Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-08-30

it is pointed directly at Mr. Fillmore His merits
are made his ineapacities. His truth to the Uuon
is made the reason why Southern gentlemen, for
whom he the greatest risk against the opinion
of his own region Of country, 70 turn against
him. desert him, for a man who hns encountered
nothing for them or for the Union. The majority
of the North are opposed to Mr.. Fillmore, because
of his rise and patriotic administration they will
then vote for Buchanan, because his administration
viii not be wise aud patriotic! They are op-
posed to Fillmore, because they are opposed to con-
/ catiOn and compromise; they will vote for Mr..
Buchanan, because he and his party have said no
more compromise, and no more conciliation. They
will not vote for Fillmore, because they want a
seourge for the South! Unwittingy the argument
| pictures the result of that poicy-which our Dem
ocratic friends have inaugurated and followed
its better end The majority of the Northern allies
Of the Democrats, are supposed very likely to vote
+ for Buchanan because he iciH be sco'trqe to the
South. If that be not the argument, then the
/ gument is unmeaning
Well if that be the foundation Of the argument,
will not gentlemen who appreciate the force of rea-
soning cease to use it? Will they not give some
better reason why Mr. Fillmore can get no strength
| at the NOrthy VIII they not say. "come let us
reason tegether," and say that Mr.. Buchanan bet
ter respects the great fundamental principle Of the
constitution, and not base their argument on the
revolutionary assumption that the majority of the
men of the South? 1t is very tempting know to
Southern Democrats. If the majority Of the North
are mady bent on punishing the South, they will
pass Mr. Fillmore by, and infct on it Mr.. Buchanan
| as the more cruel scourge. The argument is good,
sir-the fact on which it rests is not true.
Far different is my estimate Of my Northern bre-
thren | am not aware of any act Of the North, as
thew appear upon our statute books or as executed
! from the Executive chamber, however wild may
bav baan votes npfasiOnalv Of majority rnOn
this hoor or however dangerous the arguments
pressed into their support which in the slightest de-
gree has sulled the honor injured the Interest Of
| the South They have differed upon industrial
questions and decided them by party tactics they
have been set, party against the other, in party
manGuvre party triumph, and domination; but,
say that during the eighty years Of the Republic,
there is no portion Of this great land which has
son to into the teeth of either the North the
South that any great right Of either section has
been tramplcd down any great right of the Con-
stitutIon deliberately violated; any fact showing
that Madness rules the majority either at the North
or at the South.
Bur there is solemn fact which my Democratic
friends admit. There is hostility at the North
They adroitly point il at the South. 1hsy Udinly
strire to place tie South 5etyeen themselves and the
shaft that has already smiHea them to the earth.
There is wrath boiling up at the North, but it is
wrath which boils against HeDi. There is host-
" at the North-bu it is hostility which hey have
aroused which has stricken them down aud lciU
keep dbem dorm.
wish to feel the pulse of the North tonight
wish TO see whether it be reason or madness
throbbing there-whethcr it be the rational wrath
Of men who, believing they have been outraged in
their dearest rights, or whether it be the madness
of men who have flashed into fury causeessly.
Sir there are series Of great facts which strike
us wheresoever turn eyes. In 1858, the
present incumbent Of the Presidential chair was
elevated on the shields of twenty-seven States, and
borne 20 the White House amid the accamatons
of an exutant people, rejoicing in the advent Of an
era of peace. Three suns have run their course
and now
(" lie is at supper-not where he eats hut where
he is eaten. certain convOcation of polite worms
are cen at him."
"Since he mscalled the morning star,
Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far"
! When he ascended the chair of State, great
! majority of seventy in this House obsequeously
| awaited his will. The sun had not thrice his
course ere that majority had shriveled to seventy
! four men. Their place knows them no more This
side of the chamber is a charnel house of dead De-
mocrats The few survivors tread mournfully as
they cross it-as a Roman might walk over Cannoe.
The bloody ghost Of the murdered Wright" still
70 the eve of the gentleman from Georgia Mr..
CoBBl disputes the sloo with his successor OF flesh
and blood Mr.. FULLER and many other spectres
have left untmely graves to warn the pale survi-
vors by their fate
Nv honorable friend from South Carolina was
early at the sepulchres OF the righteous in New
Hampshire vainIy seeking signs of the day of re-
surrection of the body. But the snow still Law on
the marble-the crocus Of the early spring had not
pushed through the II Oxen soil-and he r, turned
sadly, chanting:
A cold, deceitful thing is the snow,
Though tuome on dove like wing-the false snow
'Tis but rain disguised appears
And our hopes are frozen tears-like the snow"
Indeed sir the resurrection Of the Democratic
party at the North is event not at all anticipated
ihere II has sunk from view-like water spilled
upon the ground not to be gathered again.
A stubborn resolution has been manifested at
the North. Since that great day there has been
nothing which shows that my honorable friends on
the Democratic side of the House have a majority
in one single State north of Mason aud D1on's line.
There is not one single fact that shows that they
can carry a State north of Mason's and Dxon's line
on national politics even by plurality The ac-
count OF loss and gain stands a set-of. IL in
PENNSYLVANIA Democrats and Wings and Americans
have combined 70 elect canal commissioner by
plurality ouy, in Maine Democrats and liquor men
have united and carried local election by plural
ity. In New Hampshire and Connecticut the Amer
If New Jersey has given a Democratic majority in
local election, California has come to the AmeIi-
cans by great majority.
The fithful fondly hoped that some Of those cleo
tons indicated change Of tide. They forgot that
Falstaf parted Just between twelve aud one, cen
at turning of the tide" II there be any compunc.
tons of conscience forcing them to cry out, God
God God! let them beware Of those Dame Quick
leys who, to comfort them, bid them not think of
,nl bOnh fhpra ia M "a trouble Them
selves with such thoughts yet; for when the part
ing Falstaf so cried and so comiorted, and had
more clothes laid on his feet, the comforter, Dame
Quckley, knew there was but one way, and when
she put her hand into the bed and felt his teet-they
were so cold any stone-and then she &" felt to
his knees, aud so upward and upward, and all
as cold as any stone.
Sir, the fatal hour has come. Even while speak.
the stricken field Of Iowa brings them defeat and
and disaster, crushed hopes and cruel dsappoint-
ment Their feet already cold in the North, and
as We feel upward AMI upward aud upward towards
their head ia the So1th, all is cold as auv stone.
'i'is vain To ask for more clothes on the feet for
their passing bell s already tollng that men may
pray for the parting soul. But sir they are not
without consolation. There are true BardOlphs,
who, when told Of their death, will exclam;
"WouId I we're with them wheresomeer er they
be-ether in heaven or in heIl,"
Now, sir, why is all this We need no election
statistics for the response. Ter were the tFiun-
phant and dominant party at the North this great
flood. Now they do not number more than fourteen
members from the pOpulous North in this hall
They we're the party said TO be specially devoted TO
the interests OF the South at the North before this
great food None 20 sound, uone so unshaken,
none 80 true 10 defend the South, through thick
and thin at al hazards and 10 the last extremity,
a. the Democrats Of the North. Where are they
goney Are they asleep, or on journey. or at
the feast" or have they forgotten their duty, or
have they become rad, or have they played ike
embarrassing one vote fOS my honorable tienda
and another for their honorable opponentsf