Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-07-07
what a Democratic Paper said of VIZ.
Buchanan previous to his m nomination.
rom the Washington Star (DenOcrat).

Buchanan previous to his m Omina ton.
From the Washington Star Denocrst.
ave do not agree with the Times and Sem
| tinel in the belefthat he (Mr. BuchanaD) is the
greatest man now identified with the Democra
| tic party. lie has been in public life almost
| uninterruptedly since 1920. Where is the le-
gslative measure of domestic or foreign policy
originated by him that has become q feature
in our public history? He has been at the head
of our State Department and our minister TO
the Court of ST. James. Where is the treaty
negotiated or consummated through his sgen-
cy, except the unimpOrtant commercial treaty
with Russia which is almost verbatim copy
of many similar treaties with other govern
ments, before and since made, in many instan-
ces by comparatively obscure Charges d. At
fairs on the part of the Government?
THE idea of his peculiar popularity at the
South is worse than mistake. II is danger
Gus msapprebension of the truth. The South
entertains no devotion to men whatever. In
her estimation they stand or fall altogether &C
cording to their records, and whenever before
them for office, their records only are consid-
cred
snow upon the question of protection, the
record Of Mr.. Buchanan is as palpsbly against
tie doctrines of the South as that of any gen.
tlcman of any party who has ever been in
public life. II in the consideration of the Ia
riff question he has ever made any but high
protective-tariH speech, or given other than a
| high proteCtivotariif vote, the fact has es-
capped our recollection. Upon the Pacific rail
road question h. certainly differs ~ widely
| from the Democracy OF the South any gen
| tleman of either party now in public life. Up
on the slavery question, though until recently
an advocate for the exclusion of slavery from
all United States territory north OF thirtyzsiX
degrees thirty minutes of north latitude-Or,
in other words Missouri compromise man
he now stands on the Kansas bill platform; a
position which every man must necessarily Oc-
oupy who dreams of being candidate for the
Cincinnati Presidential nominee.
left to himself, if elected, we could have
no doubt that he would administer the govern.
ment with an eye single TO the purpose OF car
rying out the policy of the present Admins
tration upon the question. But we know per-
fectly well that every man in the nOn-slave-
holding States, who, while claiming utilization
with the Democratic party, stands opposed to
it upon the great OvershadOwng issues of the
times, is an ardent advocate for Mr.. Buchanan's
nomination, avOwedly because he hopes that
in administering the government Mr.. B. will
make the principle of the Missouri restriction
his policy rather than that of the kansas-Ne
braska act.
1--WE frankly confess that we have great dis
trust indeed, of the peculiar class of politicians
out of Pennsylvania who have fairly mounted
on Mr.. Buchanah's back. Nearly every nOtO-
riously unsound man claiming utilization with
the Democracy is among them. The latter Is
INSCRIPTIONS and energetic in carrying their
point, tavorug special legislation, and, indeed,
everything that the South abominates and for
which she has long enormously held federalism
alone responsible; as one has but to spend some
time around the federal capital to comprehend
the fact that those by far most dangerous to
the cause of the continued administration of
the Government upon the doctrines of the con-
stitution rs made by our fathers and interpreted
by the Democratic Statesman of the South,
are individuals who claim to be Democrats, as
though only the better to enable them to aid
the enactment of propositions opposed by the
mass of the States rights and strict construction
Democracy Of Congress"
That, reader, is the honest opinion Of q
leading Democratic journal, of Mr.. BUOHAN-
ANS political career, which we endorse as a
faithful and life-like picture, and it establishes
most conclusively the following:
1st. That during his long political career he
has established no claim to distinguished
craftsmanship.
I'd. That Mr.. Buchanan is now and has al
ways been for a Protective Tariff.
Sd. That be has been heretofore in favor OF
excluding slavery, by act of Congress, from
all the territory of the United States north OF
SO deg. 30 min.
4th. That almost every Northern Demo
cratic Freesoiler is for Mr.. B. s nomination.
9th. He is for the Pacific Railroad, and in
this "differs widely from the Democracy of the
South"
9th. Nearly every unsound man at the
North, claiming atiilistion with the DemOcrs-
cy, has mounted on his (Mr. H.'s) back"
Ifthese things be true, and no intelligent
man who values his reputation for truth or
honesty will even pretend to deny them, with
what consistency can Southern Democrats,
who affect to be anti-tariff, anti-freesoil and
anti-internal Improvement vote for JAMES
BUCHANAN2 Let them answer this question
TO the pablo, whenever and wherever they at
tempt to persuade Southern men to vote for
him.-AugUsta Chronicle.