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land who have formed his acquaintance.
The best evidence OF his devotion TO the
welfare Of the country is found in the fact,
(for the masses always act right.) he ne
yer, neuer. NEVER. (you Fusionists re-
member this. has been defeated by the
people or Legislature from his first trial
in 1914 until the present moment. The
word defeat is not IN Buchanan,s vocabu-
larry or that Of his friends, and. as sure
he lives until the 4th of March, 1857.
James Buchanan. of Pennsylvania, will
be the President of this Nation.
We now say TO our political enemies
come on with your charges, your Sian
ders, your insinaationsl The Nation
has presentea to them, the consistent.
firm faithful Statesman. the man of iron
will. undaunted patriotism, unblemished
character, and whose record will bear the
strictest scrutiny. We have before US
the man whose whole character is a SOL
emn pledge. and guarantee, that our in
stitutions and national character will be
safe in his hands. The farmer. mechanic,
merchant. and the entire mass of our peo-
pie feel secure that in his hands The no.
BILE ship of State will be taken to the port
of peace, happiness and prosperity. and
that under his even guidance and enlarg
ed craftsmanship. every portion of our
happy Union will be protected in the full
enj oy ment Of their constitutional rights
He is States Rights man in the full
meaning of that term. / RENE IN Der TWEEN
ty years ago, when the subject of the ad.
mission OF Michigan was before the ma
tion, how in eloquent terms he enforced
the doctrine of The rights Of the States and
Territories. 1t was then he remarked in
substance, the older grow. the more |
become States Rights man. Conse
quently he was the enemy of the U. S.
Bank, opposed to the distribution of the
proceeds of the sale of public lands. op
posed to the assumption OF The state debts,
the warm advocate Of the indie pendent I
treasury, the ardent and devoted friend OF
the principles of the Kansas and Nebras-
ka bills, the absolute and uncondi tional
right Of the people to adopt their own
form of municipal government. not in
United States.
In 1852, whe speaking upon the sub
ject of religious liberty. he planted him
self upon the constitution in the follow
ing glowing languages: From my soul.
abhor the practice Of mingling up reli-
gion with politics; the doctrine Of all our
constitutions, both federal and State is.
that every man has an indefeasible right
TO worship his God according to the die
tates Of his own conscience. He is both
5igot and tyrant who would interfere
with that sacred right. When a candi-
date is before the people for Office, the in.
quiry ought never be made, what form of
religious faith he processes, but only in
the language of Mr.. Jefferson, is he hon
est. is he capable?'
In the same address. when speaking up
on the Fugitive Slave Law, and the De-
mocratic party. he most eloquently and
truthfully remarks:
The Fugitive Slave Law is all the South
Ii is law founded both upon the letter
and the spirit of the Constitution. and a
similar law, has existed in our Statute
Books ever since the Adminis.ra ton OF
George Washington. History teaches us
that but for the provision in favor of the
Fugitive Slaves. the constitution would
never have existed.
Think We that the South will ever
tamely surrender the Fugitive Slave Law
to Northern Fanatics and Abolisionists?
And nov fellow citizens what glorious
party the Democratic party has ever been
Mar is but the being of summer day
while principles are eternal. The gene
ation of mortals, one after the other
rise and sink. and are forgotten, but the
principles of Democracy which we have
inherited from our Revolutionary father:
will endure to bless mankind, throughout
all generations. Is there any Democrat
within the sound Of my voics-Is there
any Democrat throughout the broad Ii
mits of good. old Democratic Pennsylva
MIA. who will abandon these sacred prin
eiples. for the sake Of following in tn,
train of a military conqueror, and shout
ing for the Hero of Lundy's Lane, Cerrt
Gordo aud Chapultepec?
Like the Romans in their times o
trouble and excitement. our people ar
looking to the old and true men. w
have in the person o6 James Buchanan
of Pennsy Iva nis, he who was contempora
ry with Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jack
son, Clay. Calhoun. Webster. McDuffee
Hayne. and others. He is the link OF
the chain that connects the present wit
the past. That age when the love Of tn
Union, the love Of order and the supre
macy of the laws was the param oun
} principle. Buchanan is the man that III
: good and true men can rally around. G
/ oil parties devoted to the Consttutio
! and the Union with the full assuranc
; that he perfectly understands and full
appreciates not only our democratic pol
cy but our foreign relations.
In the midst of sectional excitement
local strifes, violations of law; secre
! political orgagizations; and when appra
E are making to the worst passions of mel
: to every thing except the majesty Of III
laws and Constitution, il is source {
e qualification to the true. Patriot. to hav
: one presented for the first Office in IL
Y Union. whose whole life is one of deve
t;on IN In7n ar.d ordsr Rut few nd m