Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-03-26
MFR. Buchanan's Eealth

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take care that he is not Killed by the press Of
olice-beggarS who are now thronglng to Wash
ington. He bas already proved himself so do
cilc under the management of those who lead
his rartv. that they viii 10 we'll not to let him
break down at the very outset OF his official
career. His successor may be Of different
temper he may have a troublesome will Of
his own The Tcports'we have OF Mr. 3uch-
aHan'S health are unfayorahle, and the ankle
ties and perplcXitieS attending the distribution
Of official patronage among the thansandS who
are scrambng for share of it, and every III
dividual Of whom insist, on the score of po!.t-
ical services. that his own claims shall be hist
;aed to, and that his own objections against
his fellows shall be heard, may be enough
when Joined to the ordinary duties Of the Pre-
sidents office, to give the finishing blow to
constitution enfeebled by disease. Neither
Harrison nor Taylor survived for long time
their installation in Office, mobbcd rs they were
daily by those who pretended to be their par
sans, and never allowed them an instant Of
repose.
MIR. Buchanan is said to have had a love
affair in his youth, and will, therefore, under
stand the point Of an anecdote which We are
going to relate. \ young lady Of great per-
soual attractions and considerable fortune, was
beset by a crowd of sutorS for her hand. She
was as amiable as she as pretty, and wished
to obfige every body she would willingly have
married any one of her admirers, if the rest
had consented but to her great grief there
was no one in whose favor the others would
resign their pretensions. So the wooing went
on, till the poor girl, with as many SuitorS as
Penelope began to droop and wlther like
garden plant sickenng from Oycr-cuItivation.
At leugth she died, literally courted to death,
and her funeral Was attended by the whole
troop of lovers, all of whom wore black Grape,
though they had helped to kill her. Mr.. Bu-
chauan may perhaps recollect the story 1t is
that Of the Girl in one Of the western counties
OF Pennsylvania who died of hundred lovers
If Mr.. Buchanan shoHld meet with a SINH
lar fate. the victim Of innumcrable conflicting
solicitations. we are not certain that the swarm
of soitors who now surround him, would think
so much of attending his funeral as of pounc-
inr upon his successor with their petitions for
Office and the proof Of their merits. We do
not suppose however, that he will OF his own
accord take any decided and spirited course to
get rid of the nuisance with which he Is tor
mentei, and his life put in daily peril. His
friends who have more force OF character must
do it for him. We would suggest, that under
their direction, proclamation be Immediately
made through the Washington talon, the adj
nlinistration organ, that the process OF rota-
ton III Office of which SO much has been saId,
is stopped for the present or rather adjourned
Ill next Octobcr-that the political mob who
jostle each other in the passages to the White
House, have leave to 90 home and recreate
themselves as they best may, till the arrival OF
the first cool nights Of autumn, when they may
again present themselves at Washington, pre-
pared to renew The attack Thus We shall get
Il sort Of trucc-it being understood that IN
the mean time no changes are to be made III
the Offices not already vacant. Mr.. Buchanan
will have a little leisure to perform some OF
the indispensable functions Of his office, such as
no Chief Magistrate, at the commencement OF
his term can we'll decline after which he
might be suffered to make the tour of the Viz
gna Springs. in order to recover his impaired
digestion. He should not be allowed to face
the army of Office beggars again till he IS able
to make comfortable dinner.
For our part, we confess that we feel par
ticular interest in Mr.. Buchanan's health. He
has begun the game in manner which promi-
and we are anxious to see him play it out in
his own way We would like to see what
would come of his scheme of rotation in office,
tried upon his own party. We are curious to
see the development of his speculation of a
railway through Texas and the Gadsden pur-
chase We are still more curious to see the
manner in which he will fulfil the promise made
for him by Mr.. Dix and Mr.. Van Buren,, that
he will settle the question of freedom In the
territories in manner satisfactory to the free
states We have strong desire to see how
he will compose the tempest which he and the
slaveholding Judges between them have raised
at the very moment lie takes his office. Ills
administration was
"Tegot in whirwinds and in thunder born"
and we shall lie glad to see what methods he
will adopt to bring about calm OF the e!e-
mcnts now so fearfuly agitated.
We cannot, therefore, spare Mr.. Buchanan.
1t will he hard for Us to give him up after he
has made so promising beginning it will be
hard for us to accept in his stead Chief Ma
gistrate whose public character is yet to be
developed and whose modes of proceeding we
have yet to learn-Ereajng Post.
ANOTHER PcTSAM AvnENTURE.--Afe few weeks
ago, Thomas Evans, of Chest Creek, Clear