American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-10-01
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lite otieinal friends. Therefore i, was. ,hatf
~hi'c at q foreign court, absent from his
own country, his nsmc became recuiiarEya
the name of The American people, os the
one that woull lead the Demccra,ic parry
TO victory pgain. His old fticidS in perr-1
syirpnia moved forward, and again we or
gonized. We saw ihe time had come when
our champion could be prcseiited 10 Cur
people. We lepsired to Cincinnati RE
vanes, home tivalres, had been extinguisled;3
bitterness growing OF the Missouri line aUd
the passage OF the Kanfas Nebraska biz had
temporarily removed other caudidaics fior
the field (or so we ihuu9hO; and Cas6 raeN,.f
! Dallas men, and Buchanan men in Penns,it
sania made common cause, and ..rcpared tn
Cincinnati Tor tho purpose of putting this
gentleman in nomination, When we reached
There the first indication that appeared was,
| that The extreme South had resolved upon
Mr. Buchonun's ahnitlilation. They saw in
him the light Of moderate conservative
sentiment, They saw in him, FOR tho first
! time, public man who having been absent
! from the country. therefore disconnected
from the exciting rerelries Of the day, would
be compelled from his position. 10 do jus
tice 10 Northern feelings, aud extiugush
scclionalsm. They did not frost TO him on
the ISSUE Of the day. Twas not coed e.
nongh Kansas and Nebraska man Cor them;
and they tough. us, as the history Of that
Convention vii! chow, for FIVE long days,
with bitterness and enmoSty such as po.
iltical conversions can scarcely rival. But
he was the oily man TO rescue the Demo.
cratic party from defeat. He was the only
man 10 prevent The election ofa Republican,,
and the only man who could cary Pennsyl.
venia FOR upon the contest Of that State did
thu estiro tide of battle turn.
! From your own State similar deposition
was manifested in certain qusrters. In this
/ quarter, now, where this disease Of LscoInp.
/ IonIsm. Toses the most violently, and where
/ the affection for the Administration s in.
dulgcd The most ardcntiy, Mr.. Buchanan u.
ceivrd nothing but coldness and contemp'
But We nominated him and returned 10
! Pennsylvania, for the fTst time JOYOUS ia,
having achieved our long cherished wish
And Nhen We returned there, we Csme with
the full and confident hope that there would
be an end to the difficulty In electpg mar
whose nature was believed TO ns SO cOnserva-
tive, whose character was believed 10 be
so prudent, aud whose entire record had
been national and constitutional A, that
time believe the Republicans themselves
abandoned the campaign. They looked up
/ on his nomination as Their death blow. -
They looked sround in vain Tor a candidatr;
but events (and there is no necessity for
spinning out this detail to Il greater gIhl
eronehl on sCfies OF excitements such aa
we have mover witnessed in our couDiEy,and
by the middle oE August 'J6. the campaign
WAS more Than doubtful Why did ii be.
come doubtful? Why did not tho President
int election OF 1856 become doubtful : Be
cause HE pIblic opinion Of the North had
been stirred Ia lis dtopeet depths 10y the ex.
cesses Of the Pro Slavery minority backed
! by the Federei power in the Territory Of
hansas. That wRs the only quesliop. IL
was no, the Ostend Conference, il was no,
/ the PacIhc Railroad ii WAS nothing but the
siage 'ssue-Shsil the people of Kansas bo,
permitted to dispose Of their own affairs i;E
I their own way? Shall they vote upon their
domestic institutions, not slavery slone,kut
on ell their institutions unmolested by tho
hay0nets OF tie Administration on The ole
hand, and the cnsIanghts OF bands of foreign
maraudeTs on the other? This wss The aues.
ton. the whole question, the only question.
No man ieIt more deeply in reference 10 Kan.
sas thsn Mr.. Buchanan. No man Isiked
more freely about il. In his letter OF az
ceptanCe If The nomination and in the sprerh
, he delivered TO the committee upon il IN his
parlor al Lancaster. (at which happened 10
be presently he ieih stress upon the erest-
I principle that the will Of The majority shn,,'l
should prevail. Wig. he said TO me a fbou.
/ sand times. The South must vote for me
/ o"n we H"''h Whst De- secured aud llirt
only way TO secutc the North i, To- con, in..
Our voters that when get inlo The Prosi,ipn,.
! ial char will do right with The peonls, i,
Kansas. en- now sixty six years oi so.
! ] have reached that time of life WI on "a,
! NOT have any ambition for reel lc,iou. A. p
II have, the only way 10 serr,e il is to t.,
strong with my own people ., l,ome. Iwotci,
/ edthls struggle from my fotirt ,menl in nLopdG u,
have seen wba, concei' 70 10 he The ia
takes. am not responsi' Sle for the ndrnir;s
ira'Ion OF President Pier ce; there fore; IL !
! inenaufa,e new tys'.em will show ia,
! county mat Penn ~ ylvania President vii,
s'ohu MN 10 re iedgss Of Pcnnsylyaris
geb'emalI eni = PENNSYLVANIA Democrat, ="
NOW, ieisow oi'dZens,in that letter Of sccep'
ance, " YIN refer TO it--it ia not necess:,, y
Tor me TO T rodNce II here YOU will fnd ,ba ,
ne sia'd distinctly ,hat the proplc Of ii y
ierfitOry OF Kansas should be protected u,
!ne eacfe d right Of suffrage, unawed by any
hDuenci whatever, and that the will Of tla
mal4FitY should prevail
we vent into the canvas. Il fell 10 nv
t nt 10 be OF the head OF the State Democalic
20" miliec oi Pennsylvania. All my affect
iouS were in that State all the cmoiious az
ny nature, Thi isiesl and mental, were en-.
ilS ted on the side OF the candidate she hsn
! ] resented. His whole career, his character
'hy personal attachment oud the sincere do :
No,on ielt for him, his family, his ca,,eo
\ snd all about him made me so nnxiops for
Dim 10 succeed, tha, indulge in no vain
expression of speech when say 10 YOU ,lst
would have forfeited my life for him. Mc
tde'oNon Tor him knew no bounds D.y
and nish', night and day, I loiled In lbnt
campaign. And there are lhosc here To- tls :.
rom my own Safe who will bear witreEa