The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-09-04
RRESPONDENCE.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 25, 1856.
ED1ToRs PIONEER Since the dire of
the "Fayorite Son" into the great po-
Iitical cesspool of the Cincinnati Platform,
but little has been heard of sc simply James
Buchanan But what little as known
of him, would indicate that he is NOW
James Buchanan the simple. 1t is thought
continuous soakings" in platform ser
Witty since he merged therein, have caused
a ' softening" process to set in, which
when it eliminates, may render him more
than ever political imbecile.' He is
now so far gone that his "keepers % will
only suffer him, by way of diversion. to
mix in small politics" within the pre-
cincts of the city. The original "favor-
ties " Of the Favorite Son. are SO espe
cially cared for in the official arrange
ment, (by the way, "not fit to be made, - }
that it creates feeling among those whose
first love was the ''great Michigander." :"
The domder of the "happy family" is
"riz," in some Of the wards of the city,
and there is great fear that "quietus -
cannot be timely made, and if at all, but
by bare bodkin." The Pennsyzvani-
an, a sheet edited by clinical renegade,
teeming with political feculence, reeking
in Border Ruffian gore-the slave-driver' S
organ and mouthpiece-has lately pub
lisled "b: lief sketch" " of the late James
Buchanan. In careful perusal thereof,
I cannot find, and l challenge any one to
find, very much to admire. or one act to
awaken patriots enthusiasm. Ifue, fol
thirty consecutive years of his life, he car
look back upon political record without
spot or blemish to the eyes of sellers and
buyers of human flesh /; true, he can gaze
On broad acres, and count his thousands
in gold drawn from the pockets of the
people for nominal services, in great part
in the shape of I" salaries !" and outfits, ,
but when has he shown his wisdom il
political economy When has he origi
mated any great principle of governmental
policy When or where has he won
Diplomatid laurel? Echo answers mhen
Surely not in the Ostend Manifesto, wh;cl
is but new dress for the code of the rob
ber-nor in backing down from " Fifty
! Four Forty-or-F Fight" which was but til,
: considered declaration of the braggart
as the end evinced; nor in his thre
i, years. residence as ambassador in Eng
3 land for he did nothing towards settlin,
our +" Central American difficulties" ant
, failed even to get a courteous examina
, ton of the "questions of enlistment. p
His legislative laurels-did he win then
when he gloried in his Federalism p
t when he denounced the war of 1912 p
the Administration of Madison ?-whel
he charged Jefferson with demagogue
3 ism "?-when he advocated a reduction
, of the wages of labor, and that polic
: which so nearly rained the young but Wig
orous manufacturing interests Of the coun
Try? Was it when he opposed, or whel
he favored United States Bank ?-whel
he urged in the lobbies of the Capitol tn
extension Of the Missouri Compromise t.
the Pacific Ocean, to "Save the Union"
or when he would break it down to sub
serve the same end Of these thing
the I" Brief Sketch" " does not undertake
to enlighten its readers, and very proba
bly, never will. But one thing it doe
show-that of certain time this &c Son ,
was born of a woman-that he lived, ant
for near half century like leech, ha
fattened at the public crib-that he hal
ever been an obsequieous follower ant