ere rests the burthen of my song,
This _time_ a stag must die."

But Democracy have commenced their old game of brag, by puffing their
ticket as a national and conservative ticket, the very thing they
denied. Now let us look into the soundness and nationality of the HEAD
of the ticket. We have before us a copy of a work published in 1839, by
Robert Mayo, M. D., entitled, "Political Sketches of Eight Years in
Washington, in four parts." This work has gone through various editions,
having been published by Fielding Lucas, Jr., of Baltimore; Garret
Anderson, of Washington; J. R. Smith, of Richmond; Carey, Hart & Co., of
Philadelphia, and by others in New York and Boston. On page 38 of this
work, which Mr. Buchanan has never contradicted, he is reported to have
denounced the visions, patronage, and corruptions of the Democratic
Administrations, while he, Buchanan, was a member of the Old Federal
Party.

On page 6 of this work, in the preface, the author says, in speaking of
Buchanan before he turned Democrat:

"The declarations of some of these new disciples of Democracy
in past times are striking enough. MR. BUCHANAN of
PENNSYLVANIA, while he acted in his true character, DECLARED
THAT IF HE HAD A DROP OF DEMOCRATIC BLOOD IN HIS VEINS, HE
WOULD LET IT OUT! He put his royal declaration on paper, and it
has risen up against him."

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