Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-05-14
d. HUDSON, !
A. B. FREEMAN. [

From the N. Y Sunday Times and Messenger April 2th
sold BUCK" AT HoxE.-Whilst our readers are
perusing this column, "Od Buck is no doubt Eat
home," on his Lancaster arm-oblivious to royal
ty and st James's-forgetting for the moment the
three years of public service passed abroad in what
may be called honorable exile"-feasting his eyes
on familiar landscapes petting the dogs who have
survived to rem ember and welcome him-and, in.
deed. careless Of his public future.
"Old Buck!"-'tis good nickname, for he be-
men. 1t is typical of his indebtedness marks
man without pretenton-t designates who
has grown gray in democratic service-it reminds
the Pennsylvanian too, of double qualification in
the great statesman and the great democratic coun
try. Who could call Mr.. Fillmore by any homely
and familiar appellation-that stiff and starched
combination of the physical and the mental? No
one. The phrase, "our dear Fillmore" has passed
into slang rdcule But there is something in James
Buchanan pleasing to the people: he will be their
cod buck" long after such "young" bucks as Col.
Fremont have passed into oblivion.
On the 18th instant Mr.. Buchanan became sixty
six years DID, and he has just Presidential term left
before he is barely the threshold of the three
score years and ten sung about by the Psalmis; but
SO hale and hearty is he in his bachelorhooo that
he doesn't look to be sixty. Mr.. Buchanan was ed
uca,ed lawyer, but he has been in public life
since 1914. In that year, he in his state Leg
islature, where he served two years, and declined
reelection. In 1921, he took his seat Congress-
man, and was in the House of Representatives just
hive sessions, or ten years. He quilted Washington
in 1881, in March, to receive in May from the hands
Of General Jackson the mission to Russia. He
stayed there just long he has been in England
three years-and returned for three senatorial
elections of his native state-the first for vacancy
and the others full terms. Two years of his last
term, up to 1916, had been passed in the Senate,
when he was made secretary of state by President
Polk, and gave place to Mr.. Webster in March, 1S49
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lncessant public service has been able and honor
able that the tongue of censure has nothing to say
of his character as man and statesman. 10 show
how little in his public life there has been to expose
him to animadyersion, we may instance that there
is but one squib which the malevelence of his en-
cmies brings against him, and is the oft repeated
one" If had one drop of democratic blood in
my viens would let it out" This is harped upon
by everybody in his opposition.-It has been denied ;
but the remark is harmless that it were useless
and idle to notice it. Whoever made it, land we
think Charles Jared Ingersell was the man, rcferr-
ed undoubtedly 10 some wild, ungovernable phase
OF socallcd democracy, where the people became
tyrants-such democracy as prevailed in Rome and
in Paris
With the movements of cold Buck" in the city
last week we arc now all familiar. His reception
was worthy of the maa-simple and dignifed. Who.
ever shook him by the hand in the governors room,
last Thursday, felt that they shaking the hand
of man of honesty and greatness rare spectacle
in the City Hail. We were especially delighted with
his reply to Mayor Wood, so full of naioete when
he said" Since you give my personal and diploma
tic character more importance than feel it deserves
perhaps had best say nothing about it." Again
-" l won't thank you for your personal kindness,
Mr.. Mayor; for, as your old friend, if you hadn't
given it, would have been disappointed"
We are sure that Mr.. Buchanan is not Presi-
dent seeker. We believe he has no ambition on the
subject If his own friends will be as calm and dig
nifed and unaffected in support he isin demeanor,
and we may add, 'cant of expectation, they will
better serve his cause.