Washington telegraph., 1856-09-24
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THE UNION GEEES2lTI)I.
Letter from Hon. Hum oirey Marshall

The following letter from this noble rep
resentative OF Kentucky, was sent to this
city In answer t. the invitation extended
to him to b. present ut the Union Cele
bration 1t is an able docu nent and will
be rc.d with pleasure by every true Amer
lean:
Washington, .fa:Jast 2o, 1856.
My Dear SIR: | wish | could comply
with your urgent request. that should BE-
present at the Union meeting of the citi-
&ens o. Olio and Kentucky, at Cincinnati
and CUvIn"ton, Un the zlth iaSt. But.
my duty as Representative OF the peo
pie, iorblds my absence .rom single vote
to be tIkcn at this extra session of Con
yress, and 1 shall hot b. absent from one
Ii my lie is preserved, should the session
last till next ,larch
1t i Were with you, should say to my
eJuntrymen that the SAFETY of the Repub-
tic depends upon the election of Millard
Fillmore to the Presidency, and that, in
any hu nble opihioI, ii they are not wise
envugh t. determine the matter in that
way, they will not be wise enough to ID
mlnlstcr the government throuy Il peri
od of diiiculty, but because he is the rep
resentative OF concord and harmony be
tween the great sections of our country.
wliie his competitors aspire to rule. each
b ckcd substantially By Il Sc ;tivnal party
only, and each hoping to succeed by solid
Lying sectional interests Sd as to wIn by it.
Mr. Fremont HIS no p.riy lii any slave
holding Stite- lie may have Il ticket lii
one or more, but every one knows that tine
nost sanyuine oi his supoortecs claim but
Il Jew Thousand Votes for hi a in the whole
range u tnOse States. On the contrary,
he has become the exp nent of i'm
mense body of votes in the free States,
and MS friends In those States clain his
election as a matter which tine will rem
der certain, and which they are determined
to accomplish. The slave States have l2J
votes; the Tree States i16 votes -l49 are
necessary to Il choice by the people. If
/ sir. Fremont loses New York he will be
defeated, n matter how the vote Of the
slave States may be split between -Bucl-
auin and Fillmore. Il. he l,ses OHIO and
New JerSey-Jr ii he loses PennSyivania
aud C,li.ornIa, or .ndi.na. illinois and
| Connecticut, the same result will .oll,w
t Is useless iV sly to y,u that hIr. Buch-
an N cannot. ii let to struggle alone, hope
t, win TIE desirable result upon any co.,l-
/ bi .;.tiJn o. Those States, evel i, the whole
sllvc holding ~tateS vote .or hn Ills
II friends hc.c Will hardly cl.,im it his
e.it.,ies l.u.h 1t the suPposition in utter
81 rL- lie { uid not, /, report be true
carry lis own Statc, wtthout the contest
were Triangular. and unIcs5 it be the case
il indiana, lie could not hop to win in
any u tic reIiAindc. c1.nbin .tion
! Il -'ir- Buchanan continues candidate
he may Impair, OF utterly dc ct llr. Fill
.nyrc, but l. he Were Withdrawn vr aban-
doneI. MIR. Ill.lore $ election would be
/ triumphant and uiost easy vi .icco.lphisll-
,.ent- lie viii carry New ork in ali pro
D,Oiii;y under amy circumstances, bat were
| -ir- Il. Abandoned by the slave States, he
would carry it beyond any doubt and, in
my opinion, would attract the votes of all
conservative masses throughout the free
States. Mr.. buchanan canuvt accomplish
this result. The reasoas for this lie in the
TACT tn Il he has been ever a vac;llating
| politicians now comnitted to ultra
schemes of policy which m.t and will je0p-
ardizc the peace of the cuu..try, and has
| taken the shoes of Gen. Pierce upon the
unfortunate state OF things now existing
iii Kansas. and touching the slavery agita-
ton that now distrJcts the coultry. There
were many other reasJmS-but suffice it.
| the fact is as state it, and all candid men
must acknowledge it. Ii the sl.ve States
then prefer to enter upOR tie Sectiondt con-
test with Mr.. Buchanan as IA leader, they
will support him, and leave Mr. FILLMORE
friends throughout the free States to with
draw altogether from the vote OF to take
care of themselves III the sectional contest
which is to come off; for | say it boldly,
that ifnothing will d. but Il sectional con
| test, the men of each section will adhere
to their section, and no human force can
prevent it. If such a contest is to occur.
1t will be because the Southern PEOPLE,
following the advice OF the Southern Dem
ocrats, choose it, and will not avail them
selves of the chance that is offered to them
Of electing man of sound national char
dcter, whose former administration uf the
government WIS preservative of all their
| rights, yet who was the favorite OF Ill the
who could again command their su.frages
i, they SAW any corresponding effort on t.Ie
part Uf the slave States Mr.. Buchanan
does rot command their confidence ana
cannot attract their support. The Sout.
then has the choice fully and fairly presen
| ted to it, of a sectional contest. by making
the race between Buchanan and Fremont.
or Of a national struggle in which men in
every section will act, by making the con-
test between Fillmore and Fremont, as the
South makes her bed so she must lie. L
speak plainly because l feel deeply.
In the event of Mr. Buchanan's election
L foresee condition of things which will
paralyse the energies of this government
protract the section:l disputes involve
the country in civil. probably foreign war
and end III the overthrow of the Union. or
in struggle, renewed. between the sec
tions, on lower platform of r,dicalism