[51]. United States Pamphlet Laws, 1861-’62, p. 177, appendix.
[52]. I believe these bills were paid by Mr. Cobb, from his own private means. The whole affair was gotten up by him, and the President and Miss Lane went as invited guests. It is proper to say here that the entertainment of the Prince and his suite at the White House entailed a good deal of expense, for extra servants and other things, and that Congress was never asked to defray any part of it. Mr. Buchanan would never hear of any suggestion that the extraordinary charges of his position should fall upon any fund but his salary and his private income.
[53]. Mr. Moran was one of the secretaries of the American legation under Mr. Dallas.
[54]. Of South Carolina. Pronounced Kitt.
[55]. Of South Carolina.
[56]. This lady, daughter of Charles Macalester, Esq., of Philadelphia, married Mr. Berghmans, Secretary of the Belgian Legation in Washington. He died about ten years since.
[57]. Buchanan’s Defence, p. 218.
[58]. See the message of President Jackson, December 3, 1835. It is not intended in the text to express any opinion whether the abuse could or could not have been restrained in the way proposed. The fact that the President of the United States deemed it his duty to make this recommendation attests the character of the abuse which he sought to remedy.
[59]. This case was decided in March, 1857, just after Mr. Buchanan’s inauguration.
[60]. It appears from the following letter, written by General Dix to Mr. Buchanan, after the Charleston Convention had adjourned, that the course of the New York delegation in that body was not acceptable to their constituents: