Washington sentinel., 1856-08-02

defensive attitude. we nave the rlght Win Us,
and we have the memories of the Past to cheer
us, and the Hope Of the Future to spur us on
in the good work We should attack the ene-
to his midnight lair. We should strip the
robes of false purity from his recreant limbs.
Charge upon them, Democrats, that they
have started candidates for President and Vice
President, who are to be elected, if at all, by a
sectional vote, and for whom no Southern man
can vote without personal dishonor aud poiti-
cal suicide.
Charge upon them, that they violate daily
and deliberately, the solemn warning of Wash
ington, who, in his Farewell Address, admon-
ished his countrymen to beware of sectional
and geographical parties.
Charge upon them, that the leaders of the
Fremont party are in nearly every instance the
avowed advocates of q dissolution of the Ameri-
can Union.
Charge upon them, that they assai and ira
duce our fellow countrymen of the South more
than they could assail and traduce the vilest
despotism on the globe.
Charge upon them, that they selected FIRE.
mont as candidate, first because he would
prove to be their passive instrument in the
work of disunion, and next because he was
supposed to have grown enormously rich by
his speculations
Charge upon them, that they are presenting
to the Northern States, as an inducement to
secure votes for Fremont, by speeches and
editorials, in maps and in pictures, the adDdn-
tages that soonld result from the dissolntiUn OF
the Union to Northern prosperity, aud comfort,
and religion.
Charge upon them, that their open cham
pionship of disunion doctrines, directly follows
from the infamous example of the Hartford
Convention in l8l4-'l5, and like that dark
plot, is most earnestly sustained by Great
Britain.
Charge upon them, that the British press
halls the Fremont nomination, and the agita-
tion that led to it, as the certain steps to q
dissolution of the Union.
Charge upon them, that not satisfied with the
overthrow Of our civil rights and liberties, they
have prepared mankind for that dread catas-
trophe by sowing the seeds Of discord in the
Christian Church.
Charge upon them that they expect to carry
this election with money. They nominated
Fremont for his wealth. Seward says there is
plenty Of money to be had to ignore and violate
the Constitution, in his speech at Albany, on
the 18th Of October; and Francis P. Blair
says, the Missouri Compromise will be restor-
ed if Fremont is elected, by buying up the
Senators of the United States with the patron
age of the General Government.
Charge upon them, that this Union cannot
stand if the North, as they propose, shall ex-
ercise the government to oppress and outrage
the South.
Charge upon them, that they have invoked
force to their aid in the event of failing to elect
Fremont by sectional vote. See Webb's
speech at the Black Republican Convention ;
rrfo IN, he ;pEd
columns of the Boston Liberdtor; and the SER
mon Of Rev. 81. Ward Beecner.
Charge upon them, that their love for the
black is 80 intense, that while they degrade
and disfranchse white man because he was
born, like Lafayette, in foreign land, they
would elevate Fred. Douglas and his school to
social and political equality with our fellow
countrymen, becanse they are negroes.
Charge upon them, that until they invoked
the twin iends of Know-nothingism and Aboli-
tion, Christian Churches were peaceful and
pious assemblages but now too many are torn
with dissensions and presided over by political
priests.
Charge upon them, that while blaming Mr.
Brooks for bis attack upon Sumner, they never
blame Fremont for his attack upon Foote, in
both cases the offence given having been dur
ing debate in the Senate.
Charge upon them, that while bowling over
the disturbances in Kansas, they never con
demn the murders in our great cities, by Know
nothing rowdies, Of inoffensive and deserving
adopted citizens.
Charge upon them, that they have reviled
the Missouri Compromise for nearly forty years,
and now demand that it shall be restored after
it has been repealed.
Charge upon them, that they have selected
4 -. xyh< hos tLa
character, the capacity, the experience, nor
the integrity, to preside over the affairs of the
Government.
Charge upon them. that in their war upon
the Southern States, they refuse to hesitate,
because their schemes must end in a civil and
servle war, and laugh at the certain catastro-
phe of three millions Of suddenly liberated
slaves being poured down upon the North.
Charge upon them, that they denounce and
contemn the decisions of the highest tribunal
in the land, and openly traduce the venerable
iurists who compose our United States Supreme
Court.
Charge upon them, that while they ask the
votes of the adopted citizen, they prepare the
statute that is to deprive him Of his rights |;
that while they say they are not against the
Catholics, their own candidate swears he is not
q Catholic, as il to be so we're crime; and
that one Of the Conventions which nominated
Fremont affected to repudiate Know-nothing-
ism, while the other, which nominated him,
made Know nothingism its chief cornerstone.
wanted--To Prove that the Montgomery
Mail IL unworthy OF Credence.
Major Proposition.-A political newspaper
that fatty contradicts itself in regard to impor-
tant questions Of Presidential candidates dur
ing q canvass, is unworthy Of confidence.
Minor Proposition.-The Montgomery Nail
of 2lst February, 1856, contains the following
language in reference to Mr.. Fillmore, the
Know nothing nominee for the Presidency:
"Btt he (Mr. Fillmore) is not the man for
the times-HE WILL MEYER STAND ON OUR PLAT
FORM OF SLAVERY"
"Stockton Of Ncw Jersey, could BE- far more
acceptable TO 0e people Of the South, than Mr..
Fillmore. We have strong reasons for believ-
ing that Mr.. Fillmore is not opposed TO the
principle Of Squatter Sovereignty. There is no
need to seek out man doubtful on this i'm
nortant pointn