as it touched Lancaster County. The area at that time was served with four local dailies and it may be of interest to look at the political complexions of these newssheets. The oldest was the Intelligencer which had its beginning in 1799. During the years that James Buchanan was aspiring to the

province of Pennsylvania, came from sturdy Scotch Irish stock. After James I attempted to plant a Protestant people in the County of Ulster in nothern Ireland, thousands of Scotch Presbyterians left Scot- land and settled in Ulster, Ireland. In time, however, the British crown imposed such heavy taxes on