The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-04-16


greatest anxiety to the commercial andIo,hs'
classes. On moro than one occasionsccll,.
sion seemed 10 be inevitable, but every pan
ic passed of. The correspondence of Mr.
Buchanan, such Of it as hassbeen published,
exhibits on his'part vigilance. discretion,
an industry. aad at the same time dignity
of character, that have made his Names fl-
vorte name in every section of onr. beloved
Union. In the later troubles which have
given rise to..so much excitement and dis
cussion in Congress and the country, Mfr
i Buchanan has lowered in all the dignity Of
his high character and intellectual superior
ity. He will leave his post 10 give way 10
his successor, having established renewed
kind relations between the two countries,
and having fixed upon tho hearts Of the
Englishipeople The impress of q republican
charsotor, which has never, for single mo-
men', yielded i.a simplicity and it's truth to
arisIocralio Establishments. Couted and fats
tered duringlhis stay, he studiously abslained
from iraying tribute TO English vanity. In
all cilclss, and on oil occasions, he displayed
his American dignily and his American pa.
triotism. Never gratt7iiously oblruding his
country and her advsna.s .sss, he never hesi-
tated to speak Of her as o son speaking of
bis parent; nor was he ever ,,ctnatsd BY any
splrit of offensive parlisauship. As he came
SO he goes, the same plain, untitled, unpre-
tending American citizen. The highest class-
es Wed with each other 10 do him hanor;
and on recent occasion, when the news Of
threatened collision between the two coun.
uies alarmed the people Of boln, his pres.
ence among the Populacs of London was
greeted with cheers, an evidence that, how.
ever parties may intrigue, one honest, straight
forward palriot is sure 10 hold high place
in the affections Of the msssss.
One great reason why Mr.. Buchanau's
name is al this moment so acce pable 10 his
countrymen, 10, because be stands before
them, no, merely as an eminentIy capable,
but as an sminentiy safe man. In the grow.
ing greatness OF our republic, ils increasing
Importance, commercially and politically, iis
extended and extending relations with other
powers, not TO speak of the efforts of rsck.
less agitstors against the Constitution. and
oil tho security and guarantees OF our do.
mestic safely and tranquility, we see the er.
idences that such man would be able to
confer signal benefits upon the American
people IN the Presidential Char. For tho
hfs' time in many years we behold in The
person OF James Buchanan, a statesman who
combines the rare quality of having besn
among the very first, in every emergency.
to take The most progressive view of everv
great question, and yet of being able to pre-.
serve, in the midst of such emergencies. the
bearing, and 70 exercise the influence Of .
sasacious and well-poissd Democratic s,a,e.-
man. 1t is this combination OF elemen,s
which has awakened in his behalf the favor
able sentiment of those classes of ci,izsns
who look for wise and judicious Adminis.
lralion oi the Federal Government, and which
has also gathered around him the warm and
generous sympathies Of the constituents who
confide in bis progressive instincts as illus
traisd through all his long and illustrious ca.
reer.
There 10 not now 10 be found reasonable
man in any part of the Union, who doss not
believe that Mr.. Buctanan's nomination
would be succeeded by his certain and ri.
umphsnl election. To the South he present,
no record inconsistent, even In me .,ixA...,
degree, with that which induced the. southern
delegates 10 vote for shim so long and 50
steadily as in the Democratic Convention of
1852. Now, as then, he stands forth tn 9 un.
compromising enemy of their enemies; the
devoted advocate of their constitutional
rights To The Northwestern States he pre-
sents the unsulisd record Of one who has
CO operated with their own pioneer rsprs.
sentative in Congress, in opening up our
new territories TO commerce and to ciyiIza.
tion. The Northern OF Eastern States know
him as the champion of their rights, when
these were sacrificed 10 British rapaci,v
While in The Middle States il may be .,,ood.
ly said OF Mr. Buchanan, with no disrssnso,
10 other candidates, that he is thus d.v -.
gafisd as The very strongest man whom shs
Democratic party could nominate for the
Presidency. The divided household of or,
political friends in New York would. %.
believe. find in his name, the olive b,.oeb
of harmony and peace tie Democrats A.
Ohio would, under his tanner. adv.no. "a
that victory which '.,er pa,,io,io eiious 90
we'll deserve; ard Pennsylvania, standing
between 'hsss two gigantic States would
pronounce for such a candi date, with such .
majority de would recall the daS & when these
'ares Common weallhs constituted tho verv
fortress Of the Doraocralic, party in the free
States.
During Mr. Buchanan's absence Of nearly
three years, while politics ragged at home, he
proudly abstained from interfering with The
struggle for the Presidential successiou.--
From the time he 90, foot on English soil.
be wrote back 10 his friends, that in no con.
tingency would he place himself in the
field as candidate for the Presidency. There
was nothing Of grief in this resolve, nothing
of disappointed ambition. II was tho calm
and deliberate judgment OF mind, which.
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