Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-10-07


them very recently, from the Democratic party. /
viii show this upon the highest Democratic authori-
ty. Here, hold in my hand Democratic campaign
document, printed in the Washington Union Office,
the title page of which, you can see, reads thus
sIRe Great Fraud upon the Public Credality ia
the organization of the Republican Party upon the
ruins of the Wing party; an Address to the Old
Line Wings of the U'ttost.- Washington: Printed
at the Union office, 1885," You see it is from head
quarters presume it has been intended for circu-
lation in the North but my purpose is to read to
you paragraph from the oath page of this docu-
ment (. ON the Union Office. Here it is:
I'VE hare carefully examined every element IN
the composition of the Republican party. In its
nakedness look at its issues Carefully and thought
fully canvass its claims. On the other hand, the
principles of the Wing party are set forth with
clearness and directness, without equivocation.
Look at them. Is there any thing in common IN
the ttoo parties? But, on the other hand cho leads
this Republican party? THE GREAT srANDARD
BEARER IS A Seeding Democrat BY PROFESSION.
In Massachusetts, CHARLES SUMNER, HENRY WILL
SON, N. P BANKS, who were all originally the po-
lcal enemies of Daniel Webster, are now the err
Founders of the Republican faith In New York,
PRESTON KING in New Hampshire, JOHN P. HALE;
in Maine, HANNIBAL HAMLIS; in Pennsylvania,
DAVID WILMor and G. A. GROW in Ohio, LETTER
and CHASE; in Indiana, BARBOUR, MACE, and JOHN
U. PETIT; in Illinois, LYMAN TRUMBULL JOHN
WENTWORTH, and W. Fl. BIssELL, are the PRONE
NEET FREEsOIL LEADERS.
To this list might have been added Francis P.
Blair, Gov. Reeder, Durkee, Lane, and hosts of
others-while the Van Burens Benz. F. Butler, Dix,
Hickman, Barclay, and scores of such men support
ing Buchanan are Just as bad. The truth is, the
late Democratic party of the North is broken into
two great segments. One is called Republican, and
the other Democratic but large portions of the lat
ter are as much Freesoilized as the former.
But thank Heaven, there is third great party in
the field, composed of national men, North and
South, who have united to check the extremes, to
preserve the Union, to calm the popular exaspera-
ton, and to restore, once more, peace, confidence,
and good will between the great sections. They
have inscribed on their standards the names of the
patriots, FILLMORE and DoNELsoN, names which
have been sgnalized for true and fearless love of
the Union, when it was imminently imperiled.
They have presented WILLARD FILLMORE for the
Presidency known to the whole country as tried
and true man-true to the Constitution, the Union,
and the rights Of every secton-national in all his
sentiments and purposes-tested by his own able
and faithful Administration and now coming before
the people with the noble words: "Lf there be those
either North or South uhO desire an Administration
for the North, against the South; or for the
South, as against the North, they are not the men,
UNO NOhu y'OO TIC" ohUfuyCo tV Htc' AOI my
own part Iknop onLymy country, ny WltoLe country,
and nothing but my country"
But just and patriotic as he is, he has bitter ira
ducers, both in the North and the South. In the
South he is represented by reckless men as Abo-
HtioniSt-in the North as an instrument in the
hands of the Stare POwer. In both, he has been
char ged with treason. An example of this gross
double injustice is presented in the assaults made
upon his excellent and patriotic speech at Albany.
The National Era, the central organ of Abolition
ism, says OF it:
"Mr. Fillmore, on his way home, was received by
his friends at Albany, and made them a speech, in
which he took occasion grossly to asperse The peo-
pIe of the free States opposed to the domination of
the SLAVE PoWer, and to stimulate the SLAVE holding
population of the South to the commission of Irea-
son. Mr.. Buchanan has meUer been guilty of any
thing half so bad as this"
Gov. johnson, in his recent printed speech. tells
the people of Tennessee that "Hr. Fillmore is a
greater aboLitioniSt in sentiment thai, John Charles
Fremont" and says of this same Albany speech
"When we turn to Mr.. Fillmore's speech, recent
ly delivered at Albany, New York, We find thatit is
of the most sectional character and nothing bit
appeal TO the North to concentrate their achote
strength against the South upon the issue of Stare
ry. To prove this call your attention to the fol-
lowing extracts from that speech"
He then proceeds to copy what at first has the
appearance of being series of continuous sentences
from the speech, and adds: "The avowal of such
doctrine is nothing less than treason"
But the Governor has played trick in this that
richly merits public exposure. / hold the Albany
speech in my hand and the speech of the Governor,
in which he quotes from it. Here, have marked
the Albany speech with pencil marks, so that you
can see what sentences he has quoted, and how he
has carefully picked and culled them out from diff
ferent parts of the speech, and put them together
in such way as to give them opposite interpreta-
ton from that which was intended when they were
delivered. Here he has taken passage from near
the beginning--there another from the middle, and
still another from part toward the close of the
speech. These relate to various topics, but he has
forced them together, as though they connected
with each other, leaving out large ;Iasses of the
speech intervening between them, and thus having
violently wrenched them from their true places and
connections, he has placed upen them a construc-
ton the very reverse of what was intended, and
with the grossest injustice charged Mr.. Fillmore
with appealing to the North to concentrate their
srhoIe force against the South " and with uttering
doctrines " of the most sectional character" the
very avowal of which is nothing less than trea-
son." All who have read the Albany speech know
it to be eminentky national and not sectonal-that
it appeals to the North not to attempt tie injustice
of concentrating their great sectional power against
the Southland that it feeliDgy warns his coun-
trymen to frozen upon sectional parties which he
now fears really threaten the Union with danger.
will read an extract from it, embracing a passage
quoted by Gov. johnson, that you may see how very
unjusty he has dealt with it. Mr.. Fillmore says
''Sir, you have been pleased to say that hare the
union of these States at heart This, sir, is most
true; for If there be object dedrer TO me than any
other, ii IS the unity prosperity, and glory of this
great republic; and / confess frankly, sir, that
fear it is in danger. say nothing of any particular
section much less of the several candidates before
the people. presume they all honorable men.
But, sir, what do we seer an ezasperated feeling
Jecee the North and the South, on The most ercif-
ing of all topics resulting IN 6loodShed and organ
lied military array.
'But this is not all, sir. We see political party
candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, selected for the first time from the free
States alone Nth the agored purpose of electiRg
those candidates By sfrdgeS of one part ofhe Union
only TO rule oUer the trhole United States Can it
be possible that those who are engaged in such
measure can have seriously reflected upon the con-
sequences which must inevitably follow in case Of
success? (Cheers) Can they have the madness or
the folly to believe that our SOuhers brethren would
submit TO be governed by such Chief Magistrate?
(Cheers.) Would he be required to follow the same
rules prescribed by those who elected him, in max
ing his appointments? If a man living south of
Mason and Dixon's line be not worthy to be Presi-
dent Vice President, would it be proper to select
one from the same quarter as one Of his cabinet
council or to represent the nation in foreign coun-
try? Or indeed, to collect the revenue, or admin
lister the laws of the United States? If not, what
new rule is the President to adopt in selecting men
for Office, that the people themselves discard 10
selecting himg These are serious but practical
questions and in order to appreciate them fully, it
is only necessary to turn the tables upon ourselves
Suppose that the South, having majority of the
electoral votes, should declare that they ,coud only
haze Shareholders for President and Vice- Presiden
and should elect such by their ertensive sufrdges
to rule over US at the North. Do you think we
would submit to il? No, not for a moment. ZAP