Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-20
Equivocation.

The Washington Union Of Wednesday last
copied the following item, which appeared in
the Organ few days since, to wit:
"Senator Brodhead, Of Pennsylvania, openly
declared, sso days ago, in this city, that Buchan
an could not carry Pennsylvania. Mr. Brodhead
is one Of the shrewdest politicians in the country,
and knows Pennsylvania as well az any man living"
Thereupon the Union spake as follows:
"We give the above in order to show the true
character of the so-called political intelligence pro-
mulgated by the enemies of the Democratic party.
At the time stated in this peripatetic misrepre-
sentatou Senator Brodhead was not in the city Of
| Washington, and had not been here for three
| weeks prior to the 18th instant. So far from in
dulging in any speculations, at the period named
! Of the character quoted, he addressed the Demo
cratic mass meeting held at Easton, Pennsylvania,
on the 18th, aud the Democratic mass meeting held
at Philadelphia, on the 10TH warmly supporting
the nominees and platform Of the Cincinnati Con-
vention.n
SO the Union undertakes 10 JIG the time to
which the item in the Organ referred, and to
say, that it is Misrepresentation. "A few
days ago" we suppose may reach back possibly
to the time when the subject of Mr.. Buchan-
ans chances for the nomination were discussed,
and anterior to the date of his nomination
But the Union also says that Mr.. Brodhead
instead of indulging in any speculations
actually supports the nomination warmly
The Union thus assumes that an nti-AmeY-
lean Democrat cannot warmly espouse the
election of nominee of his party, and still
think his chances of success in particular
State are gloomy In other words, that press
assumes, that because Senator Brodhead has
addressed mass meetings warmly" in his ia
vor since the nomination of Buchanan, he
could not have said that Old Buck" would
not carry Pennsylvania. This is the charac-
ter of the Unions sentlogic, but it is inter-
ly inconsistent with its recent practice.
The "iaithless phantom" too, is jubilapt at
the imagined discovery, that the Union sets
at rest the roorback" of the Organ The stu
pidity of Forney's beast of burden, entities it
to our pity, and we pass by this miserable
lump of animated obesity, to illustrate the in
consistency and the eauivocating propensties
of his more lean and lank companion in the
service Of Forney and Buchanan.
1t will be observed by our readers that the
Union equivocates on the point of denying that
Senator Brodhead made the remark imputed
to him by the Organ. That press leaves the
inference to be drawn from its comments that
those comments are intended to deny that Sen
ator Brodhead had declared that "Mr. Buchan-
an could not carry Pennsylvania" bat the
Union does not, in terms, deny, nor is it au-
thorized 10 deny, the statement made in the
Organ.
When Senator Brodhead himself chooses to
deny the correctness Of that statement we
shall have something more to say on that sub
ject, and we will add here, in this connection,
that, in the conversation referred to by the
Organ, n distinguished Democrat from Penn
sylvania said, that one Of the delegates from
Pennsylvania in the Cincinnati Convention,
and who represented Ave thousand Democratic
constituents was an open and avowed Free
soiler!
And in order further TO satisfy the Union
and all concerned, that we do not publish
"peripatetic misrepresentation without hav-
ing at least good authority for what we say, we
will add, that the conversation referred to was
held Just before the meeting oil the CINCINNATI
Convention and before Senator Brodhcad had
left the city, and in the hearing of several gen.
tlemen.
But We now propose to show that the Union
itself, has, by It's own practices, justified the
course of Senator Brodhead in supporting a
candidate who had no prospect Of success We
suppose the Union viii hardly deny, that itused
its best efforts, Gin conjunction with Phan-
tom y to make the country believe that Frank
lin Pierce had a fair prospect for the nomina-
ton at Cincinnati, and that it warmly" sdyo-
Gated his claims ats
We may perhaps give the Union-man more
credit for sagacity than he merits, in saying,
that he bnep Frank Pierce stood no chance for
the nomination, when he pretended otherwise,