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Excerpt from Lives of James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge: Democratic Candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States, With the Platforms of the Three Political Parties in the Presidential Canvass of 1856 IN the suburbs of the neat, handsome, and prosperous town of Lancaster, the county seat of the rich garden county of that name, in the good old State of Pennsyl vania, may be seen a very pleasantly situated, tastefully ornamented, and substantially comfortable farm-house, which peeps so modestly and cheerily through the inter stices of a grove of venerable elms, that the stranger feel's an irresistible desire to dismount and take a closer view of so agreeable a habitation, and, if possible, make the acquaintance of its occupant. Broad, fertile fields, car peted with luxuriant verdure, or with the waving crops of golden grain, and a neatly arranged garden, surround the house, which is nearly embowered in the foliage of those veterans of the forest that cast their solemn shades around, and give an air of pensive seclusion to the scene. Such a scene bespeaks the presence of one, who, by taste, by a. Virtuous and pure life, by habits of thoughtfulness and study, and by the exercise of a genial and refined hospi tality, has acquired a keen relish 'for those rural pleasures, which none but the good, the pure-minded, and elevated, can fully appreciate and enjoy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.