Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-07-02
False Charges against Mr.. Buchanan. !.

False Charges against Mr.. Buchanan.
The Southern Z. N. papers, overlooking Mr.. Blu
chanan's acknowledged soundness on the slavery
question, and his consequent devotion to their inter
ests, are going back thirty forty years into his
history as q public man, and raking up and using
all kinds OF miserable, castof caumnies in the hope
thereby of nuring him in the estimation of his
tymen. They have no arguments to use against
him; they only aege that he was once fcderalist,
and that he made speech, some twenty years ago,
in which he argued that ten cents day was good
wages for working man; and then they call him,
with refinement and decency of which they alone
are capable, ten cent jimmy" Now, if the Dem
ocrats are satisfied as to Mr. Buchanan's early fed
eralism, surely the K. Ms ought to be-, for nine
tenths of them either federalists themselves
the descendants of federalists.
We ask attention in this connection to the article
below from the Washington Union, followed by a
letter from Mr.. Buchanan himself written in 1S47:
"MR. BUCHANAN AND THE WAR OF 1Sl2-We see that
several OF the knownohng and black republican organs
have reproduced speech made by Mr. Buchanan the
4th OF July 1885, in which regard to the
war with Great Britain that had then closed which
md no response in the public mind AS Objectionable
we admit of these sentiments be- think the OBJ
lection is made with exceedingly ill grace by those who
are daily giving utterance to opinions and doctrines far
more unpatrioc and un-Amerlcan than anything to be
found that speech Mr. Buchanans position and
in the of 1872 have redeeming feature which
not be found in the present position and of his
sallants He was opposed to the policy of the and
censured the administration for its mode of conducting
but after the declared he manifested his devotion
to his country by shouderng his musket and marching to
Mr. Buchanan differed with Mr. Madsons administration
as to its policy but his heart and soul with his
country and ~ ready to risk his life in its defence
He never belonged to that other class OF opponents Of The
war who kept their opposition and gave and comfort
to the enemy after the declared Mr. Buchanans
assaants occupy position at the time which has
striking parallel in the conduct of that unpatl class
ofopponents of the Of ls2 who covered their
with nfamy by the sympathy which they manifested for
But it purpose to dignity this stale charge
against Mr. Buchanan by an elaborate defence lie had the
magnanlity after the speech made to acknowl
edge The of the contained and to
tract them and for than thirty years. he has de-
voted his and his energies those great democratic
principles which the continually increasing pros
perty and glory OF the country To show how ready Mr.
Buchanan ever been to react an erroneous opinion
we'll his rmness and tearlessness in maintaining his
position when he believes to be right we have obtained
PERMISSION OF Hon Geo W. Jones' OF tennessee to pub
will place this anti-war charge in its true light Mr. Bu-
chanan ut the date Of The letter. member Of Mr.
was assailed for appointing elevated position man
who had opposed Of 1872. Mr. Jones addressed
ion with the charge 70 this letter Mr. buchanan the
following frank and patriotic reply which Mr. jones has
WASHINGTON, April %, 1s47.
My DEAR SIR: have this moment received your letter
of the 10th inst, and hasten to return an answer
In respect have been fortunate public man.
My political enemies obliged to 90 back for more than
thirty years to find plausible charges against me-
In 1914 when very young man, beng this day years
of age made my first public speech before meeting Of
ieiowcitzens of Lancaster The object of this speech
their invaded country. volunteer
pany was raised upon tine spot in which was the hrst,
believe, to enter my maine Us private We1orthwh pro-
ceeded 10 Baltimore and served until honoraby
discharged.
In October, 1874 elected member of the Pennsy
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