The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-06-09
7o 9nTa THE Democratic Nominee.
a[.ast Satdrday We announced JAS. {

that Convention as q canuldate Ior Inc HoAll-
nation. This, to-be-sure, is no great compli--
ment to him, but it exhibits spirit on the
part Of an opponent to do justice by him. Fora
.ffeesfght ., on the present issues Of the day,
we should have preferred Pierce or Douglas
as this nominee. They are most particularly /
identified with the present fearful agitation
which is distracting the country from one end
to the other, and of which they are the au-
thors. AS the question upon which this agi-
tation exists is now engulphing all others, and +
as is to be the leading and almost the only /
question of tie Presidential campaign
and as the Democracy have sustained Pierce
and Douglas in their political infamy, and
made adhesion to them and their policy test
of Den1ocracyLi was reasonable to expect
that one or the other Of these men would be
brought out as their candidate for the Presi-
dency. But they have backed out They
dared not face the people with either ofthe au- /
thors of the Kansas Nebraska swindle. They
dared not bring out a man upon whom the res
possibility Of this infamous measure could be
fixed. But they have taken man in his
eral years, has disconnected him from the res
possibility. Yet the people are aware that
Buchanan has endorsed the Kansas Nebraska
law Had he not done it, he dared not hope
for the nomination. Upon that endorsement
and upon his approval of the course of Pierce
and Douglas, viii he have to run this race
He is notsunknown as was Pierce, he is not
lacking iniability--but he stands with the
Democratic party in supporting an iniquitous
measure, which is the cause OF the present
terrible agitation, and which may yet bring
about Dissolution. If there is a Democrat
who would have refused his vote to Pierce or
Douglas on account of his connection with
the Nebraska law, he cannot give it consist
emily to Buchanan, who endorses that law.
Mr.. Buchanan is an old Federalist, but we
have no objection to him particularly on that
account 1t has always been however, an OBJ
lection so strong in the eyes Of the Democracy,
that they have labored to defeat many a good
Wing by charging upon him Blue Light Fed
eralism. They have even lung the charge into
the ears Of men, and to their serious injury,
who never were Federalists. Now it seems
to us that Mr.. Buchanan must be highly OBJ
jectionablc to Democrats whose stomachs are
weak.on this question.
We have before us copy of circular issued
by the Federalists of Lancaster, Pa, in the
election campaign of 1928, between Shultz and
Gregg, candidates for Governor. This circu-
lar opposes Shultz. the Democratic candidate,
and advocates the claims of Gregg. fuses the
following language:
g We are assured that he (Gregg,) resisted
with all his energy the adoption of the meas
ureaWhich justly gave so much offence to the
Federalists of Lancaster county"
The first name signed to this circular is
James Buchanan, the present Democratic can
didate for the Presidency.
Mr.. Buchanan denounced the war of 1872,
inwhich 'high national rights and honor were
involved" He arrayed himself against Mad
ison, and charged that Madison was compelled
to yield to foreign influence. And here we
touch point upon which our Democracy are
particularly tender--foreign Influence. Hear
the language of Jas. Buchanan, and we quote
from Haynes Horoscope of 1917, extracting
from one of Buchanan's speeches.:
s.Aboue ali, aoe oug7stto drive from our shores
toreiqa influence and cherish erclltsiue american
feeling Foreign influence has been IN every age
the curse of Republics Her jdundiceI eyes sees
all things IN false colorS.'
And again he says:
Let as learn sOisdons fran experience, and for,
ever banish this ead, foreign influence, from our
society. y
That he alluded to immigration his whole
speech demonstrates He chided the Demo-
cratic party for counting up this influence, If
he then saw cause for condemnation orrebukeH
in the Democratic party for counting up the
foreign influence what must he think oft now !?
ADemocratic paper thus alIudes to Blu
chanan in l847, when he was Secretary of
State.
What was his course on the Tariff question
but weak, puerile, and child-like support
He had not the nerve to advocate the Demo-
cratic tariff of 49, On the Oregon question he
dastardly surrendered So 40 of territory, after
having boldly proclaimed our title to 54 10
ALI will recollect in the language Of a cotem-
porary, chow confidently he asserted that to
accept less than "a 40 would be REASONABLE in
the government AID dishonorable to the peo-
ple;" and every body knows, also, that when
his predictions as to the result wholly failed,
instead of facing it out, by withdrawing from
the cabinet, and rebuking what be had him-
self shown was surrender of territorial
rights. he quietly remained where he was,
prefening place to popularity, and vainly seek
ing in the allurements of official station q
compensation for toe stings Of outraged con-