Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-01-29

cred summ:l was resshsd where the srk rested,
and The tower discovered whish was erected On
the plain ct its base.
OMENs.
When Mr. Buchanan was nominated, Of al
days Of the week. upon Friday, We do not
know that any delegate lifted up bis forsbo.
ding voice at the uhlueky omen; but. without
the slightest superstition, the shrsWd observer
must have felt during the progress Of the can
vass that success would bring uo security to
the Buchanan party, and that the trouble
would follow closely upon the triumph. This
WAS certain not merely because the Pro-SlA.
very organization bad Officially and explicitly
discarded hVnssty aud good faith; not merely
because It relied mainly upon a single interest
and upon the votes Of section Of the county;
not merely because i wss profuse Of libels.
which always plague the inventor much more
sorsly than they do those against whom lhey
are aimed. but because the psrty did not a.
gree upon common construction Of the Neb.
raska puzzle; because, in the event of the sue
cess. there would be more mouths 10 Gil than
proVender WhereWith to gil them, and be.
cause, to seeure the votes OF sundry hot-head.
ed and bair.brained people, the Cincinnati Con.
vsntiUn made promises Of q peFpsry nature,
which it may be f'ud exceedingly incOnVsnisnl
10 perform.
Nor was Mr.. BucnSnsn 10 q oatsg, ry less
dubious than that Of bis champions, What
parts he possessed, what skill be acquired, le.
gerdemaiu be was master Of. had ali been ex-
pended 10 getting the Presidency. Every body
knows tha! It is one thing 10 be dextsTous in
grasping at power, and quite another thing to
be dextrrous in using il TO advantage. WhAl.
ever our opinion mag be Of Mr.. Buchanan's aa.
ministraliys abilities. il Would be unfair TO
prsjudgs him; and yet who csn fail to see 10
ths thick coming pOrtents Of the hour unmista-
kable indications Of future embaressmentS,
mort rtfcstions aud failures? 0fthess none are
so prominent as the election Of Gen. Cameron
to the Senate Of the United States by the Leg.
islaturs Of PennsyivaDia. This was cata'tro-
pie upon which Mr.. Buchanan could hardly
have counted. He has Just swept the State
bv large majority, his political friends we're
in the Rscendeucy in the Legislature, and GER
tainy il would not have been too great com.
plimsnt for Pennsylvania to have sent Bu-
chAnan Senator to assist in giving an initial
! impstous tO the administration of her greatest
statesman. Mr. FornsJ. the opponent Of Gen,
Cameron, and the regular caucus candidate OF
the Keystone Democracy. had earned the
votes OF his party II ever man sarued them;
| for, Wilhout meaning to be harsh, we must say
that very few persons would have rendered
such services as those performed through The
PsnAsgloanian to be made forty times Senator
And YET, in The face Of ell these facts and
considerations, We find the life.lOng friend Of
NJ ,Buebaurn defeated.
This must be regarded as enly tie beginning
Of iusubordination; nor Can the President elect
tell, Just at this time, bis friends from his foes
Who knows in what quartsr the next revolt
nay 'occui3 Who can tell which section oi
the Pra orian bar d may next turn upon their
chisftains? II not ceriin of the support oI
P~nusylVania, how can Mr.. Buchanan De Ger
tain Of tie support Of South Carolina or o
Virginia? How can be be sure Of The 4enas,
itseli? Really. il he had laid the Hatterine
unclion 10 his soul, that the anesnt drill ana
disci pns Of his party can be preserved. or tha
be will be sustained With usqusstioniHg obe-
die CO IS Jackson or even as Ven Bureu was
susta ned, he has not very shrsWdly studied
the political phenomena OF the hour. Before
any President can nos hope 10 rally compact
and Trustworthy party. the commen sense and
the common virtue of the people must be ap
precialed. AZ affairs are At present, Mr.. Bu'
sbsnsn represents great fraud, lsgislated
Iis, a broken compact. sectional policy, sHd g
poor, platitudinous falacy, an adherence tC
which must disinls yFate the strongest party il
the world. We have got precisely where th'
sharpsst chicaDsry cannot serve President, ~
have outgroun all politicians Of the Buchanan
school; and now. when the people are demand
ing living principle aad manly thought, thu
aOw President will find all bis dearly purehAs'
ed skill obsolete and Of ANAL avail. Grea
monarchs. with unlimited military resOurc'
and with irresponsible power to command. hav'
failed to combat successfully sound pOpuls
opinion. The record Of their msksshiits ant
mIsiOrtunss re nders the pages Of history ccmi
How can Pr esidsnt Of the United States pur
sue course ike tbsirs. aud hope for resul
as iguOminous ?--TN Y. Tnbuns.