Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-22
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Thereport Of the Hon. John eovode, nom
the Special Committe 10 investigate certain
alleged sorruptiona has been made to the
House Of Representatives, and is accompanied
by an immense mass of testimony, John
W. FOrney, Clerk Of the House or RepFssen-
tatiYes, was examined before the Committee
June 18th, 1850, BE is also Editor Of The
Press Philadelphia, and was President Blu
chanan's right hand man before and during
the Presidential contest Of 1856. His testi-
mony therefore possesses unusual interest,"
It rolls up the curtain on scenes not intended
for The public eye, and exhibits the chief
actor in the most discreditable attitudes Of
duplicity and per6dy. Previous to Buehan-
ans election, Col. Forneys relations to him
had long been intimate and of confidential
character, and Col. F. in his testimony says,
@The separation is Of the most painful na-
ture. His evidence is so long that we are
compelled TO omitthe questions and answers
but we copy the most material part explain
ing his personal and political connection with
the President before and afer his elevation
to the Chief Magistraey. Let all the people
"resd and inwardly digest
Amer the nomination Of Mr. buchanan, q
was at Cincinnati helping, with Others, to
secure that result, 1 was taken very i'll, and
resided at Lancaster with my mother, my
wife being with me at the time. Il was
some time before recovered sufficiently to
20 10 Philadelphia and resume my connec-
ton with the campaign One afternoon
drove up 10 Wheatland, and found Mr.. Bu-
chanRn sitting IN mont Of his house, on the
lawn, in company with my wife, who had
preceded me; and he said to me in his usual
kind manner (f6r we had formed very close
and intimate relations TO each other, al am
very grateful 10 you for what you have done
al Cincinnati, and during all your life, for me.
| shall be elected easily Il was then be-
lieyed that be would be elected easily; be
was regarded as a conservative man, and he
was confident himself Of his election. And
now, said he, sin order to make your mind
easy upon the subject, ! want to tell you
what my purposes are in reference to your
self. ] design that you shall 20 to Washing
ton to take charge Of the organ of my Admin
tration, should be elected, and to take pos
session Of the public printing. This offer IS
voluntarily made, in the fnllness of my heart,
and | intend to stand BY it, / was, Of
course, gratifed and surprised. did not
expect that be would make such an offer, at
least at that time, and We parted. We fre-
quently met afterwards The campaign be-
gan with good deal Of excitement, and in
a short time the contest assumed an aspect
which made it exceedingly doubtful whether
he would be elected But the election passed
over. We carried by a close vote the Dem
ocratie ticket in October, and after the No
vember election he sent for me 20 Wheatland,
and said, 81 am sorry to inform you that
cannot call you 10 Washington / ought
TO say in this place that was for some time
the assistant editor Of the organ of the Ad-
ministration Of General Pierce, and had a
large interest IN the public printing, which
was Just about becoming valuable to me,
when Buchanan became a candidate for the
Presidency. could not sustain a double
position to these two caniidates-General
Pierce and himself being in the feld-and
threw up net only the partial control Of
the newspaper, but whatever interest had
in the public printing under him, and came
back to Pennsylvania, at Mr.; Buchanan's
request to assume the direction Of the cam
paign. f" am sorry, said Mr.. Buchanan,
that | cannot fulfill my promise TO call
you 70 Washington. / had my house
here furnished-the house now occupied
by Senator Trumbull, and owned by my
wife, OF whom MF. Buchanan IS stiI the
trustee-and J. Of course, felt very much
shocked at this statement, and demanded to
know the reason. Said he, There are
serious objections to you upon the part Of a
number Of Southern men" said, HYou
have surrendered me. Said he Il have
been compelled 70 do so; a great trouble
I would take place in my Administrator if
you came there, and should be compelled
4 to make another arrangement" | said that
I however disagreeable the intelligence might
] be, it was conclusive and he might rely
upon it that he would hear nothing from me
/ in opposition to his Administration, if he
continued to stand BY the principles upon
/ which he was elected. He said, .TheTe are
many places Ahich you can take under me. "
I / said, i'NOI it is utterly impossible that
. can bear eny Official relation to your Ad-
ministration hereafter; but intend to give
to your Administration , hearty and sincere
! support for believed then that if there
/ was a man on earth who would be true tc
his pledges, it was himself
Subsequently / became the candidate Of
the Democratic party for United States Sen
ator, He recommended me to the Legisla-
ture through 1riehd, for that position,
which thought was an ample contradic-
ton to the objection which he had allowed
to be successfully made against me; because
/ if he vas wiling to put he into the Senate,
he certainly ought not to have objected to
having me here as bis newspaper represent
alive, so to speak. was defeated for that
place; and then a very strong demonstra-
ton was made in many quarters to put me
before him for the Cabinet. took occasion
at once to tell him, thar, acting on thu de-
termination which had started out with
was not r candidate for that place. Indeed
went so far as to assure many kind friend.
that their persistent support of me for the
Cabinet was disagreesble to me and would
produce trouble; that Mr. Buchanan had
other objects in view, and my course Wac
A-AoAASA NNts A9AloAAAg uCAVAC AAo AAAstttE "a u
ton, Mr. Buchanan wrote me q letter tender.
ing me one Of two places-the place of con.
sui TO Liverpool, and the place of nava
oficer at Philadelphia, confess that wa
surprised at the otter, and was somewhat in
dignant, and declined it unhesitatingly.-
Either before that or directly after, Certainly
about that time, was called upon by Mr.
Wendell, at the Merchants Hotel, Philadel
! phia, first, and subsequently at Marshal HOov
ers, in this city; when he renewed the prop
osition that the President had made to pl
inhis letter, addingthat anything else whicl
I might wish | could have, He stated fur
ther that be was authorized to say, that if
would 60 To- Liverpool, or accept a foreigl
mission, I should receive ten thousand dollar
in addition TO the salary of consul, or Of
named foreign mission. Mr. Wendell hai
always before been identified with the oppo
. nents Of Mr. Buchanan. During my inter