Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-10-30
rrespanience d IL paIlimore PslIio,.

| rue uoNGtuflt III once uultcls dFc ui4lt
alarmed thsn ever
Mr.. Buchanan, the Secretary Of State, has
decided not 90 g1 sumpiug 10 through Penn
sylvania--ior be Jears 10 make 'hc expert
mont. II be We're To resign his pi3Ce. make
ihe eIectioneering tour. aud fail to carry Penn
syivauia loI ihe Cas- ticket, everlasting polit-
lcal death would be his inevitable lot. Aud
il he were to make tn tour without resiguIpg
his Office, the oct would sink him anil the
Administrators together with the Ca, cause,
80 low that there would bs DO hope ct the To
tuTe reCusCItaiiou of either ul them. 50 Mr.
Buchanan decides that be wi not make good
IS late declaration, that il ia lgs Llng~fr-th
should not De elected governor Dy over DUN
majority, be would take the stump snd can
vsss the whole State of Pennsylvania.
Nevertheless, oitlce-holder though he con-
tioues 10 be. the Secretary ct State. who
would be President. if he could. has resolved
not to be slien; on the present Interesting oc-
cision Il was recently arranged by himself
and others, that the LocofJcos should set up
o meeting here aud proceedto Mr. Buchauans
house, aHd coll him out, in order that he
might make speech Tor publication. The
movement took place accorln2ly, and the
speech, carefully prepared for the occasion,
appears ~ the official organ OF this morning =
date. II bears the stamp OF despair n ever
speech from an office. holder did through its
entire length,
Evidently, Mir. Buchanan believes and
most accu'ely feels. that Pennsylvania will
give her % electoral votes to Gen Taylor! He
tEoDs that he imposed upon the couiiing
aud honest people OF that great State, four
years ago, in assuring thea that Mr Polk
was as good ferif man. and as good friend
to their Interests, as Mr.. Clay. He kHOiCs
that he helped. by gross misreprf senlalion, to
elect Polk and Dallas, aud To substitute the
Fduf OF 1916, which does not protect The III
leresis OF PENNSYLVANIA and her enterpri.ing
ireemen, for the ianif of 1912, which did pro-
tect those interests. lie kuVios aud teeiS that
be, more than any other son OF ienow ned cid
commonwealth, has shameiHiy betrayed
Pennsyl sania. He knotes and feels that the
great insuted. indignant people, whom he
has BETRAYED, alter all the honors they have
bestowed with lavish hand, upon hin, will
now give the State OF Pennsylvania TO hon
est Old Zack Tor President.
All this, Mr.. Buchanans speech exhibits,
in spite OF lis carefully prepared pbrdseology
But MIR Buchanan, the high office holder. Is III
the field interfering in the elections. making
speech to be sent forth for eleeelioneerIng
purposes, aud iastructinL his oiFce-hoidug
audience how TO act in the matter OF defeating
the Peoples Candidate Tor he Presidency =
This high iunctionary must again be called
upon 20 heed the orders OF President Jet1er
son. ! have already called his attention to
what Jefle, son said in this matter of "interler-
ing Ia elections" aud have also quoted Mr..
Buchandn's own words. when he WAS not an
olfice-hoder under the Executive, condemn
ing. in advance, his present conduct. must
quote them again. here is what President
Jefferson SAID:
"The President of the United States has
seen, with dissatisfaction, officers OF the Gen
era Government taking, on various occd-
slons, active parts i'll the elections Of he pub
lie functiouares, whet her OF the General or
Stat Government. Freedom OF elections be
ing essential TO the mutual independence OF
Gov. fnment and Of the different branches OF
the SINE Government 50 vitality cherished bY
most oil our constitutions, Il is decmed lmpro-
per for officers depending on The Executive Of
the Union. ia attempt TO control or influence
the free srercisc Of the electric right.
Again ask. do YOU hear that, Mr. Bueh-
anan2 Here is what you have uttered your
self while in Congress on this interesting sub
leet:
"When man is once appointed TO office
all the selfish passions OF his nature are en-
listed for the purpose OF retaining il. The
office holders are the enlisted soldiers of that
Administration by which they are sustained.
Their comfortable existence often depends up
on the re election OF their patron!
An ''enitsted soldier r Capital 50 you
arr: and as such you may 20 on wilhsoor
speechlying Tor the beseiit oil The people Of
Pennsylvania They understand you aoio,
fully
Perhaps no Wing speaker, during he cam
paigu has been such terror 10 She office hol
defs, who are .inlerering in the ei-c,ious,
as the Hon. William Cost johnson, Of May
land. he made speech IN Aexaudra coua-
ty, Nirginia, some two months ago, Ia which
he was not only very severe upon Gen. Coss's
conduct in the matter OF his enormous trfrd
allowances, his some rseis aud flip flaps, &c.
but upon the whole tribe ut Office holding
lgentry, who leave the duties OF their Govern
ment stations 10 prJwi about the country aud
electioneer l9r Gen. Cass. That speech gave
great offence 10 1.-THE powers that be Mad
bulls could not rave more iunously than some
OF the Office holders raved at that terrible
speech! Not long afterwards, however, II
was announced thai Col. Johnson would par
licipaie in the discussion at barbecue in
Fairfax county, Virginia. This afforded an
opportunity for the officials 10 be present
aud they Were presen-in strong numbers,
headed by Gen. John NJ. McCalia, the second
auditor OF the Treasury at salary ei So 900.
The arrangement OF the committee was that
Gen McCalla should follow Col. Johnson il
addressing the meeting. Did he do so? No?
The Geatral couldn't quite come IL
Col. Jchuson embraced the occa sion, 10 his
speech, to portray. in colors o. light, the deeds
OF the Administration, and the efforts OF lis
electioneering office holding stipendories aud
unions 10 drlame aud crush the patriot lay
lor aud with such scorchiug effect, that some
OF the number undertook to interrupt and bully
him lie showed that these office holding
Intermediates IN the peoples elections, who
proiesaed TO be disciples OF Jefferson and
Jackson, Were putting at fiat defiance The
doctrines laid down by those departed Pfesi.
dents, upon he subject oil elections he
showed that both Jefferson and jackson had
denounced and condemned the very cdnduct
which the niHions and hrelings OF the pres
ent Executive were NOW praciiclng. lie
showed that Gen Taylor, DIS the true follower
OF Washington, Jefferson and Madison, would
be obiiget 10 eradicate the odiou, opoils sys-
TEN which brought these electioneerug, in
ierneddhug creatures aud hrchngs OF The Ex-
ecutlye, into the Government offices, by tuf-
mug those out of place who had been brought
IN under that system
There was no other way, he commended, for
General TAYLOR To restore the Government to
It's old fashioned purity under The early Presi-
dent. And this he said, Genefdl Taylor ought
to do. Ii was like the man to do 1t, aud he
warned the office holders who were neg leeUng
the duties OF their public stations TO "luer-
iere IN the elections, 10 pack up their things
aud BE- ready Tor Start on the la coming oil
Old Zuckl They had halter mast I'm their