Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-11-03
From the Louisville Journal.
Base and Infamous Political COnsp

A Base and Infamous Political COnspi-
racy.
The following paragraph from leading paper in
Ohio is republished 10 editorial form, and thus fully
and emphaticaliy endorsed by one of the Sag NIGHT
organs OF this city:
"MR. FILLMORE CRUSHED 0UT-It ia a fixed fact
that Mr.. FlllmOrss name will not be suffered TO be
introduced as that OF candidate into the House of
Representatives, # the people should fail to eecta
President 1t will be the easiest matter in the world
for either the Republican Democratic electors to
crush Mr. Fillmore like a miserable worm. If he
should happen to get Maryland and Kentucky-or
even if he should get twenty or thirty electoral
votes-which is not at all probable-all that the
Republicans or Democracy, with their masses of
votes, would have to do, would be to cast one more
electoral vote than Mr. Fillmore had, for say Chase
or Seward, Pierce or Douglas, and Mr.. Fillmore
would be out; for the Constitution provides that
only the three highest candidates can come before
the House. This would certainly be done, and the
miserable third party things in the House crushed
into voting for Buchanan or Fremont. This is the
way TO finally fx this pretentious and daatardly nu
sance--the Fillmourner party ii it should by some
freak of fortune be able to defeat an election in the
electoral college"
We ask all the honest men Of all parties to look
at that and to ponder well upon it, We are here
told by recognized Sag NIGHT authority, that, if
enough Fillmore electors he elected to carry Mr.
Fillmore before the House OF Representatives, then
thirty or forty Of the Buchanan electors, if they
think it necessary, will, instead Of voting for Blu
chanan, cast their votes for Pierce Douglas, or
some other Democrat whose name is not before the
people at all, just for the purpose Of crushing out
Mr. Misunderstanding him from the House, be-
fore which he will be entitled by the popular suf-
frsge to col
Here is not only Sag Eicht assumption that
the members of the electoral colleges, elected by
the people of the United States to vote for one
Presidential candidate, may vote for another, but
explicit declaration that the Sag NIGHT electors
viii, if they find it necessary for the defeat Of Mr.
Fillmore, do so. We do not say that the Buchan-
an electors or a portion of them will not, il they
have the opportunity, be guilty of the INDUSTRIOUS
fraud suggested but let them perpetrate it if they
dare, and il their party 1ares to let them.
II the Buchanan editors think that the friends Of
Mr.. Fillmore are to be deferred from supporting
him with the utmost seal by the suggestion, the
threat, or whatever Il may be, that Buchanan cleo
tors, so they can defeat Mr.. Fillmore in no other
way, will do it by the basest per6dy and the most
Infamous treason, they are miserably mistaken
The Americans will act according TO their own con
victions of duty, and Sag NIGHT electors may damn
themselves after their own fashion Surely the
people can have no nducement to vote for electors
Who they told BY the organs Of those electors,
viii be prepared to perpesrste fraud OF such ter
rible magnitude. Does anybody suppose that
James Buchanan or aAy other Sag NIGHT would
have the Audaeity to accept she Presidency If be
could obtain il only through the commission OF
such horrible treason en- the part Of bis political
friendsl t
We understand that one of the demo
cratic speakers, Friday night, avowed that
the atrocious game spoken Of above tcoald
Be played by the democratic party if there
should be no election by the people. That
MIR. Buchanau's vote would be divided be-
tween himself and another democrat, with
view TO shut llLr. FlLlasOrs Ossi Of he hOHss
aifogetler, Can il be possible that this
avowal vas made with the appreciation of
the leaders and managers OF the democratic
party hereg Can il be possible that the
democracy Of Tennessee would consent 10
the Inauguration Of policy which involves
a peryersiou Of the spirit of the eonstitu-
ton SO wicked and 50 alarming the ten