Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-26

never until now, that i have hfard OIL
appeared as his defender. That Mr..
buchanan was strong enough to resist
the appeals of Davis and his fellows,
brave enough to defy their arrogance,
and clear headed enough to escape the
traps with which they surrounded him
is to his lasting credit. They did him
great injustice then, and they have
never repented that | know of. They
cnvelopsd him in an atmosphere and
gave coloring to some Of his acts
that the facts did not Justify. They
furnished the ammunition by which
he has been successfully slaudcrcd
from that day to this. Mr.. Davis
calls himself the old friend Of Mr..
Buchanan. This, indeed, is the acme
Of sarcasm.
MIR. BucHANANs FIRST ALAEM.
"Just after the election of lSGO-
even before any southern state had
taken decided step toward secession,
one of the senators froln South Caro-.
lima left the capitol in huf, dccIar.
lug the election of Mr.. Lincoln meant
civil war, and that he would no longer
serve in the senate. This was the first
significant net pointing to secession,
and it made an impression upon Mr..
Buchauan's mind. Very soon after it
occurred he took occasion to say to
me:
"'Judgo, have these people any
right to sccede2 DO you find any
warrant in the constitution for states
Withdrawing from the Federal Union =
None on earth, | replied. This
Union can never be destroyed, except
10y fire ana sword
81 am glad that your opinion i. in
exact accord with mine upon that sub
ject, said he. i have been giving
this matter a great deal of thought,
and now that you agree with me / am
convinced that my conclusions are
sound The Union Is indi-,olublr.
This union said |, i, perpetual.
OF course it may bc broken up by
revolution, but not by peaceful meth
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tween the states is in no sense like
business partnership, that may be dis.
solved By the action Of either party,
or by appeal &, court Of equity.
we discussed the subject in this
vein for a few minutes. and Mr.. Bu.
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MY MISTAKE.
GLOW shall il be- donc-by prorla.
nation or in the message O. congress =
asked the president.
"'In the message was my response.
| spoke. perhaps, without proper r..
hccti0u: but congress was soon to con-
ycuc and the message va. beIu. pre-.
pared. A grave question was to b.
dealt with and grave crisis to boz
met. Therefore my first impression
wa- that il would be more di.niGcd to
deal with it in the message and So |
answered. II | had said BY procla.
nation be would have undoubtedly
said, Write IT,: or, if he had written
it himself the result would have been
the same. \ ringing document from
the first line to the last would have
been prepared, n was done in the
Utah case. II need not have been half
a column long. Such a paper could
and would have stated conclusions So
powerfully n possible to have STAYED