Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-02-03
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lPtom The phlladelphla Press, Jan. qsth.


IiOn by feigning decrepituie. The rival candi
dates, being tortured by burning iealousies of
each other, considered it their best policy to
elect him, because his hickering flame of exis
tence would soon be extinSuished, and a new
election would thus become necessary under
circumstances which it was hoped would be
more favorable to their aspirations. But after
the great aim Of his ambition was gratified he
vas q changed man. He excited universal as
| tonishment by exhibiting all the energy Of Wig
orous manhood, and his supporters we're amazed
at the falSitY of the prctence by which their suf
frnge had been secured.
In early life Mr.. Buchanan was fed eraist of
the deepest dye The doctrines of that school
Of politicians won all the earnest devotion of his
first political love. As Federalist he cleo
ted to the State Legislature. AS a FederalSt,
he delivered the famous oratiOn, in which he
thundered forth indignant invectiye against
the dOgmaS of Democracy. As a federalist, he
was sent to Congress, and retained there for
longer period than is usually allotted to Penn
| >ylvhnia Representatives As n Federalist, he
attended innumerable meetings, made innumer-
able speeches, and held, for long series of
years, the very name of Democrat in rs deep
aversion as he now holds the friends of Popular
Sovereignty. AS Federalist. he cherished, in
his inmOst heart the governmental theories of
Hamilton. and spurned and hated those OF Jei-
ferSon. Even when he concluded to abandon
his old associates, his antagonism TO the name
of Democrat still rankled within him, and he
made an effort to induce the Democracy ofLan-
caster county to modify OF disguise the name OF
their organization IL. Difference to his prejuices
But he failed to accomplish this object, and the
flood tide of General Jackson's popularity car.
ried him fairly and completely into the Demo-
| cratic camp.
| Having been installed there for long series
| Of years. it cannot be doubted or denied that
mis- apparent devotion to that party was of the
most faithful and consistent character. His
l y
record against him as bar to his advancement,
and never did ardent lover court fair dame with
more zeal, devotion, and cOnstancy than he dis
! played in woOing the confidence OF the Democra-
ley. The great business of mis- life appeared to
he to wash out the damned spot" of his early
| federalism by the strictness and consistency of
| his career as n Democrat. He was theStraight-
| est of his sect. How bravely and eloquently
| did he denounce the abuse of Executive power
and patronage by John Quincy Adams! How
| zealuusly did he sustain the Administration of
Andrew Jnckson How carefully did he reserve
opinions until the party fiat had gone forth, and
| then how eloquently did he advocate it. The
II ore ultra aud radical the doctrines of the party
| became, the more cordially did he approve them.
Clad in the gown of humility, he plead for the
sweet voices of the people in the most nellifu-
ons tones of Democratic OTatory. In all contests
he was for the people, the rights and interests
| of the people, as against corporations, foreign
| governments, or donestics tyrannies. He was
] peculiarly pathetic in defense OF Dorr, the
/ Rhode Island champion of the will OF the major
ity When in England, he was too much of a
/ Republican to wear the court dress common to
our minister's and he hobnobbed with the red
deSt of Red Republicans at the table of his
| friend, George N. Sanders. On all questions,
| State or national he was in the front ranks of
radicalism. He sympathsed deeply with the
struggling people ofa countries in their efforts
| to gain their liberties, and was ever ready to
battle for Popular Sovereignty in the broadest
and most liberal acceptation of the term.
i BY course of this kind, he gained, after years
| of persistent effort the summit of his ambition
lie was elected mainly by the snffrages of the
i Democratic party, but he has since secuted the
idea of acting Democratic President AS
/ the old absolutiSt threw oil his assumed decrcp-
itude, Buchanan has cast away his long worn
Democratic mantle as garmeut no longer beitt-
ting his goodly shoulders, and, as far rs the
checks of the Constitution permit, he has decked
himself in robes of imperial purple. The plat
forms on which he was nominated and elected
he spurnS and spits upon. The friends whose
1 generous ardor bore him onward and upward in
i his long career he insults and despises. The
principles he was pledged to cherish and defend
he abandons and repudiatcS. His conduct could
not be more deSpotic than tis. There is scarce
lIy a heresy or governmental evil evil that he de-
nounced as Democratic aspirant that he has
i not encouraged as President. He has, at times,
outraged the sentiments of the Democracy of
every section of the Union, and been denounced
for his recreancy by their Representatives in
Congress 1t is needless TO allude here to his
Kansas policy, and the fiendiSh and tyranical
prescription by which he sought to enforce it.
i That portion of his conduct alone fully substan-
tiates the allegations of this article. lie is con.
stantly seeking to extend the boundaries of his
power. Never did n child clutch, with greater
eagerness, the attractive baubles of infancy, than
he displays in grasping at the entire control Of
the Government If an independent Senator
dares to express the will of a sovereign State,
Ihe is hunted down as wild beast, and hravos
set upon his track to deprive him of his physical
existence. IL an independent Representative
; dares to adhere to his pledges, the bood-hounds
of power are all hisscd on to destroy him :
Great as is the present patronage of the Govern.
!. ment and infamous are the purposes to which
: is applied, constant efforts are being made to
extend it. Congress is perpctualy beseiged by
: OPPORTUNITIES TO confer extraordinary powers
upon the once humble and cringing servant of
, the people who now sits enthroned in the White
) Honse They are asked to place the navy at
I his entire disposal that he may dispatch iton
/. wariike errand at his own good viii and pleas
lure; they are implored to give him power to
i send the army on hostile missions whenever he
desires to do so; they arc besought to place
4 $50 OOO, 600 in his hands, with no security for
I;,s nroner application. He claims the right to