Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-05-30
Executive influence.

The Douglas Newspapers are anxious to
create the impression in the public mind,
that all the influence of the National Admin
istration has recently been welded against
Senator Douglas, and that but fer this, he
would have been the unanimous choice of the
Democracy for the Presidency. This is SO
transparently untrue, that it scarcely merits
contradiction. If he had occupied the first
place in the hearts of the American Democ-
racy, no power on earth could have thrust him
from it. Surely it will not be pretended that
Executive patronage and influence induced
the Southern States to almost unanimously
oppose his nomination at Charlestonl No,
the delegates from those States fearlessly dis
charged their duties, unawed. uniniuenced
by any power on earth, save the well ascer-
tanned will of their constituents.
We do not believe that Mr.. Buchanan
would attempt, had he power, to influence
any man through executive patronage to op-
pose the nomination of Senator Douglas.
But even if he had the desire he has not the
power to do SO, His Administration is rap
idly drawing to close, and in few months
he will bid farewell forever to pablic life.-
At the commencement of his Administration
it is highly probable that be had it in his
power to WELD powerful influence over the
party, for hungry Office seekers would doubt
less have promptly marched and countermar-
| ched in obedience to his orders. But it is diff
ferent now. He has no longer any patron
age to dispense, and shrewd politicians would
laugh at him if he attempted now 20 influence
them in any matter The Ass that always
trembled and fed when he heard the Lion
roar, was the first to kick at and trample on
the old Monarch of tn e Forest when it
was ascertained that he was in dying condi-
ton. We know number of Democratic Ed
itors in Pennsylvania, who have acted the
part of the Ass towards Mr.. Buchanan recent
| ly. They were his fast friends as long as he
had any patronage to dispense, but they were
the first to kick at him when they perceived
that the "sceptre" was about to depart from
his hands; charity and good nature forbids our
naming them just now
AS a general rule, there is 10 class of men
more ungrateful or selfish than Office seekers,
and Office holders, and just now th ey
are the individuals who are known among us
as politicians. The man who has, or they
think will soon have patronage to dispense, is
the one they support. Moore assures US, that,
1.-The sun flower turns on her god as he sets,
The same look that she turned when he rose y
But politicians, remember, are not sun flowers.
1t is the rising, not the setting sun they wor-
ship, and hence it is that all the oficeseekers
In the country are now actively engaged in
lauding Mr.. Douglas to the skies, and in ma
ligning Mr.. Buchanan. They think he is the
rising sun, but after all it may turn out that
they are slightly mistaken. In that event,
they of course would promptly sum-
merset into the ranks of the successful man
They are very adroit at that kind of busi-
| ness.
The opposition to Mr.. Douglas is founded
on the conviction in the minds of many sin
cere democrats, that he is not the man for the
crisis and that he is not entitled to the con-
fidence of the party. His nomination under the
| circumstances by the Baltimore Convention
would, we fear, render its entire proceed
ings ridiculous farce, infinitely worse than
that enacted at Charleston.