The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-07-25
THE WAY IT WAS DONE AND THE
WAY 1T WAS TO BE DONE.

THE WAY TT WAS DONE AND THE
WAY 1T WAS TO BE DONE.
The following was published by the
American Organ, at Washington, four weeks
ago, and no contradiction Of II has yet mp.
peared. We doubt whether any plausible
one will ever appear. We ask the people to
give It careful attention:
SLIpELL, BELMONT AND BUCHANAN
John SlideIl of Louisiana Is known rs one of
the most INSCRIPTIONS and adr0it political
intriauanis in the Union. He is native Of
New York, ind left that city for New Or
;enns, very suddenly, many years ngo. Es
tablishing himself in New Orleans, he in
troduced into that city the New York system
of politics, and originated and contrived in
1874 the great Paquemine Fraud, BY which
Henry Clay was to be deprived of the cleo
torial vote of Louisiana, and thereby, MS it
was expected, of his election to the Presi
dency.
Auguste Belmont, tire Austrian Jew, nov
representing this country ut the Hague, is a
nephew by marriage, of Mr.. SlidelI. He oh.
tanned the appointment of Minister TO the
Hague, 10 the exclusion of every other up
picant for II foreign mission from New York,
through the influence of Mr.. Buchanan. And
why, our readers may inquire, did Mr.. Buch.
anan interest himself for Mr. Belmont, the
Austrin jew? Maniieslly because Mr. Bel.
mont, at the instigatiun of Mr.. Slidell, had in
the winter of 1852, got up Buchanan meet.
ing In Now York, to promote the nonina.
ton of that gentleman for the Presidency by
the Convention of that year.
The mission to the Hague was the guild
pro quo, which Mr.. Belmont received through
MIR. Buchanan for advocating his claims in
1852.
In 1856, Isaih Rynders, of New York. and
his Empire Club of two hundred and fifty
men, proceeded to Cincinnati Mt an expense
of not less than $4,000, to urge the nonina.
ton of Mr.. Buchanan. Who paid their ex.
prnces! Belmont, of course the Austrian
Jew, and agent of the Rothschilds.
And 10 return for this expenditure, and
;$SO,OOO more which he has promised to con.
tribute, Belmont, il Nj. Buchanan shall be
elected, is to be rewarded with the mission
to Paris We assert this on undoubted De
'mocra,ic authority, rs it was openly asserted
ut Cincinnati, by The friends of Buchanan
that Belmont would contribute one hundred
thousand dollars to the expenses Of the cam
paign, If Buchanan were nominated.
With these facts staring them in the face
can old wings be induced by promises
which will never he fulfilled, to support Mr.
Buchanan, whom Henry Clay despised above
all other men, and whose nomination has
been mainly effected through John Slidel
the author ofPlaquemine Fraud, aided by the
money of his nephew, Belmont, the Austrian
Jew!
When charges of bribery and corruption
were made against Mr.. Clay, why did Mr.
Buchanan, who knew they were false, refuse
TO contradict them! He professed then, as
he did in after years, to be warm perso.
nal friend of MIR. Clay. What sort of friend
ship was that which allowed him to remain,
silent, when one word from him would have
refuted, and forever, the base Islander against
Mr.. Clay! That word james Buchanan re
fused to utter, and was rewarded for his
baseness by the mission TO ST. Petersburg
The course he then pursued was character
isiic of the man. Old.blooded aud selfish to
the highest degree, he was never known
throughout his whole career, to be moved
by any other consideration than those which
tended TO his own political advancement.