Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-09-03

whole eonyersstion being upon the public. street. i;
might have esciped my Observation.
Il IiSw remarks nors. aXd trust shall have done
with his disageeable business forever. ~
called upon Gen.. jackson on the occasion which
have mentioned solely as his friend, upon my.in-
dvidua responsibility, and not as the agent OF Mr.
Clay, or any other person. l never have been the
political friend Of Mr.. Clay since he became chm
ddate for the Office of President, as You very well
know Until saw Gen.. Jacksons letter to Mr..
Beverly of the 9Th ult, and at the same time was
informed by letter from the Editor Of the United
States Telegraph, that was the person to whom he
alluded the conception never once entered my mind,
that he deemed me to have been the agent of Mr..
Clay or Of his friends that had intended to pro-
pose to him terms of any kind from them, or that
ing the opinion that it was right to fight such in
triguers with their own weapons" Such suppo-
sition had entertained it. would have rendered me
exceedingly unhappy; and there is no man upon
earth whose good opinion moro value than that of
General Jackson. He could not, l think, have re-
ceived this impression until after Mr.. Clay and his
friends had actually elected Mr.. Adams President,
and Mr.. Adams had appointed Mr. Clay Secretary
of State After these events had TRANSFERRED it may
be readily conjectured in what manner my commu-
nication might have led him into the mistake. l
deeply deplore that such has been its effect
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scrvation. Had ever known, or even suspected
that Gen. jackson believed had been sent to him
by Mr.. Clay or his friends, / should have immedi-
ately corrected his erroneous impression and thus
prevented the necessity for this most unpleasant
PLANTATION. When the Editor of the United States
Telegraph on the 18th of October last asked me by
letter for information upon the subject promptly
informed him by the returning mail on the 10th of
that month, that had no authority from Mr.. G. or
his friends, to propose any terms to Gen. Jackson
in relation to their votes, nor did l ever make any
such proposition; and that trusted l would he as
occasion, as it was known Gen. jackson would be
to receive such message. have deemed it neces-
sary to make this statement in order to any
misconception which may have been occasioned by
the publication, in the Telegraph Of letter to the
editor, dated the 18th utimo.
With another remark, [ shall close this commune
cation. Before held the conversation with Gen.
Jackson which have detailed, l called upon Major
Eaton and requested him to ask Gen. jackson, wheth
err he had ever declared intimatcd, that he would
appoint Mr.. Adams Secretary of State, and express
ed desire that the General should say if consistent
with truth, that he did not intend to appoint him to
that office. believed that such declaration would
have happy influence upon the election, and en-
deavored to convince him that such would be its ef
feet. The conversation between us was not so full
as that with Gen. jackson. The Major politely de-
clined to comply with my request, and advised me
possessed full share of his confidence
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Lancaster sth August, 1927.
The following is from the pen of very distin.
guished old line Wing in Philadelphia:
MIR. BUCHANAN AND TIE OSTEND MANIFESTO
The selstyled neutral press-of that class who are
loud in Wanting their perfect independence of poll.
tics-of which the "Ecening Bulletin" is malig-
Loo,
misrePresent the purport of this celebrated paper.
l am Whig-a Wing Of Clay, Webster and Ser
geant school. I was a Wing when what is now
Black Repubcansm was fanatca abolitionsm-re-
sisted as ably and strenuously by great leaders
as it was by the Democratic party. am Wing
still, and think | stand on the same platform with
reference to the only issues before the country that
Clay and Webster stood. They were opposed to
Sectionalisn., to abotionism-so am l. And were
they alive, l doubt not they would cast their vote
l intend to vote in November next-for James
Buchanan I shall vote for him, because he is the
with reference to the slavery question, that think
vital to the safety of the country, and the perman-
encc of the union of the States; because he repre-.
sents the only party that is national in its character
and has positive and governing strength in every
section of the confederacy, North, South East and
the party which has nominated him, proposes to
remove the Slavery agitation from the halls of Con-
gress entirely where it has always BEEN and always
will be- cause of discord and strife, and to let the
people of the Territories States decide for them
selves the character of their domestce institutions
l shall vote for him, because he is statesman of
enlarged experience, conservative in his character
and who, apar: from the impregnable position &C.
cupied by himself and his party on the Slavery
question, upon which the Union depends is eminent-
ly qualified to conduct the AFFAIRS both foreign and
domestic, Of Government, with honor in these diff
I for hoco 7 FL; nj
position with reference to Cuba as laid down in the
"Ostend Manifesto" eminently wise and sound, and
if understood properly, will meet with hearty re-
sponse from every true American citizen 1t is for
tunate for Mr.. Buchanan that his real position on
the Cuban question is susceptible of an calculation
ton or Misrepresentation can exist. The "Ostend
Manifesto" itself furnishes triumphant answer to
the charge so flippantly made, that Mr.. Buchanan
does not hesitate to say that must hare Cuba at
all risks II Spain refuses to sell, then take it (Cu
BAY by force!" l undertake to prove from the pa
per ITSELF that no such doctrine or sentiments
entertained or found in it. The argument of the
Ostend paper is clear, concise, and to the point
that should not acquire Cuba without the consent
Of Spain UNLESS JUSTIFIED BY THE GREAT LAW OF
sELF-pREsERvATIoN.
The Ostend document holds this language:
I" 1t must be clear to every rejecting mind that,
from the popularity of its geographical position and
the considerations attendant it. Cuba is neces-
sary to the North American republic rs any of its
present members, and that It belongs naturally to
that great family of States of which the Union is the
providential nursery.
From its locality it commands the mouth Of the
Mississippi, and the immense and annually increas-
ing trade which must seek this avenue to the ocean,
On the numerous navigable streams, measuring
an aggregate course of some thirty thousand miles,
" ch disembogue themselves through this magnifi-
cent river into the Gulf of Mexico the increase of