Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-16
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On backs Record.
The present excrucatngy hot weather has certainly
made the Enquirer both unreasonable and unamabe o,
would have inflicted upon Its resder nearly
mortal columns 10 defence aud vindieaon q Buchanan
against the charges brought sSAips, him. and dread,
proved upon him by his adversariea Besides, What i,
the B-qurrs defence Of is candidAts worth Has |,
not declared that even hAlsrs Wax BuaKs--,he mos
Willy sDd unscrupulous Abotiooist % sbe Union-is as
angel Of iish IN eopparisoa" with Willard Fillmore -
With this strange and curious and amusing and ground
iess declaration on its ps in respect to Van Buren, and
Fillmore What faith does IL expect any to at
tach to it vindicxdon OF Buchanan OF oourse, vhs
lsboring under % sad a. Authorization in regard to Van
IL IL bound GO, maintain that buchanan Is Infinitely superi
even ''sngel OF light when compared with fill
more" Van /. "Northeru man With Southern feelings
but Buck be t understood, according to the Enqrirr
Northern man with perfectly Afriedn feelings THAI
Is he loves nigger and thinks highly Of the zig
ger institution, than any in Virginia or the Caro-
iuAs. .,
The Enquirer may think that its vindcatou Of Bucban
against the charge Of unsoundness the slavery ques
ton is COMPLETE and may even contend that his record
that subject is without bemish, as it actually does
but no fair and impartial mind viii concur with 1t il
opinion We propose to advert at present, to only one
or two of the charges which undertakes defend hin
from in its four column article, in its yesterdays issue
In the first place. begins tells us with rentaor
of the story that Mr. Buchanan had written and promu
gated series Of ansavery resolutions in 1919" And
how docs refute this charge Why, by quoting from
speech Of Mr. ]. Clancy. Jones' Buchanan member Of
Congress from Pennsylvania the following extract. The
resolutions referred 70 in this extract arc those ne pub
shsd day ago, and which expressed the thanks
OF public meeting held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Ia
1919 the members of Congress from that State VIA
had sasfaned he Of justice, and Anonymity ana
patriotism, opposing he introduction Of sarery into
The State then endearored to Be formed out Of the Asso
Vi TERRITORY" Mr.. Jones' in his speech replying to the
charge tina, Buchanan approved this resolution says.
Now sir, I enabled to state, unquestioned
thority that the declaration that James Buchanan was
chairman Of the committee which framed these resolutions
is gnfounded and untrue undertake here in nv place
to say to the House and the country that Mr. Buchanan
did report the resolutions referred to that be
the chairman Of the committee by which they we're
reported aud that he them until they appear
cd in print
This Is what the Enquirer is pleased to call distinct
precise aud emphatcai denial But is its How does
Mr. Jones meet the charge that Buchanan endorsed the
resolutions question! Does he tell you that old Buck
cd approve themy Nothing of the SORT. He only
tells you that Buchanan Chairman of the Com
mittee which framed them-that he did not report"
those resoutions-andt that ''he them until
they appeared in print" But does he any where tell
you that Buchanan did approve and endorse them al
they appeared in PRINT Not at all His denial
bubble from beginning to end-not Ionly supprsssio
reri, put a sugyestio fdlsi. Whether Buchanan was
chairman Of the committee that framed those reso
lutions whether not he them until after
they appeared in print the fact is clear that he approved
them warmly and cordially.
Apart from the iusuficiency of Mr. Jones denial
what the facts OF the cases Why as the Georgia
Sentinel says the proceedings OF the Lancaster meeting
reported by the Chairman and Secretary and pub
shed in the papers Of the where Buchanan resided
with his name attached. Does any sane man suppose
that Buchanan had not been in the meeting that the
resolutions did not fully express his sentiments that he
would have permitted them TO have gone forth without
explanation and correctonY No such explanation or
correction made-tnR in the year of Lord
dcncy and when it conveniently became necessary to
give his record Southern tnge in order enable him
catch Southern votes Again, the very year alter
these famous resolutions of the Lancaster meeting we're
adopted and published, Buchanan tns Fsrdi
ddae tor Congress, against Democrat. Does any man
suppose the proceedings OF this meeting had
sented him, thar he would have placed himself right
attempted by hun What, then, becomes Of Mr. j.
CLANCY Joness stateent2 We ask in all rankness and
cAndor-has it even the odor OF probability about il?
We had intended To yindicate the truth Of history
against the Enquirers aboed vindcation OF Buchanan
in several other particulars But reserve the task for
another day