Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-10-03
ST.. LOUIS, September Is, 1856.
ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED OLD-LINE
WING OUT FOR BUCHANAN.

nlp W i rOIN DDOuANAN.
The extent and imminency of the dan
ger which now threatens our beloved
Union may in part be inferred from the
fact that ALL or nearly all, those distin-
guished leaders of the opposition with
whom we have hitherto had to contend
on questions solely confined to the for
eign and domestic policy of the govern
ment are now nobly rallying, with patri-
otto alacrity and patriotic devotion, I'M
der the standard of that party whose
motto has ever been, "The Union, the
Constitution, and the equal rights of. the
States" To the names of Toombs and
Stephens, and Benjamin. and Jones, and
Pearce and Pratt, and Clingman and
Randall, and Choatc and Clay, and Web
worthy sons of illustrious sires,
and other distinguished leaders of the
old-line wing party, we have to add the
name Of Hon. Daniel NJ Barringer, Of
North Carolina, the American minister
to the Court of Madrid during the adj
ministration Of President Fillmore, and
more recently honored by the entire wing
vote of the legislature of his native
State for the office of United States SEN
ator. Below we give the letter from
Mr. Barringer in which he periodically
announces his intention to support the
Democratic candidates for the Presiden-
cy and Vice Presidency:
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
Virginia, Aug. 6, 1856.
DEAR SIR: Your note addressed TO
me at Charlotte, North Carolina, under
date of the 18th ultimo, and forwarded
to me here, has just been received. The
delay in its reception has perhaps rem
dered an answer unnecessary. But a
respectful regard for yourself and the
gentleman who joined in the request
urges me to reply to your inquiries in
very brief note You were correctly
informed as to my position in reference
to the next presidential election. / ex-
pect 10 vote for James Buchanan and
John G. Breckinridge Approaching
highly, as do, the ability and patriot
ism of Mr.. Fillmore, am, nevertheless,
under existing circumstances, compelled
by sense of duty and the clear cOnvic-
tons of my own deliberate judgment, to
vote for the nominees of the democratic
party. | am opposed to the so-called
American" or "Know-nothing" party.
In my opinion its organization is anti
republican, and contrary to the true the
DRY Of our government and the funda-
mental principles Of the constitution. -
/ have not affiliated with or voted the
ticket Of this party. II is not the wing
party open or disguised, but boasts Of
having risen upon the "ruinS" and "cor-
ruptions" of both the old parties. Mr..
Fillmore is the candidate Of the Gamer
lean party alone" and has accepted its
platform platform which / do not APP
prove, and which is the work of the
Northern wing of the party, or rather
the small remnant of it which had not
joined the abolition party; while Mr..
Fillmore himself is the candidate nomi-
mated by the Southern wing and repudi-
ated by the North.
The great question Of domestic slareyy
in all its bearings is paramount TO all
others in this presidential election. IT,
ought not and cannot be ignored or made
subordinate 10 others Of less Specification
by any true Southern man. Upon this
question the democratic party occupies,
ia an eminent degree, the highest con-