Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-06-26
NEAR NASHVILLE, }
Friday Morning. June 13, 1856. {
iifors of the Tnipn and Ameriean:


dresses already made, had rendered further
speaking unnecessary.
had gone to that meeting not only TO signi-
fy my coidial appreciation of the nominations
made but to allude TO the stale and obsolete
charge now revived against Mr.. BUCHANAN, that
in early life he was a Federalist, and so much
of a Federalist, rs TO have declared chat II he
knew he had drop Of democratic blood in his
| veins he would let it OUT
| | intended TO remind my cOuntrymen that n
he ever was Federalist, that il was more d
forty years ago, and that even thenheXo1 1kt
such ID Federalist as was ready - 1ttue1<
ly raise volunteer COMPANY t1d march p ~
defence aE. his uoouuf |}z|J
didn't have a few more IsI1 6l usat sort
in the trying time of the war o. fSf2 ~
! As it relates TO that wretched slander a69et
the drop of democratic blood in his veins, / in
tended to read the proved and triumphant doc
umeDt which now send you for publication
document which have long had in my pos.
session, and on which have. often defended
Mr. BUCHANAN with entire success in many of
my public speeches in Tennessee and elsewhere.
! | desire it to be Immediately republshed, in
order that The public mind may not become
poisoned and corrupted by slander that has
! long since been refuted in Pennsylvania.
! Yours, respectfully, AAnoS V. BRowS.
from tie Harrisburg Pa Reporter-l
We observe BY the report of Congressional
proceedings, in the National Intelltgenoer Of
| March 3Oth, that on the previous Friday
evening our Senator Buchanan, was assailed
/ by Mr.. Morgan Of New York, and Mr.. Coop
| er of Pennsylvania, upon the floor of the
House Of Representatives, with the charge of
once having said in 4th Of July Grafton,
{" that ii he thought he had one drop of DEM
hioo1 IN x,aipo ho tvo,td lag 10
OUT This charge was promptly contradict
ed by Mr.. Ramsey and General Keim of the
Pennsylvania delegation.
It is not our intention at present to make
any comments upon this ridiculous story,
which first originated in 1928, Immediately
preceding Mr.. Buchanan's fifth election to
Congress, but merely to republish the letter
| of that gentleman to the editor of the Penn
sylvania k'9nirer Gna Courier, dated Febru-
airy 9th, 1893, contra1icting the charge so
texplicitly and unequivocally as Ia silence The
SANDER, Il was supposed forever This let
! ter was elected by a similar charge, made in
debate by Mr.. Cox, member Of the Con.
vention for amending the Constitution of
! Pennsylvania in May, 1897 II was then
promptly repelled, before the Convention,
by the present Judge Porter and Emanuel
G. Reigar6 beth members of that body--the
! first prominent Democrat and the latter
one Of the An:imasonic party in Pennsylvs-
MIA. Had this sentiment, or anything like II,
J ever been uttered by Mr.. Buchanan, at a
I political meeting in the court housein Lam
caster" these two gentlemen, from their po-
si.ion and character, inust either heard it
themselves or Immediately heard it from
\ Others; both OF them being residents Of that
city when il was alleged to have been utter
ed, and Mr.. Reigwt having resided there
ever since. The charge would have spe-
cially attracted public attention at that time
as Mr.. Buchanan was successful. candidaV<
for the State Legislature, both in October
1914, and October, 1915. @ e
4 Mr. Cox, lot satisfied with the contradic-
tion.of Mr.. Porter and Mr.. Reigart, endeavor-
ed TO obtain proofof the charge, and renewed
in letter to the Editor Of the Pennsylvania
/ Inqdire,i and Coatitr, dated February "a and
published in that paper Of February 26th,
1888, the testimony which he then adduced
! in support Of it, aud all which could be COL
lected after a laborious search, consists of the
certificate of certain Anthony McGlinn,
and an extract of letter from George Ford,
/ jr, both Of which, it will be perceived are
referred to in the following letter of Mr..
Buchanan. d
To the Editor Of the Pennsyloania Inquirer and
/ Courier
- WAsnISGToS Clrr, Feb. 81, 1898
SIR---I have this moment perused the letter
( OF j. F, Cox, published in Yesterday Inquirer.
His late official station, as member Of the con-
vention. induces me to notice the stale slander
which he again repeats, and which noio pro
"a lo Il, LIT
ter from lohat IL may hare proceeded. or
shall proceed. never did. upon any occasion,
public or private, whether at the court house in
Lancaster, or elsewhere, declare that, "if /
! knew had drop of Democratic blood in my
veins. would let it out or any words to that
effect. This ridiculous story is lcithOm a shadoo
I of foundation.
7 The FIRST version Of The story was, that had
used the expression in oration which i had
I delivered at the court house, in Lancaster. ON
/ the 4th of July, 1915 The oration itself dis
! proved this assertion. and then. after Mr.. Cox
had made il subject of debate before the Re-
1 form Convention, in May last, one Of the pa
pers at Harrisburg solemnly announced that
| the expression hal been used by noe on the
\ floor Of the House Of Representatives, in this
! city,in reply to Governor FLOYD, Of Virginia.
and that it conld be proved by gentleman who
had formerly been Democratic Representative
I In Congress from fennSyiNanla. ne scene Is
now again shifted to the court house in Lancas-
| ter, and certain Anthony McGlinn is the wit.
ness He states that "a number of years ago,
one evening" whilst was addressing politi-
cal meeting there assembled, he had heard me
use the expression already stated Gin an ern-
phatic manner, with my right hand elevated
above my head. He does not state the year
when this expression was used, nor the name Of
any other person who was present at this pub
lie meeting.
Ittioes not seem 10 have Occurred to sIr. Cox.
that If had uttered such sentiment rs that
attributed 70 me in the court house st Lancaster.
il would have been Lessa b. hundreds Of peo-
ple-ihat it woGid Immediately have brTome
the subject Of universal remark aud universal
? condemnation. and that Il would have been Sc,
verely and Justly commented upon IL the news
papers Of tie day. Had il been true. there
would have been no occasion for him 10 resort
TO Anthony McGlinn to prove the charge. nor
to a conversation alleged by Mr.. Ford To ha ye
been held with Mr.. Peter Shindel, who, althou sh
a respectable, is AN aged man ;. and from de-
feet of memory, incident TO that period of life,
must have confounded what may have been
stated to him by others. with what he had
heard himself. But ] again repeat, no matter
who has been or shall b. the witness. the tsIs
Z is utterly and absolutely ialse-sl. so
Shortly after the slander was made subject
OF debate by Mr.. Cox in the Reform Convex
ton. number Of the oldest and most respect.
able citizens Of Lancaster. without disliuctiou
of party, signed a certificate C.isproying tn,
charge, SO far as it was possible for neg atiye
to be proved, which was placed AID still re-
mains in the hands Of one Of my friends
After what had been said in reply 10 Mr.. Cox
by Mr.. Porter and Mr. Reigart. who must either
have heard the expression, had IL been used, OF
heard OF it Immediately after, l deemed it who'll,
! unnecessary then to publish this certificate.
Yours, very respectfully,
1 JAMES BUCHANAN.
We have said, in the commencement of thi,
article. that we would, at this time, publish
nothing in refutation of this charge, but Mr.
Buchanan's own letter. We have, however
procured copy Of the certificate, TO which Mr.
, b. refers, and give it publicly below for th,
first time; In doing so we will boldly assert