American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-07-23
Office. seeking and "Old Ryeln

Office. seeking and "0ld RyeW
We copy the following article from
the Louisville JourNal:-
sS2r The Mr.. Montgomery, member
OF Congress from Pennsylvania, who
made his name familiar to the country
by his amendment to Mr.. Crittendcn's
Kansas bill, and who was generally
believed to have some independence of
feeling and action, turns out to be one
OF the poorest, abjcctcst, & most mean
spirited creatures that were ever suffer-
cd to live. The Brownsville (Pa.)
Clipper says that it has obtained the
following letter from the gentleman to
whom it was written -
washington, Pa, May 81, 1858.
ENocn SorrnI, Esq.-My Dear Friend:-
hoped to have visited you rior To the pri-
mary election; but il i now more than pro.
bable that cannot do so. | wanted to con.
verse with you. and to uSk Your advice AMI
assistance IN the contest now going Oh for
II, animation.
have learned from others that you were
SUI my friend. and that you considered i,
Unfair 10 deny me second torn, AMI YOU
40 not know how profoundly grateful felt
when heard il. 70 have been my frl,n
SO long, that ! wanted to see you, and to
grasp once moIe your hard, and TO thank
you IT. M the coie OF my heart.
ir is now iiny.siX years since the custom
ct giving faithful Democratic rrprcseuta-
tive tw0 terms began. TO deny this to me
would % reflection on my conduct, aud
would disgrace me forever. Let Gen. La
zear await his tune, * he shall have his tuo
terms without opposition from me or from
our county. ! only ask one more term and
| then will withdraw from the field. Pleose
! speak TO your neighbors for me do no, let
them strike me down. All you do for me
! shall be treasured i'll Il grateful memory.
main, as ever, sincerely your friend,
WM. MONTGOMERY.
! i. 5. President Buchanan drinks nothing
/ stimulating except Old rye whiskey. IlGlL
! him that yon ust d TO have The best that was
ever distilled III our region, aud he made
me prom lie TO SEQ y GU and get him some if
/ YOU had it.
! Could you let me have barrel, or even II
| halt barrel, of the best you ever made -
| WIi'e me. will send II keg Of it to the old
'hrei il can gel il. w. Al.
We shall not undertake to comment
upon such ii letter as That. Its tone is
that of mcndicant holding out his hat
and asking for coppers, or of slave
begging pitcousl y to be let off from the
expected application of cowhiIe. We
hardly know which is most disgraccful,
the writing Of the notorious Foley let
ter or the authorship Of this Montgo-
merry thing.
g&A- Thus far the Journal. Will
our readers look for moment at the
manner in which Montgomery goes to
work to soft soap his "dcar friend"
In the Postscript, which is said to be the
cream Of letter, he intimatcs that he
IAN excellent judge of liquor, Of coursc)
has told the President, that he, (Mr.
South) is the best distiller of the best
old rye whiskcy ever made in the re-
gion. and that the President wants
some Of it for his own use What dis
tillcr, we ask, would not be the "dcar
friend of Mr.. Montgomery, after all
that-and would not deem it an honor
to present the Honorable Congressman
! with a barrel Of the best old ryc-that
he might "scnd kcg Of it to the old
chief"