The true Democrat., 1856-09-02
From the N. '. Day Book, Aug. A Southern Know Nothing

Having some curiosity to learn how southern Know Nothlngs expect to elect Mr. Fillmore. and what possibly could be said on that side of the question, we paid visit to the academy of music on Thursday evening last, for the pur- pose ot hearing some of the eminent men from the south" who had been announced to speak upon the occasion. We had the fortune or perhaps the misfortune, to listen to the Hon. II. Winter Davis of Maryland, who, in a speech ot over an hour in duraton informed us why MT. Plerces administration ought to be coll demned, and above all, why Mir. Fillmore should be elected Upon that point he gave us few reasons, except the fact that Mir. Davis pe, SC, wished the thing accomplished If it were merely to gratity Mir. Davis, who seems to be an amabe young man, and, for his years, ex- ceedingly well skilled in obstetrics, for he ire quently referred to the progeny of "northern aboltionists and southern secessionists.n we might be willing to humor him, but as there are important principles at stake, we beg the permission of Mir. Davis to say that we shall not assist him.
 The speech of Mir. Davis consisted of two parts: first, to prove that great wrong had been committed in the repeal of the Missouri restriction, and secondly, the remedy for this wrong. Now, as we may fairly presume that MT. Davis'S speech is a fair index of the way southern Know Nothings talk when at home, for MT. Davis said he would scorn to have two faces, we propose to state briefly what is MT. Davis's position. First, then, he went on to show that the Kansas ebraska act was great outrage |" crime," "a violation of sacred compacts;' indeed we do not know of any phrase in the vocabulary of northern abolition. ism, which he did not use, nor any obiurgation which he did not apply to Mir. Pierce and his administration. Thus far it was all very fair, for every man in this country has a right to his opinion, and we almost began to fancy that Mr. Davis had mistaken his proper position, and that he ought to have been an orator in the black republican camp. The inquiry of course naturally arose, what does Mir. Davis propose to do to remedy this great " crime and outrage" !" that has been committed? Why, strange. in mprehensibly strange as it may seem, Mr. Davl. proposed to do nothing at all about it, Mr. Davis had roared like the lion, but all at once he became "as gentle as any sucking dove" After all the crime" has been committed, all the "outrages' acted out, Mr. Davis, speaking for southern Know Nottingham, proposes to do nothing! With all respect but in all earnest ness we ask, was there ever more contempti- ble position? Black republicanism is logical manly, compared to it. Seward, Greeley & Co.,, like Mir. Davis, denounce the removal of the unconstitutional restriction upon the south as " a crime and an outrage" but unlike him. they propose, like men, to do something about 1t. They propose to remedy what they de- nounce, to right what has been wrongly done, to restore the Missouri restriction; ave more, to refuse the admission of any more slave States. This, we repeat, is logical and manly. If they really believe the act organizing the territories of Kansas and ebraska was wrong they should labor for its repeal; and if MT. Davis is honest Tn his opinions, he should do the same. He presumes to represent portion of the State of Maryland in the House of Representatives, and we will not pretend that he does not. But this we do say, if he represents Maryland, he m,is- represents common sense and moral integrity.
 Is this, then, the position of southern Know Nottingham? Do all those worthy gentlemen at the south who support Mir. Filmor. applaud and sanction the Kansas aud Nebraska bill while they labor with all their might to defeat Mr. Buchanan? Is Mir. Fillmore to be elected on the popularity of Gen. Pierce's administra- ton, merely because handful of insignificant fanatics at the north have made hue -and-cry over the repeal of the Missouri restriction?- We can tell MT. Davis and his CO., workers that they are enemies to the south. They are play ing into the hands of the republicans and abo- litlonists just as beautifully as they can desire, and if they keep on in their insane course they may be the means of placing in the presidential chair an abolitionist
 From the day Know Nottingham started, it has been the ally of abolitonsm, and we chal- lenge proof to the contrary. Know Nothings reelected William H. Seward to the United States Senat from this State. Had it not been for them, we should have sent good democrat there in the place he so unworthily fills. Know