Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-26
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tr,cn, Tie Lancaster Ia clligencer OF July s,lsjl

Tor, ing lg1t
"Irnni,-hayng received tho uneSnnpcu s'phor w onr
State Of three successive elections 10 te oea'c % .e
Satc, hy purely Democratic vote Gan !ae! eSpte' ,a'
bs inrigcnt Democracy OF Pennsylvania WIZ at e'I
ircois like themselves Inconsistent ana
and prescribe the man whom .hry nave 20 5 ho mnd
h | of Democracy, should personally abuse 'ensta
~ ~, ~ Mirhioan Judge Woodbury. in New Hampshire
80 n.nol,s in Iinoa Gen. Houston In leSas, or zen
s"- IN Kentucky atcmp, thus to succeed IN DESTROYING
% H tame Of these eminent Democrats and accomplished
statesmen. -, .a.,-,I or = .hrawd sanocious
IL M q man who has no passions and pEeudices be-
rnnd oil, interest and "ho well knows mat NC can he'G,
use Mr. Buchanan for any but hoh0fapc purposes spniu
..c,sJ President Not so, the lancastcran II is
- ,b. control Of gentleman who, 10 say the least we
@ very c1cilablc parsonage md whose passions are
very apt gel the better OF ms nuse' i s nave ne
Iv led him into The meshes prepared by The very man
Who in his better days he denounced more bitterly POSI-.
.In dan he has since denounced Nj Buchanan These
ssions will eventually, We fear much 10 or regret for we
100 ay.vs highly esteemed the man, land him in the Wing
n.rv and from present appearances we shall not be aston
;shrd if his should be his destination much sooner than
Nd or lie himself las anticipated. Quite strange
things have occurred in the political history Of Pennsyl
vnnia.
rlrsn two presses we'll knowing that their attempts 10
i,ure MIR buchanan have only rccoed upon themselves
and by arousiHg his friends action have made him strong
or than he before with the Democracy Of Pennsy
yana now, last resort cndcavoGg 10 convince tie
South that would be in vain for them TO support him. be-
c1use f-sooh lie cannot obtain The rots Of PeHn fcnia
There ie not unprcludccd man in the Commonwealth
WHO does know this assertion 10 lie unioundC and that
he cannot obtain the vote Of this State other Demo
era, IN existence could any chance Of receiving it, The
South are not DO deceived by such eieyts They al
ready wide awake the wiIes Of the Keystone an Luncas
ternn and their con!edrrutcs
We have been induced 10 make these remarks by m article
in lac number Of the Keystone, copied ct course into lis
affiliated press the Lancaserian, entitled MR BUCHANAN
AID THE SOUTH" This article presents The strength OF their
case aguins Mr. Buchanan End happy must TINT public
be against whom nothing more plausible can be scraped TO-
ge,her, throughout long and distinguished public life. II
does not single charge Of any want of fidelity TO
Democratic principles during the w.c period Of his long
public career from The sl Monduy OF December lo2l, when
first entered Congress- until the present hnnr-n period Of
nearly thty vears During tic whole lime his bui and
ward consistency his steady devotion priaciPe in the
Storm az well in the sunshine has been questioned
by friend foe. Not one OF his public nc's, during this
Dng ard cvenul period has ever been assacd by the De-
mncatic party and throughout he has always enjoyed the
confidence Of and has been offered high office by every De-
Inocratic President.
the South made up2 The 4,h Of July oratIGn of l3i5
delivered hirt:sx years ago (Which he's VIC believe tccn
published ard rcpuishci and over again. by The most
abd OF the Wing presses in years gone by constitutes The
principal aplc Of the article Tie NEia have Ion" scc
CO, 10 publish this Grafton taken up by
calling themselves Democratic. 1t has already been wtcc
published in the Laneas;ean and by evincing The personal
nalvocnce and spirit Of persecution OF liz controlling siilt
has served strengthen instead III weakening Mr. buchanan
in PENNSYLVANIA As well might the Apostle Paul
the language .: well known gentleman. be denounced Tor
acts dce before his conversion, NJ: B. lt what he had
sal! his youthful days. long ago rs lol3 Besides It is
well
against Tca Britain with the utmost vi=of, and he himself
volunteered his services and performed tour o' military duty
in 1914 private s;dar and whilst IN me Legislature
5li-l had supported all the measures when lie deemed
most .crn! bring the war 10 speedy and honorable
conclusion. - .o
bcrs nf committee o! which his gal precePor, the a!e
AIR Un9.ins was chairman whc, under the alGencc OF
The excitement then universal Penn :anin reported :csc
lrtons :; public rcctinr in The Court lous" IN his city,
agans IT.. Missouri Compromise and this i is expected By
The controllers the Keystone ana Lancasle:a viii cancel
his uniform and able support Of c Just ana COG
sutinra rights Of The South in regard 10 slavery ever SINCE
hn first entered Congress- nearly iay years ago. Now,
VIC venture the assertion that he has made more speeches IN
efencc Of those rights both in The Senate o! inc Ghe1
States and in pennsylvania, man any tEl :!HG d. 'ie
We could not have supposed tina, the personal maisr;ty
even Of hc Keystone ard Lhncnst.ran tyena.Ee would
have attempted revive e subject &" the Carter Beverly
affair which had lung since been consigned TO tic TOMB
NJ. 3re..rans letter explanatory ci that affair, dated 5i
,ur;st 1927 and pGbsc, in The Lancaster Journal which
wa have RECENTLY pefus,d cnnsiGerG! 5aadantv
satisfactory that the papers OF both political parties yef2
cGniert win H. In October io2S IL 'Fs elected 10 Cor
.r,., AZ the Democratic candidate ia The district Of witch
anca,!c county frtncI part b large majority; AMI tie
Industrious hero and statesman, General JacEscn IN 1881
rolunuril rendered Nj g. the Russian iss"r ard ever
sine. un day al !s lamen'rd ccal was III" Constant
friend, Among Lust .! h!y patriotic c he strong
y CONQUERED with SIR Polk In opinion That r B. ought TO
be appointed Secretary Of State An! YET the contf1es oil
these ,.vn Journals from personal hostility seek al t:a late
day 10 bring great of An;c JACKSON before Inc
Penn ,cnay OF this State, Cor the purpose OF prcGticinE
them against Mr.. buchanan!
