Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-22

tug, and the chef of the Secession ca
 ble. In this statement, which is report ei m the shape of ar interview betweei A. B. Farquhar and the late Judg,
 Black only few days previous to hi
 death, be tells many things hitherto un known to the public which wlll b, sought after, and read by every student of history in this country. According to Judge Blacks statement, James Bu chanan was not the iimld man he Va. | generally believed to be because he did not reinforce Sumpter; the abolIiionisi did hln iojustlce. Tine latter blamed him for not reinforcing Sumpter, while Jeff Davis and other secessIonists de. sired that t should be evacuated for the sole purpose Of making their pre-de- ternined departure easy and safe South Carolina tried to bully the Presi- dent; Davis and others tried to cook him. It is no evidence of timidity that he resisted both. "I find nothlnc,' says Judge Black, in retractIng a word of what 1 said two yesrs ago when re- viewing his Davis book. Their methods and acts cannot be too severely c-isi- cized. Their political leaders were uu- true 10 their party obligations and m faithful to their political friends in the north.
 would not do Mir. Davis an injustice. He has had enough of that from his own people. But what I said in the original article I say now-that he and other secessiCnist were always plying Mir. Buchanan with their arguments and threats, as the case might be. That he was able to resist them all and stand true to hIs constitutional obligation in the most trying ordeal ever forced upon Q man is lasting tribute to his honor and manhood. NIT. Buchanan has been more previously mIsrePresented, and with greater success, than any other man of whom l ever heard Or read. Mir Davis Is as much responsible for this injustice as any one man living or dead. He Was king bee in tie secession move mens-in all the intEiguss la which they hedred the Presiden; about while they were planning the Rebellion he was chief. He enioy. tl.o Presidents friend ship and Lad considerable influence with him, and be never hesita.ed to use his honor to war the Presidents acts and Utte-auces t1 it tle sch lenes of those with whom asj rl-waaEl be acted. He sicnauy faIsl ba- hc is entitled to no credit for Mr. Bgchgrans' fdellty. The p.othuCs with which the southern lenders surrounded the Executive gave at once the pretex' for and the power to his enemies to successfully assall him. 2lr. Davis aud other secessionists would nave peace oaly win dism4mbsrllcll: Those opposed to them would have peace only with union. The different elements were as fsI apart as the poles. l. is too late for MT Davis t) write about the peaceful intentions of the secessionists of that tune. He knows better than any man living of the im- pudence and arrogance of the southern leaders. No anti-mortem epitaph be can now pen will supply the virtues which even hls followers could never find. Mr. Davis position l. absurd. He claims that because the government held and guarded its own property in the harbor of Charleston, 1t was a menace to the people of South Carolina. I con- fess they should have been made @ menace to those people who were defy ing the law and trampling upon the au- thority oi the government, if re-enforce- ments could have made them so. As well might he have claimed that because the Federal Government held the capital at Washington and its other public buildings, and had the means for their defense. that it was an insult to the whole South. Az anxious as Mr. Buch- anan always was to prevent an open rupture during his term of office, he never for a moment thought Of yielding to the demands entreaties, or threats of the secessionist l admit that he was far more lenIept with them than I would have been, or advised him to be. He hesitated about reinforcing the forts when he should have acted promptly.
 Time at last sets all things even"
 sIt has taken MT. Davis more than twenty years to bring me to the bleek. His effort Is as amusing Gs were the antics and sayings of Rip Van Wrinkle to the plain country people among whom he awoke after his twenty-years' slum- Der. He brings news to the American people III the charge upon which he arraigEs me. If, as he says, l violate my oath of office because I denied the right of secession, urged the president to protect government property in the south, and punish nll offenders against the laws of the lard, am glad of it. l should do the same thing again, If called upon to act in a like emergency. But what does MT. Davis say of lis acts If they can now meet the approval of his ! conscience he must have an elastic one. l lie was senator of the United States while he was in the conspiracy to de- stroy the government. He was pleading ! for peace while he was planning war. It ! is too late now for him to exhibit his ingenious arguments m the senate for a | peaceful solution of the difficulties, while he was plying the president with pernicious advice and enieGvoring to influence him to disregard his constItu- tional obligations"
 As to the true position of NIT. Buchan- an upon the question Of slavery, Judge Black quotes (from memory) the fol- ] lowing:
 Buchanan: 'I always abhored slavery, but the law sanctioned 1t, ind it was my d1ty to sustain the legal right.
 would not have a slave to tiu my ground; To carry me Co fan me while tsl-eD
 And trernbls when I wake for al. the wealth That sinevgs bought and sold have ever earI-e ed
 No. Gear as freedom is. and in ny hearts
 Just estimate prizei above all price.
 I had mush rather be myself De slave.
 These lines ever represented my feelings upon that institution. The Constitution recognized it and l recog nized its legal right. None of my family or relatives had any interest m slaves except McDonsId, Of New Orleans, and he owned them only to preach to them.
 Black: "You surprise me. because had always understood that you were pro