Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-08-21

The friends of Fillmore and Donelson in Kent
County will assemble in County Meeting Mt the Court
House In Dover on Tuesday the 26th instant, at 10
oolook A. NJ, for the purpose Of selecting delegates
TO the State Convention to nominate representa-
tive 10 Congress-
The meeting will be addressed by several distin
gnished speakers.
CONSISTENCY "A glance at the history Of p oiti-
oRlpartieS in State for the past few years ay
not BIO unastruotive. When the convention met at
Dover in 1882 to select delegates to attend tho Ma.
tional convention, Edward ., Bradford, Esq, wna
In favor Of the nomi nation of Willard Fillmore for
the Presidency and made warm appeal in his be-
half MIR. Fillmore has not changed since that time,
having done act while Pre- sden after that period
with which fault can be found, and yet Mr.. Brad
ford now takes strong ground against his election,
and warmly advocates the claims Of another, when
he knows that every vote thus thrown must eontri.
butte to the success of the Buchanan party In our
state-a party which he has long opposed, and with
which he can certainly have no sympathy. In 1854,
only two years ago, Mr.. Bradford and b. I Biggs,
Esq, of Pencader Hundred, attended q meeting at
Delaware City, and earnestly opposed the abandon.
ment Of the Wing organisation in this State. They
boldly assailed the Hon John M. Clayton, and
warmly asserted their love aud admiration Of Wing
principles. Yet where are they now The former
supporting Fremont, the latter James Buchana H.
They each speak before their parties in this city to.
morrow evening, and for this reason we have taken
the liberty to allude to them. The motives which
may have operated bring about this state Of things
may be satisfactory to themselves and with them th
public has nothing to do We must remark, how
ever, that there is material difference at this tim
between the principles and measure Advocated by
the wings and the views of the members of the /.
merioan party in this State The latter are as strong
advocates of morality and right as ever were the
former, and Just as much opposed to the extern sion
OF slavery and other outrages However this Is the
day OF change, and our friends have done nothing
more than exercise theiI privilege The course of
Mr. Biggs however, is the more singular of the two
Erem beinga thorough going temperance man he
was suddenly cOnyertcdintO eAeny ofthat cause.
IL report can be relied on he even had the temerity
to go into Maryland and denOuLce the American
party for passing tho act for the suppression Of in
temperance in this State, and warn the Maryland
ers who loved grog not to vote the American ticket
fthey did not wish for the passage of similar law
In thnt State The II seems was not only chang.
cd politically but morally, If this ia the esi innate
effects of LocOocoism it is worse than even wa sun,
posed 1t to bo. In that party however, are now
Wesuppose our friend Bggs was under the impress.
aion that tho best way to reach political
wac through an appeal to their prejudises II this
Is not SO let him speak out to the contrary and he
shall BIO hoard through II Ia not lit
tie remarkable that these gentlemen should both
make speeches in our city on the same evening
to directly aid Mr. Buchanan to get the electoral
vote Of this State,he other indirectly to bring n
bout the same result. They are most probably
equally sincere, equally pat riOtic, and We should
like to have the pleasure of hearing their speeches
that we might compare them, and run parallel bS.
tween them. 1t lisa source o. regretth their Of.
forts at Delaware City not pu blished as they
would have been useful to the people, and to them
selves, occasionally refer to- We should also 70.
mark that some of the temperance addresses Of our
friend eiggs would be still more useful at this time
as they might serve Messrs Bayard, Salisbury
Nicholson and Townsend as texts when speaking in
favor OF the indsciminate sale of rum as a bower.
age. We trust they are not entirely discarded al
youthful vagares some of them doubtless deserv,
TO be handed down to posterity us models Of clio
Quence, and as lessons Of morality.