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Excerpt from Life and Public Services of Hon. James Buchanan of Pennsylvania
Opinion umversally indicated Mr. Buchanan as pre-emi uently the man for the mission; and so warmly was he urged to accept it, and so flattering to himself, and so exacting upon his patriotism, were the grounds upon which his acceptance was pressed, that he could no longer persist in his hesitation; but with that careful and just regard to the gallant corps of Democrats who had carried Pennsylvania for Pierce and King, he made it a condition of his acceptance, that his appoint ment should not be considered as accorded to his State, thereby diminishing in the least the share of appoint ments to which Pennsylvania was entitled. The condi tion was freely assented to, and Mr. Buchanan was ap pointed, not as a Pennsylvanian, but as a citizen from the country at large. It was well known that no motive had such a con trolling weight in reconciling Mr. Buchanan to the sur render of the pleasures and the pursuits of his retirement, as the hope that he might be the means of terminating all our controversies with Great Britain, and satisfacto rily adjusting our relations with that power, in one grand comprehensive treaty, upon a firm, honorable, and enduring basis. N 0 higher consideration could have presented itself to the mind and heart of a patriot; and no less a motive could have induced Mr. Buchanan to again resume a public career, which he had gladly regarded as forever closed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
