The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-07-05


success.
bY- Our Virginia neighbors, az usual, want the
democratic candidate for President selected from
that State. One party dead by the Richmond
Enquirer) wants Wise, another wants Hunter,
whose claims are advocated by the Richmond Ex-
aminer. Each party will soon be engaged in a
warm contest about the matter, as if there no
other men in the world fit for the nomination, and
as if the salvation of the democratic party depend
ed entirely the people of Virginia. The Ex-
aminer behaves with some discretion, and does not
immodestly press the claims of Mr. Hunter, but
the course of the Enquirer rather incnes one to
feel Disguised and its continual laudatioE and
glorifcation of Gov. Wise is almost supremely
ridiculous, coming it does from paper edited
by son of the Governor. It is bad enough for a
newspaper to be continually putting any ard
every thing, but whenever puffs are heaped upon
the father of the editor, it makes some peo-
pie incline to the opinion that they would read
better if coming from some other source. In Or
der secure the nomination of one of its favorites
for Governor and kill off Letcher, the Enquirer
unjustly assailed him Cetcher) and afforded album
dant ammunition to the opposition, which said op-
position was not slow in using against the demo-
cratic party during the canvass. We protest
against the Enquirer pursuing similar course to
wards gentlemen whose names have been mention
ed in connection with the Presidential nomination
in order to promote Henry A. Wise. Mr. Wise is
a very good southern man, no doubt, but he is by
no means the only man fit for the nomination, or
the one likely to receive it. So We hope our friends
in Virginia will remain quiet for while, and re-
frain from quarrellng about the matter at present
PRESIDENT Notwithstanding the flip
pancy with which the opposition newspapers make
charges against James Buchanan, and denounce
him as untrue to the South and to the Constitu-
ton, we are not surprised that those who only
read one side of the story should consider the
President a very bad and very dangerous man.
But are those denunciations meriteI-are the
charges brought against him by the opposition
true? We say they are not. Take, for instance,
Mr. Buchanan position on the slavery question
has he not been true to the ;ghts of the South
Did he not favor and recommend the admission
of Kansas, with the Lecompton Constitution recog-
nizing slavery, against the united voice of black
rcpupllcanlSm anu dDolltlOHlSui AA"o
he not always advocated the rights of shareholders
in the territories the equality of the southern cit-
zen with the northern citizen every where, at all
times, and under all circumstances The dec-
sion of the Supreme Court of the United States in
the bred Scott case maintained and affirmed the
right of the Southern to take his slaves into
any Territory and hold them there without moles-
tation until said territory passed into the attitude
of sovereign State, when, of course, the insttu-
ton would have to abide by the provisions of the
Constitution of said State. That's fair, is it not
| Well, Mr. Buchanan in his message of December,
1858, fully endorsed this decision, and proclaimed
it as well established position. Yet, we are sur
prsed and frequently astonshed, to see the charge
made from time to time in opposition-whig-kn know
nothing papers, that the President is dishonest
and has betrayed the rights OF the South-sur-
prised at the boldness with which such charges
are put FORTH and astonished sometimes at seeing
respectable and intelligent opposition papers giving
currency to them. So far as the slavery question
is concerned there is not the least ground for COM
plant against the course of Mr. Bucha nan. and 1t
is shame for the opposition in their zeal to de,
feat the democratic party, to indulge in unstlnted
abuse of such men.