The true Democrat., 1856-07-15
MORNING, JULY 15. 1856.

requiring them to renounce any previous opn- ions.
 If, therefore. MT. Reade is opposed to Pierce for the reason stated by him, he ought, if con- sistent, to oppose Fillmore with ten times as much zeal. l regret to be compelled to go into this matter, because Mir. Fillmore when Presi- dent, Tn accordance with his oath of office, showed himself willing to execute the laws as we'll for the beneftof the south as the north, and was in other respects conservative in his administration. But, gentlemen, waiving fur. ther notice of Mr. Reade's letter, the princip al points of which 1 have sufficiently examined, let us turn our attention to the presidential can- ddates before the country.
 James Buchanan, the nominee of the demo- cracy, is a statesman admirably fitted for the station of chief executive of the United States. Ills opponents are charging him with having held certain erroneous opinions forty years ago, Tn hls youth. With as much fairness it might be affirmed that Mr. Fillmore was an abolition lSt, because at a much later day-viz: 103S- when a candidate for Congress- he declared himself in favor of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and of other kindred antl-slavery measures. 1 have not used such charge against him; not that was aware that he had ever expresslv retraced these opinions, but because supposed that his experience at Washington had induced him to. abandon or modify those earlier views. Mr. Buchanan ex- pressly and frankly, at an early day, avowed his change ot opinion, and for the last thirty years has shown by his entire life, both as a politician and man, that he was d sound re- publican, and national, and liberal to the south In lo45, he gave an able and manly support to the annexation of Texas. After the acqui- sltion of the Mexican territory, he, in concert th f hn th 1,
 get the Missouri line extended to the Pacific; and, after al! prospect of cffecting this was de- feated by northern votes, he then sustained the compromise measures of 1850, including the fugltive,slave law Though abIo oad during the struggle on the Kansas and Nebraska act vet, immediately on his return, he avowcd himself, Tn the most emphatic terms the friend of the measure; affirming not onl its constltutonalitv, but also It's Justlce, prolrlety, and necessity Since his nomlnatlou, he has endorsed most thoroughly the sound and nationai platform of the democratic convention. His intellectual abilities, hls moderation, prudence, and conser- vatlsm as statesman, as well as his long ex- perlemcc, and extensive information, and digni- ty and courtesy of manner as a gentleman, all go to form a character every way worthy of the high station for which he has been nominated As 10 his colleague on the ticket, John c. Breck- lnrdge, an intimate acquaintance for four years, during our joint congressional service, author- zes me to say that he is in all respects emi- nenty qualified for the office of Vice President of the United States.
 Our opponents the black republicans, have nominated Col. J. C. Fremont for the pres- dency. Col. Fremont is native of South Carolina, but citizen, believe, of California, from which State he served for a few months ul1 Il l,. .l,. He has subsequently abandoned that party, and avowed himself a tree-sojlcr, aid opposed to slavery generally. To this latter circumstance his nomination is understood to be owing Though formerly an officer in the army, he was seldom, ifever, iu blttle; though senator for d little while, he Is understood never to have spoken or made motion in the Senate; and. as statesman, he has no record at all A na- tive ot the State ot South Carolina, he joins those whose sole bond of Uuon is hostility u the section in which he was horu Indebted 10 the democracy for the only political position he ever had, he lends himself to thc;r enemies, and has recently declared that he belongs nei- ther to the democratic nor wing party, or Know Nothing, or abolition larty, but that he is sim ply opposed to slavery extension, etc.
 The adoption of such candidate shows the governing principle of the organization he re- presents viz: that hostility to the rights of the south oyendcs with them all other lues- tlOns.
 Such ticket has no claims on your support, and probably will have no electors appointed III our State. They nope, however, to divide aud distract the south bv means ut the nuni- nation of Mr Fillmore y the K3ow Nothir.s, and wiIl therefore, leave those allies in fact, if not ln intention, to maLmuvre as ell as they ,l l,.t,.
 candidates.
 The contest, theu is really between the d.. mocrauc party, purified dy losing is lrce-soll elements and strengthened by the accesso ion of patriotic and mtel gent whig>, and all the anti slavery factions combined in party apptopri- ately designated black republican. As .o Mr. Fillmore, he is no more really n the struggle than was Mir. Tyler in the contest ot 1914 be- tween Clay and Polk He is not expected to get d single vote in the free States; aud votes given to him in the south would only tend to throw the election into the present House of Representatives, and thus give the black repub- hcan candidate q second chance to be. e.elccted It he failed before the people. know that certain politicians in the south are trying to create a different impression They or theiI friends are candidates for office, and hope to sustain themselves ill ttrer ses eral localities by deceiyin9 the people as to Mr F.llmoro's chaDces, l do not, of course, intend to include my colleague, Mir. Rtade, among them As he IS so unacqualnted with the past history oi the country as not to know that Mr. Fillmore ever appointed free soilers to office, 1t is not strange that he should not see through the game that is attempted to be played. I giv, him credit for really believing that his candi- date has some chance of success. But, in all I [
 that if you wish 10 help the black republi cans, 1t would be more manly for you to vote directly for their candidate. If you hesitate between their man and that of the democracy 1t would be better for you to decline to vote at all. You would thus save your credit as mel of common sense, and escape the derision and laughter of the abolitionists, which yol would incur if thus easily humbugged and cheated
 But, gentlemen, candor as a man and duty as representative compel me to say to yon that in my judgment, the success of the black republican candidate, with its necessary conse qucnces, will most probably be fatal to the ex istence of the government. It is my solemn convinction that if the national democratic par ty were destroyed to-day the Union of tho States would not endure for two years longer It is the force of this truth which is causing wise men and patriots, without regard to for mer party associations and prejudices, to talk, their stand with those who intend to make great effort for the maintenance of the govern ment of Washington. As North Carolina vii have the honor of firing the first gun in thi: | great battle, so a decisive triumph there vii tend powerfully to encourage and strengthen | the friends of the constitution and the Uniol eVefywnefe' 7eSpec'lully, ', gi 1vcr,N
 City cf Washington, June 20, 1856.
 JEFF. DAVIS OPINION OF MR. BUCHANAN In speech on the compromise question il 1850, the Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS, then Senate from Mississippi, thus spoke of JAMES BUcHA NAN, the democratic candidate for the Presiden cy:
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