Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-11-20

The subjoined reflections on the election
of Mr.. Buchanan by the people, from the
" Y. Journal Of Commerce, are SO ad
mirable that we reproduce them with an
unqualified Endorsement:
ut cannot always happen that those who
spend their lives in the public SERVICE
though they may earn their country's graf
itude by accomplishing the most benefcen,
results, and manifest the highest ability
and patriotic zeal in the sphere of their en-
ployment, and exhibit administrative quail
ifications adequate to the loftiest functions
of government.--shall receive the highest
reward Of an honorable ambition, and be
elected to fill the Presidency of the Union
The number of public men who attain to
exalted eminence in point both of capacity
and popular appreciation, is SO great in a
Republic, where office, with its dignity,
influence and emoluments, is open TO all,
that the claims of some are unavoidablv
postponed to the necessities of the case -
The present generation has seen Clay, Web
ster and Calhoun pass away. without tina.
distinguished mark of national appreciation
which they are freely acknowledged to have
merited; and there are statesmen now liv-
ing competent for the most exalted position
of trust and honor, whose age puts them
beyond reasonable expectation of reach
ing that elevation. But it is matter of Pc
culiar qualification to contemplate the be.
stowal of that reward, by an intelligent and
grateful people, upon one whose title to it
is unquestioned even by those who repudi-
ate his claims. Such a spectacle this ma
ton beheld in tho election Of James Buch-
anan. Distinguished for fidelity and eff
fciency in the discharge of numerous great
trusts confided to his discretion, the coun-
try calls him now,--at crisis in her his
tory requiring all the intelligence that long
experience and familiarity with public af-
fairs impart, the prudence that age is re-
quisite to mature, and the patriotism thai
comprehends the interests Of twenty-five
millions of people, and is based by no Sec
tional partialities and sympathies,-to
guide her councils, command her fleets and
armies, enforce obedience to her laws, and
10 take care that she sustains no detriment.
There exists the fullest assurance, in the
character of the man selected to perform
these duties, and in the circumstances with
which his assumption of them is about to
be attended, that the honor and prosperity
Of the country. the preservation of peace,
the promotion Of industry. the protection of
property, and prompt administration of
justice. will be the aim and the end of the
administration over which he presides. -
Whenever the national government has
been conducted with single eye to these
objects, civil strife and sectional excite
ment have least prevailed. The ambition
that might influence younger incumbent
of the Presidential chair to seek to propiti-
ate local interest and to conciliate party
support, is powerless to shape the policy
or control the actions Of one like Mr.. Buch
anan--.who, having attained the full meas
urc of his reward, has no personal aspira-
tons to crafty. and wants no other solace
for his declining years than the conscious
ness that will attend his retirement, Of sue
cess honorably achieved, of duties faithful
ly discharged. and, of having contributed,
let us hope, to strengthen the Union of the
Confederacy, and to perpetuate the exis,
tence of the Republic"