Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-06-19
JAMES BUCHANAN'S ELECTION DE-
MANDED BY THE BEST INTERESTS
OF THE COUNTRY.

Never since the formation Of our confederacy
have we so much needed at the helm OF State
wise and patriotic statesman. Indeed it is, in
our opinion, the most critical period which
our country has reached. The struggles Of the
revolution were but the struggles for her indie
pendence. Her subsequent war, with the same
great power, was waged to maintain her rights
and dignity as great nation. Later than
this, was her conflict with Mexico, in which
the latter was the silly aggressor, and for
which aggression she received Just and meri-
ted chastisement How insignificant are all
these struggles in which united people par
ticipated, to the dark and portentous cloud
that threatens the distraction and division of
that people. Nay more, the very question so
important to mankind, Of the practicablity Of
republican institutions is to be solved now and
forever; for who will doubt, that the hold once
loosened, which the American Government has
taken upon all the Governments Of Christendom,
viii in all time to come, deter and frighten them
from the imitation of our own theory of Govern
ment?
The eyes of the whole world are fixed upon
US with an intensity of interest The strong
governments are looking hopefully to the
failure of our mission, while the oppressed and
down-trodden watch with painful solicitude the
vindcation Of the great principle of repub-
is a fatal element in their own duration;-,o
the latter, glorious beacon Of their liberation
from their present thraldom.
Should not, then, every consideration Of M
tional pride and sefloye, impel us no longer
TO close our eyes or seem Indifferent, to the
frightful abyss upon which we stand? Is it an
oyerweening confidence in our institutions that
causes this insensibility? Let US invoke the
indulgence of only so much as may be neces.
sary to preserve them. Is it an under estimate
Of the strength, vigor, power, pertinacity and
sin, Of their home enemy? Let us not delude
ourselves, but stare fully in the face, and mea-
sure well the extent Of the danger. As the
rock may be worn away by the constant
dripping Of the water, so may our institu
tons be obliterated by the constant encroach-
ments Of the most wicked and inscriptions
enemy that ever threatened the welfare Of
nation. Have these Entertainments not been
constaut?-nay, have they even been grddudlf
What startling truths do not the past three
years disclose2 What we we're disposed to
estimate AS the Insignificant and impotent
forces of Aboliiionism, have been so increased
as TO give them full sway in the popular branch
Of our National Legislature, while in the Sen
ate Of the United States nearly one-fourth Of
the whole body are the open enemies Of the
Constitution and the Union At the present
writing numerously attended National Con.
yention is being held in Philadelphia to deter
mine the grave proposition as TO whether one
section OF the Union shall participate equally
10 the common property Of that Union. To
dispute, even in words, this rightful claim 10
equality, is an indignity and an insult. To
attempt TO enforce il is revolutionary And
who are the champions spoken Of to lead the
van Of this host Of traitors, and, If successful,
are to apply the reason2 N. p. Banks-sl.
ready promoted TO the high position Of presid.
ing officer Of the House Of Representatives
Jor his ubiquitous opinions John Mclean, a
Judge Of he Supreme Court of The United
States, whose very sentiments, as expressed in
his late letter, should impeach him as such.
John Charles Fremont, whose daring adven.
lures as a pioneer, and the late expression of
his views upon the slavery question, have com.
mended him as eminently fitted for the Chief
MsgisIacy Of the United States Those are the
men who are spoken Of as the rivals Of JAMES
BUCHANAN for the first Office in the gift Of the
American peoplei Under these circumstances
who so qualified, in all respects, TO bear our
Standard in success and triumph over the specu-
latng vandals who thirst for the impous desc
Grafton Of the Constitution Of our country7
JAMES BUCHANAN, the well tried and faithful
American statesman, who, in all the high posi-
tons conferred upon him, has never forgotten the
dignity Of his country abroad, or the guaran-
tees Of the Constitution at home. II is this