The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-09
The HeraIo Of Freeeom.
LAWRENCE, X. T.
Saturday Morning, Oct. Q, 1858.
Popular sOvereigntr vindie.,sd.
SPEECH OF JOHN W. FoRNEY.

SPEECH OF JOHN W. FORNEY.
A large Anti-Lecompton meeting was
held in the ninth Congressional District
of New York, at Tarrytown, recently,
which was addressed by Col Forney, an
ti-Lecompton Democrat, of Philadelphia,
aud John B. Haskin, anti i-Lecompton
Democratic member of Congress from that
District, and the peoples rti-Lecompton
candidate for re- election. The meeting
was large and enthusiastic. From the
speech of Mr.. FoENEY, we make the fol.
loving extracts.
FELLaw CITIZENS II feel gratifed in
being able to appear before you to par
ticipate in the ceremony which has been
GnnOunced--the nominat alton, as the peo-
PIES candidate, of one of the tribunes who
stood up during the whole exciting ses-
sion of Congress for an undying princi-
pie. And l am gratified, further, il be-
ing able to bear, here in your presence,
my personal tribute to the courage, the
independence and the consistency Of the
gentleman whom you have thus formally
placed before the people for reelection.
Having taken some part in the controver-
sy which is not yet closed, and having
been present when various demands were
made at the seat Of the Federal Govern
ment, l saw Mr.. Haskin tried, not only by
frowns and the threats of power, but by
its Establishments too. And there was
never moment, from the beginning to
the end of that struggle, in which that
man quailed or faltered. (Cheers.1 1t
required on his part, gentlemen, uncom-
mon courage, sustaining a peculiar per-
soual relation, as he did, to the Execu.
tive, to resist these combined influences.
1t required great independence and great
Self-denial to tear himself loose from those
with whom he had been thus closely as
sOciated and, moro than all, it required
that he should keep constant watch over
himself, in that great political center,
where public virtue is constantly sapped,
where the public man is in constant dam
ger OF being betrayed if he should fall
into the hands Of his enemies. It re-
CURED on his part that he should so bear
himself as not only to be able to resist
the influence of power, but oe able to
stand without suspicion. He came from
aDlstrict which had no: only given him
Slarge plurality, but which had given to
mr.. Buchanan decisive vote and to no
man more, / venture to say, is Mr.. Bu-
ehanan indebted than to Mr.. Haskin for
the manner in which the Democratic
party in this vicinity rolled up the vote
.asy gave to the Democratic candidate in
1906. His active exertions, his personal
devotion to the character of the Presi-
oent, rendered him of all men the man
upon whom the President might rely in
conducting the aaffirs of Government at
tne seat of the Federal Capital. He did
not 60 to Washington to betray . prin-
cple' or to desert the candidate Of his
eIoiee. He saw this Administration
snicn he had thus toiled to elect with
.o@ years of power, with unboundsd
patronage Beside, as l have said. he
H" friend. The Cabinet was filed
'n men toward whom he sustained the
Oo' Intimate relations. What reason.
Wn ;S1n' mad he to do anything but the right !?
s,M @ inducement was there on the part
S. Al. daskin to take any other than an
.;s vueN course? =? say, then, my fellow
Ssta SasnS, that you do we'll in placing him
fcS cOls his constituents for another trial.
oIsen and applauss.l Yes. you not only
~. but you would not do well if
~ ~ aia not do so. But / say now, that
n. me time comes that public men in
north are not sustained who have
,Sa..h ' what Nj. Haskin has done-when
.' ame cOmes-that the people of this
rsIIesslonas ronI District, or any Congress
,~ uai District, refuse to do honor to such
,,o then we become in this region, 9
80 80 ot towards and slaves. lCheers and
plA1se; Ny fellow-citizens, 1 must
~. little personal, because, appearing
sow. ".e you as l do, am impelled, if not
ooI;P oI;Pelied, TO refer to q portion Of the
S,o. nueA history in which I have borne .
SsS alnent part. Ny relations to the
Snt So.snt Fzscutivs of the United States,
csS sI with early boyhood, from the time
~ before ! became avotsr, when 1 was
@Hnass ssnfiaat and frisAd. ysoh