Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-09
THE HOUSE OF FORNEY.

We clip from the last published letter OF
Mack" the vigilant and piqnant Wash
ington correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
merciGl, the following resume Of the disintsr-
ested doings Of the Forney family in behalf
of their country. The head of the house of
Forney is matchless political scamp, and
a man Of no mean ability. He has acquired
a national notoriety, and deserves, as news
matter at least, the attention which he re-
ceives from the press of the country. He is
of that class Of characters like Chifinch of
English history, the purveyor of the Merry
Monarch's private pleasures and political
jobbery, convenient and necessary to those
in whose employ he may be for the time,
but 50 utterly infamous in himself and in
his occupation, that even those who symPa-
thize in and profit by his rascality dare not
outrage public decency by defending him.
We have had doubts, however, whether
the conservative and yirtuous journals ofthe
day are not impolitic in their frequent no.
tees of this man. Notoriety is the pabu-
lum of existence to such creatures. Con-
scious that they are corrupt, and that the
world must be cognizant of the fact, they
are insensible to shame, and become reckless
in Drawing public contempt. They care not
how much they may be loathed, so sufficient
lucre is acquired to retire into purchased
responsibility, when they become blaze, and
impotent longer to pursue their disgusting
trade Forney is already conspicuously
gibbeted in the contempt of the nation, and,
if it were possible, it would be better 10 let
him quietly decompose and exhale away
from public notice;
FoRNEY, THE DIsINTEREsTED PATRIOT.
Every once in while the great American
Toady, John w. FOrney, speaks of the
party which supports the President as made
up Of " hirelings," word which he borrows
from the vocabulary of the late Southern
masters. The public may like to know how
purely disinterested Forney is, and has been,
in support of the Republican party-how
much self-sacrifce he displays in the premi-
SEES, in fact.
Firstly, then, there is John w. Forney,
the dead duck in proprid persona, Clerk of
the Senate, at So, 800 year and stealings
Secondly. There is d. c. Fcrney, publish
er of the Chronicle, cousin of the dead due ks,
in pay of the Senate, drawing a salary OF
about two thousand dollars a year for work
for which he never Performs clear
swindle.
Thirdly. There is another Forney, a
brother of the ducks, mail agent between
here and Philadelphia.
Fourthly. There is another brother mail
agent on the Pennsylvania Central Road.
Filthy. There is a junior FOrney, who
all through the war was staff officer, on
duty in Philadelphia.
Sixthly. There is another son Of the
dead ducks who, early in the war, was got a
commission in the navy, under a solemn COW
enant never to be sent to sea, nor exposed to
the rude fire of rebel guns-and he never
was
Seventhly. Forney is carried about the
City of Washington in vehicle owned by
the Government, drawn by ahorse owned by
the Government and driven by a man paid
as a laborer in the Capitol grounds. All
of which may be strictly patriotic, but it is
not legal.
EighthIy. Forney has for private SER
want man who is paid as laborer for the
Senate, which is contrary to the law in such
cases made and provided.
Filthy. FOrney gets the CrOaicte edited
by men who are paid as clerks of the Senate,
which may be patriotism, but looks like
swindling.
Tenthly. Forney will employ nobody as
clerk or messenger, in the Senate, who will
not help to edit either the Chronicle or the
Press; which is good economy but bad NOR
ais in the dead duck.
Eleventhly. Forney wrote 3 begging let
ter to the President about six months ago.
The President did not grant the prayer of
the petitioner, and the Chronicle Immediate
ly came out against Andrew Johnson and
his policy. Which may be disinterested,
but doesn't look that way; looks rather like
an unsuccessful attempt to
Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee,
When thrift may follow FttcHer.
What a self-sacrifcing patriot FOrney is,
TO be sure MACK.