The Mountain Sentinel

The Democratic Nominees.

We have it set down in the Book of Books "He that humbleth himself shall be exalted."

The late Democratic Convention at Baltimore, took into consideration the above quotation, and nominated a man for the Presidency whose whole life has been that of an unpretending, unassuming gentlemen, a disinterested patriot, a devoted, radical, and all to-be-praised democrat. Such a man is Frank Pierce, and as such he will be elected President of the United States

From all quarters of the country comes the gratifying information of the union of the Democracy for the nomination, and their determination to sustain it and succeed. Personal preferences are "in the deep bosom of the ocean buried," and the democratic party stands before the country eager for the fight. For the Vice Presidency we have that estimable man Wm. R. King of Alabama. One who has not only the respect and confidence of the opposition party, but the undying admiration of the entire democracy. Whose life presents a firm and hopeful adherence to the principles that have made us as a people what we are, and as a power on earth what we should be. With such men, and with such a platform, as is found in an adjoining column, the democratic vocabulary "knows no such word as fail." We witnessed the wild enthusiasm of the people at the Baltimore Convention when the nominations were made, and can safely state that it exceeded all power of language to describe. It augured well for success it was the bud of that hope which must mature in November next. We had our first choice in the person of the great and distinguished Buchanan, but the Convention in its wisdom thought otherwise than to nominate him and we are content. We are heart and soul enlisted for the election of the nominees, and are confident that when the day for action arrives, "Little Cambria" will echo forth glad tidings of joy, in the shape of at least six hundred majority for the friends of the Constitution and the Union—Pierce and King.