Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-09-23
rue PRESIDENT AND ma.. II, 'ff,oRsirY J, 1 IA,


That Mr.. John W. Forney did NOR
than any one else to secure the nomina
tion andaelection of Mr. Buchanan is all
mittelby every intelligent man, Essw
Ii The views of one SO able andsso devo
tied toi Mr. Bhchaani, are entitled to grea
lcdnsideration' at tsthe hands Of the tru
Democracy Of the country.b Eli 4. m
8 sMr. Ferney attende "a meeting of tn
People.of Mr.. Haskins' District at larry
town, New \ York, on the. Cd inst. anc
made a.speeeh, from which we make tn,
following extract: -
My fellow citizens. I must be a'little per.
senal, Because appearing before Won as
lido, | am impeiedgif not c9lupelled tore.
fer to a portion of the political history ir
which have borne prominent part. Nv
relations TO the present Executive of the
United States begun with early bovi,ood
ffoIa the time long before Ihot8n,e a voter
Fvhen | was his intimate coniiant aapd
friend, From early youth down to the
present'hour, or rather, 10 period one
wear ago, | sustained toward Mr.. Buchau.
an relations not only of intimacy. but of
more than intimacy Had he iabeen nv
father. II his blood ran in nv veins. Icould
not have been more devotcdly attached to
him. Applause believe that that
sentiment and affection was reeiprocated
We had tried in our good old State of Penn
sylvania. for many years, To elect this gen
tlsman to the Prestlency. Ii dell to nv
lot-born IN tae country IN which he grew
70 manhood, in the country where he read
law. in the country where he still has his
residence, IN that county where he SAYS
besexpocts to die qnd knowing him thus
well it fell to my lot to do good deal of
the hard work incident to the fulflment
of the aspirations of him self ani the wish
IS OF his friends In 1914 we went to tbe
CITY of Baltimore instructed TO vote Tor a
disti1grished citizen Of your State, Mr. Van
Bnien; but owing to the publication of his
celebrated Texas letter. the delegation from
Pennsylvania. as is well known. conelndel
that MIR. Van Buren, had forfeited the con
tidence OF the Democratic party, and that
II became MS TO present our own favored
citizen for that high place We did so.
and We failed. But still in 1s4s we re.
upon the scene with our fellow
and there the friends of Van Bu-
rem in this State repailu Us in kind for the
good turn We hal served them four wears
before. fApplanse-1 Unlaantcd we con
tinued tc organize. and in 1852 we re ap-
I'eared III the saulc scene with our f;.yorrte
and friend, and we were again defeated. =
That seemed 10 be the last chaacc--lhs last
'hot IN the lockcr--if | may use the ex-
preston. But he Was appsssts,l by Pres (,
dent Pierce in 1888 to fill the high and
important mission OF Minister to England.
W hlle there he was removed from the
scenes OF domestic politics. and quietly and
watched the movements at
nome pending and succeeding the repeal of
he Missouri Inc. Mr.. Buchanan had
'cen known for his attachment to that line.
rhongh IN 1912. while student of law
With Mr.. Hopkins, at Lancaster. Pa. he
meeting III which he denounced
t; subsequently,, in Is4T, he came ont in
lis celebrated Berks County letter. and |
tated that the only way to settle the Slave
y question was to run the line to the Pa
Inc, so as to secure to the North and to
ne South their respective benefits on each
lde OF 1t as proposel by its original friends.
-hereiore, 1t was, that while in a foreign "A
ourt, absent from his own country. his
ame became peculiarly the name Of the
American people, as the one that would !
FAD the Democratic party to victory again.
lis old friends in Pennsylvania moved {
'rwari and again we organized We saw 4
he time lad come when our champion
'ould be presented To our people. We Il
npaircd 20 Cincinnati, Rivalries-hone 4
valries-had been extinSuishel. litter Ia
ess growing out Of the Missouri line and I
10 Passage ofItbe Kansas Nebraska bill 1t
al temporarily removed other candidates a
ON the field, (or so VIC thought !; = and 2
ass men, Dallas men, and Buchanan mem
! Pennsylvania made common cause. and n
paired to Cincinnati for thc puposeo of &
ntiIng this gentlcIIisn in nomination. >
hen we reached there. othe first iulica- a
on that appeared was, that the, extreme \
outh had resolved upon Mr.. Buchanan's Fl
lnihiiation they saw IN him the1ight Of a f
oderate conservative sentiment. They :
w ii him, forzthe first time. a public man a
no, having been absent from the country. lrai
d therefore unconnected and disconnect- IN
from the existing rivalIies of the alav. b
'uM be compelled from his position to do s
stice to the Northern feeling and toaex- y
'guish seetionalisln. They did not trust er
IN upon the issue Of the day. BE was 4
I good enough Kansas Nebraska man 81
them; and they fought us, as the histo- nj
ofthat Convention will show, for FIVE "
ls days with ahitterness and animosity 4 P,
20 as political conventions can scarcely to
al. But ,ho. was the. only man TO rescue to
Democratic party from defeat. He was be
only man to prevent the election Of a ca
publican. and the only,man who could 'da
ny Pennsylvania for upon the contest I an
that State did the entire tide. of battle fcs
n. From your. own State, a similar, de
position was manifested in certain quar- ell
;, now. where this disease Of Lecompton- dn
lrages the most vioIently, iand where yo
for the Administration is in So
ged the most ardently. Mr.. Buchanan CO
siyed nothing but -coldncss and con- toi
'pt But We nominated him and return hyo
10 Pennsylvania, for the first time Joy Sc
In having achieved our long -cherislaed bel
h And when ve returned flere ,ua les