Maryland. Here was sectionalism in its most exag- gerated form.1 1 The Republican Party of Fremont had cast practically 100 percent of its ballots north of the Mason-Dixon line. The Democratic party of Buchanan polled large majorities in the South, and near majorities in all of the other states. In New

Protecting The Buchanan Papers Homer T. Rosenberger James Buchanan had extensive correspondence with men of note in the United States and in Europe. He was a methodical per- son and saved the letters he received. Unlike many public figures in America, Buchanan was in the habit of putting his

of 1834, the new bridge at Columbia was opened for traffic, as previously mentioned; with Mr. Buchanan being elected the next month to the United States Senate, where he was destined to serve until 1845. With a pair of men like Messrs. Buchanan and Cameron at the throttle of the Mount Joy Road, the

presidential elections of 1808 and 1812 substantiated this claim. The State maintained an unbrok- en loyalty to the national administration throughout this period. The first decade of the nineteenth century was marked by a suc- cession of Democratic Governors, United States Senators and Con- gressmen; and the

. 16 E. C. Watmough : Scribblings and Sketches, Phila., 1844, p. 27. �Hopkins was also an iron-master, owner of Conowingo Furnace near the Buck Tavern. James Buchanan began to study law in his office in the fall of 1809, and became a favored protege of the old gentleman. The town soon, and not

. The South — always a good Democratic Party strong-hold — dominated his cabinet making and cabinet. Buchanan had been selected by the Democrats as their Presidential nominee largely because, being ambassador to the Court of St. James — he had not up to the time of his election been directly involved in