Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-28

Since the same time, elections have been held in
the following s!avenUiding States Missouri, Ken.
turky, Arkansas, Delaware, North Carolina Florids
Texas and South Carolina. In all these States, e1-
cept the last the Fillmore party presented and lun
ticket OF their own AID we're defeated in every State
aud in lnust 9! tEein By large majoriies. In South
Carolina they ticket, which is confession
that they had no strength IN that State.
II is said that The election in kentucky was not
test vote. Ii may not have been strictly but the
result of the election was strongly Indicative of the
weakness and increasing weakness Of the Fillmore
party in that State and of its certain defea, in No
veinber.
II may be safely asserted therefore that in all these
Staies where elections have been held the Fillmore
party is in minority, and in most OF them very
small minority.
II appears 10 me, therefore, that since these elec
tons have taken place. the most sanguine friend Of
Mr. Fillmore must be convinced thst his chance for
election ID utterly hOpelessthat if Fremont ID beat
en- Mr. Buchanan is tho man alone who can do it
and that be will do it have nor no doubt.
, put have other objections To the support Of Dir.
Fillmore and = party.
lu June 1872, the American party met in Conven-
ton ut Phin'tiphia was member OF the Conven-
tion, aud Chairman of the Committee OF thirty one
who were charged with the duty OF reporting resou
tons decarntory Of the principles of the party As
Chairman OF the Committee, | prepared and intro.
duced what is taniarly known ar the 18th section o!
the Philadelphia Platform. Some additions and
amendments were subsequently made to it by Mr..
BurwelI of Va, Mr.. Hopkins of Ala, and myself,
jointly. AS amended, il was adopted by the Commit
tee, aud afterwards by the Convention That section
contained ample guarantees for the rights Of the
South-dccarng substantially that there should be
no future e2IslG by Congress upon the subject Of
slavery that Congress possessed power the in
sfaion in the States; that it should not le,sate
upon the subject in the Territories, end that any in
ter!erenCU with il in the District of Columbia would
be violation Ci national faith. Upon the adoption
OF these resouous they became the principles OF the
! American party. They were doomed To very short
existence.
The Convention Of the American party that met i'll
Philadelphia in February, lS5b repulisted and struck
out the l2h section, aud the principles contained in
that section thenccurth ceased to be the principles OF
the American party; and from that day was 10 long
er member of that party. Why did this Conven-
ton strike ont the 18th section! For no other rea-
son than that they did hold to the principles set
forth i'll that section. But this Convention not only
struck out the l2n section, and discarded It's prlncl-
ples-they ignored the whole subject of slavery, and
| in enumega.ing the crimes of Gen. Pierces admins
traon, the repeal of the Missouri Compromise finds
; a prominent position 1t may therefore, be safely
asserted that the American party, North, holds 10
none of the principles Of the Eth section-that they
condemn the repeal of the Missouri restriction, by
which the South restored to her unquestionsble
rights; and therefore, think il is not passing un
charitable Judgment upon them TO say, that they viii
restore 1t when All opportunity oilers Indeed, every
member of that party from the non saveholding
|
ject at all voted TO restore it,
| But have other objections TO voting for Mr.. Fill
more acting with his party, which have strength
enel Us The campa! IN has progressed. 1t Is signI
| hcant fact, n.d which should impress itsel
| strongly and permanently upon the mind of ever,
patriot, that in Uli the non. acknowledging States eH
cept Ohio, where elections have taken place, since
| the nomination Of the Presidential candidates, tin
Fillmore party have united with the Black Republl
| caus-voted and acted with them-and done all il
their pow or 10 give them strength and the control o
! the government i'll their respective States. CUult
they have done this an.ess they sympathzed strong
| ly with theml Could they have done this, unles
their principles were not very unlike! ln no case
whatever, have iey given any aid to the Democratic
pn.ty-but have uniformly done all in their power t.
! defeat them.
The conclusion, then, is irresistible, that in all h
| non-slavehoding Staes the Fillmore party are TO
the election of Nr Fremont rather than the eectol
OF Mr.. Buchanan.
With such party. can never act l never WI
vote tor any mau who votes for the Black Repu6!l
can party. never will act with any party that give
aid and comfort 10 the Black Republican party, an
uses ire power To place them in office.
looking at these facts, II is hard for me TO under
stand why the entire South and the patriotic mt
of the North. shou! unite in the support OF NJ
Buchanan.
Ills long connectiou with the government. and il
Administrations II sdrc guaranty, that IN his hand
the Union vii! be snic; the government wisely I'D
ministered and the people prosperous and happy.
Your friend, +. II. CONE.