James Buchanan.
[TO JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ.]
Wheatland, March 11, 1861.
My Dear Sir:—
Will you be kind enough to direct the Herald to be sent to me at Lancaster? I have been quite lost without it.
I am once more settled at this, my quiet home, and one of my first impulses is to return you my cordial and grateful thanks for the able and powerful support which you have given me almost universally throughout my stormy and turbulent administration. Under Heaven’s blessing the administration has been successful in its foreign and domestic policy, unless we may except the sad events which have recently occurred. These no human wisdom could have prevented. Whether I have done all I could, consistently with my duty, to give them a wise and peaceful direction towards the preservation or reconstruction of the Union, will be for the public and posterity to judge. I feel conscious that I have done my duty in this respect, and that I shall, at last, receive justice. With my very kindest regards to Mrs. Bennett, I remain,
Sincerely and respectfully your friend,
b James Buchanan.
[MR. STANTON TO MR. BUCHANAN.]
Washington, March 12, 1861.