Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-11-29
MINISTER TO AUSTRIA.

eome noise has been made by the opposition
about the appointment of Hon. j. CLANCY Jones
as Minister to Austria. The fercest denuncia-
ton OF this eminently proper appointment has
come from John w. Forney, the g Simon Cir.
ty' or the opposition press, who has charged the
President with " rebuking'' and "insultinp''
the people Of Berks, and with doing "what no
other President had ever ventured to do,''-
namely, appointing defeated man to Office.
In making this charge, Forney has made an
assertion that he kHor, to Be false. He knows
well that when Gen. A G.. Dodge of Iowa lost
his seat in the United States Senate, ON account
OF bis vote tor Mr.. Douglas Nebraska bill.
PRESIDENT Pierce appointed him Minister to
Spaln, position he holds this yery day II
MI. Buchanan has insulted the people of Berks
county by appointing Mr.. Jones to Austria,
then clearly Mr.. Pierce insulted the people of
Iowa oy appointing Mr.. Dodge to Spain. Did
Forney denounce the act of Gen Pierce? If
our memory serves US, he applauded it, He
had " the run of the kitchen at that time. and
his conscience was easier than it is now. His
respect for the people was wholesomely re-
strained by respect for his own pocket. He
saw nothing wrong in Gen. Pierce s conduct :
but when Mr.. Buchanan does the same thing
precseiy, lie sees In 1t an unparalleled insult
TO the people. The Republicans who denounced
TIE appointment Of Gen. Dodge as they now de.
nounce tnatf Mr.. Jones may with some show of
reason claim 10 he honest, but we want no
Stronger proof of the deep dishonesty and mean n
malIgnlty Of John W. Forney, than is furnished
by his denuncistion of James Buchanan for
acts which he applauded in Franklin Pierce.
Ten Pierce, who was bold and honest man,
openly declared, when the great Nebraska
contest was going on, that be would take care
OF the patriotic national men who might fall in
that struggle. He kept his word, though the
opposition howled at him as they now, with
FOTney In the lead, howl at Mr. Buchanan
and Gen. Dodge was not the only martyr to
the Nebraska bill whose fall was broken by the
then potent arm Of the gallant " oung Hick-
ory Of the Granite Hills" Mr.. Buchanan.
too, IS taking care Of the true men who have
fallen on the political battle field. He is right,
and the sober second thought" Of the country
Will sustain him as it sustained his predecessor.
Forney, abuse of Mr.. Jones is shameful and
lnexcusable. He did not abuse him when he
sought and received his support for the clerk
Snip OF the House; and he promised to behave
very deeently towards him when he wss can.
didate for the United States Senate, and sought
the support OF the Berks county members of
the Legislature. Being called upon by the
Berks county members to define his position
towards Mr.. Jones, who had been proposed for
high position under Mr.. Buchanan. Forney
appeared before them, and, with an air of can
dOr which the prsstised hypocrite knows so well
now TO assume, confessed that he had been
among the number of Mr. Jones opponents,
but promised to carry his hostility to that gen
ueman no further. With this promise, the
friends OF MIR. Jones agreed to vote for him, and
did vote for him, for Senator; but after his de-
feat, his hostility to Mr. Jones broke ont more
openly and more rancorously than ever Such
was the faith this "Sin,on Girfvp kept with
the Democracy of Berks county, whom he now
accuses the President of 'insulting Cham
6erS6hrg (Pa.l Vaiiev Spirff.