Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-06-20
what Kind of FederaIist was Mr.
EyuehaDaug r-

what Kind of a FederaIist was Mr..
Euehanan1
Tho Cincinnati Enquirer has neE the
inpudence to say that the present Demo
cratic nominee was not a Fcderalist, but
gets over it as follows: s~5F ~
1t is true that Mr. Buchanan, when a
young man commenced his political life as
a Federalist But his Federalism was not
of that unpatriotie kind which characterized
that faction in New England, and induced
it in the war of 1912 to oppose its,own. coun-
try and take sides with England.
Now how stands the record in this case?
We give Mr.. Buchanan's notions Of the war
of 1912, as they fell from his own lips at
Lancaster, Pennsylvania when the events
of those times were fresh. Mr.. Buchanan
says:
Time will not allow me to enumerate all
the other wild and wicked projects of the
Democratic (Madison's) administration. Suf-
fee it to say, after they had deprived US Of
the means Of defence by destroying our ma
w and disbanding our army; after they
had taken away the power of re-creating
them, by running commerce, the great
source of our national and individual wealth
after they had, By refusing the Bank of
the United States a continuance of ITS char
ter, embarrassed the financial concerns of
the Government, and withdrawn the on
ly universal medium of the country from
circulation; after the people had been un-
accustomed to and of course unwilling to
bear taxation; and without money in the
treasury-they rashly plunged as into agar
with nation more able to do US injuriry
than any other in the world. What was
the dreadful necessity for this desperate
measure? Was our country invaded? No.
Were our liberties in dangerl No. Was
it to protect our little remaining commerce
from the injuries sustained by the orders in
councill No. Commerce was not such a
favorite, and the merchants wished for no
war on that account.
What then was the cause? The one for
which we professed to draw the sword and
risk all, was to determine an abstract ques-
tion of the law of nations, concerning which
an opinion different from that of our admin
istration was held by all Europe. To decide
whether a man can expatriate himself or
not. In the decision of this question our
administration pretended to feel deep in
terest. The greater part of those foreign
ers who would be effected by it, had long
been their earnest friends. They had been
one of the great means of elevating thepres-
ent (Democratic) ruling party, and it would
have been ungrateful in that party to have
abandoned them.
Superficial observers may suppose this to
have been the real source of the war, but
whoever will carefully and impartially read
the history of our country will find its true
origin to have been far differet. Ittook its
rise from the overweaning partiality which
the Democratic party have uniformly shown
for France, and the consequent hatred which
they felt against her great adversary, Eng
land. To secure this foreign feeling has
been the labor of their leaders for more
than twenty years, and well have they been
repaid for their trouble; for it has been one
of the principal causes of introducing and
continuing them in power. Immediately
before the war this foreign influence had
completely embodied itself with every polit-
cal feeling by majority Of the people-par-
ticularly in the West. Its voice was heard
so loud at the seat of Government that the
President was OBLIGED to yield to its dictates
or to retire from office. The choice in this
alternative was easily made by a man Mad
ison,l WHO PREFERRED HIS PRI-
VATE INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC
GOOD.