The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-03

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Buchanan's Interference I'm the ed
Congregational District.
We stated yesterday, that MIR. English
had carried with him, through the I'd Dis
trct, in his canvas for the nomination to
Congress, and exhibited TO the faithful adj
herents and rebellious competitors, a letter
from James Buchanan, President of the
United States, making personal appeal for
the reelection of Mr.. English, and offering
bribes to all rival aspirants to withdraw by
promises of public Offices. The New Al
bany Tribune publishes the following as
copy of the Presidents letter. 1t cores
ponds with the version we received of it
from another source:
WAsHNGroE, July 18th, 1858.
HoS. WM H. ENGLISH,
DEAR SIR: Aware that tthe convention
for nominating a Democrats candidate for
Congress in your District win convene in a
few DAYS, | cannot refrain from expressing
the hope that you may be the unanimous
nominee of that convention. If lived in
your District and had thousand votes YOU
should have them all. Occupying the po-
sition you do | consider il essential that you
should succeed in obtaining The nomination.
\ failure in this would be regarded by me
as Il rebuke of my Administration. There
may be some aspirant or aspirants for the
position in your way. If so you may say
to them that by giving you clear track
they will gain my favor and may expect to
be provided for in suitable manner. If
nominated | will throw as much assistance
into your District as you may desire.
Our friend Hughes, see, has hard row
to hoe. He viii be literally sustained. Of
this you may rest assured
Your friend,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
The New Albany Ledyer-the organ of
Mr. English-makes the following remar ks
upon the above letter: 81 The Tribune
publishes letter purporting TO have been
written 10y President Buchanan to Hon.
Vim. Ii. English. Ii is scarcely necessary
to say that the pretended letter is forgery
President Buchanan has written no such
/ letter to Mr.. E. The President, however,
did write letter expressive of the hope
that Mr.. English would be re-nominated
I and reelected" Now if it be u forgery, we
are very much inclined to believe that Mr..
English is the forger, for the letter given by
the Tribune corresponds with the version
we have had of a letter shown by Mr. Eng
lsh himself, to some of his wavering snp-
porters. If he used The forged document he
was probably its author, or in any event was
as guilty rs the forger. IL is admitted that
the President did write letter TO help the
man-who had served him by his treason
to a reelection. Now the question of for
gerry is very easily settled by publishing the
genuine letter, and let the people see how it
corresponds with the one read by English,
purporting to be from the President, ami
with the above copy from the Tribune.
The President, we presume, writes no let
terS to members of Congress upon topics
concerning the public that he is not willing
for the public TO see. There can be, there
fore, no objections to bringing it out for il
the genuine only has been shown, it has al
ready been seen by hundreds in the district
The Ledger adds the following anti Demo
cratic remarks upon the subject
THE Democracy of this District, we ap-
prehend, will not consider il very serious
objection to Mr.. English that he possesses
the confidence of our distinguished and
Nnp No obi raf - Is
dence that the President, like almost all
other Democrats, is willing to forget all
former differences on the Lecompton ques.
tion."
If the people do not think it any objec-
ton to Mr.. English, they will deem sucl
direct and unjustifable interference in then
election-such infamous attempts at brib
ing by promises of public ofiices-a mos
serious objection to Mr. Buchanan and tn,
administration that resort to such demoral
, izing practices. The pretense that th
President has forgiven English, and i
"willing to forget all former differences OF
the Lecompton question: is an insult t,
the public, while the Illinois papers are ill
D ed with acts of decapitation which are nov
/, inflicted by Mr.. Buchanan upon every anti
!, Lecompton man in Office, that dares breath
D a syllable in favor of Douglas. The sup
porters of the President preach peace an,
harmony to the cars of anti-Lecompton me-
! in this State, while he is pursuing thei
r friends in other States with war TO tn
!. knife, and with the bitterest and most ur
relenting hatred.
EF9 One of the hitherto internledisf