Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-04-17
From the Georgia Telegraph. /
HON. HENRY w. uILLIARD,

w. Hilliard. We have space only for
the extracts copied below, and consti-
tuting valuable tribute to the character
and position of the party and its presi-
dental representative. For many years
Mr.. billiard has been the leader of the
opposition in that State, alabama, J and
his unexceptionable character, elevated
tone and bearing, his acknowledged tai
ents and great oratorical abilities, have
all united in giving him an extent and
force of personal influence not often ex-
celled. The democracy will everywhere
cordially welcome him as a colaborer in
their ranks; but they also feel that there
is now no apology for good men every
where, who can divest themselves Of
mere party prejudice, for not adopting
the same course. Is it not evident to
the most superficial observer, that events
have imposed upon the democracy of the
republic the guardianship of the rights
of the States-the maintenance of the
constitution against corrupt lawless,
and fanatical opposition? All political
controversy has at last resolved itself into
mere struggle for the law against sec
tional oppression and fanatical intolerance
for the repablic as she stands against
what black republicanism would make
her. True, we have little third estate
of ACKNOWLEDGMENT South, living in a
state Of political isolation, and filling the
function Of carpers at the democratic
party. They are kind of sappers and
miners, who scratch under the walls in
the inside of the fortress, while the black
republicans make violent assaults with
out; but it is not a very dignifed or
patriotic occupation, and the democracy
have a right TO expect, with the increas-
ing light Of current events, that the
great mass Of intelligent and fair-minded
of their opponents will overcome preiu-
dices, and join with them against the
common enemy. The following are the
extracts referred to:
1.-The inaugural address Of Mr. Buch-
anan meets my appreciation. lie puts to
rest forever all controversy in regard to
his opinion as to the rights of slavehold-
ers in :he Territories of the United
States, for he explicitly declares that the
proper time for deciding the question as
to the existence or non-existence of sla-
very within their limits to be, when the
people assemble in convention to organ
ize State government. U3 to that
time they are open to settlement by the
people of all the States, who are at lib
erty to take with them their property of
every description, and hold it undistarb-
ed by legislative interference lie de-
serves the greater credit for this avowal
because it was not necessary to make it /;
it was voluntary, emphatic, manly
statement of his opinion upon a great
question, very important to us for its
moral weight
Gle IS equally explicit in regard to the
tariff, and comes fully within that rigid
construction Of the constitution as al
ways insisted upon by statesmen of the
State-rights school of politics.
"He is for the Union, rising grandly
above those low estimates of it which
have sometimes been expressed; and as
serting, in language remarkable for its
earnestness and powsy, that it confers
incalculable blessings upon the American
people.
His personal character possesses great
weight, and guarantees wise and conser-
vative administration of the government
an administration which will restore it
to its ancient dignity.
Entertaining these views, it is my pur-
pose to give decided support to Mr..
Buchanan's administration. The time
has come for the South to unite, and
surely no filter occasion for it ever ap-
peared in our history. An able, long
tried, eminent statesman, from one of
the most prominent non-slaveholding
States in the confederacv, has been elect
ed to the presidency; aud he announces
to the nation, at the very moment when
he is about to enter upon his administra-
ton, his purpose TO conduct the govern
ment upon basis so constitutional, so
sound, so wise, and so conservative, that
every right which the South has asserted
in all her struggles for thirty years past,
is sure to be protected, and every princi-
pie that she has insisted on will be up
held. Her Interpretation of the consti-
tuition is adopted, and her theory of the
government is inaugurated.
+" If we refuse our support to such an
administration and our sanction to such
principles, what administration can find
favor with us? What principles will
command our support? If we withhold
from Mr.. Buchauan--after such an ex-
preston of his seatiments-our support,
what encouragement do we offer to the
statesmen Of the North to vindicate our
rights? The decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States in the bred
Scott case establishes our right to enter
the Territories with our slave property,
and hold it without molestation; but this
will not scatter the free-soil party, nor
will it put an end to the controversy
X * II
1.-THE party which elected Mr.. Buch-
anan to the presidency has achieved a
great triumph over the enemies of the
South it has rescued the constitution
from profane hands, aud driven back the
reckless myrmidons who threatened TO
destroy the Union; and so long as that
party maintains its proud position, and
adheres to principles announced in the
inaugural address, ! am prepared to CO.
operate with il. 1t isa national party
numbering among its leaders throughout
the non-slaveholding States some Of the