Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-07-27
600 it, Old FAaHas',

We clip the following paragraph from al
exchange:
When President Buchanan, filing one 0
the highest offices in the world, was address
ing the citizens who called on him, on. NJ on
day evening, he was saluted from Che crowe
with the cry of, ECO it. old MANI
What wretcEed spectacle have we Eert
OF tie prostitution of high station to the pro
motion of party ends! When b6fore did !;
President of the =. States ever stoop from
bis exalted place to the level Of the promis
cuous crowd intruding themselves upon The
ExecCtiys Mansion only for the purpose O
...shoWing of" as the supporters of one O.
the rival political tickets for the Presidency
With what instructive horror would WASH,
| rNGTcN have contemplated such a pollution
of himself and the White House, and with
what disgust would he have shrunk from
such a public surrender Of official dignity,
merely to please the populace! How must
President, possessing proper 5elfrespeot
and becoming sensibilities, feel when salut-
ed by vulgar bawler ID noisy nocturnal
gathering like that in question, with the ex-
tremely polished and complimentary plaudit
,of eco it, old Man p How refreshing this
cont1y and dezicots tribute must have been
to the parsonage SO fortunate as to be its re-
cipient! eco it, old Man ~ an ejaculation
which coming from the source it did, could
have been no less exp essiye than shout of
Ederision
/ The truth IS. that Che whole scene allud-
ed to in the brief paragraph which has call
led forth these remarks was eminently un-
worthy of the Presidents participation. -
He should have scorned thus to appear on
such an occasion in the character he assum
ed. The Chief Magistrate Of a mighty ma
Etion should be Infinitely above an act so de-
Erogatory 50 the position which he fills. He
ught not to mix himself up during his term
of office WITH tie popular and party excite
ments of the day. It is not his province to
be either choosing his successor Or influence
ing. directly or Indirectly, tie choice OF the
people whose. business It is to provide such
successor. # IS his right to cast his indi-
vidual vote for whatever candidate he pleas
.es on the day Of election, and he should be
content with the free and full exercise Of
this right. This thing, however, OF a Pres
ident descending into the dirty arena Of a
struggle for power between rival parties,
and Of mingling personally in the obstrcper-
Gus demonstrations which are sure to be got
ten up for effect, on every side, is an intol-
able violation of every .propriety Of tie case,
and should be frowned down indi gnantly by
the people Petersburg Erprcss, (Aeu-
troz)
fhe New York, Sun notices the fact that
in 1856 Breckinridge held to the exact doc
trines Of Douglas
'sIsiut tie Southern seceders, who have
nominated B. for. the Presidency, do not
care one straw what bis opinions were in
1856, nor do they care now. They know
that he cannot BE elected President, but the
use of his name serves their purpose. They
will vaunt him during the canvass as a u
MON man, to catch votes, while tho secret
motives and tendency of their movement is
to bring about state Of affairs favorable to
the open avowal of their disunion scheme.
They are working to convince the South that
its rights are abandoned and opposed by the
whole North, and that it can only protect
those rights BY 2issolrtng Partnership"