Washington telegraph., 1856-06-25
The Democratic Nominees for President
and Vice President.

Below We present our readers with
brief but suggestive and instructive
compendium of the political record oi
the distinguished gentleman selected by
the Cincinnati Convention to be the can
didate of the Democratic party for Presi-
dent. We must confess, that prior to
the letting in of little historical light
upon the political features of Mr.. Bu-
ehanan, we were disposed to consider him
''marvellous proper man.; for there is
certainly SO much in the private character
of the gentleman to admire we had
thought it so certain that with the close
of his mission to England his public ca
reer would be at an end, that we had
not, up to the time of his nomination, al
together unexpected to us, looked very
closely at his antecedents. Nor is our
purpose at present to initiate the exam
pie of some of our -'illustrious contempo-
raries," and denounce unsparingly as an
"AbOlitionist, the representative of the
principles of a great party, even with all
the lights before us which we have. Mr..
Buchanan is unquestionably statesman
of eminent ability, ripe in years and ex-
perience- We cannot, however, concede
to him any superiority over Mr.. Fillmore
in any one particular; and, speaking
candidly and truthfully, free, We honestly
believe, from anything assimilating to par
ty bias or prejudice, we think Mr.. Fill
more, in view of his acts and pledges,
and his associations, and the influences
which he can and will bring to bear upon
party spirit and partizan measures, in the
event of his election, by very far the sa-
fer man of the two. And In arriving at
this conclusion, we are governed by rea-
sons grounded upon the facts in the case,
to which, as occasion shall permit. We
purpose referring.
BY the by, We have not been fully con-
rinced, after careful perusal of the pro-
ceedings of the Cincinnati Convention
and the platform set forth by the Demo-
cratic party in that Convention, that '.the"
great question of "Squatter Sovereignty
was definitely settled at that great gath
ering- How was that? Can any body
tell? Can it be possible that the ''third"
of the propositions to which we re-
Gently had occasion to refer, was as un-
tenable according to the admission of
some our Democratic friends (for the un-
expected compliment contained in which
admission We take this occasion to return
our acknowledgements we proved the
ether two propositions to be? Will
so1ne of our readers enlighten us? But
to the abstract of Mr. Buchanan's record.
Concerning it, "more anon"
Mr. Buchanan's Memoir.
The Lancaster Register thus roughly
riddles the memoir of this gentleman, re-
Gently published by the Pennsylvania:
Ia the Intelligencer of the 18th instant,
We fnd copied from the Pennsylvania, a
very imperfect memoir of this distinguish
ed Pennsylvania, to which we beg leave
to add a few scraps of history, omitted no
doubt by mistake or ignorance of the facts.
We shall con6ne ourselves at this time to
a few extracts from the Memoir" and
make such remarks aud quotations from
the records as truth demands The Mem
Dir says:
Mr. Buchanan is in the sixty-ffth year
Of bis age. and in the vigor of health, intel
lectuaIly and physically
In 1852. Mr. Buchanan. in letter to
citizens of Bradford county, put in the
plea that he was too old to make them a
speech More than sixty years." and
asked for ''an honora bic discharge" How
unkind to force him into the Presidential
harness. Again:
He was born in the county of Franklin,
IN the State Of Pennsylvania, of honest and
INDUSTRIOUS parents. and may truly be call
ed the architect of his fortunes Having
received a good education. be studied the
Profession Of the law in the county of Lam
caster in the same State, which has ever
slaee been bis home In 1914 and 1915
he was elected to the State Legislature,
where he distinguished himself by those
exhibitions of intellect which gave promise
Of future emiDence"
SO be was elected to the Legislature. but
why not state by aohom? We will supply
the record for 1915.
ASSEMBLY.
James Buchanan, Federal, - 3O51
Motion c. Rogers. Democrat, 25O2
Again:
In 1920, James Buchanan was elected
% The House of Representatives and retain
Cd bis position in that body for ten years,
VOluntarily retiring after the first Congress
under the administration of Andrew Jack
sa'
Ten years In Congress, as Democrat,
We suppose, but let us examine the record
and see:
CONGRESS.