Letter from James Buchanan, Wheatland, to Charles James Faulkner, 1856 July 8 : autograph manuscript signed.

Discussing Union versus Succession; stating that people will pay attention to big issues and that minor ones will be dealt with by subsidiaries; discusses the risk from Black Republicans and suggests to Faulkner to go on the offensive and maintain it; mentioning that he possesses enough material on the Clay and Adams affair "to justify mischief" and that as a member of Congress at the time, he had "personal intimacy" with General Jackson.