Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-08-01
From tie Daily .Asrs.
Bachanan's History and Position.
DEsCIeT3ED IN A DEMOCRATIC
DOCUMENT.
RICH DISCLOSURES.

EgSsa " 1RlAA.
RICH DISCLOSURES
We have been placed in possession of the
| following document, which was prepared
for private circulation, in 1852, by promi-
nent and influential melnbers Of the Demo-
cratic party in Pennsylvania, to let their
fellow Democrats, in other States, know
who James Buchanan il, what are his ante
ceaents, and how the success Of the de-
mocracy in The State would be endangered
bY his nomination for the Presidency. 1t is
! printed on lettcr sheet, and one of the
original copies is in our possession, and may
| be seen Mt our Office Read il carefnlly.-
| Ii tells plain home truths by those belonging
to his own rarty. 1t cannot be denounced
as a Wing, nor as an American, nor as
| Republican lie; for it is the product OF
Democrats, high in the confidence OF the
party. Being Democratic authority, what
/ Democrat eau question its truthfuness. -
| Or the genuneness Of the document, there
v..n Se no doubt, and we caution, in adj
vance, the Pennsylvania not to pronounce
it "a forgery, lest it may force US, in estab-
fishing its authenticity, to reveal facts by no
means beneficial to the Buchanan cause:
! THE PRESIDENCY.
Can .ur. Bssclaaar, # nominated, car
~ Pennsylvania, and obtain its electoral
cots9
! Why not1 Pennsylvania is essentially
Democratic State, and the intrinsic demo-
cratic majority is rot less than 10000 and
at the next election it ought to be double
that number. This is true--a fixed fact,
notwithstanding that frauds of enemies and
dissentioils among friends, have placed the
Democracy Of Pennsylvania in minority
on several important occasions. There
must then be some reason why the question
Of the ability Of Mr.. Buchanan to obtain
The ordinary democratic vote should be agi-
rated and discussed. especially as the agi-
tation and discussion come from his pecuii-
a. s,.sI exclusive frie1sis, and iudoesi the
questioning of a thing that onglst 10 be re-
earded as past denial, in itself creates a
strong doubt. This doubt does exist with
/ his friends, that IS to say, with those when
/ he exclusively fayors with his consideration,
and who are willing to jeopard everything Of
the party to take the chance Of obtaining
With him aud under him the reward of their
extraordinary labors With those OF the
democratic party who do not desire his
ncmiration, his ability to obtain the cleo
toral vote of the State is not at all matter
Of doubt. They believe it to ba matter
Of certainty that he never can receive that
vote, and as no President has ever been
elected BY the people without the vote of
Pennsylvania, 1852, they believe, viii not
form the irst exception.
The course and career of Mr.. Buchanan
have been very unsatisfactory and calcula-
ted TO produce the very factions which now
split the democracy Of Pennsylvania; for
years past it has been his habit and that of
his friends to oppose everybody and every
thing not suited to their views aud their in
terssts, embittering by their opposition,
those whom it will be necessary to eoncIli-
ate and appease before the electoral vote CT
PENNSYLVANIA eau be even hoped for By the
democratic party.
There yet live many who cannot forget
that Mr.. Buchananan's early political life
was mainly chara 3terized by its fierce and
viruIent opposition to the democratic party
/ of the State, and these never viii vote for
him as President. The speech made by him
after the war lives in their recoliee-
ton, and has been 81, often repnblish-
ed as to be well known; what his feelings
then we're, may be known by the folleEine
extracts;
ssTree to their original principles and
their first leve, The democratic party OF
that day became more the friends Of the
French as they Became more Tie enemies Of
social order"
aTorrente of personal abuse were poured
out by the democratic party upon his
4 (Washington's) head.''
aThe democratic administration (Jefer
son's) next declared war against COM
nlerce.
"a mau sIadisou) who preferred bis pri.
vate interest to the pubic good"
"By his tWashington'sl degenerate suc
cessor Madison
s.Thanks to Heaven We have obtained
! peace, bad and dasgrdc.fd as ii IS; other
wise the beautiful structure of the federal
government, supported BY the same feeble
hands, might have sunk likethe capitol, in
/ to ruins"
That these are true extracts Mr. Buchan-