Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19
Overthrow of the Black Republicans.

While we deplore the election of Buch-
anan, we rejoice in the overthrow of the
Black Republican traitors. John Cataline
Fremont, the path finder, has coupled his
name with that of Benedict Arnold His
treason is double He sought to bctray
both the South and the Union. When he
was nominated, his election was claimed as
a certainty by his party, and the South was
most audaciously told that it must occupy
secondary place in the Union. The
thinking men of the North foresaw that
their interests would be imperiled by Ere
mont's election, and straightway they be-
gan to cut loose from old ties and seek out
some means to avert the impending de-
rangement of their business relations. To
money-getting men, in the main, the IN
ion is only valuable for the security it af-
fiords to investments Of capital and the en-
forcement of the obligation of contracts
When it was foresecn by such men, aud
there be multiplied thousands of them in
the North, that their interests would be
deranged by persistence in supporting a
man who reflected the color of their polIti-
cal sentiments, they fled, not only .f.i-oa.
him but to the man who could, most proba-
bly combine the most elements for his over
throw Add to these another class of men
who affectionately regard the Union, and
desire its perpetuation, and you have the
secret of the overthrow of the Black Re
publican party. The October election
showed Mr.. Buchanan to be stronger in
two Northern States than Mr.. Fillmore
The universal desire of the South being to
defeat Fremont, nearly all the Old Line
Wings, and thousands of Americans rallied
to Buchanan.
In the North, the Fillmore men, dcs-
pairing of his election, either voted for
Buchanan or gave hopeless support to
their own ticket. In Indiana, our infor-
nation is that the Democrats and Ameri-
cans fused on the Buchanan ticket. 1t so
turns out, that the result of the struggle is
no Democratic victory, and the Democracy
need not rejoice over it as such. But for
Mr.. Fillmore and his friends, Buchanan S
defeat would have been overwhelming
The Democracy did not fight the battle on
the strength of their principles, but upon
the strength oe their organization. They
never would have made any concessions to
defeat Fremont-or, at least, while they
called upon the Americans to drop their
candidate, they did not propose to do the
same in any given or probably contingency
That party would make no compromise to
stave off Fremont's election Any conces-
sion for that purpose must come from
Americans and Wings. The latter for the
sake of the overthrow of the sectional par
ty of the North, voted with party which
they regarded as only less sectional But
aside from all this, it is a satisfaction tc
the Fillmore men, North and South, to sec
the Republicans bite the dust-to see theil
naughty pride tumble down, and theil
''shrieks" subside to walls of despair
They stood, they thought at the very gates
of the Capitol, the White House and the
Treasury, with their hands upon the dool
latches, ready when the shout of victory
from their camps came up, to walk in. The
programme of their government, the cir
cles of their policy, the glory of their tri
umph, are alike gone to keep company
with the wasted hues and fragrance of tn,
"last rose of summer"
Eagle d; Enquirer