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

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Post, gives the following pei
sketch of this new Senator:
Simon Cameron, Senator elect from Penn
sylvania, was in the Senate to-day, listening
to the reading of the certificate of his elec
ton. Mr.. Cameron is a tall, wirv, sharn fea,
tured man, with well bronzed face, and an
ample supply nf iron.grey hair, which is cut
evenly round his forehead, in what the old
women style the "pumpkin shell" style. He
is of Scotch descent, and has the general as
pect of shrewd Pennsylvania farmer. Hav.
| ing thus described the Appearance of this
notable parsonage deem il my duty to state
that the report of Buchanan's having his
daguerreotype to be hungup in his bed room,
is considered without foundation. Mr.. Cam.
eron was prominent ohj"ct of interest at
party given last evening bv Col. Seaton, the
venerable editor of the Intelligpncer. He
insists that Pennsylvania does not, and never
would, on fair expression OF the popular
will, give her voice for Buchanan.
Fears are entertained that Cameron toiH
become reconc,led TO Old Buck--Cameron's
election to the Senate is n most mortifying
ufiiiclinn TO the Buchanan party in Congress-,
especially to the Pennsylvania delegation,
who are Jealous of It's Influence, and are afraid
he will make friends with the President
Their former experience, when he was elected
to the Senate in lS45, furnishes some ground
for the apprehension. There was then asplit
among the Democratic Legislators of Penn
svlvania as to who should fill the unexpred
term of Mr. Buchanan, then just called to the
Srcreia vship of State. Buchanan was then
unfriendlv TO Cameron, and Cameron's enc
mies wrote him n letter urging him to use his
influence to prevent Cumeron's nomination
by Legislative cnucns. TO this Mr.. Buchanan
replied by declining, giving rs his reason that
1t was unbrcoming in federal officer, like
himself, to interfere and express preference
either for or against any particular candidate
for nomination. The local differences of
Democrats, he urged, should take care of
themselves. Mainly by the influence of this
letter WIS Cameron elected, and coming on to
Washington in the cars with Buchanan, be-
came recnnciled, and during his Senatorship
continued Mr.. Buchanan's right hand man.
No one, thenceforward, but Cameron's friends
could yet federal offices; and the Cabinet, so
far MS Pennsylvania was concerned, could only
be approached through him. After l849 this
friendship was dissolved, and the two politi-
clans have been at enmity. Nevertheless,
Buchanan's old letter was again on Tuesday
used to elect his enemy, having been circu-
lated among the Democratic members of the
Legislature as an offset TO the President
elects recent letter, ndarsng' Forney as the
true Democratic candidate for Senator. Such
are the dangers Of etter-writing. In this cnse,
at least, Buchanan, like the man of Ross,
must have "done some good by chance and
blushed TO find j, fame" -.'
The Pennsylvania Spois Democrats are,
therefore, not urnaturally jealous of so
shrewd manager, drrading the possibility of
his conversion to Buchanan more than they
dislike his Republcanism. They say old
Buck is just the man to have the wool
eombed over his eyes second time by
Cameron.