The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-08-06

are enough TO convince any candid mind
You who agree with us upon the the great
topic Of the day, think of these things, be-
fore committing yourselves.
I In few particulars relating to the ques-
ton Of the day, we are able to made issue
with Mr.. Fillmore personally, from the record
of his words. And we will briefly refer to
them in this connection, though we have re-
ferred to them before, and may refer to them
many times hereafter. We quote again from
his Albany speech;
"We see political party presenting can
dldates for the Presidency and Vice prcsi
dency, selected for III. first time from the
Free States alone, with the avowed purpose
of cectlng these candidates By SURFACES
of one part of the Union only, to rule ever
the whole United States. Can it be posi-
bic that those who arc engaged in such
measure, can seriously have reelected upon
the Consequences which must inevitably fol-
low, in case Of successY Can they have the
madness or the folly to believe that our
Southern brethren would submit to be gov
erned by such Chief Magistrate
Suppose that the South, having majority
Of the Electoral votes, should declare that
they would only have shareholders for Presi-
dent and Vice President; and should elect
such 10y their exclusive SURFACES to rule over
US at the North. DO you think We would
submit to it9 No, not for moment. And
/ do you believe that your Southern brethren
are less sensitive on this subject than YOU
are, or less jealous Of their rights? lf you
do, let me tell you that you are mistaken
And, there ore. you must see that ii this
att. 1ui a.. To-. A.. al
/ to the destruction Of this beautiful fabric
reared by our forefathers, cemented by their
< blood, and bequeathed to US as n priceless
inheritance
| The positions in this speech are clear
/ They are important. Every man who sup
/ ports him practically endorses them. Con
! siderate men will hesitate before doing that
And after deliberately doing it, they may
End reason to repent.
! He says that a man elected as Fremont
will be, in case he is elected, will not be per
mltted by the South to take his seat, and he
justihes in advance their resistance Of his
rule. Is that your belief Is that your o.
sitionE DO you Justify treason, nullifca-
ton Of the Constitution, forcible resistance
to the will Of the majority lawfully express
ed? If that is thing decided upon, is not
the Union, upon the basis Of the Constitu-
ton, alseady dissolved9 Are you SO bold,
so decided, as TO publicly step npont hat,
platform with him? Think!
He says the North would not permit "a
President elected under similar circum-
stances By the South and the friends OF the
South, to oceupy his seat. DO YOU believe
thaty Consul, your own feelings; Judge
the North by them and then say if TIN. is
not a base SANDER upon the North, upon
4 you. Mr.. Buchanan, if elected, will be e.
lected substantially in the same manner
lie will have all, or nearly all, the votes of
the Southern electoral colleges. He will
have almost none Of the Northern votes.
And he will have them because his principles
accord with them upon Southern, sectional
question. But if elected, does any one
doubt but that the North would permit him
To take his sent, even though he lived south
of the Slavery line ? Would we not all say,
he shall be permitted to take his seat, in
spite Of all resistance? You know very well
that would be true. YET If true, then Mr..
Fillmore has grossly slanGered the North in
so impeaching its loyalty.
Again: History cenvicts him Of falsehood
His own life convicts him. Many times have
tickets been supported, with both candidates
from one section Of the Union. Twice has
he himself voted ticket with both candi.
dates from his own section, with the exp~r-
tatlon Of their being elected, If at all, by
the votes OF that section, vet with the deter
mination that they should "rule over the
"whole United States" And besides, no
knows, and every body knows. that i, is
not an ayowed purpose Of the Fremont
party, tnor of the Buchanan party any more
to elecs their candidates by the votes of one
section. Il is neither their purpose nor de-
desire to do 50. Their expectation NAV be
that il will be so accomplished, bu: their
purpose is to clec, him by lawful votes from
any quarter; their wish is to receive votes
from all quarters; and they are not entirely
without hopes OF receiving electoral votes
from the South, (for Delaware is, perhaps,
not hopeless to them. while certainly grea,
numbers of Sou,hap votes will be given for
Fremont electors. l. not Mr.. Fillmore
wrong, very wrong, deeply censureable in all
this And can YOU stand with and uphold
him
More: In all this do YOU not see some
Il
thing Of spirit different from that which
you are accustomed to attribute TO Mr.. Fill
more? Is here the cautious, the prudent.
the spirited, conservative man. Are
NOT these extreme sentiments? Is not this
ulraism? Is i, no, fanaticism l. NOT
taere, undeniably, much Of the spirit Of "A
soured and desperate politician, of place.
hunting and somewhat reckless politiciao. il
all thisg
Weigh these things deliberately. Take
yonr position thoughtfuly, and withou. pro-
JUDGE, as you may be called to account to
yonr conscience ami your country far its re-
suits.
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