Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-06-14
The Democratic Press upon the NO
minatiOn OF Dir. Buchanan.

Es As a slight evidence only of pop |
ular sentiment and popular feeling in
regard to the action of the Democratic
National Convention, we give below ex-
tracts from such of the Democratic pa
pers as have reached us which contain
the announcement of the nominations:
In noticing the nomination of Mr..
BUCHANAN, the Washington Sentinel Of
Saturday morning, says:
"There is one noteworthy feature in
the selection of Mr.. BUCHANAN, that all
those sound patriotic Wings who have
Held themselves aloof from ENHANCEMENT
will fall into the Democratic ranks and
do good service We bid them all well
come! and henceforward like brothers
may emulate each other in the promotion
Of the national welfare.
1t is true Mr.. Buchanan will have
to contend with party most unscrupu-
lous in the measures of warfare, and
which banishes from its armory the wea-
pom Of truth, as being more inconvenient
to themselves than efficient against him. :"
We endorse these opinions of the SEN
tinel without hesitation, and we believe
that every 'sound and patriotic Whig''
will heartily unite in the support Of Mr..
BUCHANAN as the conservative and con-
stitusional anti-Know-nothing candidate
for the Presidency.
The Washington Union says:
" During his long career of political
service in the various departments of the
government he has uniformly been con-
spicuous for energy, perseverance, and
industrious application to business, and
for the punctual fulfilment Of every OBJ
legation of public and private duty. The
result has been an extended and matured
experience, which, if possessed by a
citizen of average capacity and ordinary
requirements, might have justified the
selection of the convention But his
natural powers of mind are of the high
est grade. In the development of his
moral and intellectual merits his course
has been adorned by the display of bril-
liant abilities, with rare combination of
superior tact and consummate prudence.
These characteristic traits have never
been exhibited in any other association
than those Of honor, delicacy and refined
feeling.
1.-The Democracy would have been
invincible in the approaching Presiden-
tial campaign with any candidate whom
they might,havc nominated on the plat
form of the Cincinnati Convention. -
With James Buchanan as their standard
bearer, they can scarcely encounter a
contest"
The Alexandria Sentinel says:
" Mr.. Buchanan is statesman of
commanding talents and long-tried Sn-
tegrity. His large experience, his pro-
found attainments, his great equanimty
of temperament, and calmncss Of judy
ment-his patriotism as wide as the coun-
try, and attested by long record of de-
votion to the equal constitutional rights
of every section of the Union-all com
mend him to his fellow citizens of all
parties, as pre-eminently qualified to hold
the helm of State, and guide our affairs
with wisdom; while his long-sustained
leadership among the truest of the Dem
ocratic statesmen, will cause the hosts of
the Democracy to hail him as their cho-
sen Chieftain with an acclaim that will
make the welkin ring. An honor has
been conferred on him which a monarch
might envy, but it is a compliment no
more than due to his brilliant public SER
vice, and to the sterling Commonwealth
which gave him birth, and of which he
has been SO long the PRIDE
The Baltimore Republican says;
"The nomination has met the wishes
and expectations of the great masses,
and will be hailed with enthusiasm by
them, and they will triumphantly elect
the sage Of 'Wheasland' to the highest
official position in the country or in the
world.
+" While we thus rcjoice in the action
of the convention as conformable to the
wishes Of the majority, there is no just
cause for complaint upon the part of the
friends Of the other candidates. The
principles of the present administration
have been fully endorsed, and lis foreign
and domestic policy heartily approved Of
The one-term principle seems to have
been generally recognized and acted upon
as the sentiment Of the people. We
have no time TO say more at present -
We enter the contest with cheerful hearts
and sanguine hopes; and although we
know that tho venom of abolitionism and
its ally Know-nothingism, will be poured
out without stint. yet we feel confident
assurance that the good sense and palri-
otism of the nation will rally with over
whelming force and sweep all opponents
from the field"
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun writes:
"The nomination Of Mr.. Buchanan
by the Cincinnati Convention is, under
the circumstances, fayorableto the Dem
ocracy. Not only the national party by
which he is selected, but the friends Of
the Union and of peace at home and
abroad, have good reason to felicitate
themselves upon this nomination. II
will be more grateful to Mr.. Buchanan,
and the more creditable to the Conven-
ton, for the reason that it was unsought
by him, and was conceded by them in
consideration of his merits and his high