Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-07-08
What Kind Of Te6eralist was Mr.. Bueba,..

The Cincinnati Enquirer has not ,bo
impudence TO say that the present Darno.
cratic nominee was not Federalist h,
gets over it as follows:
It is true that Mr.. Buchanan, when
young man, commenced his political Ia
as a Federalist. But his Federaliy,
was not of that unpatriotic kind which
characterized that faction in New Emo
land, and induced it IN the war Of 1910
TO oppose its own country and take sjdes
with England.
Now, how stands the record in thisras.a
We give Mr.. Buchanan's notions of tbe
war of 1912, as they fell from his own
lips at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when the
events of those times were fresh. NJ
Buchanan says:
Time will not allow me to enuIne7s,.
all the other wild and wicked projects Of
the Democratic (Madison's) adninistrs.
ton. Suffice it TO say, after they had de.
prived US of the means of defence by a..
stroying our navy ana disbanding our a..
my; after they had taken away from Us
the power of re-creating them, by ruin.
ing commerce, the great source OF oGrn,.
tional and individual wealth-aftar ,hsv
had, by refusing the Bank OF the Uuitai
States a continuance OF It's charter, en-.
harrasSed the financial concerns o. TIA
Government, and withdra IN the only I'M.
yersal medium of the country from circc.
lation; after the people had become unac.
customed 10, and, OF course, unwilling 10
bear taxation and without money in he
treasury-they rashly plunged us into
war with a nation more able TO do US inn.
ry than any other II the world. What was
the dreadful necessity for this desperate
measure? Was our country invaded i
No. Were our liberties in danger? No
Was it 10 protect our little remaining corn.
merce from the injuries it sustained ly
the orders in council? No. Commerce
was not such q favorite, and the merchants
wished for no war on that account.
What then was the cauSea The one fer
which we professed to draw the sword and
risk our all was to determine an abs.r1t
question OF the law OF nations, concerning
which an opinion different from tina. o.
our administration was held by all Earope
To decide whether man can expa,ria:e
himself or not. In the decision Of this
question, our administration pretended to
feel deep interest. The greater par
of those foreigners who would be affected
by it, had long been their earnest friends.
They had been one of the great neansd
elevating the present Democratic ruling
party, and it would have been ungra;gf4
/ for that party 10 have abandoned them
/ Superficial Observers may suppose tbs
! to have been the real source OF the wa!
but whoever viii carefully and impartiaAy
read the history of our country, will find
! its true origin to have been far diGeTell
/ 1t took its rise from the overweaniug par.
TALLY which the Democratic parry hay,
uniformly shown for France, and the cor
sequent hatred which they felt against he1
great adversary, England To secure lbs
foreign feeling has been the labor q her
leaders for more than twenty years, s,d
well have they been repaid Tor their ucs.
/ bic; for il has been one Of the p1i.c!g-. +
| causes Of introducing and continuing ;..l /
/ III power. immediately before tn VA
this foreign influence had complies. Il IL
bodied itself with every Political t,tll1,
of majority Of the pooplo-paTticalar
| IN the Nest. is voice was heard id.
at the seat Of Government, that the Pr
ident was obliged either to yield to ilsis'
tates or to retire from off g. The th9g
/ IN this alternative was easily male Iva
man (Madison) WHO PREFERRED
HIS PRIVATE INTEREST ID TIL
PUBLIC GOOD"