The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-04-27
Tom Ford on buchanan ana
Douglas. ...

At the close OF the very able and
statesmanlike speech Of Hon. John Shcr.
man, at the Cooper Institute, in New
York city, last Friday evening, Col. +.
II. Ford, Of this State, was called out
Ills remarks, full ofhis characteristic hu.
NOR, sufficiently refOte the rumor that he
was going over to the Douglasites. We
quote the following from the Herald.
report Of his speech:
Wo have no President of the United
states, aud the people are thirstng for a
ruler. This Mr., Buchanan has wiped
himself out. Renewed Laughter. lie
has gone in. Boistorous continuation OF
merrimcnt, A voicc-''lTe Is zone out."1
And the people have even stoppedwa
ing the hole where he went down. IRE.
newed laughter and opplause.l Itistuo
that one John Covode, of Pennsylvania,
mas within the last two or three weeks
been fishing for the old gentleman, rgreat
laughter, but old Jimmy won't bite. Mr..
Covode don't understand the nature OF
the animal; for had he baited his hook
with runaway nigger, il would be the
only thing that would have brought him
TO the surface. Laughtcr.1
When | say that all tho people Of the
United States have ceased TO do hom-
age Jamesto Buchanan, probably was a
little too fast for, il | mistake not, there
is one James Gordon Bennett who still
worships at his shrine. (Cries Of "good,
good" "roporter, put that down." and
loughter.) But, after all, / don't think the
old name heart is in il. lie is a good
deal like the witness who was testilying
in court, and swore that horse was six
teen feet high The lawyer called his
attention to il, and the witness replied
"did say sixteen foctl" Yes, You did
was the answer, "Well," responded the
witness, "ifI said il once / will stick 10
it," (Laughter) This position Of the old
man is corroborated by only one person,
and that strange to say, is james Buch-
anan himself, in that famous letter of his
to Congress, in which no says that at enc
period he believed himself TO be of GOOD
repute in his own neighborhood. TChoers
and great l0ughter.) Now, / want totalk
about mr. sherman. | don't like some
things he said, particularly those compli-
mentary remarks of his about Mr.. Doug
las. Between you and me don't think
that brother Douglns would make very
good Republican. (Great laughtcr.) IL
he does, it will take good Of prepara-
ton Of heart to say the least. Iremom-
Der a circumstance that happened down
in the country where was raised, which
] will relate as appropriate on this occa-
sion. There were two old gentlemen
named Reader and Newell, who were
constantly engaged in quarrel. One day
the Mormons came along, and Render
was so much taken with their doctrine,
that he finally made up his mind TO be
immersed. Well, one Sunday morning
the ceremony was TO take place, aud they
found a quiet place in stream suitable
to baptize the old gentleman. Just as
the Mormon preacher was about to per-
form the operation, Newell, who was
standing near by, sung out, "Mr. Parson,
II you expect to wash away that mans
sins, just bring him down here, for it will
take a mighty strong current to wash
away an anvil which he stole from me
four months ago" (Great laughter. -
Now, my idea Of Douglas is, that if he is
going to be converted to Republicanism
and have his deep-dyed Democratic sins
wiped, he should be put into the strong.
est kind Of a current, and it wouldn't be
bad to anchor him out oyer night. (Langh-
ter.) haye not forgotten Il was bv his
hand the Missouri restriction was strick-
en- out, and which has brought upon us
the differences now existing between the
two sections Of the Union. l hold Mr..
Douglas responsible for that act, and un-
tlt be repents in sackeloth and ashes
until his head is gayer than MIR. Buch-
enan's,l don't intcndt forgive him for that
iniquity. daughter and upplouso.) Mr..
Douglas Is a very clever gentleman. /
know him well. He is a kind.hemted
man, but just make up your minds to il,
fellow citizens. that he is too short for a
big President. (Greut laughter.) He
travels too near the ground.