The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-03-22
John Slidell and the Presidency.


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John Slidell and the Presidency.
Mr.. EDITOR: The Ouachha resolutions have
aroused the latent enthusiasm with which the
Democracy Of the whole country is imbued, in
favor ofjustice to the people and of the security
of the Union. They are quoted far and neal,
and endorsed with heartiness that may well
excuse any pride with which, after the ap-
proacling critical struggle shall have termina-
ted. they may be reverted to by their judicious
and invincble upholders and it is not their
least credit. that they are SO temporarily franz
ed. that the various factions opposed to the
propositions they maintain, can find no ground
on which to base an attack on them. Place
hunting seceders, while they gnash their teeth
with disappointment-the well-beloved allies,
the meek samitss,-a1d the scheeming and an-
dacious Black Republicans,-read them with
dsmay, and are silent in their bitterness
John Slidell, they felt, from the moment Of its
first authoritative mention, as that Of a chosen
candidate for the Presidency, was tower of
strength against which oil their efforts must
fail; and the endorsement Of it by the State
Convention has only sickened them with yet
deeper conviction that SO it will prove to the
last. "Houmas," "Plaquemine," and other
the winds--no man knowcth wither. They
have fallen idle in all their malignant impo-
tence They have not suficed to provoke even
from the most ardent supporters of their in
tended victim, one retaliatory personal attack
upon any Of bis opponents; and he stands be-
fore them in ph,-triumph the more bril-
liant that no solicitations, no obtrusive seek
ings, of bis own, but the earnest devotion and
well merited admiration Of his political and
l II 81 L. kr., -
;'The last" says the Great Authority, "shall
be first" So it is. in this case Yhe resolu-
ton adopting Mr. Slidell as the candidate for
the Presidency, although not among those re-
ported from the Committee, and, in fact, SEEM
ingly not expected to be proposed at the Qua.
chita Parish Convention, is, in truth, the chief
OF the series. Ihat Democratic body should
handsomely endorse the acts OF the present Ad-
mlnlstration, free as they have been from the
least deviation from the great principles OF p0-
ilcy characterlzlng the party, can be but an
ey o. mutual the
OF democracy 10 ltseit and TO It's tried and
worthy public servants That the inaugural
adoress u governor moore promising, as IT go
eApmcltiy aoes, tnat ne VIII laithlaliy admnis-
ter the trust feposea IN MN, IN strict accord
ahce Win those principles which democrats
treasure az alone calculated 70 ensure Tor the
people the lnestlmabie advantages OF republic
eau government; snou'd 10 IKE manner be ap-
proved can De but similarly regarded. And
10 OF the otner resolutions OF the COMMITTEE
they were matters OF course while the one
resolution winch gives the proceedings OF the
Ouachita convention their prominence and I'M
portancc Is that unothclally proposed and unan-
imousiy ADOPTED. entirely on its own merits-
that so handsomely putting forward Mr.. Slidcll
Tor the nomination at Charleston and the en-
dorsement OF this by the State Convention, pla-
ces that gentleman before the whole country
Tor their support.
MIR. Slldell's claims to this high honor cannot
be surpassed. In the first place, If Southern
interests are not to be sacrificed on the shrine
Of fac tion in the coming Presidential struggle,
the South must furnish the next occupant of the
Chief Magistracy of the Nation. The election
Of'no Northern man could possibly suffice to
relieve the fears and calm the anxieties which
the recent manifestations Of Black Republican
ism have aroused, and which their known fana-
ticism and ruthlessness ever increase, the more
they are poudcred on. Propose Douglas, free
from the insuperable objections which true De-
mocracy must ever feel against the political
heresies Of the Senator from Illinois let him
have all the imaginary strength claimed for
him by the widest Of his partisans, let him have
all bis ability, let him have all his best inten-
lions, let him be open, in short, to no other
special objection than that he was not chosen
from the South, this this alone would be suffi-
cient to leave the South in a condition Of sus-
pens, worse than any actual evil at all likely,
let us still hopr,-to be inflicted on the
country at PRESIDENTIAL instance. Unless the
South can clearly feel from the results OF the
'eAs eiee,ion, tnat WIN the ald VI hef spartan,
vn..u " Noi S'e e"'l co',fol anu
tea I'.sy SUN sen.'.,en. as s"sseslea neso''
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