The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-25
z-FrPo=z-The end Of the Forney affair

- ~ PENNSYLVANIA legislature Is Lot get
~ saralonn1anis have been made Of znos'
..aa-rassfny nature for Mr. Buchanan. 4
-. gars a0.s he seven democrats who refused
.oSnsrsfn Forney, but would not vote for Tam
d., a-,t1 cast their saHrages in favor OF Foster
offered a protest.in which they stated S107''fl
tally thai thew would have supported FoFBeT
Eas lie choice Of Il democratic caucus. onS 'o'
THE open interference in 1is behalf by MT bacA
Eanan- The Foster men denounced this at1emP
go influence their votes IN very plan terms On
I frorn SONG motive no. apparent. they foreoort
from exhibiting the proof OF their assertion, l
seems. however. that a Ar, Hagensellef. ont
of f19e three democratic members Of the Penn
sr1Yania legislature WHO voted for Cameron. /:
troubled with no conscientious scrupIes II tle
premises, and has brought forward the docH
ment referred 10 By the Foster naen- On tie
! 25th nil, this Mr. Wagenseiler made speech
rindicating himself and bis associates from the
es,arse they had pursued, and concinded an
airoit and long defence BY producing the an
nrxed letter, addressed By Ar. buchanan &c
Mr. Mott: @ass=@> ...@...
NHEATLAsD. jay, 7, 1857.-AE dear sir
Although / have always RETAINED from inter
ferring in the choice OF senators b. the legis5a-
turs. yet The highly confidential relations which
a Pennsylvania president ought 70 sustain &c
ward Pennsylvania senator Al the present
As valued friend. on the pending senatorial
election. / learn that doubts hare been ex-
pressed as to my preference among the candi-
dates, and, although m7 opinion may be en-
Billed to little weight, / do not desire to be p}a-
ced in an equisocaI position on this Or any other
subject When asked, | have always said |
pre,erred colonel Forney. and / should esteem
it 4 friendly act towards myself for any person
in or out of the Legislature 10 support him Al
the same time, I desire to express my warm
personal and political regard for Messrs. Rob
bins, Foster, Buckalew, and Wright From
the course pursued by Mr.. Brodhead for some
years past, confidential relations between him
and myself have ceased.
[ have thus presented you my views. SO that
if you should deem it necessary, you may
speak nv sentiments to such persons as may
consider them Of value From your friend
very respectfully. JAMES BUCHANAN
HExET 5. MoTT. Esq
We are of opinion that aitssrs. NagenseIIer,
Lebro and Meaner, The loving trio who made
Simon Cameron United States senator, hare
succeeded in annoying Dir. Buchanan. and per
l.sps in justifying the Foster men, withous in
the slightest manner paliatiBg their own infamv
The seven members who refused TO sustain
Forney, upon the plea Of an indec0rous and
interference with legislative in
dependence By the president elect, advance a
plausible reason for their conduct, and prove
by the record that, while they tacitly rebuked
Mr.. Buchanan for his attempt to influence them,
By declining TO support his nominee, they re
NAMED faithful to their democratic professions
and voted consistently throughout for mem
Der Of their own party. But the three scamps
who elected Cameron can urge no such excuse
Mr. Buchanan's letter might have rendered
them indignant and induced them to turn
cold shoulder towards his favorte. but could
not possibly e1tenuate the gross, palpable and
vile treachery of which they were guilty. in eff
feeling the triumph of Mr.. Buchanan's politi-
,al and personal enemy. The fact is, that the
hree individuals in questioIsre looked upon
all over the cSsnlry. By friends as well as foes,
as the incarnation Of proiigacy and dishonor.
They may pirate till doomsday of Mr.. Buch-
anan's ofieious tampering with the legislature,
put they cannot render their conduct a shade
ess Infamous. As far then as they are con-
,erned, public opinion brands them as traitors
md rccIvant..
Touching the other phase of the question,
liz: Ar. Buchanan's improper effort to control
he preferences OF his party, the exposition is
certainly calling. The papers state that Wag-
nseller, after reading aloud the letter above
tied, made Mr. Buchanan cosaen1n himself,
" diSinterring letter written by that gentle
nan in 1915, while secretary OF state under
resident Polk. in which be absolutely declin-
d 10 express al opinion in regard 10 the then
ending election OF United States senator In
he Pennsylvania legislature, on the ground
hat he. as federal officer. had no right TO in :
srfere in the affairs of individual States Thus
he Buchanan Of l845 is in fragrant contradic-
on with the Buchanan OF 1857. As the third
thcer Of the government! be beheld mani :
S; Improperly in doing that, which he does /
OF hesitate to do, as the chief magistrate
ect We are disposed to think kindly of Mr.. h
and to deal with him cbaFitably- s
ut even his best friends must concede that in a
lis Fornev business he has committed an er-
Dr. displayed weakness and inconsistency, and d
exposed himself to the whitening sneers of
lose who are on the watch to detect and assail s
is vulnerable points, G
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