The state herald., 1904-11-04
PARKER khD BUCHANAN.
NJ eisss'"pi'. omp,ri.on Cause. I.
y ,tioHsw Wide smile.

NJ eisss'Hpi'. omp,ri.on Cause. /.
N,tioHsw Wide rmiir.
when ponderGns person plants hls
trrt In shallow puddle there IL likely
20 he a mighty splash This la precisely
whai has happened ~ the result NJ
Irr@idrtt clcyeland'a discovery " the
rhgbt resemblance" between the candi,
dale. In l>5T anl 1901
Ihe comparison NJ Roosevelt with Ere,
mont because Of their fahried resrm'
planrc NJ appealing n romantic srnti'
i"'nt ana popular love for the Hpcctnru'
Iar' scarcely produced ripple on the
sur'hrc of political thought, Hut the
HhehihR oi Jndgc Parker 20 James luci'
"hnn ns thr model ot what a mature,
uhirl,naiic and experienced" candidate
'"I Tue Presidency should be-, has pro.
Noked scornful laughter clear across the
continent.
VI cx,i'rcsidrnt Cleveland had searched
thr roll of prominent Americans Tor a
nam" less likely 60 arouse popular en-
fhnslnsm than that ~ James buchanan
ne would have had 10 look among those
whose records were positively odipua 90
und u. There was nothing actively ylci-
Gus or. what Mr.. Cleveland would call,
pcrniciously active about President
bnehannn. Ilc was not what. accord
tns to the sage Of Iiukznrd's hay, would
Do called an Offensive partisan"
Hut In the vital emergency that low
cred above the Republic during his nd.
ministratlon he was tried In the balance
"nh found wanting, Where man
worthy To be President would have
graspcd the ncttlc of secession with the
hrn hand OF American patriotism aud
crushed II In Its incipicncy, Mr. Bucb'
'nnn dnllicd with the question. lie held
thnt Congress was not competent 10 deal
with the anti-slayrry agitation. that II
was question for the individual States,
end that II was better for all parties.
including the slaves themselves. that II
should remain 10.
As President he deferred to pro-slnv.
cry leaders and quailei before their
THREATS OF secession. While he temper
'ized the scccders perfected their plans.
Instead Of meeting their threats with
the words and measures OF an Andrew
jackson he took the Illogical and impo.
sent position that. while the States had
= right 20 sccede the nation, with a
little n. had no power to prevent them
doing SO.
And this In the man of ina ture, un-
dramatic experience" who. In Mr.. Clcvc.
lanfs judgment, IL the prototype OF
J0Re Parker. Irresolute aud Ineffective
fr. buchanan was, we are not - sure
injustice is done him In comparing
- with Judge Parker. lie was certain.
. man OF greater maturity than the
nan from Esopus. not only In years but
- experience with Affairs and In knowl.
edes of men. Everything that expert
eoee could teach Of politics and state
esat buchanan knew-only the intrinsic
capacity to master them was lacking.
Judge Parker has had absolutely none
81 the experience and training that seem
ed 10 fit Mr.. Buchanan for the Presi-
dency. In 1877. at the age of twenty
five. he was elected surrogate of Ulster
County, New York. and under the shel.
tering wing Of David II. Hill he has
Negetated In some judicial position ever
since. That there IL = certain parallel
isn between his weak. undramatic and
vacillating utternnces and those OF Mr..
Buchanan cannot be denied. Their views
upon the unconstitutionality OF the pow.
sr OF self p~rpetuation In the Union and
Of the folly of an army and navy com
mensurate to the dignity and necessities
OF n great nation, are strikingly similar
and equally false, barren and reaction
ary.
Buchanan lived TO repent the tundra
matte" moderation that warmed seces-
sion into lie. lie supported Lincoln's
administration and lent nll his influence
60 the prosecution OF the war. But IL
does not appear that either Judge Parker
or Henry Gassaway Davis, who also
hnrks back to the days OF buchanan.
follow his precept and example when.
in the fierce flame of civil war, he saw
bright light that taught him that the
Union must be saved at all hazards
When he came to the conclusion that his
country was more to him than his own
interpretation of its constitution, Judge
Parker and Mr.. Davis quit his company
and continue to steer their courses by the
chart that ran his administration on the
breakers
The American people will never elect
counterfeit replica Of James Buchanan
to the Presidency, II they are warned in
time; and. thanks to exPresident Cleve
land, they recognize that Judge Parker
has all of the failings and none OF the
redeeming qualities of President Buch
snan.