Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-14
The President and Col. Forney.-

The speech OF Col F6RNEY, at Tarrytown,
N. Y, deeply duplicating the moral honesty
! as well as the political purity of Mr.. BCcHAN-
Az. has fallen like bombsheli in the demo-
cratic camp We printed lengthy extracts
from that speech several days ago, and 1t Is
unnecessary now to recapitulate the exposures
and charges contained in it. 1t has drawn
live Goals upon his head from the furnaces of
detraction and traduction that are kept In full
blast at the Washington Union and the New
York Herald establishments. The former de-
pounces FoRNEY as liar and a calumniator,
with many intensifying adjectives; while the
latter opens flood of epithetical Remuneration
that could not probably be equalled by any
other paper in the Union. 1t calls him
kitchen servant, discharged cook, sculllon,
a scavenger, a cur, traitor, an ungrateful,
iIl-bred dog. and the like ad i'.fiintum. Later,
the Richmond South perpetrates keener and
more decent lampoon, and for that reason the
more severe. 1t says: "Of Forney little is
"5 sha few consnirnnns incidents OF
his lite are notorious for no other significance
than as eminent examples Of personal deprav
ity. In the fell of literature, the FORREST
letter is his most memorable production. In
the province of politics, his most signal
achievement was a corrupt Interpolation in
the journal of the House of Representative
an act of clever villainy, of which he escaped
the punishment in expulsion from office,
through a defect of legal evidence" And
yet the South admits that "JANEs BUCHANAN
and JOHN w. FoRNEY have been friends ever
since the latter emerged from the obscurity of
village printer to the conspicuous emnence
of pimp for play-actor. Mr.. BUCHANAN took
the destitute apprentice under his protection,
assisted him as well by material aid as by
friendly counsel, elevated him to a respecta-
BILE position in society, commended him TO the
confidence Of the Democracy, rcjoiced at his
success, adhered to him in adversely, and at
last crowned the long succession of generous
service by an act of the most devoted atfec-
ton"
Let us add few more conspicuous incl
dents" to the biography. The democratic
House of Representatives chose Mr.. FoRNEY
to the important and responsible office Of
clerk of that body. They sustained him after
his unwarrantable Interpolation of the Jour
nails of the House. He was made an editor
of the Washington Uaion the accredited Or
gan of the administration of Mr.. PIERCE.
After this, and after his conspicuous eminence
of pimp for play-actor." he was recommend
ed to the democracy of Pennsylvania, by Mr..
BUCHANAN, as suitable man for the place of
United States Senator, and was defeated for
that station through the opposition of some
half dozen democrats, who were bitterly de-
nounced therefor, as aspostates and renegades.
And further, after all the base acts which
made him notorious as an eminent example
of personal depravity, Mr.. BUCHANAN tender
ed him the consulship TO Liverpool-the most
Important and lucrative commercial agency,
at which this government has representa-
tive.
Now, the entire record of FoRNEY's infamy
was completely made up and must have been
Familiarity known to Mr.. BUCHANAN when he
crowned the long succession of generous
service by an act of the most devoted affec-
ton" towards him. What then is to be
thought of the highest functionary of the
government, in sustaining, fostering and pro-
tecting this liar, calumniator, scavenger, soul
lion, cur? Admit all that the sham democrat
ic press say of him to be true, who should
have known him better than his friend and
patron, the President? And in point of fact,
who is most reprehensible, FoRNEY for being
miserable and Infinitely corrupt political
jobber-or BUCHANAN for giving him the pow
er of using his Internal capacities with effect?
The dilemma is equally bad in both aspects,
whether the speech at Tarrytown is true or
false. 1t affords damning proof of the most |
stunendous cOrruntion in high places.