Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-06-08

N iax Efsssv sffAe N. r Evaalas Peat
Sla-~In she Eew York 7rsbune Of yese
sesday read with no lisase sngprise, i'd
sxsrass from khe Eceaiag Post, (which
did noe sse ] atating Id substance that
the Cinsianastl Democratic Convention
~ Juas, 1850, (not "May ,nl had come to
. ssaead loci, on the eTenlag before MIR.
Buchsnan's nomination, and bad ad.
journed until the next mogning sswith .
fair prospect that IL weala meet only 10
adjourn sire dis," bat IN Eha meantime
arrangements were. made - secure bic
nomination az soon as tia Convention
shoula reasonable, 10 consequence of
pledges given By bis frisads. The ma
tura of these pledges, according TO the
article In the Posts vas openly avowed
By Judge Black on the door Of She Con-
vention, Immediately after the noInina-
ton. According 10 Ii IA silence en-
sued for few moments, az IL the Con-
ventfon was anticipating something pre-
pared, when Judge Black, Of Pennsylva-
MIA, afterwards Attorney General under
Bushanau,1 arose In bis place and naia
a ses speech, In which be proceeded to
daaonnce 'Abo1itionismi aud BLACK Re.
publicanisn' very freely, and to argue
that the States possessed, under the Con-
stitusion, the right Of secession. lie
went further, aysd sold the Convention
that IL the nominee was elected, aud q
Black Republican should be elected a.
his successor, be tMr. Bushananl would
do nothing TO interfere With the exercise
Of il. THIS pledge was ample and was
accepted by the southern leaders,"
You will doubtless be astonished TO
learn that Judge Black. aiterward MIR.
Buehanan's Attorney General, by whom
this pledge lie alleged to have been made,
and through whom the evident purpose
nov il 10 fssten il upon Dir. Buchanan,
was nos delegate to Ahe Cincinnati
Convention, nor was be within 500 miles
of CINCINNATI, during ito session. In
stead Of this, be vas at the very time per.
forming high Official duties as Judge Of
the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania.
| 1t may be added that from the date Of
General Jaekson's message Of January,
1883, against South Carolina nullifca-
ticn and secession, until that Of bis own
message Of 1860, and indeed ever since,
no public man has mora stBadfastly and
uniformly opposed this dangerous and
suicidal policy than 1ir. Buchanan. Had
any person, in or out Of The Convention,
dared to make pledge in bis behalf, on
this or any other suhiees, such an act
would hare been condemned a few days
thereafter by the terfns accepting the
nomination. 10 this, after expressing
bis thanks for the honor conferred, be
says that, ''Deeply sensible Of the vast
aud varied responsibility attached to the
station, especially As the present crisis Of
our aGairs, | have carefully RETAINED
from seeking the nomination, either BIZ
word or deed !" and this staten emit is
enphasieally true.
a few words in regard TO tho "dead
!ocko in the Cincinnati Convention at
the time Of it's adjournment, on the eve
ming Of the 5th Of June, after fourteen
ballots had been taken fer o candidate
1t appears from its proceedings, as offc-
tally published, that anon each of these
haliotings Mr.. Buchanan received plu-
rality, and on the 9th attained a majority
Of all the votes Of the Convention, bat
not the required two thirds. On the
fourteenth and last ballot of that eve
ming the vote stood l52 IL for Buehan<
an, rs for Pierce, 63 for Douglas, and
5 IL for Csss. This being the state Of
the case, when the Convention assembl.
next morning, the New Hampshire dele
CATION withdrew the name of General
Pierce, and the Illinois delegation with
drew that Of Judge Douglas, In obedience
10 Instructions from home By telegram
on the day before the balloting commeuc-
ed. After this the nomination OF Dir.
Buchanan seemed TO be matter Of coarse.
He bad never heard Of ttdsad lock" in
the Convention, or anything like it, an
til he read the article in the Post.
II may be proper to state that Col.
Samuel w. Black, Of Petersburg, was
delegate to the Cincinnati Convention
from Pennsylvania, and being well known
as ready and eloquent speaker, "shouts
were raised" for speech from bin, i'm
mediateiy after the nomination was an
nouneed. To these be briefly responded
ia an able and enthusiastic manner
From the identity of their sur names, had
this response, reported In the proceed
iDgs, contained the infamous pledge at
tributed to Judgs Black, or anything like
it, Ne might in charity hare inferred that
the author Of che article had merely mis-
taken the one name for the other. But
there 10 nothing in what Col. Black said
which affords the least color for any such
mistake.
Col. Black afterwards sealed bis hos
tility TO secession with bis blood. At an
early stage Of the war, he fell mortally
wounded on the field % battle, while gal,
lantly leading bis men on against the
Rebels.
doubt not you will cheerfally do me
justice By publishing this letter and |
wouid thank you for copy Of the paper
containing it. Yours, very respecti'y,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
WheatlaDd, near Lancaster, May IL,
1865.