Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-08-14


on "a deg. 40 min. or fght-Writes great
letter, clearly establishing our right up to
that line-Gets nervous and retreats down
to 40 deg.-Despatches the Trist Embassy
Its consequences. Opposed the passage
OF the Tariff of l846-Wrote letter againt
it which was set up in the Pennsylvanian
Oflice-Got nervous and the letter was
knocked into pi-His Tariff friends expected
him to resign his Secretaryship-Mr. B. in
tended resigning, but seeing Jefferson's re-
mark that none resigned" respect for
that great man made him hold fast to his
Office.
CHAPTER VI
Mr.. Buchanan wishing to appropriate Penn
sylvania to himself, gets jealous of Governor
Shunk's popularity war upon his
Administration-Gov Shunk'S Administra-
tion return the favor by warning back
Three Members of Gov Shunk's Cabinet
go to Baltimore in I84S to defeat Mr.. B's
Nomnation-Mr. b. had the Delegates as
in 1852, by management-The Surviving
Members of Gov. ShunkS Cabinet all hos
tile to Mr.. B.-The Causes 1850. Mr.. B.
wants the support of the Iron and Coal In
tecestS-Starts the project of increasing the
fuence upon the person who broke ground
on the subject through the Pittsburgh Post
Unsettled Public Sentiment i'm PennSyl-
vania about the Tariff by this movement
His follower Iago," then of the Pennsyl-
yanian, after the movement was resolved up
on,EselS out to the Reading Rairoad-IIow
much he received. EX-Gov Porter and
several other Iron Masters become Modified
and join the ranks of Mr. Buchanans fol-
lowers-Other Protective Democrats do the
same. On the denoumcnt in Congress, Mr..
B. gets nervous again, flies home to Wheat
land-Denies his agency-The proof indis-
putablc- Witnesses author of the
Pittsburgh article and several others
CHAPTER VII.
The Compromise Measures in Congress-Mr.
B. jealous of its authors Stands firmly up
on the Missouri line--Loses that-Gets ner-
vous-Abandons it-Claims the credit of
settling public sentiment right in Pennsyl-
vania on the subject Of the Compromise
Measures-His title to this honor 1851.
Finds Gov. Biger popular Wishes to ap-
propriate him-MOunts upon Gov. Bigler
-Surges him under-The Governor too
strong and rises-Judge Campbell supposed
Mr.. b. jumps upon his back-Raises the
Religious question in a speech-The Judge
sinks under his weight. 1852. Packs a
State Convention-Sepds his own Delegates
to Baltimore Defeated-Splenetic effuson
whilst chagrined by defeat-Too old for ac-
tive duties-Lcaves the campaign to youn-
ger and abler democrats-Finds the Demo
crats will carry everything-Gets Conycn-
tions callcd-Oyerslaugh the Governor and
preSides himself-Makes two tremendous
speeches Claims the Grst hOnors and high
est influence under the New Administration
-Greensburg speech-Disinterest Eulo-
gium on the College of CardinalS-Bread
cast upon the watars-Orders in Grand
Council-All opponents and dissentients to
Buchanan to be cast into outer darkness
and called Cameronians to execute
this order-Petty plferers of the Funds of
the State Agricultural Society--Iagos to
get men fudded that they may crminate
unprotected females-WhO these PifererS
and lagos are, &c. General reflections on
the unhappy influence of selfish tactics
The wretched qualities of envy, jealousy,
suspicion, hypocrisy, heartlessness, dissimula-
ton, all superinduced by the lack of moral
courage and consciencousness.
AS we said before, these are only some of
the more salient passages in the crooked his
tory of the PennsyiraniamS great democrat.
There are others of the same desert ption.-
When they are all wrought out into one great
whole, we don't believe that biography, ancient
Or modern, can furnish q more extraordinary
character.