Washington telegraph., 1856-07-09

long before the election of President of
the United States by the House of Rep
resentatives, the Hon James Buchanan.
then member of the House, and after
wards many years Senator of the United
States from Pennsylvania, who had been
a Jealous and influential supporter of Gen.
Jackson in the preceding canvass, and was
supposed to enjoy his unbounded conf
dence, called at the lodgings of Mr. Clay,
in the city Of Washington. Mr. Clay was
at the time in the room of his only mess
mate in the House, Hon. X. p Letcher,
since Governor of Kentucky, then also
member of the House. Shortly after Dir.
Buchanan's entrance into the room, he in
troduced the subject of the approaching
Presidential election, and spoke of the GER
tainty of the election of his favorite, ad-
ding. that he would form the most 'splen-
did cabinet that the country had ever
had Mr.. Letcher asked, How could he
have one more distinguished than Mr.
Jefferson, in which were both Madison
and Gallatin? Where would he be able
to find equally eminent men 2 Mr. Bu-
chanan replied, that 'he would not go out
of this room for q Secretary of State
looking at Mr.. Clay. This gentleman,
(Mr. Clay playfully remarked, that he
thought there was no timber there fit for
cabinet officer, unless it were Mr. Bu-
chanan himself
Mr.. Clay, while he was so hotly assail-
ed with the charge of bargain, intrigue
and corruption, during the Administration
of Mr. Adams, notified Mr. Buchanan
of his intention to publish the above oc-
currence, but by the earnest entreaties of
that gentleman, he was induced to forbear
doing So"
Several times since the administration
of Mr.. Adams, it has been intimated to
Mr.. Buchanan, as we have been informed,
that it might be Mr. Clay's imperative
duty to publish these facts, but that he
was dissuaded from it by Mr. Buchanan.
To add additional testimony, we state
and let it be denied, if it can-that
Mr. Clay has now in his possession a let
ter, which, if published to the world,
would place Mr.. Buchanan in an embar-
RAISING position. The letter comes from
Mr. Buchanan and no call on Mr.. Clay
will induce him to give 1t up, save one
from his country-lI est the Senate Of
the United States The 'bargain and
sale" conspiracy, with this expose, would
place Mr. Buchanan without the pale Of
Democracy, and totally unworthy the con
fdence of the place he now holds, and
the suffrage OF the people. Why smother
up these political blots? Why surround
Mr. buchanan with eulogies which do not
belong to him? Let the truth be known,
and let him stand or fall By it.
Look now to the ''cunning politician
in 1911 The electors of Pennsylvania
met at Harrisburg for the purpose of cast
ing their vote for Polk and Dallas That,
and that alone, was their legitimate duty;
when it was finished their official capacity
ceased. But the ardent friends of James
Buchanan presented recommendation,
to be signed by the twenty-six electors, as
electors, to be laid before the then elect
President, James X. Polk, asking him to
appoint James Buchanan Secretary Of
State This was asking that which no
body of electors had a right to do. The
friends of Mr.. Buchanan knew full well
it was a stretch of prerogative unheard of
before but, straining every point, they
eventually prevailed, much against the in
clination of many of The electors, to have
the recommendation signed by all, save
one. That one, who manfully performed
his duty against the combined forces OF
numbers, was the son of Christian kneass,
Esq, Horn r. kneass, of this city; for
which noble stand Buchanan remembered
him after he was appointed to the head of
the State Department. His cold and self
ish nature visited those who would not
stoop to wrong and political turpitude,
with disappointment. Mr. Buchanan
knew well the game which was to be prac-
tised on the electors; and having accom-
plished it, he deceived the President with
his political rectitude and high Democrat
ic standing in Pennsylvania His whole
soul was wrapped up with place; and, In
the language of Thales, which heads our
article, he considers, and always has con-
sidered, that 'the greatest of all things is
place; for all other things are in the world,
but the world is in it This has been
his chief aim during the whole course OF
his political life and ever since he walk
ed into the Democratic party he has had
office-a public pauper on the people
Mr.. Buchanan, we see, was made Sec
retary of State; and what has he done to
advance the interest of the country since
his elevation? What was his course on
the Tariff question but weak, puerile,
and child like support? He had not the
nerve to advocate the Democratic Iarlff
of '46. On the Oregon question he das-
tardly surrendered deg 40 min of ter
ritory, after having boldly proclaimed our
title to 81 40. All will recollect, in the
language of contemporary, chow conf
IDENTIFY he asserted that to accept less than
"a 40 would be reasonable in the govern
ment and dishonorable to the people; :
and everybody knows, also, that when his
predictions as to the result wholly failed,
instead of facing it out, by withdrawing
from the Cabinet, and rebuking what ne
had himself shown was a surrender OF
territorial RIGHTS. he quietly remained