The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-07-26
The Game of Drag.

| There is one feature in the tactics of Know Moth
ingism which they never fail to call to their aid
pending m election. Their Dragging propenatics run
TO ridiculous extremes. Moderate pretcnsions might
bcgct little confidence In their assertions. how
ever unfounded they might be; but political Nun
chauscnism. nowadays can scarcely be believed
even by the most crcdulous; especially after the cx
amples and results which have been exhibited by
Know Nothngism for the last two three years.
One of the latest and best specimens of this brag.
ging propensity which we have seen, is to he found
in the New Orleans Bee Of the 10th inst After put,
ting Mr.. BrcuANANs chances pretty low down in the
North, the editor goes on to say:
"On the other hand. Mr.. FILLMORE is gaining
strength all over the North. There is not a nom
slaveholding State which will not be contested by
him. aud If we except Wisconsin and Illinois. there
is not which he does not stand fair chance of
carrying"
And again
"From the developments which have already
TRANSFERRED it is absolutely positive that Mr.. b.
CBANAN is the weakest Of the three candidates in
the icd that in the North he is impotcn to the last
degree. and without the assurance of earring sin.
gle State not even Pennsylvania, and that the con-
test In The North is really between Col FREMONT and
Mr.. FILLMORE
What we admire most in this il the bollness of
the brag. The editor is right in giving us u ,chop-
per-a big bray We don't like little half. way sneak
ing assertions. II man can't help fbbing, why let
him hb largely, tremendously. and then back it up
like the Bee rs absolutely posue,' and simple
ton may think, perchance, that is is really true.
Our own opinion Of this matter, however. does
not correspond with the absolutely ositire of the Bee
We will take the liberty to state that opinion which
is also founded upon developments not sufficient,
however, TO render our statements positive but up
on which we can venture to predict that Mr.. WILLARD
FILLMORE mH not receioed tie Electoral Vote Of sngle
free State. viii the Bee mark this down with its own
bold statements? rs we intend after the election to
call its attention to IT, and prove to the people who
it is that tries to deceive them. We have another
opinion to give to the Bee, not absolutely positive,
but. to mind, very clear, that Mr.. BUCHANAN pW
caryMe Electoral Vote Of ten Of the sirten free States
Mark this down also, Mr. Bee; and yon can mark
down another opinion, not absolutely positive but
quite probable, thr Mr.. BUCHANAN will receive the
Electoral vote Of erery Stare &e not even excepting
Delaware. You may affect surprise at this inteli-
gcncc but you will find it turn out in the end, very,
very near the truth
Z But the Bee, in its anxious speculations about Mr..
FnLMoRE's prospects, lets out some things, which
little discretion would likely have kept in the
back ground. In its spcculatons on "The PROGRESS
Of Me Canrass" of the l4th inst, it says:
"Amid these astounding evidences of decline and
decay ii is absolutely laughable to notice the self
qualification of those journals who declare that the
only obstacle to Mr.. BUCBANAN's success is WILLARD
FILLMORE. Why, IL Mr.. FILLMORE were not in the
field it would be utterly impossible for Mr. BycHAN
AN to carry single Noythern State. He may posi-
bly, now prevail In few by the FILLMORE diversion
II FILLMORE were not in tho field. FREMONT would
take every non-slaveholding State in the Union"
Toa common sense man the enquiry would very
naturally arise--why is II, that if "FIILMoRE was
not in the field IL would be utterly impossible for
Mr.. BUCHANAN to carry single Northern Slater"
Or. why it is, " II FILLMORE were not in the field
FREMONT would take every non-slaveholdng State
in the Union?" Is Mr. BUCHANAN too national and
Southern for Mr. FuIMoxE's friends? Is there too
great ongenality of feeling and principle between
the Friends OF FREMONT and FILLMORE for SO sound
man as Mr. BUCHANAN to expect support from either?
Or does Mr. FILLMoKEs views, feelings and opinions
so nearly correspond with those of FREMONT that
FILLMORE being out of the field, his friends, en- nasse
wonld go over to the support of Fremont? This is
an unfortunate confession Mr. Bee; but one of truth
odoubt Let 1t be known, then upon the authority
of the New Orleans Bee, THAT the second cboe 1,r The
Presidency, OF Mr. FILLMoRE's friends is the Black
Republican candidate JONI c. FREMONT. There is
no evadlng this conclusion. The friends of FILL
MORE prefer FREMONT to BUCHANAN, and FuLMoRE
being out of the field, FREMONT would receive their
support massc, and "take every non.slavcholdinp