Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-11
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

'THH MAN FOR TIE OCCASION We nesday,
We briefly discussed "fhs QoAsion I'D tie
Man"-the late meeting of tl6frisndSof Jshn
B. Hsskin, at Tarrytown, N 8 and indi-
vidual in whose behalf it vi AssemI ia, oily
after the most pertipaciou& 1rumn6fAg S$er
heard Of in similar cause.in thasof tl6rs-
nomination Of q member of the House of Rep
rssentatives Of the United States. We have
frequently had occasion to refer to the details
Of the efforts of Haskin to gather a large crowd
then spd there, in the way of addressing let
tiers to leading members of the American and
; Republican parties, and the publication of
puts Of what might be expected to come OF
thereat. The result Of these eforts WIS by no
means Commensurate with their style; which
may be gathered from the fact that on the long
advertised day-advertised not only by notices
in half the pspers of the country, but BY
flaming posters calling on 90 The People" to
:" Come a. The wind cOmes,- when forests are
!" Come a. the waves come, when navies are
; @sRseaded; " =. sal =
NO crowd could be assembled. With the aid
Of such appliances, and free ride on .
steamboat chartered to that end by Has
kin hiudselD that visited in the course Of the
morning Ito pick up the curious and the strag-
Cling and ioa6ng) every Hadson-river landing
in the Congressional district, but two hundred
and seventy -one souls, in all, were gathered to
do honor to Mr.. John B Haskin-to renominate
him. This fact tells not more forcibly Of the
Universally Of his population by the Democ-
racy of the city Of New York and the West
chester Congressional district, than Of the self
respect Of the Opposition in that quarter of the
country, where any misunderstanding indi-
vidual, by standing abstractedly and pointing
his finger at a bird, window, tree, or stone, is
sure to collect = crowd numbering hundred,
around him, in, say, five minutes.
We mentioned, W eduesday, that Of the long
list Of notables advertised to make speeches at
that meeting, John W. Forney alone then and
there turned up" Alone, Of them all, he
proved d" the man for the occasion" Worthily,
indeed, did he play the part Of fitting orator
for such demonstration
Thus, he made it the occasion for tearing off
the srsnnant Of the musk he has ssss ysd to
to wear since establishing his Press newspa-
per, and admitting in unmistakesble language
that hereafter he fights, in politics, on the Re-
publican party side; or, on any side likely to
pay, for the nonce, for the services of men of
his calibre.. .'.--.-
There were but few points in his effort
worthy of notice. The first was his unblush-
ing admission of his personal >tergiversation
The next was his more unblushing admission
of his own entire want of principle, involved in
the readiness With which he enters into the
service of the enemy. The third was the still
moro unbfushing admission of the, base Ingrati-
tude of his personal character, involved in bis
false and slanderous aspersions on the integ-
rity of the man-President Buchanan-by
whose mistaken bounty he and his were lite
rally clothed and fed for years, when unknown,
hungry, and almost naked. The fourth point
of interest in his really remarkable speech,
was the proof it involved that those who credit.
ed his " Forest letter" to bis soups and
the enthusiasm of his nature, grievously erred
in their judgment of the man. Thus, his
speech evinces that mean and disreputable ap-
planes are the means to which he invariably
resorts when in straight" of any kind
He tells the world that the truth never
reaches the ear of power in this land that
seat Ito that Of power invariably lie, fawn
and fatter.
We need hardly remark that this sweeping
aspersion upon nearly all the public men, of
all parties-for nearly all Of them have facili-
ties for confidential intercourse with the head
of their party when their political friends are
in power, is as false as false can be. Other
wise, We are at this day without an hon
est man, Of any party, enjoying political posi-
ton in the public estimation. As against him
self only, does his testimony, in this connec-
ton, hold good. Under the last National
Administration, he was we'll known to have
been, Of all men, the most persistent whisperer
into the ear Of power. On the nomination Of
Mr.. Buchanan, presuming upon that gentle
mans many previous efforts to make man in
reality of him, he essayed the same game, set
ting himself up VIGOROUSLY as bis right hand
mantle keeper Of his conscience, vs. it were,
No other man lives, who has earned repufa.
tioa as notorious as his for that.sort of assump-
ton of familiarity with the ear of power
He, therefore, but lays bare his own system
Of dealing with Presidents. in proclaiming that
the truth is never uttered in confidential inter
course with them. He simply attributes his
own propensity to whisper falsehoods in the
ear of power, to men upon whose fair names
the breath of dfshouor Was never before
blown. But, SO the world wsgs. There are
=" John W. FOrneys" every where, in this and
every other civilized country. We have read
history to little advantage, if We allow ourseIf
to be disturbed by bis late demonstration,
which is only that Of the disappointed man
who, in seeking to criminate those who have dis
appointed him, only succeeds in placing within
the instant comprehension of all, the fact that
to have retained his support on the terms upon
which it was retainable, would have been to
prostitute, most shamelessly, high responsible
ties and immunitiss conferred by the laws and
constitution for worthy ends. 3: e.
All the world knows that President Buch-
ansn took Forney up poor and friendless
boy, and that up to his president B ~ late