The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-05-26
4 Letter from Ez-Pre8ident Buchanan,

Since this war begun, no man in the whole
country has been SO much y;!lded, lied upon,
and abused as ex-President James Buchanan.
The most baseless charges have been constantly
made against him, and the most unlikely un-
truths reported, until no doubt some honest
people believed them. 1t seemed to be useless
for Democratic newspapers to refute any charge
which might be made against any member of
the party while the excitement attendant upon
the war ras raging. The administration press
refused, in very many instances, to do the COM
mon Justice of correcting any wrong statement
they had made, 10 matter how clearly its fdlsi
ty was proven. We hope the time is speedily
coming, when the most mendacious members Of
the Abolition press may be shamod into at least
a show CT deoency and seii-respcct.
Below will he found letter over the sigma
ture of Gfr. Buchanan, completely exposing the
entire falsty of malicious attack made upon
hlm more than year ago, and refuied at the
time by the Pittsburg Post and other democrat
ic newspapers, bat revived again only a few
days since By the New York Post, The letter
lirst appeared in The New York T~i5mse Of yes
tcrIay. There is not one Of the ca!Qmnies a.
gainst Mr. Buchanan. with which Abolition
{
which cannot he Is fdlly and completely refu-
ted rs the above baseless charge. This will
yet be done 10 the entire satisfaction Of candid
men of all parties Impartial history will vim
dicata his lame, and set hts public career in such
q light that it shall at once be knowa and rec
oguzed throughout the future as pure, wise,
and eminently patriotic.
10 tic Eii:,7r Of tie N. I. Post
SIR: In the New ! orr, Tribune Of yesterday
I read. with no little surprise, an extract from
the Eneniaq Post, (vl4ch / do not see) stating
in substance that tie Cincinnati Democratic
Convention Of June; 1856, mot 'May,) had
core to dead lock-" on the evening before
Mr.. Ruchanan's nomination, and had adjourned
until the next morning, ''with a fair prospect
It would meet only to adjourn sine de-" but
that in the meantime arrangements were made
to secure his nomination as soon as the ConVeR-
| ton should reassemble, in consequence of pledg
es given by his friends. The nature of these
pledges according to the article III The Post,
was openly avowed by Judge Black on the floor
OF the Convention, Immediately after the NOM
! inatioa According to it: GA silence ensued
| for few moments, as if the Convention was
anticipating something prepared, when Judge
| General under Buchanan,) rose in his place and
made set speech, in which he proceeded to de-
nounce Abolitonism and Black Republicanisn
very freely, and to argue that the States pos
sessed, under the Constitution, the right of Sc
cession He went further. and told the Con-
vention that if the nominee was elected, and a
Black Republican shonld be elected rs his sue
cessor, he (Mr Buchanan) would do nothing to
interfere with the exercise Of it. This pledge
was ample, and was accepted by the Southern
| leaders
You will doubtless be astonished to learn that
Judge Black, afterward Mr.. Buchanan's At
torney General, by whom this pledge is alleged
to have been made, and through whom the ev-
ident purpose now is TO fasten it upon Mr.. b.
chanan, t0as not delegate TO the Cincinnati
Conrention, nor tpcs he toithin 500 miles of
Cincinnati, during its session. Instead of
this, he was at the very time performing his