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MIR. BUCHANAN AND THE JUDGEsHIp.

proved by the REPRESENTATIVES, OF the States In Con-
yress. it shall not be by consent. He has for
long time played his game SO deeply rs to assume
the appearance of the gentleman and the patriot
when his whole course has proved him to be the
most dangerous of emagogues--doubly dangerous
from the hypocrisy with which he covers up his
demagogueism. lie will probably come before the
Senate in few days, after playing the dcniagogue
asking to be clothed in Ermine. The Robes of
Justice have been kept hanging up by Mr.. Polk for
a long time, to be thrown over his shoulders when
he shall have perpetrated all the mischief in his
power IN the capacity of politician
Ii he is to be confirmed we must submit; but it |
shall not be done without submission to the public
OF the strong objections against his appointment to
that dignitied and responsible office.
One OF the greatest political sins of Mr.. BU-
CHANAN, which can never be forgotten, even if it
could be forgiven is the part he played in the yreat
conspiracy against Mr.. CLAY, as disclosed and
proceed in 'Coons Life and Times of Henry Claw
1t is there proved that this Bargain and Corr,ip-
tion, charged on HENRY CLAY, was true only i'm
application to the accusing party, and that Mr..
BUCHANAN was the active and leading agent in the
whole affair. 1t also proved that the success OF
this conspiracy brought upon the country all the
ruinous measures Of quack legislation with which
she has been cursed since 1923.
Mr.. BUCHANAN has never confronted this evil
dence nor denied these statements, though he has
been called upon by the Press OF his own party to
do so. The charges, therefore, against him may
be said to have ripened into uncontradicted his
tory 1t has not and cannot be denied that he stands
chief actor in Of the greatest crimes of his
tory--a crime which bears about with it the great
est consequences to the rights of private individuals
and to the interests of great nation. 1t is proved
nbundanty that Mr.. BUCHANAN labored under
mistake in this business. 1t was CHI his part deli
beraie crime, which should have qualified him for
different position in Court than that of the Judge.
In every step he took he must have known that he
doing the greatest possible wrong TO Mr.. CLAY
TO the public-to the nation--to the world. In
all history there is not tn be found crime of great
magnitude or Of deeper dye. 1t is impossible TO
give the evidence and the argument in n newspaper
article The case occupies nearly 80 pages in
Mr.. Colton's work.
Without gong into fuller details. VIC give the
following extract (Vo |. PIP. AIT, 1ls) which will
present Mr.. BUCHANAN in no very nviable light:
Extract from pages At, AS, Of Coltons Leef t1au)
"From the three narratives of Mr.. Buchanan,
Mr. Markley and Major Eaton, it may be fairly
gathered |. That MIR. Buchanan was intent on
bringing Mr.. Clay to the support of Cen jackson.
g. That he felt the Importance of opening com
municaton with Mr.. Clay on the subject. g That
it was right to fight bargain and intrigue with
bargain and intrigue. a. That negotiation was
to be opened with Mr.. Clay regarding the State
Department and the succession. 5. That it was
necessary to have an interview with Gen. Jackson
to consummate the plan. e. That this interview
terminated auspciousy for the object in view.
SIN consideration of these facts, all Of which
clearly appear from the documents published 10 the
world by these parties, no will be surprised at
the following occurrences
''Some time in January, 1926, and not long be-
fore the election OF President Of the l.. States by
the House of Representatives, Hon. James Buchan-
an, then member of the House, and afterward
many years Senator of the T. States from Penn
sylvanla, who had been Jealous and influential
supporter Of Gen jackson in the preceding canvass,
and was supposed to enjoy his unbounded confidence
called at the lodgings of Mr. CLAY, in the CITY of
Mr len at thn fIpnn in Al
room OF his only messmate In the House, his init
mate and confidential friend, Hon. II. p. Letcher
since Governor Of Kentucky, then also member
OF the House. Shortly after Mr.. Buchanan's entry
into the room he introduced the subject of the APP
preaching Presidential election. and spoke of the
certainty Of the election OF his favorite adding that
Che would form the most splendid cabinet that the
country ever had Mr. Lecher asked How could
we have one more distinguished than that OF Mr..
Jefferson. in which were both Madison and Gala
tin e? where could he be able find equally emf
nent menP MIR. Buchanan replied, He icoud not
go 0ut Of this room for Secretary Of State look
ing at Mr.. Clay. This gentleman, (NIr Claw
playfully remarked, that 'hc thought there was no
timber there fit for n cabinet officer unless it were
Mr.. Buchanan HIMSELF
''Mr Clay, while he 50 holly assailed with
the charge of bargain intrigue and corruption, du-
ring the Administration of Mr.. Adams, notified Mr.
Buchanan of his intention to publish the above oc-
cnrrence, but by the earnest entreates of that gen
"The author has understood, that several times
In later years, it has been intmated to Mr. Buchan-
an, that it might be his (Mr. Clay's) duty to pub
lish these facts, and that he was dssuaded from it
by Mr.. Buchanan
Now let it be remembered that Mr.. Buchanan
has never denied these charges, though the witness
es here cited-Mr. CLAY and Gov. LETCHER, are
still living. Is it because they living? Mr.
BUCHANAN, who could at any moment-and as a
man OF honor should at the earliest moment. have
fully cleared Mr.. CLAY before the public allowed
the world to believe that Mr.. CLAY had made pro-
posas of 'bargain and intrigue" when the fact is
that Mr.. BUCHANAN himself approached Mr. CLAY
20 propose just such bargain as was afierward
falsely charged upon Mr.. CLAY. Every honest
man in the country knows that the charges against
Mr.. CLAY utterly false. Mr.. JoHN QUINcy
ADAMS, in the most solemn manner. during the last
Presidential election, speaking almost from the grave
swore before God and men that Mr.. CLAY was in
nocent OF the charges made against him Mr. BU-
CHANAN above all others knc,c them to be false
but it was determined that the great Kentucky
Statesman should be lied down that he might be
able to reward the agents of his elevation Truth
was crushed TO the eartl-Fraud and Eainy were
crowned with laurels, while the true Patriot and
upright Statesman retired to private life victim to
the most criminal and despicablc conspiracy ever
Matched by the groundlines of political corruption
against eminent and Patriotic citizen Shall this
crime be sanctioned by the seal OF Senatorial appro-
baton Shall the conspiracy against Mr.. Claws
character and prefernent, too lamenably success
ful, be endorsed and approved by Senator'S some of
whom. even though politically opposed to him, must
have disposed the mcanncss by which the act was
doneR Shall the shoulders that deserve stripes
from the hands of every honest man be decorated