The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1860-03-01
Candidates for the Prcsi-
RPsspV

GRovELAND, Mississippi. January 10.
EDS. APPEAL: Appended, send YOU
a gallery ofpresiiential daguerreotypes for
which L deprecate in advance your and
the Aralanche's criticisms--pa particularly
since l am quite conscious that an lama
teur artist" like myself, is quite liable TO
clay it on too ihtck'' in some cases. and
and too thin in others, when he attempts
"slap.dash" pictures like the following:
VIM. IL. Seward--A tricks:er and trai-
tor; cunning as Satan, and more dangerous
than Burr
John Bella politician of the phio-
sophie metaphysical school. timid as a hare,
with fac set ever toward the north, and
mind never made up
Sam Houston--The Sir John Falstaif OF
American politics; jolly old adventurer
of the mock heroic breed. wonderful
compound of the savage and civilized man
the Comanche and the Christ Iian; an ir-
regular magnet to all thai class Of our peo-
pie who love whisky, think politics good
joke'' and admire audacty! audacity! au-
daci'yl as the three best titles to success
in life.
james Buchanan--True to the consti-
tuition, but committed to .one term.
Daniel j.. Dickinson--Al oak; once a
town constable;' there are many who
would like to see him Grand High Con-
stable Of he Union
Andrew Johnson--A lior Of the Jack.
son tribe; a favocite with all bu: the upper
crust of people, man of earnest nature
and iron force. His day Is certainly COM
ing; it may be sooner than we think.
Alex. II. Stephcns--The Little Giant
of the South--a clear, pure, bright, warm
intelligence prophet statesman, whose
lips have beer touched with live Goals from
Oft the high alla:s of patriotism. Let him
uPl
Edward Everett--The American Cice-
ro; the accomplished but nerveless States
man; wanting in 'back bone;' conservative,
but unequal to the task of graphing with
a great crisis, or of taking any kind of
bull by the horns. He is the man who
prepared and even dressed for the part of
Webster in the Kansas and Nebraska dra-
ma of 1854. but flinched at the last mo
ment, and hid himself behind the Greek
chorus Of freedom -shriekers.
John j. Crlttendep-.-A Kentucky FRA
zee, once fair sailor, but now unsea-
worthy. Fast fossiilzing, he has again
become an unsephisticatej sophomore,
of the spread eagle tribe. He is played
ou'; let him rest in peace
General 10 Lane. A revised. improy-
ed and popularzed edition of Old Zachary
Tavlor, Of wonderful but somewhat un.
happy memory. The editor Of the ST.
Louis Republican. the blackguard! says
he can't reaI This. with his fairly won
glory as the Marion OF the Mexican var,
is probably what makes him so formidable
He bids high for the Charleston conven
ton; and. If the story were true
which, of course. it is not, there are ma
ny men who cannot read, and who sigl
their name thus: y, who possess a worl,
of common sense. and whose capacity fol
oGaires is unsurpassed.
Henry A. Wise. Don Quixot Ameri
canized. with good deal of method il
his madness; impetuous. however, wher
he shodld be calm, and calm, when h,
should be impeIuous; very loquacioui
and somewhat bombastic hero, but her,
still
Mllar! Fillmore. Rather too much o
an admlrer of Old John Brown FlooreL
forever, I'm afraid, by his own hand
when he wrote his letters to the New Yorl
Union meeting.
Jefferson Davis. A fine combination o
the soldier and the s.atesman. Just righ
when masiug speeches at the North. bat
little too much of fire-eaer when a
home in Mississippi His prospects 70
the nomination are considerably under
cloud: but if war comes, as come it may
he will be the leader Of the constitution
al army"
II. NJ. T. Hunter. A still, strong man
in blatant land. who can do and dare no
lie! With tie head of a Calhoun, th'
hang of Jackson-the people look for
ward to his coming with confidence.
General Winfield Scott A great cap
tain who never said a wise thing and new
er did a foolish one.
John G. breckenridge. A splendic
young fellow already distinguished a
an orato" and statesman in nation of or
, ators and statesmen: ofinfinite tact, dauGt
less courage, and unbounded popularity
His good fortune is a proverb; whaeye
he wants, he is sure TO get--whatever h
touches turns to the golden fruition o
promise. His uncle, the celebrated Pres
byterian clergyman. said of him: "I
Mexicsns fought pretty well urtil the,
heard that cousin John was coming on t
help General Scott; then they succumbe'
at once!' But 'Coosing john don't wan
10 be President as yet, for.
Stephen A. Donglas. the greatest Amer
lean Of them all! Hero of hundre,
; victories over the Abolitionists; truest ex
FOUNDER Of the Democratic creed; abes
: expounder Of the constitution; wise il
council; vigorous in action; invincibIe o'
all The ground; in the very prime and sum
mer glow of all his remarkable powers O
mind and body; he is the mighty, many
sided prototype of young giant of ma
ton like our wn. and deserves to be il
chief officer. because he has shown him
self TO be. intellectually. practically. ant
to all intents and purposes, its chief lv