American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-10-01
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HON JOHN w F0RNEY,
.TARRYTOWN, N. Y.

ing able 10 cppear before you 10 pa anticipate
IN The ceremony which has been announced
-',ihe nomination, as the peoples candidate
ci cne 9! the tribunes who Stood up duri 70
'he wholo exciting session of Congress. for
an undying principle. hndI am eralified,
iuHheL III being able to bear, here in your
presence, my personal tribute 10 the cour-
age, The Independence and consistency OF
me gentleman whom you have thus formal.
iyplaced before the people for reelection.
Having taken some part in the CONTROVERSY
which IS ret ye, closed, and having been
present when various demands were made
at The seat OF the Federal Government, I
saw Mr.. Haskin tried, not only by frowps
end the threats OF power, but by its blau.
dishnents too. And there never was a mo.
ment, from the beginning 10 the end Of ,ha,
struggle, in which that man quailed or fai.
tered. Cheers 1t required on lis PART,
gentlemen, uncommon courage, sustaining
apeculiar personal relation, as hc did, 10
the Executive, 10 resist these combined in.
iluences. u required grea, Independence
and Grea, sei!idenial to tear himself loose
from those with whom he had been thus
closely associated, and more lhsn all, i, re-
qpied that he should keep constant lws,ch
over h'mssli, lest In that great political cen.
Ter, where public virtue is constantly SOP.
PED, where the public man ia consiently
IN danger Of being betrayed. he should fall
INTO ihe hands OF his enemies. II REQUIRED
on his part that he should so bear himself
as to be abe to resist the influence of row.
cr but be able TO stand without suspicion.
lie came from a Disuict which had not on
" given him a large plurality. bu, which
had given TO Mr.. Buchanan decisive vote A;
and 10 no man more, / venture TO saw, is
Mr. Buchanan indebted than 10 MIR. Haskin
lor the manner in which the Democratic
parry III thls vicinity rolled mp the vote they
gave 10 The Dem ocrsiic candidate in 1856.
tls active exer'ions, his personal eyo;ion
10 'he characie: OF the President; we feel
mat That candidate reciprocated Tor prelen.
ded To reclprocate} all the devotion which
M Haskin himself manifested, rendered
INN oI all men TIRE man upon whom the
ftesldent might rely in conducting the az
lairs OF The Government at The seal oc The
Fedora Capital. He did moi 20 10 Wash.
meinn TO betTay principle, or to desert ihe
candidate oihis choice. He saw this Adj.
ministration which he had thus toiled to
elect with iourJ ears Of power, with unhoun-
ded patronage. Beside. as | hsve said, he
was its fricnd. The Cabinet was filled with
men owafd whom he sustained the mos,
intimate relations. Wha, reason then. had
ne TO do anything but the right? What in.
nucement was there on The part Of Mr.. Has
KIN 10 take any other lhan ri honest course ?
say, then, fellow citizens, that sou do we'll
IN placing him before his constituents for
another 'rial. lCheers and sppIsuse.l Yes,
you m, only do well, but You would not do
well il you did rot do so. But saw now,
that when the time comes That public men
IN the North ore not sustained who have
done hat Mr.. Haskin has done-when that
time comes--that the people Of this Con
eresslonal District. or any Congressional
District, refuse 10 do honor TO such n man.
then we become in this region race Of COW
ards ard slaves. {Cheers and applause =.
My fellow citizens, must be a lille per.
sonai because. appearing before you a, do,
am imPelled, 'fnot compelled, to refer to
a portion OF the political history in which |
nave borne prominent part. My relations
TO The present Executive Of the United States
commenced with early boyhond, from The
time long before became voter, when
was hls inlima te confden, and friend. From
cary yonth down to the present hour, or
ra'her TO period one year ago, | sustained
toward MIR. Bnchanan relations no, only OF
lnunaey, but OF more ihan intimacy. Had
he been my father, if his blood ran i'm nv
veins, could not have been more devoted.
y attached TO him. tApplause.l believed
that that sentiment and affection was rec;n.
Tocated. We have tried in our good old
stale OF Pennsylvania, for many Years, IA
eiecl this gentleman 10 the Presidency. II
ieii 10 my l0t--born in The county i'm which
NJ grow 70 manhood, ,ih The county whore he
read law, In the county wiiere he still has
ms residence, IN that county where he saws
ne expects to die--and knowing him thus
wen, II loil 10 my lot 10 DO good deal Of
me hald work incident to the lnliilment o
lhe aspifat ations Of himself and the wishes OF
hrs friends. In 1914 he went 10 the city o
Baltimore instructed TO vote for a distiu
gnished citizen Of your State, Mr.. yapBmer
but owing 10 the publication Of his ccle
bra'ed Texas letter, the delegation from
Penhsylvania aS is well known, Concluded
that MIR Van Burcr had forfeited the conf.
donce Of tho Demccra,ic party, aud that i,
became US 20 present our own favored cti
zen for that high cflice. We did so, and we
tailed. But still in lS4S we reappeared IN.
on The scene with our fellow citizens, and
there 'he friends Of Mr.. Van Bn,en in thi.
Stale repaid MS in kind for the good ,urn wr
had served them four Yeas before. tAp
pIause) undaun,ed No continued to or.
esnlze, and in 1852 wc reappeatcd with OPT
former friends, and we were again defeated
lhat seemed to be The last thauco; Tho last
shot in The locker If I may use The expires
ssion' But he vas appointed by Presdou
Pierce in S5S 10 I'LL the high and imyr r
tent mission Of Minister 10 England yVh;I,
there he was removed from the scene Of do
mssiic politics, and quieiy aud obs sryopll,
watched The movements Mt home pendnyy
aud succeeding the repeal Of lie Missouf
Compromise. Mr.. Buclonan he. dbeem knowr
Tor his attachment 10 iha, Inc; thonoh II
1919, while student Of law with MIR. Hop
kins, al Lancaster, po,, he attended meet,
lns IN which he denounced ii subsequently
~ l9f1 he came oDt in his celebrated Befk.