Auan il s souah. TO connec, The Of Mr.. Buchanan
with TIE amendment proposed ast session OF Congress Ia
Tie tariff act Of 1885, hy Dir. Strong, the able ard ds'in
r.LeI REPRESENTATIVE from Bcrks county. There Is not
the len lunarion hi. attempt, Mr. Strong himself
has repeatedly declared We assured thar NJ buchanan
ncyer knew and never head Unit: after
II ,a- ercc and being Washington the time rubllc
IL repeatedly declared that he had The misfortune to Gil
-, from nj, :riaEd Mr.. 8, in REGARD 10 its inertia.
Then ,hc Keystone and l,aucastran in their 'nacr,
even bring forward though witiout directly endorsing lis
truth The stale and ricuons SANDER circulated by The low.
csi Of the Whg party during the Log Cabin and Hard Ci
der campaign 0f 1870 that Nj Buchanan had used an ar
guni1 in Of The great DcT,Tfatlc Of inc
ndepc nin Treasury, that would reduce me wages ni
labor Is e. cents per day This SANDER was indignantly
drnicd Al rc time tY every Democratic journal Throughout
the uri.n and by was it denounced with more en-
platic reprcha;iDn Than by SIR clair, the veteran Den"
cratic editor of the Washington Globe: who slys he heard
every word 81 the speech. and bestowed upon II his warm
csl commentator as his paper will show.
This charge is absurd false because principal
head Of Mr. Encanans argument ws 10 establish the pro-
poseu that the Independent Treasury would not reduce the
wages Of abor but would benc The lahong Inen-in "'-
position 10 biz. Clay who had commended that w'"I re-
ucc tie wages Of labor and !nnre the abcTlGg nu his
In fact WAS the s,rc EstweeE tho two aiea mo si'H-
der is thus not only without ioundltion but in direct orP
snn the whole OF The speech! in !siU ms spcr,
Of Nh 81. which is unqucaonaly one "t Inc a!i"s no
ever made was circulated by hundred, u! taoaaata over
the Union By The Democratic members 81 Congress i'r
The pun Of proving the wisdom and luScan ING !c
nnrdcn Tr. surv which experience has esassied.-
In 1851 prGlrssed Democratic journals present 10 he
readers The forgotten Ma ISLANDERS against H. Tor TIC rH
,nru Strange Inconsistency for tine Drnincris but a0
nstlcr in character for pretended ones vi" woni slciee
their party crafty personal nlaligniiy -
Bu Ia a. though Least, cnmcs tie famous 'Enhd"t
letter which hes been published over and o:e again in IN"
Lancasiei7n And VIA: does il amount 10! Alter Dir
Buch:nan had actually resided nearly year IL Washington
r Hun5c The Assessor ~ taxes, sin-uary enough IN
oui,ed If him By letter whether H. considered liiHiSr
resident OF Lancaster 70 this 0lr. Buchanan made The on
rcnv that a had removed ircm Lancaster Eea
~ wear brivn and had since been al actual resiicn
IT Nshiunion where his official duties required Fin 10 re-
Lilo THIS fact must have been known 10 every man. 40
,nuo ana child in Iancas.r ard the County Commission;
era acting in Ctaticucc the laws at The commonwealth
decided that his personal not subject 10 taxation
Wills; re vas resident ri the District 9" Cuhnnia Bu
Il was AT once proclaimed ~ ha Lancast'rlan ecop
trolr- rcis take tsc obvious distinction octween fcf
derce and citizenship, that MIR. Buchanan mas "%nt ne was
citizen ~ Pennsylvania and had exnar4ted himself anu
hzcouc FOREIGNER tho State n his birih ANA his El
crous has been harnei np0r ever sc"-tOlene
With :.e on that Mr. y, known 10 the world Tor hs
,,erar Ind denied h,s citizenship Tor the sake OF getting
ore though. Of being csed upon the citizen al any
other State during his actual residence rs cabinet "e
in Was,inaihr Bu, the fact il Carefully concealed mar Ny
Burh.nan never prOed b. tits exemption 70 fc value o.
sionIa cert, but added the amount OF the tax 20 Tic otra
donation which had previously made &c The poor widows
Of Lancaster supply them with fuel du'ng the winter
season. -
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