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BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868). Autograph letter signed (“James Buchanan”) to Adam J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), Wheatland, 29 October 1862. 2 pages, 8vo, vertical crease, else fine.
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BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868). Autograph letter signed (“James Buchanan”) to Adam J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), Wheatland, 29 October 1862. 2 pages, 8vo, vertical crease, else fine.
James Buchanan writes to his longtime friend and former secretary, accusing his former cabinet of “bare-faced desertion”
Buchanan opens by discussing local politics and offering support to his friend telling him that the public will undo the “injustices” done him, and continues “…You have seen Gen. Scott’s letter which I will not characterize as it deserves. I sent an answer to it yesterday to… the National Intelligencer… My cabinet have gone into the service of Mr. Lincoln’s administration except Judge Black & I have no member of it to sustain me at this crisis; but I put my trust in God & my country. I am not disheartened. I have known no case of such a barefaced desertion from past fidelity in the history of free Governments. They will yet receive their reward…”
On 21 October 1862, the National Intelligencer published portions of a report submitted by General Winfield Scott in late March 1861 briefing the incoming Lincoln Administration of his attempts to shore up garrisons guarding federal installations in the South. In most instances, Scott blamed members of the Buchanan Administration for delaying or blocking his actions. Buchanan would spend the next several years rebutting attacks that he had allowed (and even encouraged) secession—culminating in an 1866 volume defending his administration, Mr. Buchanan’s Administration on the Eve of Rebellion.
James Buchanan writes to his longtime friend and former secretary, accusing his former cabinet of “bare-faced desertion”
Buchanan opens by discussing local politics and offering support to his friend telling him that the public will undo the “injustices” done him, and continues “…You have seen Gen. Scott’s letter which I will not characterize as it deserves. I sent an answer to it yesterday to… the National Intelligencer… My cabinet have gone into the service of Mr. Lincoln’s administration except Judge Black & I have no member of it to sustain me at this crisis; but I put my trust in God & my country. I am not disheartened. I have known no case of such a barefaced desertion from past fidelity in the history of free Governments. They will yet receive their reward…”
On 21 October 1862, the National Intelligencer published portions of a report submitted by General Winfield Scott in late March 1861 briefing the incoming Lincoln Administration of his attempts to shore up garrisons guarding federal installations in the South. In most instances, Scott blamed members of the Buchanan Administration for delaying or blocking his actions. Buchanan would spend the next several years rebutting attacks that he had allowed (and even encouraged) secession—culminating in an 1866 volume defending his administration, Mr. Buchanan’s Administration on the Eve of Rebellion.