Letter from James Buchanan to Stimpson Woodward

Senator James Buchanan writes to Stimpson Harvey Woodward, an entrepreneur in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, regarding Whigs politics and the Bank of the United States. Buchanan, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, claims that "the truth is the Whig party have never acquired power without abusing it." Buchanan also refers to William W. Irwin, Mayor of Pittsburgh, and President John Tyler. Transcript included.