Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-09-15
Mr.. JOHN ". FoRNEY,s REVELATIONS.

Mr.. JOHN W. FORNEY,S REVELATIONS.
At length Mr. John ". Forney has. reached the
zenith Of his glofy. Hspoltical star culminatedat
TaTytown, N. T. on the I'd inst, in blaze of ora
torical efagence, before which the cable pyrotech
mics OF Gotham pale their Intellectual fires. We
have seen his speech on that ridiculous occasion,
and wonderful production it is; rich rare and racy
to,tha last degree The worlds curiosity is graft
lied event safety, the long looked-for publica,
tionof Mr. Jno W. Forney's catalogue Of private and
particular grievances. 1t is all about himself and
abounds in pathetic narration vulgar vituperation,
and fictitious "reminiscences. But Forney excels
chiefly in anecdotes himself being the hero of all his
jocose revelations. What could be more diverting
than bis crcumstantial account Of that last stormy
interview at the White House. between John W.
the noble Roman of the Philadelphia Press shines
with the most peerless splendor, very Brutus,
Whom, the paudits of a servile crowd,
Nor the vile joys of tainting luxury,
To tyranny and fasehood, tho they WELD,
With blood-red hand, the sceptle Of the world!
On the other hand, the President is lmned in
charcoal, black as Erebus, and plays the part of
triot We are told how he bearded the lion in his
den, how he Illuminated his charge of treachery full
at the towering crest of the highest magnae in the
land, how MIR. Buchanan tried first to wheedle and
then to intimdate the doughty champion of justice
and right, and how he (Forney) scornfully refused
to bow his stubborn knee and abase himself at the
footstool Of. powef., Then, he defed the "rugged
frowns and insoent rebuffs of slaves in Office" and
how he berated the whole tribe of mendicants and
mercenaries-" office. holders and expectants "-who
subsist upon the precarious bounty, and have no
will but to do the bidding of their masters in author
ity. Of course he never was an importunate app-
cant for place, nor enjoyed morsel of official
pabulum. He is among the irreproachable Bayards
of the country, asking nothing, hoping nothing, and
fearing nothing from the dispensers of federal pat
H. A. III
he has done "some things which may not exactly
square with the rules of religion and right but for
the occasional peccadoes of his early career he ex
presses the profoundest contrton, and swears with
Jack Fastaff to purge, and leave sack, and live
clearly as a nobleman should do. His merits are
only equalled by his charming modesty and sefab-
negaton. For all his unrvalled patriotism and the
unbemshed purity of his political character e pso
teste y he yet "does not claim to be more honest
than any other mani" We believe that and We
snre readers will all credit the last assertion
as fact beyond dispute, however skeptcal they
may be of the rest of the narrative We have long
suspected that Forney is not more honest than ana
other man." and now have his own admission
that his pretensions to the "rarest virtue of poll
ticans" of the humblest description-no better
than those of any other man, Swartwourt or ana
other rogue in Office not excepted This declaration
duly accepted pehaps Forney's portraiture of his
character is not unfaithful to truth after ALL
But this is question which the 'discerning pub.
may resolve for themselves. As for that Munchau
sen touch-his final appearance in the White House.
and what he reports himself to have done and said
then and there-it will hardly impose upon the most
stolid credulity.
But it seems Forney is not content with letting off
his superfuity of rhetorical gas at the Tarrytown
demonstration. In Wednesdays Press he promul-
ges "a card" to the universal nation, in which the
former absurd aspersions of the Administration are
briefly recounted and this piece of gasconade added
by way of appendix:
"Ths is to state that I shall ealny aaoait the &C
emulation of all the accusations of the Adminstra.
ton and its agents, when, in my own way, and in
my good time, will prove all that have writ
ten and spoken as to the gross betrayal Of q great
principle and solemn pledge, and still further es
tablish the justice and strength of the position of
The Press and of myself"
Was ever vanity more conspicuously developed
than in the person of Mr.. John W. Forney? No
doubt he thinks that all the world and the rest of
mankind are completely absorbed in watching his
movements and deeply interested in the "position
of the Press and MYSELF" For one, we fear we
shall not survive the period of CESSATION, however
Short and therefore earnestly entreat the great po-
litical philosopher Of the Philadelphia Press not to
procrastinate the greatest birth Of Time, if he has
any commiseration for suffering humanity.
Seriously though, what abominable stuff For
neys opinion of the Administration is nversely pro-
portional to his sefconcet-if indeed, he really i'm
AGNES that it will dignity him with an "accumua-
ton of accusations" and that the entire nation is
concerned in his personal political destiny. Why
should the President any for his snappish
rage than for that of any other Of the clean dogs
who once howled so piteously beneath the walls Of
the Executive mansion, and only left when the last
bone of official patronage had been bestowed on
some ofthe favored few?"-Fet. (Va.) Democrat
PoLITICs IN 1LlINoIs.-The national democracy oil
Illinois have published challenge in their newspa
pers inviting the black-republcans to public dis.
cussion of the political issues of the day in all the
! congressional districts of that State limitations
have been thrown out by the backrepublican or
| gans of their willingness TO accept the challenge
and the probabilities that the national democra
| cy will soon have brought out candidates for Con
gress in all the districts, for the purpose of being
represented in these discussions. Debate between