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Domestic News
September 5, 1857
Grayville Weekly Herald
Grayville, White County, Illinois
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John W. Forney, a U.S. Senate candidate, wrote to President-elect James Buchanan in December warning of threats to his administration from 'Young America' influences seeking to plunder the federal treasury and public lands, foreshadowing events like the sale of Fort Snelling.
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Forney's Prophecy.—December last.
Mr. Forney, then a candidate for the United States Senate, addressed a letter to Mr. Buchanan, admonishing him against the dangers that would beset his administration, from which the following is an extract:
"And now, dear sir, there is an apprehension among Young America that your four years are to be signalized by a wrenching of the bolts and hinges; a carrying away of the iron doors of the Federal Treasury by the Samsons Agonistes, who succeed to Caesar's creed but not his genius. They get men with money and money with men.—
They expect to make you vibrate from the strong box when they are inside, and to it when they have made off with the contents,
They have the same Ketch one chloroform intentions on the public land and their great sentinel at the White House. You have need, sir, of the first man in the land, as your Secretary of State."
This evidently foreshadows a series of acts, of which the sale of Fort Snelling is perhaps the first that has been disclosed.
Mr. Forney, then a candidate for the United States Senate, addressed a letter to Mr. Buchanan, admonishing him against the dangers that would beset his administration, from which the following is an extract:
"And now, dear sir, there is an apprehension among Young America that your four years are to be signalized by a wrenching of the bolts and hinges; a carrying away of the iron doors of the Federal Treasury by the Samsons Agonistes, who succeed to Caesar's creed but not his genius. They get men with money and money with men.—
They expect to make you vibrate from the strong box when they are inside, and to it when they have made off with the contents,
They have the same Ketch one chloroform intentions on the public land and their great sentinel at the White House. You have need, sir, of the first man in the land, as your Secretary of State."
This evidently foreshadows a series of acts, of which the sale of Fort Snelling is perhaps the first that has been disclosed.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Forney Prophecy
Buchanan Administration
Federal Treasury
Public Lands
Fort Snelling
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Forney
Mr. Buchanan
Domestic News Details
Event Date
December Last
Key Persons
Mr. Forney
Mr. Buchanan
Event Details
Mr. Forney wrote a letter to Mr. Buchanan warning of dangers from 'Young America' influences aiming to plunder the federal treasury and public lands, advising the need for a strong Secretary of State. The letter foreshadows acts like the sale of Fort Snelling.