Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-07-18
e FOR PRESIDENT,
The calumntes ON Old Buck.

l ing DeUOcTatlC men anu measures, is Que
SO uniform that no one, we presume, ex
pected that the nominees of The, Cjpeia-
matt Convention whoever they might be.
would. be exempted from the general or
doal. But when language is garbled and
misrepresentee, and the Imagination tax
ed to its utmost 10 invent humbug stories.
to the extent that has been practised in
regard to Mr.. fBuchanan,iit speaks well
for the fair record to the man, and reveals
tine unscrupulousness OF bis opponents.
As we predicted in announcing the no
miuationl of Mr.. Buchanan, our Knows
Nothing exchanges come loaded with
charges that be is in favor Of reducing the
price Of labor in this country to 'ten cents
a day"-that he .once7said thatif he had
a drop Of Democratic blood in his veins
he would let it out" and the equally ri
diculous assertion that he IL or has been
tainted with abolilionism. II is true that
these charges against Mr.. Buchanan, are
tooiab to be treated with any degree
Fof gravity, but lest their continued uncon-
trsdicted repetition should leave doubt
their ftlsity in the minds of some, we
are compelled to notice them.
rs The first charge is pretended to have
4 been based upon a speech made by him
in 1910, but really is u 9, home manufac.
ture' fabricated BY some "Tippecanoe
and Tyler TOO" coon skin, during the can.
vass Of that year, SO prolific Ct clecIioneer-
ing humbugs.s Some Of our readers will,
perhaps be surprised when We tell them
that there is not word in that speech
about the price Of ldGlr. any more than
than there is about the price Of butter or
boot-jacks. The particular language sell
zed upon is this t,=aat Il .-.
Reduce the nominal to the real stan>
dard of prices throughout the world, and
you cover the country with blessings and
bene6ts.''
Some Of our Know. Nothing wise>acrcs
have slightly improved upon Mr.. Buchan-
ans language. to make it the better nm.
swer their purpose, by inserting "the
price of labor" thus ...
g Reduce the. nominal, price Of labor1
to its real standard through out the world
and you cover the country with benefits
and blessings" and make Their pey.verSion
!; the text of the most, violent denunciations.
Others prove that he is in favor of ten
cents day 10 this wise
We give an extract or two from speech
! delivered by hsm on the 22l of January,
1870: -
The foreign manufacture goes home,
purchases his tabor, his wool, and oth.r ar
! ticEeS which enter into his IuGnu(acture' at
half their cost in this country.
- hteaucekhe mon1iNGl to the real SiumslzyR
of prices throughout tie t0J5ld, and you Gov
er the country with blessings and benefits
ArtIci, slare manufactured IN France
aud Germany for one huff their actual
cost in this country" MIR. Buehanau's
speech o. january 22d! o.! =fn.s..a d ''
: The average Of what Mr. Buchanan
considered the ''rsal standard OF wages
at the time in Europe was alb. ut ten cents
a day, viz : In France. from to is; in
Germany, nom 6toa IA and in Holland
ductioD Of wages to his standard, Dy 40
inclusive. specie circulation, that Mr.. Blu
chansn Thought would '''coyer the coun>
Try with blessings" Working men have
very different views Of the matter. -.rl
Nov; in the name Of all that is great
and good is not this the last resort Of des>
pera'e demagogues Without u!tering
word about the price of labor, any more
Than the price of anything else. Mr.. Blu
chanan is made, to say that the 1aborer
should receive but ten cents a day. for
his toll. This speech was made at the
time of the COMMERCIAL revulsions which
followed the reckless specuta,ions OF ] 1888
9, and it is fair to presume il was 10 that
be alluded. That he, meant that the price
of labor should only be ten cents a. day
'preposlerous, as in the same speech he
speaks of laborers as an oppressed class,
aud only receiving g his dollar per day.
whilst the price of every article which he
consumes is rapidly raising" he des.
ignated any amOuutas the price of days
labor, it was a dolA.. 80,
The second hackneyed charge against
Mr. Buchanan, designated above, origi-
ginated in 1928. when he was candidate
Tor Congress as Jackson Democrat, and
has, y possible. less foundation than the
ten cents a day. story. 1t was first
said thatlthe remark that if he had a
drop OF Democratic blood in his veins he
would let it out" was made in a speech
delivered by him in the court hnuse az