The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-23
WINCHESTER, TENN. SATURDAY AUGUST 49, 1856.

was taught at the Hermitage, and treas
ured up by US. can find no reliefn the
nomination made at Cincinnati. | re-
gard the gentleman upon whom it fell as
man Of abilities, and one with whom
have always maintained kind personal re
lations, and for Mr.. Buchanan | yet en-.
terrain the highest respect. From his an.
tecedents | cannot regard him as more
patriotic and national than Mr. Fillmore
In the office Of President, one has been
tried, the other has not. 1t is a matter oil
establishment 10 me that the nomination
happened to fall to the lot Of Mr.. Buch.
anan, when other names, as have learn
ed, were used on the occasion, who had
been active advocates Of the Kansas Ne.
braska bill which had been declared to
be the main issue in the approaching Pres.
idental contest. That plank is promi.
nent in the platform, and the platform
has been accepted, cordially, by the nom.
inee. We have to regard squatter SOW.
ereignty as one of the cardinal points in
modern democracy. The candidate, how.
ever, has merged himselfin the platform,
or the principles Of it, which, to my mind,
are not in harmony with Jackson democ.
racy, and | accordingly repudiate them.
cannot separate the candidate and the
platform in this instance as they are
identical, nasmuch as the nominee has
said that he could no longer speak for
himself, as James Buchanan, but as the
exponent of the principles set forth in the
platform. | am constrained, according
to my notions Of democracy, to utterly re-
ject the platform, and cannot give my
support to the nominee of the present
democratic party.
Ofthe republicans, can only say that
their platform and principles are Sec
tonal, and cannot conceive how any
man loving this Union and devoted to
its principles, can supporta ticket fraught
with such disastrous consequences to the
whole country as its success would be-
1t has been my habit in life to deprecate
and oppose everything sectional in char
acter, nd therefore | cannot view with
complacency anything which is calcula.
ted to initiate against the Union, or any
section ofthe whole country. You, my
dear sir, know, as we'll as do, that when
Texas was annexed to the United States
she did not consider herself as identified
with any particular section, but viewed
herself as merged in the Union, She had
received the sympathy Of the citizens of
every section of the Union; her feeling,
her interest anG her existence, in becom,
ing member Of the Union, she consider.
ed as inseparable from its preservation
and prosperity.
A sense of duty, uuder these circum.
stances, leads me to the conclusion to
support the American nominees-Fill.
moro and Donelson. They are good men,
and think the only men now in nomina.
ton for the Presidency and Vice Presi-
dency before the American people who
do most assuredly claim the cordial sup.
port Of men who are true hearted Amer.
can democrats and wings. ALI faithful
and naturalized citizens though Of for
eign birth, who cannot be controlled by
any foreign allegiance, can come forward
to their support as national men, capable
and willing to support the constitution
and the Union. Major Donelson, you
know was brought up in the same school
with ourselves, which was the old Jeffer-
son and Jackson democracy-and he has
ever proved true to his democratic educa'
tion-the love oil the Union being the pc
lar star. Mr.. Fillmore was whig and
served the people Of his district while he
was a representative in Congress-. His
service was satisfactory, and secured theli
confidence. When his official duties
took broader range, and new responsible
duties devolved upon him as the head o
the nation, he cast aside every sectiona
and local bias-his view on all importan
questions were limited only by the ex
tent Of his duty to the whole county,
His services met the acceptance of tn
nation, and he retired from Office wit
the approving voice Of thousands VIII
had been his former opponents. In M
opinion, he administered the government
wisely and we'll. He found the countr
in great excitement, as well as dlssatls
faction, and even in peril; and yet h
r.. g. al caI of q