A recent brief memoir of Mr. Buchanan, put forth in Pennsylvania, states that he was elected to the Legislature in 1815, where he distinguished himself by those exhibitions of intellect which gave promise of future eminence. The Lancaster Register, published in the immediate vicinity of Mr. Buchanan's residence, asks by whom was he elected? and thus supplies the record for 1815:
ASSEMBLY.
| For | JAMES BUCHANAN, | Federal | 3051 |
| " | Molton O. Rogers, | Democrat | 2502 |
The memoir sets forth that Mr. Buchanan was elected to Congress in 1820, and that he retained his position in that body for ten years, voluntarily retiring.
The Lancaster Register inquires if he were elected as a Democrat, and answers the inquiry by the following historical facts:
Congress.
| 1820— | James Buchanan, Federal | 4642 | |
| " | Jacob Hibsman, Democrat | 3666 | |
| 1822— | James Buchanan, Federal | 2153 | |
| " | Jacob Hibsman, Democrat | 1940 | |
| 1824— | James Buchanan, Federal | 3560 | |
| " | Samuel Houston, Democrat | 3046 | |
| 1826— | James Buchanan, Federal | 2760 | |
| " | Dr. John McCamant, Democrat | 2307 | |
| 1828— | James Buchanan, Jackson | 5203 | |
| " | William Hiester, Adams | 3904 |
The Lancaster Register then pursues its criticism as follows:
"On the 4th of July, 1815, Mr. Buchanan, when he was a candidate for Assembly on the Federal ticket, delivered 'an oration' in Lancaster, in which he showed his love of Federalism and hatred of Democracy, by attacking the Administration of James Madison. He said:
"'Time will not allow me to enumerate all the other evils and wicked projects of the Democratic administration.'