Washington telegraph., 1856-09-17
From, the N. o. Commercial Bulletin.
The Work Goes Bravely On.
The path Of duty for Patriots 'rresp

pOlitiCiduS, WHO use r.
FILLMORE for the advancement of their
own selfish purposes are quit. ng him for
the more pliable sectional candidates, the
people are Aocking to his standard, as they
see more and more clearly the dangerous
condition the country is in, and the utter
hopelessness of any alteration for the bet
ter from either of the two sectional parties.
That the Old Line Wings will almost to a
man vote for the American party in this
great struggle for the salvation of the Un-
Ion, and the consequent perpetuity of the
institutions which have been bequeathed
to us by ages and heroes such as the world
never before saw, may be considered GER
tain. Nor is that ALL There are many
men in the Democ: attic ranks who are not
to be driven by the lash of the party whip
from the deliberate conclusions of their
own judgments, whose intelligence. patri-
otism and devotion to the country in this
day of its peril, will cause them to rise
above party and to pursue that cou, Sc
which duty in the present emergency plain
| ly dictates. There are tens of thousands
of such men in the Democratic party who
will vote for MILLARD FILLMORE, Just as
sure as their lives are spared till the cleo
ton. We speak advisedly and with de-
| liberation The evidence of this is thick
ening around US and gathering strength
every day. A gentleman of this city, of
liability, received letter yesterday from
his uncle In Georgia, who is venerable
man of great information and no politician
from which we make the following preg-
nant extract: The letter bears date Mil
lledgeville, August 9th. You know that
have been all my life a Democrat, voting
even against your great idol, HENRY CLAY;
but | suppose, at last, We will be on the
same side, unless, in thisage of political mu-
tations, you too have changed. am rom
pelled to cast n'y rote for MILLARD FILL
MORE an Nouena6er nert. | cannot say
hundreds, but l really do know scores of
old time Democrats who will do the same,
as it seems to be a gene. al opinion that he
is the safest man for the country at the pre-
sent iuncture. l cannot say he will carry
the State, but all the signs Of the times in
dicdte such result"
The writer of this letter could not have
had the most remote idea that any part of
it would ever meet the public eye, and he
will be astonished to see the above extract
in print 1t indicates so clearly, however,
! the sentiments of large and patriotic
class of substantial citizens throughout the
country, that we could not forbear asking
permission to present it to our readers
For the first time in the history of our
government, do we see the extraordinary
spectacle presented of sectional and geo.
or; phical party arrayed in bitter and open
/ hostility against the South on the one side,
and to met it on the other, candidate,
who from his conceded want Of strength
in the North, presents all the peculiarities
of sectional party leader, and who be-
sides, occupies very doubtful position
upon important questions; who is suppor-
ted by two of the most unprincipled and
willy demagogues and known Freesoilers in
the Union, the VAN BURENs, not to speak
of his support by BENTON, and the notori-
Gus Black Republican BLAIR, who has
just been elected to Congress from St.
/ Louis, thus creating suspicion as to his
candor and reliability, and his faithfulness
even to a section At the same time, the
adherents of each of these sectional candi-
dates aver with frenzied vel emence that
if they are defeated 1T the polls IL Noyem-
| Der, they will resort to force and revolu-
tionize the government, Between these
sectional fires, and these sectional parties,
candidate, in the person Of MILLARD
FILLMORE, is presented for the sutfrases OF
the people of every portion of the country,
in whom all have confidence whose posi-
ton is known by all to be sound and con-
seryative, and whose administration of the
government proved the great fact of his
ability to restore peace and harm ny to the
country in the midst of dlscord and the
existence of the widest and most danger
GUS passions candidate, in the language
of the venerable Georgian we have above
referred to, "whoi is the safest man for the
country"
Now, what C .urse ought wise, patriotic
and conservative men, no M tier to what
party they belong, to pursue In this juno
| ture of affairs men we mean, who are
not politicians, who want no office, who
have no longing and hankering after the,
| loayes and fishes, but who want PEACE re-
stored to country torn by intestine feuds
and unnatural, fratricidal dissentions? 1t!
does seem to US, that with men who really
have the good of the country at heart,
there can be no room for doubt or hesita-
ton as to the clear, unmistakable path OF
duty-which is, to support the man who
will know no North, no South, no East, no
West-but who will administer the govern
ment with an eye single to the rights and
prosperity of the whole country, according
Ito the constitution and the laws. Our
countrymen are noted for their sagacity
and good sense, and though they may
bluster and say a thousand foolish things,
as they are everlasting takers, and he
who talks much talks much nonsense-yet,
when it comes to deciding upon the great
and vital interests of the country, interests,
that affect them Individually and directly,
as well as indirectly, they will vote, or we
are greatly mistaken. as patriots who love
their country, and who have no idea of