The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-10-07

an the cUiumpS OF Ms itur1Sl VIII oiV"' !
He seemed to have abandoned all remorse.
His agents penetrated every section OF
the Union; they hung about Lancaster,
where Mr.. Buchanan resided; they lln-
gered at Washington they were in the
South and in the North, and all talked
the same way, and rioted in the same
common calumnies. There was not fab
rication. no natter how vile, that did not
End ready circulation through the col
umus of the HeroLd The most sacred
secrets were exposed to the public eye.
The early lie Of Mr.. Buchanan, his inti-
mate confidential relations, and especially
that portion which LIE himself has most
sedulously hidden from notorlety, vas
ruti.lessly laid bare to the vulgar gaze.
This jackal Of the press, who gnnds his
c.vcnomed tooth even into the grave
itself, tore open the ccrements OF the IN
nocent aud helpless dead, and shook into
the eyes of the startled public secrets
which even Mr.. Buchanans intimate
friends did not dare aIlude to.
At the time these articles appeared,
Mr.. Buchanan said to me one day, taking
up the ". Y. Herald, while | was on
visit to Wheatland, "Why am l thus to
be traduced and pursued by this infa-
"n nous knave? Have 10 friends who
"will visit New York and punish him as
" he deserves? His ears should be TAX
" en- of in the pubic streets" l never
saw Mr. Buchanan more excited than he
was on this and other occasions under
Benefits unlicensed and cruel slanderS,
and | believe that it is to my prudence
and compassion that Bennett is this day
permitted to wal. Broadway with his
long ears on his Scotch head. / well re-
member how, after the campaign, the first
impulse o. the Democrats all over the
! Union, was to have a settlement with the
~ !. Herald That paper had expen-
ded Ill of its influence and good deal
of Fremont's money in trying to defeat
Mr.. Buchanan Thousands Of Demo
cratic editors throughout the country felt
that Bennett deserved to be casti9ated,
and at the solicitation OF number OF dis
tincuished men, then in Philadel phia, |
sat down and prepared somewhat caus-
tic article, showing him up in faithful
colors. Mr. Buchanan astonishcd me by
calling my attention to this article, and
complained OF the proprietor of the paper
for publishing it. | told him that [ had
myself written it, and thai had written
it because it was demanded by common
deceucy, and by ordinary respect for the
gallant men who had been traduced in
that journal, and especially for the thou
sands Of struggling editors throughout
the Union who had regarded the HsrdEd
as his most infamous, relentless, and say
age enemy. "Well," said he, 81 regret
that | have written to the proprietor Ct
the paper about this article, but L de
" sire that Mr.. Bennett shall support my
" Administrator" can now perceive
that the man who was thus willing to
court the most abandoned aud most H.
| famous editor upon the face Of the earth
the man vino vas thus wililn" to pro
cure the support of james Gordon Ben
nett, after he had poured the vlaiS Of ut
ter and inconceivable wrath upon his
head, and after he had traduced the South,
betrayed the Republicans, and been re
bulzcd by The result Of the eIectiou-was
even n tlat day resolved in his own mind
to tura bis back upon the gallant men IN
this city and State, who had surrounded
him as with a wall Of fire, and who had
carried lin forward into the Presidency
after twenty years Of hard, unrcnllttlng,
and chivalrc toii. For myself, ! have
only to say that although Bennett has.
accused ne Of many things, be has yet 10
speak Of me as sbame'essIy ana as brutal
! ly as he has spoken of the President OF
The United States
After reviewing the acts Of commission
and omission on the part Of the National
Administration, and drawing unpleasant
contrasts between Mr.. Buchanan and Gen.
Jackson, Col. Forney takes brief survey
of the field of political contest in Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, &c, in which
he augurs disaster to the Lecomptonitcs,
and concludes as follows:
Glow much will it help the Admins
tration by making the English bill an is
sue, and by continuing to denounce all
who will not consent to do the same We
have never yet had trial Of Lccompton-
ism in Pennsylvania. Our last election
that which took place in October Of
lS59-resuited in the triumph of Wm.
f. Packer, who stood broadly and square
| ly and publicly upon the principle Of Pop
ular Sovereignty, which principle he af-