The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-10-22


holders at Washington are circulating, bT mean
Of their tools and understappers ut the south.
II pamphlet compiled BY John Slidell and Johl
". Forney, and published under the supervise.
II ofthe Buchanan executive committee at Wash
ington, entitled, Slavery Agitation. who com
menced and who can end is.-Buchanan ant
Fillmore from the Record. 1t is, from frs
to last, a tissue of gross misrepresentation. ant
N deserves to be placed beside the infamous stor
fabricated and so industrious circulated BY th
Buchanan press, a few weeks ago, that tn
Americans and freesoilers had coalesced in In
diana. The Roorback of Slideh Il Forney ,ha
reeoiled, as did its predecessor, upon the fabri
Gators. and covered them with their own dir
and slime.
The Nashville Patriot states that the hon. I
P. Stanton, one of the leading democrats o
! Tennessee, and an ardent supporter of Buch
anan, while addressing democratic meeting
at Gallatin, charged Mr. Fillnorewith having
I been an abolitionist, and to demonstrate the
charge produced the pamphlet and read over q
list Of the votes In the house ofrepresentatlse<
where. according to Slidel Il Forney, Fillmore
had on two or three occasion given abolition
votes. As Mr.. Stanton ceased reading from
the pamphlet, one Of the gentlemen who had
attensisely listened 10 his remarks, rose and in
formed him that be had brought to the meet
ing all the volumes of the Congressional Globe
referred to- and solicited permission TO read the
fully complied with the request. When, be-
hold the unmu.ilated record showed that Fill
more had roted os tie san,e side nth tie hon F.
P. Stanton himself and other democrats from
Tennessee; VIM. O. Butler. Linn Boyd and
other democrats from Kentucky; Henry A
Wise, and host of other southerners! Mr.
Stanton promptly acknowledged that the pam
phlet had led hin into making false statement
and left him in predicament, and that on all
The occasions to which he had referred, Fill
more could na lave given abolition votes, or
else general Butter, Linn Boyd, himself, and
nearly the entire delegation from the south
.oould rot hare ssssd Just as Mr. Fillmore did
1t is needless to say, NO converts to Buchanan
and squatter sovereignty were made that day
The Patriot adds, search the record-go thro'
the files of the Congressional Globe and the
It is that which, unnautlated,
proves the nationality and soundness of Willard
Fillmore
DOUGLAS DEMocRATs.-The St. Louis Re-
publican, which was formerly devoted to wlig
principles, but is now an ardent supporter of
Buchanan and Breckenridge, publishes an of
5cial account Of the proceedings of democratic !
ally at CentrevIlle, Illinois. at which large
amount Of bonbast and gasconade was let off /
The report in the Republican says:
Much good was done at this meeting 10 en- .
lghten the masses as to the introduction OF slav-
~ in Kansas. which had been wrongfully (
rged By the abolition orators on the people
Iii The speeches explained the principles OF the .
KANSAS and Nebraska act of congress, and the
emocratlc platform. and shetrst3, to the satiJac-
or Of al present, that tie democratic party rers
Of for ths extension ?f sIarsry any more than The
lssek republicans are-'' {
That is The way the constituents of the Lit
e Giant of Democracy talk in Illinois-.he
Douglasites swearing that .'the demo
-atie party were not for the extension ofslave-
; any more than the black republicans are
/ making this statement the orators were mere
taking up the cue given them by Mr.. Breck-
fridge, at Tppeeanoe. The reputation of
avery, 1t is now apparent, is to be one of the
and mosementsSf the democracy, north and ,
est, IN the coming contest, and the south will
arm severe lesson of misplaced confidence.
VIRGIs1A.-The Richmond Wing, of the ed {
ST., speaking OF the Fremont electoral ticket. &
vs.:
There is no mistake this time A Fremont ;
ectaFal ticket exists in Virginia at last. Else
here, as matter Of news, we publish the pro-
edings of the Virginia republican convention. !
e take them from the Wellsburg Herald. !.
nseh accompanies its publication of them with :.
e following editorial remarks: =
at will be seen BY reference to the proceed :
gs OF the republican convention recently held i"
Wheeling, that our esteemed fellow-tewns- =
an. Joseph Apologize, esq, has been appoint Il
one Of The electors. He represents the first
strict As governor Wise at one time .thank- II
God there WAS 10 paper published in that Il
strict, the judge need not be afraid Of his {,
eeches being severely criticised by the press. d
he only avoids being ''i1cendiary'' in bis a
1guage be will get along finely It Twill also o
seen that Thomas J. Hewitt and Richard II
eSqrs-. Of Hancock county, are al P
On the electoral ticket -4UEhe above named VI
We been heretofore prominent and influential d
smbers of the democratic party Two years
zee. Mr. Hewitt represented Hancock in the },
:islature of Virginia = =
There is! JUS as we expected .sAll the =:
owe named have been heretofore prominent ~
smbers of the democratic psrsyt!s' And one - -
them was late a democratic member of the =.
rginis legislature!4 Angels and ministers Of q q
aeet What can the matter be- Are the de- "a
,cracy of The Old Dominion also going TO join :
Breeksnridge's opposition TO the extension ~ !,
slavery and thus don the freesoil hrerv2- n
here, Oh. where's governor Nise9 WhY :
At Be write another letter. Oh. .sGizzarsi- uS
H., beloved and devoted sstTizzard- foot. . do %