The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-06
SIMON CAMERON, o. Pennsylvania

SIMON CAMERON, or PENNSYLVANIA
The Washington correspondent or the
New York Post, gives the following pen
sketch of this new Senntor:
Simon Cameron, SeIator elect from Penn.
sylvania, WIS In the Senate to-day, listening
= the reading Of the csrtihcate ri his elec.
bn. Mr.. Cameron isa tall, wiry, sharp fen.
tured man, with wslLbronzpd face, md an
ample supply of ironqtey hnir, which Is cut
evenly round his forehead, In what the old
women style the "pumpkin shell" style. He
is If Scotch descent, sAd has the general AZ,
pect OF shrrwd Pennsslvania farmer. Hav.
ing thus described the appearance Of this
notable personnge d<csn Il my duty to state
that the report Of Buihnnan's having his
daguerreotype to be hu b up in his bed room.
Is considered without flindation. Mr.. Cam.
eron was prominent l,irct Of interest at q
party given last cveniel by Col. Seaton, the
venerable editor Of TIL lnteliigencer. He
insists that Pennsy ylvan.i does not, and never
would, on n fair expires fsn OF the popular
will, give her voice for pvchnnan.
Fears are enierfaineafi.ai Cameron soin
become reconciied 10 OiSE, 3uck. Cameron's
election 70 the Ss6stsris q imasf mdrtifying
afflistion TO the Buchanan party in Congress,
especially to the Pennsylvania delegation,
WIN are Jealous Of ito Influence, nnd are afrnid
he will make friends with the President
Their former experience, when he was elected
to the Senate in 1916, furnishes some ground
for the apprehension. There was then split
among the Democratic Legislators of Penn
sylvnnin as to who should fill the unexpired
term Of Mr. Buchanan, then just called to the
Secreta yship Of State. Buchanan was then
unfriendly to Cameron, asd Cameron's enc
mies wrote him letter urging him to use his
influence TO prevent Camsron's nomination
by Legislative raucus. To this Mr. Buchanan
replied by declining, giving as his reason that
il wns unb-coming in federal officer, like
himself, to interfere and express n preference
either for or against any particular candidate
for nomination. The local differences of
Democrats, he urged, should take care Of
themselves. Mninly by the influence of this
letter wis Cameron elected, and coming on to
Washington in the cars with Buchanan, be-
came reconcied, and during his Senatorship
continued Mr.. Buchannns right hand man.
No onr, thenceforwnrd, but Cameron's friends
could yet federal offices; and the Cabinet, 40
far as Pennsylvania wns concerned, could only
be approached through him. After l649, this
friendship was dissolved, md the two politi-
cians have been at enmity. Nevertheless,
Buchnnan's old letter was ngain on Tuesday
used to elect his enemy, having been crcu-
lated nnong the Democratic members of the
Legislature as an Offset to the President
elects recent letter, END doning' Forney rs the
true Democratic candidate for Senator. Such
are the dangers of writing. In this case,
ut least, Buchanan, like the man Of Ross,
must have 'done some good by chance and
blnshed 10 find il fame"
The Pennsylvania Spoils Democrats are
therefore, not urnnturnlly jealous Of 90
shrrwd a manager. drrading the possibility ol
Ills conversion to Buchanan more thnn they
dislike his Repubicanism. They sny 'Olt
Buck is just the man to have the woo
coDbed over his eYess second time b,