Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-24


~ M Adams he notified Mr. buchanan OF his M
t.ution 10 relieve himself of tho damnabie charge
ss~.in.t him nv publishing what occurred between
h2mself and Mr. Buchanan IN the prescnoe Of Mr..
Ietcber but that by the earnest entreaties OF MT:
n he was induced to forbear doing 30. And
MANY times afterwards, near the close OF the Al
,ns administration II was intimsted to Mr.. Buch-
anan that it might be Mr.. Clay's imperative duty
10 publish the facts, but Mr.. Clay was dssuaded
by Mr. Buchanan's pathetic appeals. And uov.
Letcher, who had given Mr.. Buchanan pledge
not 10 publish the occurrence without his consent,
wrote 70 him and solicited that consent, but buch
snan nos,tSvely refused and reminded Mr.. Letcher
oS h;s solnrnn psedes. In all this there arc two
thincs that are obsereSbie and remarkable.
THE 8rst is the utter shatnslsssiess and degrade
ton Of Mr.. Buchanan in bringing himself TO appeal
IN Mr. Claws msgnanimity and mercy %, spare him
hy moi revealing against him fact that kouid VIM
dicate Mr. Clay and his friends from most Relish
charge that had originated with Mr.. Buchanan
himself; and the second Ia, that the illustrio''s
erosity. consented for more than twenty years and
during ell ef the darcsss and gloomiest period OF
his peticsl fortunes TO bear with sublime fortude
the unceasina tempest of faisehood and execrauon
from myriads Of tongues and peas rather than, ny
a revelation that he might at any moment nave
made relieve himself and his party andoverwheim
the r,olitical foe who had been the cause o. the
who was earnestly appealing to him for sAe I'M
,nerited mercy of his silence. Till this passage OF
noltical history became known, we did not sup
pose that any statesman or politician ever lived,
who would, under such circumstances and for 30
long period, endure such deep and cruel and ter
riblc wrong, submit TO see the best ana highest
homes of bis great life biighted again and again,
rather than hand over to public justice the beg
Qing and imploring and cringing and crawling
author of his wrong We do not say that the for
bearance Of this great and glorious and scrrowng
old patriot was right but we do say that de-
serves the countrys and mankinds admiration and
applause. And, just in proportion to the applause
bestowed on Henry Clay should be the tempest OF
misses uttered in the ears of James Buchanan.
The country now knows that the question
whether Mr. Clay should publish what occurred
between himself and Mr. Buchanan in 1925, was a
subject Of both conversation and epistoary cores
pondence between them. Nj. Buchanan's letters
to Mr. Clay, IN relation to the matter, were conf
DENTAL, and have never seen the light. But Mr..
Clay often spoke Of them to his especial friends.
Here s statement which was put forth from q
high source during the lifetime Of Mr. Clay, that is
in 1848. The writer, speaking OF the bargain and
corruption story, said:
"To add further testimony we state--and let il
be denied II it can-that Mr.. Clay has now in his
possession letter, which, If published to the
world, would place Mr.. Buchanan in an embarrass-
an and no call on Mr.. Clay will induce him to
give 1t up, save one from his countrythat is, the
Senate of the United States The bargain and sale
conspiracy with this expose, would place Mr. Bu-
chanan without the pale of Democracy totally un-
worthy the place he holds and the suffrage Of the
people"
We are not informed whether the letter here
mentioned still remains among the posthumous
papers of Mr.. Clay, or whether he caused it to be
burned before his death; but there are hundreds
Of persons in this city, some in Lexington,
and some all through the countrywide heard him
speak OF it. He always said, in his conversations
on the subject, that, however much the publication
of tho letter might contribute to his own and his
party's advantage, he never would publish it, ex-
cept at the call Of tho United States Senate with
the consent Of Mr.. Buchanan.
Mr.. Buchanans consent was of course out of the
question, and the Senate, although Mr. Clay's po-
lticsl friends in that body were aware Of the exist
ence and the general character Of the letter. never
thought proper to call for it. But it may be, and
not improbaby is, in existence still, and If lr. Blu
chanan, with courage that was stranger to him
while Mr. Clay was alive, now dares to let the
world see 1t, let him or some authorized friend of
his signify his consent and the document may yet
be given TO the world aud the truth Of history even
moro fully indicated than it has already.
We shall very soon take occasion to go much
further into the details of Mr.. Buchanan's conduct
in relation to Mr.. Clay, than we have yet done
The whole affair is one of the most extraordinary
exhibitions on record Of Glsehood, injustice per-
fdy, and craven abjectness on one side, and endu-
rance, magnanimity, and mercy on the other. We
repeat the expression of our conviction, that, if
the Democracy had searched the nation through,
they could not have found man more odious TO
the whole Of the old Wing party than James Blu
chanan, or one more entitled to the indignant con
domination Of true and just and honorable and high
minded men of all parties.
Mr.. BUCHANAN AND Low WAeEs.--We give an
extract or two from speech delivered by him on
the 22d of January, 1870:
The foreign manufacturer goes home, purcha-
ses his labor, his WOOL and other articles which
enter into his manufacture at half their cost in this
country
Reduce the nominal 10 tie real standard of
prices throughout the Uorid, and you cover the
country with blessings and benefits.
Articles are manufactured in France and Ger
many for one half their actual cost in this country
ar. Buchanan's speech of January ed.
The average of what Mr.. Buchanan considered
tho rcal standard" of wages at the time in Europe
was about ten cents day, viz: In France, from>s
to Is; in Germany, from 8 to IA, and in Holland
from to 10 cents per day. 1t was a reduction Of
wages to this standard, by an exclusive specie cir
Cuhtiou tnnt MT- DuSHahuii shouShs Wouiu SoNci
the country will, blessings." Working men have
very different views of the matter.
A FALSE REPoRT.-The New York Tribune hav.
ing announced that the Fillmore National Club
had gone over to Fremont and Dayton" the Elk
press says:
81 There never was Fillmore National Club
formed in the city Of New York. The National
Club of last year for last years election, sim
ply, and died out In the autumn. A Mr.. Van Ri
per was its President and he has gone over TO