The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-11-13

IaiSo d perpetual clamor against the aggre5-
sions of the North!
THE ELECTION AND THE REsULrs-rHF
WORK BEFORE U.s.
The election is over, and James Buchanan
is President-elect of the United States-an
event for which we have been prepared since
h's nomination, few months ago. Until the
October election, we had set down all the free
States as certain for Fremont, except Pennsyl.
vania, New Jersey, and California Their re-
suits awakened doubts in regard to Indiana
and Illinois; but still we inclined to the opin
ion that they both would cast their votes for
Fremont. 1t seems, however, that Indiana
has taken her place beside Pennsylvania, if not
Illinois. We also predicted that Fillmore would
not obtain the electoral vote of a single State.
but it turns out that Maryland has given him
a majority. With this exception, and that of
Indiana, the results of the election verify the
correctness of our calculations.
Mr.. Buchanan is elected President, but by
the votes of minority of the People. Full
returns may probably show that the aggregate
popular vote for Fremont alone, to say nothing
of that for Fillmore, is larger than that given
to the Cincinnati nominee, fact which should
lead him and his supporters to humble them
selves in the hour of their triumph.
But he is not only minority President, he
is sectional one; elected on sectional plat
form, chiefly by sectional vote-all the slave.
holding States, and only three or four free
States yielding him their support. For all this.
we shall not counsel a dissolution of the
Union, after the manner of Governor Wise
and his confederates. The Republicans re-
| spect the Constitution and Laws of their coun.
try; and, recognising the election of James
Buchanan, minority and sectional President.
as strictly constitutional and legal, they will
not resist his Inauguration, or refuse to &C.
knowledge him President, thus perpetrating
the Infamous treason threatened by his sup
porters in the South, had Mr.. Fremont been
| elected.
Do our readers recollect the tenor of the Sc.
ries of articles We wrote two years ago on the
Know Nothing movement, its action and prob,
able effects in preventing union of the oppo.
nents of the Nebraska Bill and Slavery Exten.y
sion, ct the Presidential election? They must
pardon this reference to the past it is made,
not for the purpose of Representing our Anti
Slavery friends, but to remind them, now that
the work of organizing against the Slave Power,
is to be resumed, that a bold, straight-for-'
ward, an honest course, free from all entangling
alliances, in rigid accordance with their own
principles, unadulterated by contradictory ele,.
ments, is the only wise and safe policy. A.
single extract from one of that series of arti
cles will show what was the burden of all:
"Slavery is the paramount question. This
| is the position of the Republicans. They are
not and cannot become Democrats sWhigs.
Know Nothings.' In the coming Presiden
tial contest, they will have their own candidates
| They will not go over to the Know Nothings
| they will make no terms with them or an.
] other party. Their principles will be RepuhJs
can, and nothing else. Their ca. ::idates viii
be Republican, and nothing else. They NAV b,
beaten-they will not be dishonored. Thew will
not pander to Slavery, Doughfaceism, RELIC
ious Bigotry, or bigoted Nativeism. If North,
ern Know Nothings persist in their separats
organization and action, they will only shoS
that, In their regards, the cause of Human
question
corning the rights of foreigners and Catholics
They will not be able to elect their candidates
but they will divide the free States, prevent tn.
election of the Republican candidates, and 81.
perpetuate power in the hands of the slave
holders
o We shall continue to insist that all issues
all organizations, must give place to the on,
issue of Freedom = to the one organization
which seeks to unite all the friends OF Freedom.
for the overthrow of the Slave Power-and tina
any Party or Order opposed to this policy, O.
standing in the way of it whatever the feel
ings OF some of its adherents-whatever th
action of some of its sections-is, in effect. Al
enemy of Freedom and ally of Slavery"
The policy, so earnestly insisted upon, wa.
adopted in all the States, except Pennsylvania
New Jersey, aud Indiana In all of themS
with these exceptions, the Republicans tool
their own ground, stood upon their own plat,
form, fought openly under their own flag. TbS
Know Nothings, who were intelligently ana
sincerely Anti Slavery, united with them and
the Fillmore secessonists were not numerou,
enough to constitute even balance. ofpowe,
party. Behold the results! The Fremont tickes
elected in all of these States by overwhelming
Buchananism reduced to its minimum capA
city for mischief IL
What has defeated us Know Nottingham
the bigoted Know Nothingism of the three State,
named. Our friends in Indiana, in their Coz.
vention last spring for the nomination of Stat,
officers, tempered with the evil, permitted it t,
take the lead and give character to their ticke
and forbore even to take the name, Republ
can" "The Peoples Convention" "the PEI
pies Party such were the timid and doubs-
full phrases-and they must needs adopt SON
of the characteristic symbols of Know Nothini-
ism. At last they did venture to nominate i.
Fremont electoral ticket, but, as it seems, eve j
that could not repair the damage caused by pr
vious temporizing. The Foreign vote, we pr :
sumo, had been alienated, while Filmoreisla
had been puffed up with the delusion that
could control the State.
More reprehensible still was the policy IN
Pennsylvania. Our friends there from the b r
ginning to the end of the canvass we're overawsd
by the Secret Order. There was kind of b.
publican organization, but it feared to at
alone. 1t was always hanging upon the ski,
of the Know Nothing party. To this hour Sse
have no means of judging exactly what is s.
strength, compared with that of Fillmoreisr.
The State ticket it voted for, was Union tickst,
with majority of Fillmore men upon it-andtle
electoral ticket it supported, was Union Ticks,
pledged to regulate its electoral vote, accordisg
to the proportion of the popular vote givenAo