The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-15
THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION SUS-
TIMED IN MICHIGAN

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With two or three EXCEPTIONS wheIever county
tons have adopted any resolutions during the present
campaign they have fully and Enthusiastically endorsed
the policy OF the national administration, Whatever d
erenees Of opinion may have existed among democrats at
time the great of the party admit that Mr.
Buchanan right in his position upon the Kansas
question. The resolutions unanimously passed by our
democratic State convention abundanty prove the truth
this statement Mr. Stuart, OF the most active
and determined opponents the President in the Senate
has not only surrendered his opposition but has also Civ
in his unreseryed adhesion to the administration and
supports all Of its policy With this movement OF Mr.
Stuart anti has ceased to exist among DEM
ocats in Michigan and the whole party now stands und
vidcd upon national grounds Had not the friends OF the
administration taken firm aud decided stand against anti
ecompton demonstrations last winter and broke down this
spirit of opposition to the administration, in the incpen
stage OF its existence the mighty struggle would
have been going here which divides the party IN
Illinois The friends of the administration thought that
the elements of discord which were then breaking forth
would have but BRET existence that returning
and sober reflection would bring the democracy around
all right and that venerable President would in the
end be sustained and his administration fully endorsed
by the democracy of Michigan and the result shows that
their opinion correct in every respect We batted
for Lecompton because thought it to be right in p
cipe and right in practice and although we stood nearly
alone at time, with the storms of discord bowling
around about US, light gradually broke in upon the
minds of the democracy opposition ceased by degrees,
until at last the chief leaders of the opposition have
brought ia their arms, and grounded them in the pres
also endorsed the acts of the national administration and
in SO doing has also endorsed the pursued by the
friends Of Mr. Buchanan to stay the tide Of dscord and
preserve the general harmony. We congratulate the
democracy of Michigan upon the happy termination OF
this unfortunate controversy because it preserves the
union of the party and gives strength to battle on in
the of democratic principles The unanimous en-
dorscmen of the administration by the convention, and
the open and public expurgation of himself, by Mr.
Stuart before that body speaks volumes for tho strength
and sngleness of purpose of Mr. Buchanan and his admin
straton in the estimation Of the democracy 1t all
that we the early supporters of Lecompton could ask
desire, and we are satisfied
The following, from the Ontonagon Advocate, shows
how heartily the President is endorsed in the Upper Pc
nnsula The resolutions adopted by the senatorial
convention of the Upper Peninsula
Mr.. Sherman submitted the following resolutions ;
which, on motion, unanimously adopted
Resoioed, That in James Buchanan, present Chief
Magistrate, recognise the able statesman, the
waverng and consistent democrat and the honest man.
and that we most heartily endorse the acts of his admin
stration, placing the most implicit confidence for the f
tre in the wisdom and sagacity which have been mani
fest in the past
Resoiued That do utterly repudiate all attempts
made by sefcaed democrats to embariass the admins
tration looking upon all such efforts destructive of
the best interests Of democratic principles and extremely
hazardous and nimeal to the prosperity and pepetuity
of the Union