Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-10-09
Thc WhIRS Of MARYLAND.
Thomas G.. Pratt, in an address to tht
Wings of Maryland, says:

Thomas g. Pratt, in an address to the
Wings of Maryland, says:
You are aware that this Republican par
tip, which We all agree must be put down at
all hazards, is opposed by two other party
organizations the American, headed by
Messrs Fillmore and Donelson; and the Dem
ocratic, led on by Messrs. Buchanan and
Breckenridge
You will recOllect that Mr.. Fillmore. pri-
| or to his recent visit to Europe, abandoned
the Whig party and became member of the
former Of these organizations, which boast
| Ell that 1t had risen upon the downfall of
| the Whig party, which proclaimed that the
corruptions Of the Wing and Democratic par
| ties constituted the necessity Of It's existence
You know that he and And ew jackson
| DOnelson have been nominated by this party
mot by the Whig party for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency, and you vii! admit
| that the principles Of prescription because
of religious opinions, ard other reputed ten
cts OF this new party, are in direct antago-
nism with the principles of that good old
| Whig party to which ce are still attached,
and which has been abandoned by Mr.. Fill
more. 1t is not my object, in referring to
these facts, to deny to the American party,
/
a fair claim to nationality; nor to deny the
patriotism and virtue OF Mr.. Fillmore, nor
his eminent qualifications for the office Of
Chief Magistrate. But do deduce from
them the necessary conclusion that,as Wings
We owe no party allegiance to Messrs Fill
more and DOnelson, iueubers and nominees
Of the American party. deducc the con-
clusion that, as Wings, we are not only at
! liberty, but that, as patriots we are bound,
( by every obligation to our country and pos
tePity, to throw aside on the one hand the
feelings OF hostility which Mr Filmore's de.
>ertion of our party would be calculated to
engtnder, and on tha other hand, to forget
for time our fOrmeg battles with the Dem
Ocratic party, and to ask ourselves but one
queSton-Uhirh Of the trO national organl-
cations offers the best guarantee Of success
III crushing out of existence this new and
monstrous sectional PARTY, which threatens
the lite Of our country do not propose to
examine the relative claims OF the two ma
tIonal parties or their nominees TO our sup
port. |, Is not, i'll my judgement. permis,.
able IN the present crisis to interpOee our
individual Inference of opinion upon miner
| questions Ii is sufficient for US to know,
that the election OF either national nominee
would secure the Union /; ana the only ques-
! ton permitted 10y patriotism is, whether our
support OF the one or the other would more
certainly prove successful;
| deem it then, to be my duty, as well as
that Of all who believe with me, that the
election of Frem )ut would be the death knell
Of the Union to unite in the support OF Bu-
chauan ana Breckenridge; and shall sus-
tain their election to the best Of ability,
Whilst coucede that there are certain prn-
ciplcs hitherto protessed by the party which
nominated them that cannot receive our
support, yet on the great issues Of the con-
! tlturional rights Of the South, the platform
on which they stand meets my coIdia! az
proval. anl is in accordance with that Of the
party which now address, and to whose
kind favor owe the honor of holding the
seat now occupy, and which | shall cease
! to hold after the tth of March next, by the
fiat of that party to which Mr. Fillmore has
attached himself, and which is now dominant
IN the legislature Of my native State.
Let Maryland Wu;Gs remember that the
political battle now being fought, is one OF
the deepest interest 10 them; that the maiu-
tenance Of the constitutional rights of the
South is the issue tender cd to the American
people by the Democratic party, and (as the
Wings have no caudidate) by that party
alone; that upon this issue the Republican
party have stakel the Union and in such
"A battle, upon an issue, they must be true
to those who are doing battle in oar behalf
1t would be indeed sad, it in such n contest,
the conseI vatiyc strength Of the country
should not be united; ii would be aS strange
as sad if, in such contest. Southern men
should not be found battling shoulder to
shoulder for the maintenance Of their own
constitutional rights