Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-09

MN. MT. ffehtlce, the eufNpf oi the L0uisVilie
Journal, the earliest and ltalest Of Mr. Clay's
biographcrs, in an article reviewing General
Jacksons and Mr.. Clay's lsst declarations on
the subject of Mr. Buchauan's course towards
them, after deploring the Injustice which he
thinks his great friend recsised at the hands of
the ma jjority Of the America people, sums up
his conclusion with saying shat Mr.. Buchanan
was" tho very man by whose treachery and
Ellselood they were inducedko do twas lin
self the only guilty party-7iltat he pertinacious-
y sought, first by lying IL Henry Clay, and
then by lying to General Jackson, to effect
precisely the kind of bis iuh and corruption
that.she caused to be charA 4 upon Clay and
Adams
But 'sase .jssgcfasiss Ssisn. saaksas fsos
nounced in all his public and pryavc letters
touching Mr.. Buchauau's attempt to implicate
him in deep cOrruptioa, his adopted son is
bid to say " i0as not any deliberate conriction If
his mind, as is simply shown by his cordial
treatment during his whole administration
his appointment to Russia" ETC. ,ir. Buchanan,
before he broachod his proposal to Gen Jack
son. stipulated in advance { in case il was dis
approveD for his pardon. His design being
friendly, Gen. Jackson, although he stcrnly
rebuked it at the time, did not make il Il bar
to III subsequent intercourse 1t was his ma
lures fault to be to confding, and to men who
attached themselves to him with showsof friend
ship he was apt to be indulgens without look
ing into ther ,isa motives, or relying upon
the irmness Dr purity OF their character. He
had so much reliance on himself and his power
to prevent III desigus in bad men or mscheiv-
Gus results from theif attempts that he never
feared betrayal. He put Laftte, the pirate,
at the most vital point of his defence before
New Orleans and felt that he had nothing to
lear from his want OF principle while under
his command. In his Bank war he did not ap
prehen danger from it, Iri4l Is in the clbinet
lie even trusted them at the head Of the Treas
ury.
His confidence brought him into difficulties
but he had 50 long successfully ballled diflicn-
ties, that the apprehension of them never in
tcrlered with his course His sending Mr.. Bu-
chaman abroad would have been considered, if
E he had been weak and tmd President as
proof Of a design to get rid of willy. onscru-
pulous intriguer, whose schemes in his own
favor hehad repulsed, and who might be in
clncl to practice his arts against him in re-
sentiment of what might be construed into an
ungratcrul return for the offer TO exert them in
his service This, however, never could have
influenced General jackson in sending Mr..
buchanan to ST. Petersburg He doubtless
gave Hlm this iaisalt 70 FFarnn'
sylvania, the state which gave the noblest, earn
. est of its confidence and affection for himsel
u both before and after his defeat in the House o.
Representatives.
Mr.. Buchanan, notwithstanding the rebuff Civ
en- him by Gen. jackson, still went with hi
state in his support and was himself returned
to Congress Coming with this endorsement
from his state, and having capacity for diplo
. mat. to refuse the state in his person woulC
- have evinced sternnes5 which he never cxhib
tied towards those who made appeals to hi
kind feelings, based on services rendered to th,
cause in which he was engaged and, cape
ciaIly when associated with those Of grea
=, state towards which he had the deepest sens
Of gratitude lie gave ihe mission to Mr.. Bu
- chanan, have no doubt with pleasure. II
had no fear that Mr. Buchanan would intrigp
- against his country in Russia. lie knew tina
" political advancement was not to be sought il
- that direction But if he had been asked
place Mr.. Buchanan in position where he coul
, barter all the Offices Of the goyernmant to reac
" the Presidency, the General would have actc
as he did when that gentleman proposed
" take that function npon himself to elect Il Pro
ident in 1925.
- There have been three cpochs in Mr.. Bucha
ans career as politician, which signal
mark his character. They stand out and sho
that. however devious his course, solitary self
"' ambition, without regard to any great publ
y" :, cause, has been the guiding star of bis Iii
= During the last war with Great Britain
- gave all the faculties to break down the admi
- istration Of Mr.. Madison, and give the triuml
to the English party in the United States,
success had crowned this effort, he would ha
~ :. had tie best claim o., any public man in Pen
!. sylvania to come into power under the auspit
Of the Hartford Convention. The failure e
a~ tinguished his hopes for ten years lie ne
appeared as the zealccs friend of the great mi
~ -. whose trumpet tones had proclaimed the W
in the House Of Representatives, and OF t
w GREAT man who had closed it in blaze OF g
ry. He endeavored by corrupt intrigue
bripr about coalition which would make o
re- President. the other secretary, with view
IN the succession, and, establishing this dou'
eb interest for himself as the representative
Mr.. PENNSYLVANIA, to open the way by his own Il
vancement. In this also he talcd--losng t
=. confidence of both the illustrious men to whit
apv his scheme would have attached dshonor.
,er- third experiment is now before the country
ard For wears past he has identified himself W
ith. the nullilyins party Of the South, contribo
ais to establish their organ and their power in
der capital. and by this means making them IN
it is ters of the whole slave-holding interest," VIII
Vile swavs that section, and through it seeks n
ON to domineer over the North. He bargains n
with the politicians who have banded togeth
and hope by concert in one section to cua
+" the minority there to subject the majority
all the other by dividing it. He pledges Pc
rood sylyania to aoanoo" her S's'cF states Vi
7hv North in her vote for him, and pledges HI
bs self to surrender the rights OF the No