Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-10-06
Mr.. Buohanan's Withdrawal.

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bity will be appreciated and its duty patrioticall
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Mr.. Buohanan's Withdrawal
Unless greatly misled by the adviccs whicl
we have from Pennsylvania, this gentleman will soc
be placed in a position in which he will have it il
his power to render a more important service to hi
country than he has ever done during his long pub
lie career All accounts concur in representing tina
the results Of the elections in Pennsylvania las wei
as in Ohio and Indiana) will prove disastrous to hi.
Presidential prospects. Repudiated he assuredly
will be- by his native State it will be for him to de-
tcrrnine what course selircspect and a of pa
triotism will then demand at his hands. When Penn
sylvania declared by her State Convention in favor
of the nomination of Mr. Buchanan, and elected de-
legates to the Cincinnati Convention pledged to
press that preference Mr.. Dallas, the rival of Mr.
Buchanan, at once withdrew his claims to the Presi-
dency, assigning this action of his State the rea-
son for doing so He not willing to interpose
himself obstacle to the wishes of Pennsylva-
Ms, and the whole country applauded his course
Mr.. Buchanan nominated mainly through the
exertiOns of his Pennsylvania friends, and on the
ground that he would prove an acceptable candidate
to the people of that great State Should the Octo
Der elections demonstrate that the sentiment of Penn
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the convention, then it will be for Mr.. Buchanan to
determine whether he will follow the example of
Mr.. Dallas.
Rejected by his own State, what prospect he
have of electiong III State interest and State pride
superaddcd to his personal popularity cannot in
duce Pennsylvania the State of his birth and resi-
dence, give him her support, how it be expec
,e that majority of the other States win give him
| theirs,
Will he, under such circumstances, continue in
the field. Will he for the sake OF fororn hope of
remote chance of success by throwing the election
into the House Of Representatives, persist in being
candidateg We cannot do him the injustice t. think
so.
With majority ranging from $4,000 to $4,000
against him in his own State, it seems to us that
proper regard for his reputation will constrain
him to bow to the wishes of his fellow-citizens
| and retire from the contest
Mr.. Buchanan Processes to be a national man. His
| friends press his claims to the Presidency that
ground. They say that he is patriot, and sternly
opposed to sectionalsn and the sectional candidate
Conceding this all to be true will his prin-
cpes-wl not n patriotic regard for the Union and
the best interests of the country-prevent him from
occupying position in which all he expect is to
divide the national forces aud contribute to the
election of Fremonty We repeat that we cannot be-
lieve that Mr. Buchanan will be so nsensibe to what
duty to himself and duty his country requires at
his hands, to occupy any such position. We be-
ieye that when his true position is revealed by the
coming elections in October, he will take counsel not
from false friends and designing Offices seekers, but
| from wiser and better men, who will say TO hun
| you have done all that incumbent you you
have discharged your whole duty to your party by
accepting the nomination and afiordng the people an
opportunity of ratifying it; you now at liberty
to look TO the welfare of the country by withdraw
ing from position in which you will only distract
the ranks of the Union men. You are liber-
ty To consult your own future happiness and fame 10y
voluntarily retiring from the field instead of waiting
to be driven from it by ignominious defeat
If Mr.. Buchanan should adopt this course and
write a suitable address his friends explaining the
difficulties by which he is surrounded and announ-
cling his purpose to withdraw avoid split in the
ranks Of the friends of the Union he will place him.
self on high ground before the country, and we
doubt not his course will be warmly appauied by
the wise and patriotic and Union-lovng portion OF
his own party. The office-scekeTs and the disunon.
lists will Of course condemn him. but he can well az.
ford to 1espse their clamors when he has the appro-
baton of the better portion OF the people and of his
own conscience.
We led to these remarks by rumors which
have reached us from Pennsylvania aud other quar-
tiers that the friends of Mr. Buchanan aud probably
! Mr.. B. himself are contemplating the propriety Of
such step in the event Of emphatic Judgment
being pronounced against him by his own people on
| the l4th inst
! II Mr. Buchanan should withdraw and his friends
unite on Mr. Fillmore the whole conservative strength
Of the Union will be consolidated and the sectional.
lists will be tiampled under foot That single move
ment would be decisive Of the election. and the
| friends OF Fremont, Seward, Banks 4 Co will be
| overwhelmingly routed. Sectonasm will be Obliged
TO hide ITS heal aud the Union will again become
the object Of affection and reverence to the Ameri.
can people. IL seldom happens in the providence
Of God, that man has it in his power 10 shower
| such manifold blessings on his country II il sci.
dom that man has it in his power 10 win such hon.
or for himself To acquire pure and lasting fame il
is necessary that man should have the opportuni.
ty, and also that hc should have the nerve and the
patriotism to embrace and improve it, Mr. Bnchan.
an now has the opportunity-we shall soon see whe.
Their he has the other high qualities necessary to
place the chaplet on his brow We shall avs ait the
result with anxious soicitude
Men vino look forward to missions and charge
ships, and commissionerships, and lat consulates
and the like, at Mr.. Buchanans hands will say nav,
but true patrots-iriends Of the Union-ncn who
regard Mr.. Buchanans true interests and fame-wil
hail with pride and satisfaction his determination Il
withdraw
IssuLuyo q 3. NAVAL OrrrcsKs.-Au insult has beer
offered to the officers Of the sloop Of Cyane by SOM
foWdes in the streets Of Halifax. The Ilaifsx Recorde
Of the 9Th ult., thus relates the circums tances:
I'VE are sorry 70 learn that the evening Of Tue.da