The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-08-30
NUMBER 29.Aa
CBt 9ailg Journaa.l y.
4 LETTER FROM FRANCIS P. BLAIR HIS
OPINION OF BUCHANAN. -

The n Y Herald Of Saturday contains a
long letter from f. P. Blair, of Maryland, on
"Andrew JACKSON the adopted son of General
old Bargain and Sale" and the
last days of the great jackson. lie says that
the son of Jackson, whose name has been used
in connection with letters denouncing the pubSs
lication of Jackson's private letters, cannot be0
held responsible, as he is weak=minded creduTu
lous fellow. forever cheating himself and doing
mischief to others. Mr. Blair yindicates him
self from the charge Of indecency in publishing
the confidential correspondence ofJackson, ,ap-a
peas as witness in the case ofthe bargain and
sale SANDER, fixing the responsibility for that,
lamentablo and detestable passage in our his
tory upon Mr.. Buchanan, and gives remiA-
iscences Of Jackson full of interest. He sums
up his opinion of Buchanan thus: saa0 odw
There have been three epochs in Mr. Buch-
anan'sr career as. a politician which slgnally
mark his character. They stand out at
show that however devious his course, solitary
selfish ambition, without regard to any great
public cause, has been the guiding star of his
life. During the last war with Great Britain,
he gave all his faculties to break down the ADJ
iministration Of Mr.. Madison, and give the tri.
umph TO the English party in the United
States. If success had crowned this effort no
would have had the best claim of any PUBLIC
man in Pennsylvania. to come into power I'M
der the auspices Of the Hartford Convention.
The failure extinguished his hopes for ten
wears. He next appeared as the Jealous. friend
lof the great man whose trumpet tones had
proclaimed the war in the House OF Kepresen-
tatiyes, and of the great man who had- closed
lit in a blaze of glory. lie endeavored by cor
lrupt intrigue to bring about coalition, winch
would make one President and the other Sec
retar.y. with yiev to the succession, and es-
tablishing this double interest for himself as
1.-THE representative Of Pennsylvania, to open
the way to his own advancement. In this also
lhe fliled-losing the confidence of both the
Industrious men to whom his scheme would
Ihave attached dishonor. His third expert
ment is now before the country. .njae
/ For wears he has identified himself with the
EnuIlifyinp party of the South. contributed to
Iestabiish their organ and their power IN the
lCapitol, and by this means making them mas
tiers of the whole slavehoding interests, winch
lsways that section, and through 1t seeks now
Ito domineer over the North. lie bargains
lnow with the politicians who have banded to-
gether, and hope by concert in one section to
J Ienable the minority there to subject the ma
Iioritv in the other by dividing it.. He. pledges
PENNSYLVANIA to abandon her sister States OF
the North in her vote for him, and pledges
; himself to surrender the rights of the North
to sanction the breach of faith that sacrificed
' the compact Of peace between the sections
and to give the strength of the government to
enforce the, usurpation that tyranlzess over
) Kansas. This system Of controlling Che ma
: Ijoaty by the minority in our elective govern
Iment can only be made to work by corruptlon.
The oligarchy Of England subjects the masses
: lof Ireland to the small body Of English land
lords there by buying, with money orpeeraages,
+ Ior high appointments, the leading men to whom
y the democracy of Ireland confde their inter
is tests. The circumstances under which so
1 many Northern aspirants among us have be-
ltrayed the will Of their constituents, and sur
5 rendered their rights to the slave ohgarchy
a. make it obvious that the corrupt influence o
&C official barter has taken root here, and Ger
s. tainly the managers for the Southern minority
s e. could not employ more skifal adept to ply
the trade of yenaI intrigue through which
they hope to succeed in the North, than james
"a Buchanan. 3, s4isina