of the Republic; while, at the same time,
the citizens of the South will not view him il
the light of an ubolitionist, prepared to encour
age any rash handling of the great internal ques.
ton; and he stands uncommitted to those fatal
antagonisms which at present threaten the tran
qnility of the Union. Such is the candidate who
appears likely to be President on the expiration
of General Pierce's term.