The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-05
The Tarrysown Farce.

The VorrytOWn FeiCes
On Thursday there was q meeting in the vii
lage Of Tarrytown for the purpose of bolstering
up Mr. John B. Haskin, who is anxious to be re-
turned az the representative Of the Westchester
district in Congress Considering the peculiar
position that Mr.. Haskin holds with the party
thst FIRST sent him to Washington, the selection
of Tarrytown, the scene o. the expose Of Arnold's
treachery, was erainently appropriate But it's
rather with the meeting than Mr.. HasNn that
we ale to deal. He is not Of sufficient conse-
queucc, in political point Of view, to merit
more than passing remark
The meeting, as has been alrcady seen by the
scoounts Of the reporters. was failure in point
OF numbers. The people Of Westchester we're ear
---., -or-oetvd % come with a tremendous rush;
buthardiy two hundred friends countrymen and
lovers Of the candidate responded to the appeal
II was likewise terrible break down in its ora.
torical display. The grand high bugler and
trumpetcr on the occasion was John w. Forney,
OF Pennsylvania, who apparently came TO Tar
| II town TO tell the people how much he used to
/, love Mr.. Buchanan; how Mr. Buchanan treated
| him, and what an ill-used man he (Forney) was.
| lie was pathetic and lachrymoEc over
! his early relations with the President,
enlarged at length upon his services at
| several nominating conventions, and claimed
| the honor OF having fought at Cincinnati the
! battle which resulted in the nomination of Mr..
Buchanan. 1t certainly was a great scheme
that this King maker, this modern Warwick,
! should not have his own way about everything;
and lcrcc lis Tarrytown trade Mr.. Forney's
| speech Il all egctsnl and trash. He talks like
q bootbiacb whe las been discharged from SER
vice, and mo collects together q number Of
| sympathizir bcolo'aca - tel them how badly
he has been used because his master preferred
his boots BACKED after Lis own taste. The whole
| speech is only q TRADE Of personalities, which
none but the veriest niucompoop H. the world
could utter. Mr. Forney simply soy5-" was
| a waiter, an attendant, 1 humble follower Of
the President, now j I'm servant out OF a
situation, aud without char lcIer iIoli my Last
| place-pity me, good pecp!e, ard dctest my cruel
| employer
Mr.. loraey's former career az familiar to all
who are acquainted 18th political aflairs. In
the days Of Pierce he was attached rs hanger
on At the White House He had the run Of the
kitchen, and fattened in it for two years and
mere. lie turned from the flesh pots of Pierce
because he hoped for better sops In the pan
from Mr.. Buchanan. Finding nothing but COLI
shoulder, he has now turned against the Presi-
dent, and consorts with broken down poll
ticians, who have no more real influence
with this people than with those OF Timbuctoo
Disappointed at bis own defeat, he rails like
oiscar ed scullion at the man whose shoe strings
he would be proud to unloose.
Singular enough, in all this Tarrytown meet
ing there is very little said about the candidate
for whom II was called. The speeches abound
In abuse OF the administration, which las no.
been under the control Of Forney d CO.. but,
be, Old that, there is nothing. The questions
OF the day are only incidentally alluded to, and
the affair seems TO have been gotten MP in order
to give Mr.. Forney an opportunity to air his
private griefs. II was altogether terrible
jSGsoc, and viii act as warning to the ooposi-
ton in Westchestcr. II they hope to win, they
must unite upon some respectable man. In
point Of cspability the Chcvalier Webb IL worth
ten Of Forrey and Hassin put together.
TIE miserable failure at the Thursday meet.
ing must convince every one that hybrid poll
ticiars Of the TorDey stamp, rusty repegades
ard discarded servants have no strength ia
Wcstchester. They are sunk so far Ia the sea
Of political oblivion that no submarine appa.
ratus viii ever raise them.
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