The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-04
MIR, FILLMORE AND HIS ENEMIES.
rFrom the Illchu.opd Whlrl

We have been infinitely amused at th,
GOODNESS with which our Democratic contem
poraries appeal to Southern Wings anC
Americans not to vote for Fillmore, but I,
await the action of The Cincinnati convention
and then unite with the Democracy for tn,
purpose, they bravely argue, Of saving tn,
country. That is, these gentlemen have th,
goodness to tell us that every vote given {,
Fillmore is so much given to Black Repubii
canism-that the Democratic party is tn,
only national party in existence, and the onl,
one capable of successfully coping with ant
prostrating the Abolition party-and that
therefore, it is The duty of Southern Wings
aud Americans to set aside Fillmore and
Donelson, and 90 into the support of til,
Democratic candidates.
Now, we are sorry to say that we have ut
terIy failed to discover the fnrce or consis
tency of such reasoning. In Alillard Fillmore
we have a candidate and man-aIready in
the tield-well known 10 the whole country
Tor his eminent conservatism aud nationality
-one who has been tried in sun shine and
storm, and who has proved himself wise
statesman and n true patriot--a man, in short,
in whom all rational and rejecting men of all
| parties have entire confidence. Certainly no
one expects the Cincinnati convention TO
nominate soundcr or worthier man-one
whom the South or Union living men every
where would trust more promptly and cheer.
fully. The boot then would appear TO be on
the other lrg-tlat is, instead of the Whigs
and Americans setting aside Fillmore, il
would seem to he the boundrn duty of tie
Southern Democracy-if thby are really in
earnest about defending the rights of the
Soutl--to rally rs one man TO Fillmores
support. If they do not, may we not argue
with equal proprlety that every yoie given to
the Democratic candidate is Il vote added TO
the poll of the Black Republican candidate!
That is, the running of a Presidential candi.
date by the Democratic party may, and no
doubt will, injure Mr.. Fimore's chances in
some Of the Southern Slates-as, for exam
pie, in such Us Virginia and South Carolina
In most of the other Southern. States our
impression now is, that Fillmore will beat bis
Democratic competitor almost out of sight,
And SO, if Southern Democrats have really
any very sincere respect for Southern rights
and wish to see conservative, national, Con.
stitutlon reverencing man elected President,
we again appeal to them not to run candi.
date OF their own, but TO act Ike patriots for
once in their lives, and sustain he nomination
of Aillard Fillmore. You have no man in
your pariy-neither in the North nor in the
South-who would make safer or better
President. Why, then, when you have
perfectly sound and reliable candidate already
in the field, needessly jeopardizc the safety
OF the Union, and the rights and honor of the
South, by committing their fate to the hazard
of die at Cincinnati? Surely your past
success iE the selection of candidates is not
of so encouraging character as to induce the
hope, for moment, that you will be able to
nominate man who will not turn ont in the
end to be Il cheat and calamity to the South.
At least, nearly the whole of your Presiden.
tial nominations, for the past twenty years or
more, have been of the same unfortunate
stripe. You gave us Van Buren-Cass-
Piercc--neither of whom, according to your
own Acknowledgements, now, was worthy of
being trusted by the South. That is, you and
your party at the South caught Tartar in
e.,ch Of them. And now yoa are preparing
for another leap in the dark at Cincinnati, and
actually have the audacity TO invite Southern
Wings and Americans TO follow in your foot.
steps-in other words, to abandon n tried and
reliable man in the person of Millard Fill.
more, and aid you in the election of another
Van Buren, or another Pierce! The in,pu
dence of such a suggestion, on the part of the
oft deceived Southern Democracy, is really
quite reireshing!-
We can, with great propriety, appeal to
Southern Democrats TO support lIr. Fillmore;
and we even yet have some faint hope that
the Southern wing of the party, when they
get to Cincinnati, will evnce their patriotism
and love of the South by endorsing his nomi
nation. Yesterdays Enquirer assures us that
"a division in the vote OF the South will rs.
sure the ultimate success of the anti slavery
Why, then, will you, by nomi-
hating candidate yourselves, thus divide the
vote of the South and contribute to the eec
lion of Black Republican President? II you |
persist in such folly, the responsibility of
eeclng Black Republican will most Ger.
lainly rest upon your heads. We have pre-.
sentcd you an unexceptionable candidate, and
We admonish you not to divide the vote OF. !
The South by Nominating anolher-ihus
playing right into the hands of the Aboli.
lionists.
sPRING.
A bursting into greenness,
A waking as from sleep,
A twitter and w0rble
That make the pulses leap; I
A sense of renovation,
OF freshness and of health,
A casting oil of sordid fear.