Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-08-18
Bucnaman Re-Non.inatcd.

1 nc lllSDnESN OSt has Te-NOlnlDHleu DUO
hanan, actually, really, and in fact. The
Wheeling Gazette thinks the Pest must have
been playing Rip Van Winkle for the last two
years. Bringing out the artful dodgcr in the
face of lis most violent protestations to the
contrary, attempting to re-Rni,natc the most
rankly putrid political corpse that ever fester-
ed on the body polite. The Post attempts
TO exalt, defend and canoni2e Buchanan-the
only saint in these sinful tmes,--tho only
man to meet coming exigencies, "above and
seperate from tho clashng factions which
would distract the country" He alone can
concentrate the political energies of the coun
try Ilisn presents itselfin this exigency
as one whom-likeW ashington---all classes of
people can entrust their interest and those Of
their beloved country" lie has held them in
trust for some time, and a pretty bosh he has
made oft. Here IS the concluding paragraph
Of the Post--generally, aud doubtless correct
ly, attributed TO Attorney General Black:
"ln the decentralization which ha. obtained
among politicians, the thousands ofotlice seek
ers whom he has been unable ~ gratify, have
made their private grefs the ground of at
tacks upon his public administration and these
sore head yelps have been made much Of 10y
his enemies. He cares not Tor them, nor
sach as they. The men who have received
lavors at his hands, and knaw his worth can
| not but join with the people in calling upon
him to reconsider his determination and again,
by his power and position, save the party Up
on which the nation depends Tor its prosperi-
ty in the future, as i hasin the past, 1t is 10
office seeker that he will thus become, but as
Cincinnatus turned from his plow to save his
country, SO he, by cOnseutng to receive the
nomination Of The Charleston Convention,
like true patriot, will crown the glory Of his
age 10y adding strength aud vigor to the Ann
erican Union.
! We give the opinion Of Prentice on the sub
jert
What pity it Is that the artist has tinislr
cd his superb ircsco Of Cincinnatus, turned
from his plow, which adorns the room Of the
Committee on Agriculture in the capital ex.
tension. Buchanau's features on the stern
Old Roman patriot would send him down Is
I
us, our readers, and the Post, J. b. is not tlt
man to add strength, or vigor, either, to the
| Urion or his party. At Dinwidde Court.
house, the candidates for Congress in the Pc
terslurg VA district, held discussion, as to
having y convention. Mr.. Pryor, in his
speech it is said, in tie Petersburg hiteltigca-
ccr, reviewed the prodigal conduct of the Con-
rrcss of the Union, with the President at it.
head, in such fearful language as to make one
think, WHO did not know that lc called Kim
self Democrat, that he had never voted iol
Buchanan, and concluded by denouncing, in
bitter terms, the Abolition influences wLicl
had crcpt int" the Government. Does this
| look like adding strength and vigor to the
Uuion?' We can readily believe that the
pittsIurg POStis honest in its opinion, for there
never was man who had not one to love him
and he Blind to his mporrections. A shaft
was erected by stealth over the grave of Aaron
Burr, in Princeton, n. j. This was deyo-
| tion which was ashamed to meet the glare Of
| day, but the hcroisIn of the Post, in piling
this maus0leum over the remains Of the late
incarnation Of the Cincinnati platform, over
crowns The muniiicent grief Of the Carian
! Queen Artemisa who dsconsola.e at her hus-
bands death, drank up his ashes and erected
| to his momory that noLlest monument of an
tiquity, which became the seventh marvel Of
| human skill. 1t has been reserved for Pitts
burg, after 4 lapse of about twenty-thrcc
centuries, to add the eighth and crownins
wonder Of the world