Daily American organ., 1856-08-12
uFilimorc,s Fate Sealed.''

Yesterday contains an article which, for folly
and recklessness of statement, has no parallels,
save in the columns of its coadjutors, the Union
and faithless phantom" of this city. That
press assumes that
aIn view Of the recent developments Of popu-
lar opinion in the South, every candid person must
admit that Mr.. Fillmore is no longer candidate
for the Presidency" g ... .... .,.~ ana@..
These Developments are the elections held
In North Carolina and Kentucky--in the for
mer Of which, it is well kEoTn, that Mr.. Gil
snsr was opposed by thousands of Ameri-
cansn on the ground Of his opposition to the
extension Of the right of suffrage, and in the
latter of which States, the Louisville Courier,
"a buchanan paper said, on the day after the
election, this
"The election of yesterday afforded no criterion
of the strength of parties, nor OF the popularity
of Presidential candidates and principles These
were secondary considerations to the personal pop
nlarity of gentlemen who had offered for the va
rious Offices" Ha a.e "as #-
Thus the Enquirer, palpably and fatty con-
tradcts, well known and admitted truths, in
assuming that these developements OF popu-
lar opinion have any bearing upon the Presi-
dental election.
But hear it further 1t says: ..s.
..In the North Fillmores nomination has been
. dead failore from the beginning. His friends do
not pretend to claim any strength for him In that
onarter All their hopes of success have been bas-
ed upon the possibility of such division In the
South as would throw the election into the House
of Representatives, and place their candidate in
position to take advantage OF any fortuitous conf
bnation of favorable circumstances"
It is not for us to say, that the youth who
conducts that press knoacs that the above eT-
tract is untrue--for, we have not now and
never had any reason 10 suppose that he is
oyerstocked with information, but this sce
kno,c and therefore assert, that this statement
Is in no portion Of it, nor in any sense whatev-
er. true. The very reverse is true, on every
point made in the extract .....
Mr. Fillmore is far stronger In the North
than Mr. Buchanan; nag, it is obvious to every
man of observation in the country, that if all
those who prefer Mr.. Fillmore, in the North
and South, should vote for him, he would be
triumphantly elected. In Whdt does James
Bucbanan's strength at the South consist p
Siuplv an The ideo wbich has been created by
the Instrumentation of the anti-Americaas
and the Republicans, that Fillmore has no
chanceP Buchanan has no original strength
in the South-his nomination was opposed by
the South, and it was forced upon the South
by the Free-soil elements of the North,--so
,crote the editor Of Democratic paper of this
c;ty. during the sitting of the Cincinnati Con-
ventionl Will this be deniedP We challenge
its deniGtg
All the Administration and tho Republican
presses, and>Orators of the land, have continu-
ally sung this song" Fillmore has no
strength and by the repetition of this un-
mitigated falsehood the South has, to some
extent been persuaded, that their only safety
lies in the support Of Buchanan Are South
ern men thus easily deceived? Are they TO
be thus betrnyedG Aye, "betraycd ~ for that
is the only word which properly defines the
effect, if not the purpose of those who seek
TO produce the belief that, "Fillmore has no
strength" We repeat the question, Are
Southern men thus easily deceived? for, it is
a palpable deception, and if il shall succeed
the South will have been betrayed into purely
sectional control, the inevitable result Of which
must be defeat, and may be ultimate disunion
We do not and indeed we cannot state the
case too strongly. II the continued repetition
of the miserable falsehood, that Fillmore has
no strength" shall finally induce the South to
unite upon Buchanan, win any Southern man
answer the question, What effect will this
Southern concentration upon Buchanan pro-
duce at the Nonhi II the conservative men