The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-10-06

by John W. Forney respecting Mr.. Buchana
and bis policy. Every body knows Mr.. ForneJ
, He was formerly clerk of the national hous
, Of representatives, and is now the leadin
editor of the Pennsylvania Press. He is a
. able and astute man, a fair speaker, a yer
clever writer, has been all his life an intens
politician, and until a year ago was the mos
constant, ardent and interchangeable of Mr. Blu
chanan's friends and supporters. But the presi
dent and Col. Forney happened to differ on tn
Kansas question, and the latter, unawed b
the threats and unseduced by the promises {
the administration, has held fast to bis potica
{ integrity, and has thus gradually been forces
into quasi opposition to the democratic party
or rather to the Buchanan wing of it. In tn
present active canvass going on in Pennsylva
MIA and New York Col. Forney has argel,
participated A few days ago he attended
meeting of the friends of John B. Haskin ANTI
Lecompton, at Tarrytown, for the purpose O
securing his denomination to congress. Col. F
made long speech on the occasion, and hi
revelations are deemed sufficiently important t.
justify more than passing alusion
Col. Forney began by explaining his extreme
intimacy with Mr.. Buchanan Said he:
| | was bis intimate confdant and friend ir
early youth; and down to the present hour, Of
rather to a period one year ago. I sustained
towards Mr.. Buchanan relations not only Of
intimacy, but of more than intimacy Had he
been my father--had his blood run in my veins
| could not have been more devotedly attached
to him. (Some applause:) believe that these
sentiments of affection were reciprocated. We
had tried, in our good old State of Pennsylva-
MIA, for many years, to elect this gentleman to
the presidency. 1t fell to my lot, born in the
county in which he grew to manhood-born in
the county where he read law-born in the
county where he still has his residence-born
in the county where he says he expects to die,
and knowing him thus well, it fell to my lot,
say, to do good deal of the hard work inten-
ded for the tulilment of the aspirations of
himself and of the wishes of his friends.
The speaker then narrated in detail his many
and arduous efforts in behalf of Mr.. Buchanan
in 1914, l848, 1852, and finally in 1856, re-
suting in the triumphant election of that gen
tleman. After his inauguration their friendship
remained unbroken. They agreed in every
respect, even with regard to Kansas, up to
certain period. Witness the following:
"No man felt more deeply in respect to Kansas
than did Mr.. Buchanan. No man talked more
freely about it. In his letter of acceptance,
and in the speech which he delivered to the
committee appointed BY the national convention
in his paror at Lancaster, (and | happened to
be present and to hear it, he laid stress on the
great principle that the will of the majority in
that territory should prevail. Why, he has
said to me thousand times, The south must
vote forme. It's Fremont or Buchanan They
must 60 for me. The north must be secured;
and the only way to secure the north is to con-
vince these gentlemen that when I get into the
presidential chair will do right to the people
OF Kansas. l am now sixty-six years of age,
he said. 1 have reached that time of life when
| can have no ambition for reelection, and if
have the way to secure reelection is to be strong
with my own people at home. have watched
this struggle from my quiet retreat in London.
have seen what conceive to be the mistakes
Of others. am notresponsibIe for the admin
stration of Mr.. Pierce; therefore I will inaugu-
rate new system, and will show to these gen
.lemen that a Pennsylvania president will stand
irmly by the pledges of Pennsylvania gen
leman and Pennsylvania Democrat -
But after while the president began to modi-
y his views. He deserted his friends Walker
md Stanton, approved the Lecompton constitu-
ion, and determined to enforce its endorsement
~ the democracy as a Test of the orthodox po-
ltical faith. Forney recacirated He had
'een too fully and personally committed to the
original policy of Mr.. Buchanan to take so
udden and startling leap. So he went to
v ashIneton to expostulate with his old friend
nd patron. What occurred there is best told
n the words of the speaker himself: |,
II did not believe, however, for a moment,
hat the administration was resolved to make
be betrayal of the principles of the party which
nut it in power a test; and so when l went to
Washington called on my old friend and, said
to him, 'Well, Mr.. Buchanan, for the first
me in our lives we are at variance; find my
elf standing by one principle, and having fol-
owed your lead, you have deserted it," WELL
aid he, "cannot you change too? (Laughter)
can afford to changewhy cannot you afford
} change? IF you and Douglas and Walker =:
i'll unite in support of my policy, you will not
ear whimper of this thing. 1t will pass by
5 the summer breeze" ItoId him it was very
ell for him to say so; that an administration ,,
lrrounded by Office holders and expectants, !
wing all the time in an atmosphere of fattery, ,,
light be mised into such ideas | said that
lere were thousands of expectants who could
ONE to him and ay, "Mr. Buchanan, you are /
ght. Mr.. Buchanan, we are down on our
lees. Please to walk over us. Please to I
ample on us, and we will be rendered happy" {
said to him, you may believe your policy ,
right, but tell you sir, that there is still
nall voice in the people which instinctively 5
jects and abhors fraud; and this is fraud, and
is is dishonor. do NOT claim to be more '
'nest than any other man. / have done-as
politicians have--some things which may -
1t square exactly with the rules of religion '
I'd right. | regret that have done them; Z
1t this will not do. (Cheers and cries of
ravo' l have reached the stature and the q
,ars of manhood, and | cannot 90 back to u
and become the slave of power )
Applause.) lcannot. But then Mr. Buchanan II II
" may tolerate this difference of opinion. L
en-. Jackson tolerated differences of opinion :
his friends. Colonel Polk tolerated differ a
ces of opinion, for, as you may recollect, you u
fered with him on the subject of the tariff, L
d yet you remained in his cabinet Mr.. II
cree tolerated differences in his cabinet; and
re we are, the men who carried you into the u u
ace you now occupy, asking nothing at your Il
I, l. F,,o