Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-12

Was Mr.. Buchanan AN g Old Defender 20
The Union and other organs Of the BUCCANEERS,
while they dare not deny that Mr.. Buchanan was a
Fsderalist, attempt to paliate this objection by
asserting that he was in the last war--one Of the
defenders Of Baltimore This assertion is false In
every particular, az will be seen from the following
statements:
From the Frederick (Md.) Examiner.
We clip the following from the Chambersburg,
Pa, Rspository and Transcyipt newspaper pub
lished for the last sixty odd years in the same
county where Mr.. Buchanan was born and which
is reasonably presumed to know something Of his
personal history. II must be borne in mind that
the sham democracy claim great credit for their
nominee on the score Of being an I" old defender.
"The Philadelphia argus rejoices that James Bu-
chanan was not too much of Federalist to shout
der his musket and march to the defence Of Balti-
more in 1914. If the Argns can show that James
Buchanan ever saw Baltimore that year, wen deny
that Franklin county gave him birth.
Mr. Alexander w. Hood, an early friend and
neighbor of Mr.. Buchanan, but at present residing
few miles south Of this city, relates, that in Au
gust, 1914, several volunteer companies, in re-
Spouse to the call for troops met at place OF rem
devious in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, for the
purpose Of forming battalion to proceed In de-
fence of the country to the Canadian frontier, and
that James Buchanan, who was a member of the
"Mercersburg Volunteer Rife Company" and
about twenty others, backed out and refused TO go
Mr.. Hood remembers the circumstance perfectly,
and heard number Of young men taunt Bucha-
nan for his coscardice. The companies marched
off, without Buchanan and his recrcant party. Mr..
Hood went with Them and was at the famous bat
ties of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, At the latter
of which he received O bayonet wound In the right
side, the honorable scar Of which he yet bears.
So it appears that Hon. James Buchanan il not
entitled to the credit Of being one of Baltmores
gallant defenders" but that when called upon to
serve his country In the our OF need, he positive
y refused, although trained as citizen soldier, to
take up arms in her defence He has ever been
ready to reap the spois of victory, but never did
aught to deserve them.
1t appears, therefore, that the want OF moral
courage" charged upon Mr.. Buchanan by General
jackson, is not his only failing He is also justly
obnoxious to the charge of want of physical cour-
age, and was tainted with cowardice in 1914, to
which taunt he did not dare to reply!
This charge is new to us, but IL win surprise no
one The man who could treat Henry Clay as
James Buchanan treated him, must be a coward,
in every sense of the term, morally as well as ply
sically.
In former years, we have regarded Mr. Bucha-
nan as worthy member of the Democratic party,
but the developments recently made stamp him as
a man utterly destitute of principle-coldblo
calculating, and selfish to the last degree.
Can the American people confer their suftrages
upon such man to be the successor Of Washington,
Madison, Jackson, and Harrison9 Can they stul-
tify themselves by such an act When they do,
IL will be high time for them to erect monument
to Benedict Arnold, and a mausoleum over the
ashes of Aaron Burr.