Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-03-25
Democrats Testilnonv. 8

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Democrats Testimony. u
Coz Forney editor of the Pti1adeloAia
Press, for many years one of the most
influential political friends OF Buchanan
in PenIrsylvaniasand who probably did
more than any other laanitoi carry that
state for Buchanan at The last presiden-
tai election, gives a most deplorable
account Of the degradation ofthe pres
ent administrator. From . letter writ
ten at W ashington March I5ss 1866, by
Col. Forney for the lhiiazsspkssa Press,
we make the following extract: 800
:" And what a Change has one year
produced! ! can hardy believe my SEN,
ses that ! am writing from the apital OF
my eounuy, aad that RE old E;iend-he.
TO whom have borne almost iilial rela-
tons from my boyhood4- to whom /
have eorfided my lew hopes aud fears
--he for whom | dared the ,frowns of
foes, and for whom during four long
years in the lower House of Congress the
patronage in my gift vas. 4aarIessly be-
slowed, and he knows how gladly and
how spontaneously, too; | can hardly be-
lieYe my senses, that this Is the city of
Washington, and that James buchanan
is President. <a rs - 3.
What Is the aspect now? One wide
Reign Of Terror. A test is, erected here,
like. some horrid instrument Of torture,
upon which democrats are tried and exc
cpted for their opinions. The work of
deeapitation has ceased against lifetime
foes, and is now waged upon old and
cherished friends. Men. are removed
and illuminated not for being opposed
to democratic principles; 6sst ion: being
too neueh IN faaog IL t4ens.f The hum
blest clerk, with his little family, who
struggles along on his thousand dollars
year must hide his sentiments. or leave
his place, For the bold and upright
democrat who dares to think aloud there
is short shritt. If he has, an Office he
must be ready for the ominols cartel of
Dismissal on the instant. If he is an
independent citizen, he is excluded from
the Departments and from the White
House like common leper. An army
OF spies are on the alert, hunting for vic
Tins. Woe to the unguarded gentle
man Yhe,tin the presence ofone of these
eager eaves-droppers, may let fall q free
opinion! 1t is at once caught up and
carried, with no lack Of axaggeFation, to
to the ear. of power. If there. is on this
round globe a race more despised in civ
ilized society than any other, it is that
of i,1foTpsefs. The noblast inyeetive OF
the MODEST of Irish orators has made
them immortality infamous. These mer-
cenaries now hold high service in Wash,
tington. Iconld name several of them
from our own State, but | forbear. fol-
the honor ofePennsylYania. They glory
in their shameless trade. Broken il
fortune, reckless Of their own fame
Laughing at conscience in others and re
Ijeeting it for themselves, they SWARM
here anxious TO earn their guilty wages
Sir said q wise aud good manic me
on onegoecasl0n, several years,a ago, Jht
President rarely hears tie trlith. lie i
surrounded By syeophants, wha.say only
what pleases him. How often this pro
( found truth is Illustrated! sxssl. erak
\ The editor Of the Chicago Times, .
well known Democratic paperin Chica
go, has recently returned from Wash
Iington, and gives the following graphic
description OF the prevailing Influences
in the National Capitol. f4 a IS
''Some ten days ago we went down to
Westinghouse see old friends, to tall
over politics, and witness, as far as ar
outsider gould do so, the extraordinary
position Of affairs there at present.
Offices are bought just as openly az
the butcher buys the beef intended for
hiscusfoners. Offieebrokershhve therur
of the Senate ante-chamber, of the sew.
eral Departments and. the Executive
mansion; and the actual sum of money
to be paid for an Office is as publicly
named by these brokers and their clients
as the prices of dry. goods are named be.
tween a dealer in those articles and his
customers. Corruption stalks through
the city, notif disguise, but with I'M
blushing front and exalted mien. The
cause of this great change is plain to all.
Fraud rules the Cabinet and the Senate.
Fraud-deep, malicious, infamous fraud
upon thepeople ofthe Union, upon Kan
sas, and especially upon the democratic
party. '~'
But it has been said that even in the
lowest depths of he'll, there is lower
still-so in Washington, ra$cality has It's
| favorite haunts. Doyou wish to see the
man who IN cold blood shot down his
countryman, his neighbor, without any
other provocation than to -gratify party
hatred and The brutal popensities en-
gendered by habits Of drunkenness p
Do you wish to see a gang Of men of
every age from twenty-five to fifty, all
old in the meaner habits Of border life,
and all old in the shameless deeds of de-
prayity2 Do you wish to see men who
boast Of cold-blooded murders, of thiev-
| ing forays, Of fraudulent elections, of
forged official papers, Of bloated faces
and frames worn down by all excuses
common to men I6stte seIfrespect and
common decency-if You wish to see
these men, go to Washington and hunt
fup the Delegetes. to tie Lccomptoh Con-
Stitutioadl Convention, and their follow
orc TN afyirn n, s,yf,tlrsefxy & ha daSr,a,o