Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-05-31
A Letter From Ex President Buchanan.
[From the Lancaster In telligencsr.l

whole country has been SO much viitied,
lied upon, and abused rs ex-PresidenL
James Buchanan. The most baseless
charges have been constantly made a.
gainst him, and the most unlikely un-
truths reported, until no doubt some hon
est people believed them. 1t seemed to
be useless for Democratic newspapers TO
refute any charge that might be made a
gainst any member Of the party while
the excitement attendant upon the war
was raging. The administration press e.
fused, in very many Instances TO do the
common justice OF correcting any wron
statement they had made, no matter how
clearly its falslty was proven. We hope
the time is speedily coming, when the
most mendacious members OF the Aboll-
tion press may be shamed into at least
show Of decency and selt-respect.
Below will be found Il letter over tho
signature OF Mr. Buchanan, completely
exposing tho entire falsity Of a malicious
attack made lpon him more than a year
ago, and re, dted at the time by the Pits
burg Post n Ad other Democratic newspa-
pers, but revived again only few days
since by che NaW York Post The letter
first Appeared in the New York 1ft5 une
of ye ,terday. There is not one OF the
colu' nnies against Mr.. Buchanan, with
which Abolition newspapers have delight
ed TO fiji their columns, which cannot be
rs fully aud completely refuted as the a
boye ba,eless charge. This will yet be
dono to the enlire satisfaction Of canded
mon ofall parties. Impartial history will
vndicate his fame, and sot his public ca
re.r in such light rs shall at once be
known and recognized throughout the
future as pure, wise, and emnently patri-
olio:
70 the EEtor ofiLe Ne.c York Post:
SIR: In the New York Tribune OF yes
terday read, with no little surprise an,
extract from tho Eomiog PoH, (Which |
do not soc) stating in substance that the
Cincipnalti Convention Of June 1885, lnot
'May, ~ had come to dead lock-" on
the evening before Mr.. BuchNnan's nom
inalion, and had adjourned until the
next morning, with fair prospect it
would meet only to adjOarn sine die = but
that in the meantime arrangements were
made to secure his nomination as soon as
tho Convention should rel,semble in
consequence of pledges given 10y his
friends. The nature Of these pledges, ac-
cording TO the article in TIE Post, was o.
Ipenly avowed by Judge Black on the
floor o! the Convention, Immediately at-
ter tho nomination. According to it: "A
silence ensued for few moments, rs il
the Convention was anticipating some
thing prepared, when Judge Black, OF
1 PENNSYLVANIA, larlerwasd Attorney-ien-
4 ! n |tf al I'D
AMI made n set speech, in which he pro-
ceeded to denounce "Abolltlonism" and
BLACK Republcauism' very freely, and
to argue that the States pos-esse |, under
the Constitution, the right OF recession.
lie went further, and told the Conven.
ton that if the nominee was elected, and
Black Republican should be elected as
/ his successor, he Mr. Buchanan would
do nothing to interfere with ihe exercise
of it. This pledge was amrle, and WAS ac
cepied Ly the Southern leaders"
''Ou '-Iil slo..Itlvss 10 astUnisneu lo
learn that Judge Black, aferward Mr.. Bu.
/ chanan's Attorney General, by whom this
pledge is alleged to have been made, an 4
! through whom the evident purpose now
is to faster it upon Mr.. Buchanan, ,cus uy
ad.leya,S b The Cincinnati Convention nor tt'
he oRhm 500 miles Of Cmciwah, during ib
session. Instead of this, he was at the We
ry time performing his high official du
ties as Judge Of the Supreme Court oI
/ Pennsylvania
/ 1t may be added th'' from the date o.
4 General Jackson's E0-1Ee Of January,
. 1888 against South Caroline nulltica'iou
| and secession, until that Of his owu mes
sage Of December, 1862 AMI indeed ever
since, no public man has more steadIast
/ ly and uniformly opposed these danger
Gus and suicidal heresies than Mr., Bnch
aunn. Had any person, in or out of the
Convention, dared to make pledge in
/ his behalf oil this or any other subject
such an act would have been condemned
few days thereafter bv the terms of III,
letter accepting the nomination. Ia this
after expressing his thanks for the honor
conferred, he says that, deeply sensible
OF the vast and varied responsibility at
tached to the station, especially at the
present crisis in our affairs, Ih1v3 carefully
Irejrainci from seeking the nomination eiMer BY
r0ri or deed - and this statement is cmphli
caly true,
4 few words in regard to the alleged
''jead lock" in the Cincinnati Conyen.
ton at the time oCi,s adjournment, on
the evening Of tho jth Of June, after
fourteen ballots had been taken for can
didate. 1t appears from its proceedings
as officially published, that on each oil
these oallolngs, Mr. Buchanan received a
plurality, and on the 9th attained ma
iority Of all the votes of the Convention
but not the required two-thirds. On the
fourteenth and last ballot of that evening"
the vote stood 1929 for Buchanon; 7j Gol
I Fierce; G3 for Douglass, and 5 for Cass
/ This being the state Of the case when the
! Convention assembled the next morning
the New Hampshire delegation Withdrew
/ the name of General Pierce and the Hi
pois delegation Withdrew that Of Judge
Douglass, in obedience to instructions
from home 10y telegraph on the day be.
fore the ballotings had commenced, AZ
ter this the nomination of Mr.. Buchanan
seemed TO DO o matter of course. lie had
never heard of dead lock" in the Con-
ynNt;n,, ~ ,,ytl HIM, Ill, 1 49,, 4