Anecdotes of public men; by John W. Forney.

"STOP MY PAPER!" 363
himself, how jovially, how easily, none but those who saw him
can conceive. Hate and distrust around him —the hate of the
Democrats and the distrust of the Republicans; but through
all he bore himself like the truly great man he was. In six
months he was in his grave.
[October 14, I872.]
LXXXIII.
DURING the exciting contest led by the Philadeephia Press
against James Buchanan's Administration, I was invited on the
evening of October 28, 1858, to speak in the beautiful city of
Camden, New Jersey. My audience was large, and my reception cordial. - The Press had attained a considerable circulation
in Camden, and a great majority of all parties sympathized with
me in my somewhat hazardous and independent stand.
The following passage from my speech I take from The Press
the next day, October 29, I858:
"Now, gentlemen, I have a most melancholy announcement
to make. It is that the newspaper The Press is stopped-my
Press is stopped. [Sensation.] I did not expect; in coming
here, to be compelled to make this sorrowful announcement,
but it is nevertheless the fact. The -Press is stopped, not the
establishment, but the single copy which the President of the
United States takes-it is stopped. [Long-conitinued shouts
of laughter.] I suppose I shall survive it. [Renewed laughter.] I have no doubt I shall survive it. But it was a terrible
blow. I do not think ever two cents created so much havoc
before. But we shall recover; we shall get over it. And now
for the bright part of the story.: I shall receive in a few days
almost the only dollar that I have ever received from the Federal Administration-which will be about $7 50 in payment of