The union Democrat., 1856-08-30
U MON DE EM0CRAT.
Andrew -. D0nfls0n for 1Ir. buchanan
against Mr. Fillmore.

Major Donelson became very indignant in 1851
Asays the Nashville URioR) that Mr. Fillmore
Should be reelected President in preference IN
such brilliant names as Cass, Douglass, But,
Ter, Dallas, Marcy, and buchanan and the ar
guments that were used for Mr. Fillmore then
are the same that are paraded in know-nothing
papers now. Hear Major Doneson, as ne ex-
pressed himself througlsthe Washington Union
"Ahhough that measure, che Compromise of
lo5o,) If considered as one al party nature
,routd taH to The credit of the d1nocratS, whether
it be tested By the members whose votes and in
huence passed It, or by the sacrifice it makes to
the cause OF the union; vet see it tnnOunced
as the signal by which an administration Is to he
continued III power. whose only prominent dis
tnc1on thus far is that it cuts off the heads Of
ohce-holders because they have been faithful 10
The political convictions OF fneir lives =
And what is the reason of this alarming
and extraordinary demand! Let not the reader
be amazed: it is that President Fillmore win ex-
ecute the laws-uM be faitltsi to his oath and er-
ecute the iaies
That we mary NOT be supposed to exaggerate
the pretens1ons of the whig party, we need only
refer to fhe fact that'its candidates in Tennessee
have already proclaimed the name Of Minari
Fillmore as that around which the loyal friends
mlnlstration installed into power which will dis
card from the councils of the nation all who
stand upon the old platform of Washington, J eff
erson and jackson. The brilliant aamfs of Cass
woodbury. Dallas. Douglas, Walker, EucHAxAx,
Butler, Houston, Dickinson and Marcy, and the
hundreds of Others who ARE scattered over eur
vast coniederacy hut rhoSe patriotic light is as
clear IN The political frmament as that of the nitky
'cdy IN our skieS-thcse names are to be taken
tha Y-,fI
more must shine alone as The star of the first ma G.
"nitude because he will not falsify his oath to ex-
echte the laws. Was ever an effort So out OF
proportion to n cause brought to the notice Uf 4
reasoning and discriminating as we'll as patriotic
people Newer before in our history has a de-
rnnd been made on the public creduity which
proves so concpslvely the genius Of tho party
whlch adopted the maXims of Alex. Hamilton in
The early days of the republic and which we have
the authority of Mr.. Jefferson for SAYING. were
founded on the belief that our people were ig-
norant aud could not be governed by any other
than strong consolidated government There
is 10 De no inquiry into the past history OF PreSl-
dent Fillmore; his pledge to the abolitionist OF
The north to abolish slavery in the Territories of
The United States-his support of the corrup-
tons OF the hank-his identity with all the ex-
travagant prctenslons Of the federalists or the
subject of taxes and monopolies-must be for
gotten because he viii execute the laws Have
we any guarantee from this assurance that ne
VIII execute the laws more than Mr.. Seward, or
Mr. w ade. or honest John Davis would give, ii
placed in the presidency
1t accords with the waning extravaCance OF
unscrupuous politicians. whose unmasked de-
signs have been rejected by the people, to bury
the past. to discard old issues, and TO create a
new standard of political faith which may cover
the follies aud weaken the odium of former de
feat
We dey any know-nofhing paper to answer
the severe and merted structures of Major
Doneison