The original “Ned Buntline” of politics was Mr. E. Z. C. Judson of N.Y., who organized the “Know-nothings” in 1853.—Mr. Chas. L. Norton, ‘Mag. Am. Hist.,’ xiii. 202 (1885).
1855. In these days of Buntlinism, it is a common thing to hear men boast that some fellow has “seen Sam,” or is “Right on the Goose.”—Olympia (W.T.) Pioneer, July 6.
1855. The Ned Buntlines of the organization…. Horace Greely is to be the Lord high priest, and Ned Buntline the confessor [of the New York fusionists].—Id., Sept. 7.
