Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-04-07
Prom the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Suehanan's Game-low Ambition

A good deal Of CONJECTURE has been
wasted on the question as 70 what could be
James Buchansns motive in the euurss he
'hss Purued soa Is nov pursaing in ,ela-
tion TO kassaS He has been elected 10
fhe highest ofnes jn the gin Of tLis great
'nsIion. He has reached that lofty sleva.
lion UPOn which Washington, jefferson,
Adams and Madison once 80 proudly anil
vOrthily stood. He can reach no loiuer
alaod. Why then does he pursue bis
present pnAoflhy course! Why does he
stOop 10 the piliful game aud triekery
which would better b,eume soma de.per.
Sls gambler than the Chief Magistrate Of
a nation Of twenty five millions Of fIeemen.
Most PERSONS would suppose that as he
can 'noS hope for no higher honors. hs
great aim and ambition Woul be 10 heal
al the WOUNDS iud et,d upon each other by
dltfHeut parties in this county, and thus
earn the proud htle Of the pscificator Of his
county. Instead, however Of pursuing
tlrs cuGrse, bis purpose seemsl 10 widen the
breach among his fellow citizens Of the
Northern and Southern States, and to EN-
hitter still more the existing animosity.--
II does, NJ frat blush, seem strange and
insEplicaLle} but think understand his
policy.
e. Recollect that no Northern man has
aver been reelected President Of the Uni
tel States. George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson. Janes Madison and James Mon.
Toe, all Uf Virginia. have Laen elected to n
second ierins 20 was Andrew jackson Of
Tennessee while John Adams, JohB @
Adams, Martin Van Buren and Franklin
Pierce, were discarded st The close Of their
first term, aud Harrison died soon after bis
Inauguration.
II Buchanan is dismissed in 1860 he
will only be the peer of poor Pierce; but
II he should e re elected, he will he the
first Northern President that was ever re
elected, aud will thus receive the same high
honor which was bestowed upon the Faith
'eT Of his country, upon the author Of The
Declaration Of Independence. and upon one
vi toe great advocates of the Constitution
" tie United Shles.
Would it not be mighty triumph to a
mau q the gloyoIing spirit of James Bu.
chanan TO achieve an honor denied 10 the
brave, tue hearted John Adams aud to
'his son "the old man eloquentW
Tie North or the Free States have more
than two.thirds of lie free white popuIa.
ton. thus possessing dol6le ihs number Of
freemen residing in the Slave States, and
yet five Presidents from the Slave States
have been re elected and not one from a
free State. Thus five men from the Slave
States have occupied the Presidential chair
forty years; while all the Presidents from
the Free States, including Buchanans pres.
,snt tcrm, will only have occupied that
same chair twenty eight years.
This gross injustice to the free States,
this graspng and nor!inate spiit of Slave
States would, we might suppose, have ex-
.citei the Indignation of any true hearted
Northern man; but it seems only to have
ied James Buchanan to greater servility,
sOd TO have induced him to bow his neck
more abmissively to his Southern task.
masters Ills policy is to win the favor Of
the 'nve holders 10y licking the dust at
their feet, tursiing that with their aid and
with tie help of a liberal distribution Of
Jobs and offices he may be able to secure
enough Northern votes TO gain his great
object, his reelection, the Fl st reelection
Of a man hon free State. This, to be
sure, would be a poor, pitifu ambition in.
deed; but We must not forget that Eros.
tratus burnt the Temple Of Ephesu that his
name might be rsmembeed. G.