The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-06-28
TeStin Guy of John w. FOrney,
Before the Cov0dc Committee, Jane ii, 1860.

| unnecessary TO ask you where you reside
| Answer. | reside in the city of Phiadel-
! phia.
@. Your occupation
A, am Editor of the Press, Philadelphia.
@. Your position here
A. Clerk of the House Of Representatives,,
O. What was your position during canvas
in Pennsylvania in 1860
A. was Chairman ofthe Democratic State
Cenerol Committee.
After the nomination Of Mr.. Buchanan, q
was at Cincinnati helping, with others. to se-
cure that result) | was taken very i'll, end re
sided at Lancaster with my mother my wife
being W tn mo at the time. 1t was some time
before | recovered sufficiently to go to Phila-
dclphia aud resume my connection with the
cam, ,,aign Oae afternoon drove up to Wheat
land and found Mr.. Buchanan sitting in front
| OF his house, on the lawn in company with NV
wife, who had preceded me and he SAID to me
in his usual kind manner, Cor we had fomed
very close and intimate relations to each other,
" am very grateful TO you for what YOU have
done at C.ucinnati, and during all your life, Tor
me- | shall be elected easily" 1t was then
believed that he would b. elected ea"ily; he
was regarded rs a conservative man, and he was
confident himself of his election. :" And now,
said he " in order to make your mind easy up
on the ubcct want to tell you what my pur-
poses are in reference to y0ulself design|
that you should go to Washington to take
charge of the organ OF my Administration,
! should be elected, and to take possession If
the public printing This offr 10 voluntarily
made, in the lullnrSs OF my heart, aud intend
to stand by it was OF course, grn'dod and
surprised did not expect that he would make
such an offer, at least at that time, and we par
+ ted. We frequently met afterwards. The cam
paign began with good deal of excitement,
and in a short time the contest assumed an as
pect which made it exceeding y doubtful whrth-
cr he would be elected. But the election pas.
sed over. We carried by Gloss vote the Dem
ocralic ticke, in October AMI after the Novem-
Der election he sent for me to Wheatand. aud
said, al am serry to inform you that | cannot
: call you to Washington" | ought to say in
this place that was for some time the assistant
q editor o, the organ of the Administration OF
G,.neral Pierce aud had large interest in the
' public printing. which was ust about becom-
} inc valuable 10 e,wheu Mr.. Buchanan became
Il a candidate for the Presidency | could not
sustain double position to hose two candidates
&C neral Pierce himself bling IN the field
aud I threw ap not only the partial control OF
e the newspaper, but Whatever interest | al in
II the public printing under him, and came to
. Pennsylvania, at Mr.. Buchanans request to as
-. sumo the direction of the campaign. " am
sorry,' said Mr.. Buchanan, 'that cannot ul.
e fill my promise to call you to Washington. |
', had my house he.e iurnished-t the house now
?. occupied by Senator rrumbull, and owned by
my wife, OF whom Mr. Buchanan is still the
trusteo--and |, olcoursr, felt very much shocked
ut this sta emcnt, and demanded to know the
o reason Said he "rherJ are serious obi i-ctions
II to YOU upon the part OF a number OF Southern
men said, "You have surrendered me" -
Said he, II have been compelled to do So great
u trouble would take place in my Administration
n if YOU come there, aud should be compelled to
,e make pnother arrangement" ! said that, how
-, ever disagrceable the intelligence might be, il
:! was conclusive; and he might rely upon it that
Il he would hear nothing from me in opposition
to his Adminstratiou if he continued to stand
st by the principles upon which he was elected
~ lie said There are many places which you ~
take under me- said "NO it is utterly i'm
u" possible that can bear any official relation tC
u your Administration hereaieri but intend tC
s. give your Administration "a hearty and sincere
:. support"-Gor believed then that if there wa
a man on earth who won Id be true to hi
pledges, it was himself.
+ Before starting my paper prepared my in
At troductory address, in which l asserted th
principles Of popular sovereignty fully; and 81
10 cautious was not to get into difficulty with tn
e. Administration and the party, that | submit
10 ted that address to Judge Black in proof shee is
Al telling him that my illusions to Mr.. Buchan
an were not strong enough he should make then
! Strongerand he did amend that opening arti
u Gle so | started my paper. Previous to tn
establishment of the paper which was started
10 on the first OF August, 1857, Judge Black WrOu
; me a letter in which he stated that | ShOulC
continue to adhere to the principle Of popula
C. sovereignty, and that the Administration woul,
$. adhere to il. The pipar was started, and it
J., columns show how Iirtle was affected bg pat
- rouage or by dsappointm mt. because | StonC
by every measure Of the Administration as fds
rs they we're evolved, continuing to make
X strong point upon the popular side OF the Kan
re sas question all the time. We bad Governor
-, election going on. Governor Packer was tn
Dem cratic Candidate, and David Wlmot wa
the Republican candidate. Governor P4cke
re planted himself firmly on the principle Of pop
t. uIar sovereignty, aud by that more than by an
other means succeeded in completely defeat tiul
Mr. Wilmot may say that the Press wa
his most efficient advocate in that cdmpaign
y Shortly before the sleclion-l do not recollec
the date but everybody knows the time the
Oxford and McGee frauds in the Trrritsry oI
Kansas were exposed, took strong ground,
= for Gov Walker and Frederick F. Stanton il
:. my paper, and continued steadily to sustain
,, them
p Mr.. Robinson. Aud oppose those frauds
" The Witness Yes, sir; opposed the frauds
| ha at that time correspondent in Wsshmg
d ton, Mr.. McElh0ne, who was collecting inlor
}. nation for my paper, aud he gave me the very
first inlimston that my course met the disa p
: probation Of this Administration in that respect
bv writing me letter bu, had become So
> fully committed to that line of policy that to
n abandon it would be to disgrace myself
By Mr. Robinson. | will state that there il
. discrepancy between the testimony OF Judge
Black aud Mr., Webstrr-Mr Webster ststiag
that he held n conversation with Judge Black
who promised that If yoa would take certain
course in your paper you should have the priu.
u ting Of the Postofhce blanks. Now, Judge