Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-06
FILLMORE in the south.

We publish to-day, Gan address to the
people, issued by committee of the National
American party of New Orleans for the pur-
pose of refuting the SANDER, that the South is
leaving Fillmore and going over to Buchanan
The reverse is the truth. The South is leav-
ing Buchanan, as they see that he has not the
slightest prospect of success.
In this connexion, we call attention to a
short letter in this days issue, over the sigma
ture of " Virginia" giving the arguments Of
sham Democratic orator. delivered before the
people on the Goth September, in one of the
Valley counties Of the Old Dominion. Brief
as that letter is, it contains more of truth and
reality, as it regards the scheme of the Demo
cratic party, than whole volume Of the Rich
mond Enquirer.
We know the writer of the article, and know
him to b. a gentleman Of Intelligence and truth
fitness We endorse its truth for the above,
and for a further reason, to wit: that we have
been apprized for month past, that the real
efforts of the Southern Democrats would be
directed to the point f throwing the election
into the House and Senate, in the belief that
Breckenridge would be elected Vice President,
and that they can defeat the election of a Pres
ident by the House, whereby Breckenridge
would become the President There is not,
in our opinion, one Southern Democrat in the
country, VINO would rot sincerely rejoice to
zee Buchanan thrown overheard, and Brecldn
ridge become the President Of the United
States.
The South is afraid Of "Old Squatter Sow
ereign," and well it may be, for we affirm the
TACT, and we challenge contradiction, that he
nsver, by word or deed, vote or act, supported
a single Southern doctrine. His political pray
ers, since his first entrance into the House of
Representatives down to the time of his leaving
the Senate, have always been "Good Lord ~
''Good Devil" and nothing else, In his vote
on the greatest question of this age, the an
nexation Of Texas, he tried to please the South
by the fact of voting for the annexation, and
tried to please the North by assigning his rea-
sOns for the vote, that it would "lmit and not
extend the dominion of Slavery" So in voting
upon Morris's amendment to Calhoun's reso-
luton, he told the South that the resolution
would be Just as good after striking out "moral
and religious in connexion with pretexts for
slavery agitation as with those words, and he
pleased Northern fanatics by voting that they
might agitate the question, upon "moral and
religious" but not upon political" pretexts.
The lashing which Mr. Calhoun gave him on
that occasion was merited (See Calhoun g
works, for the debate on his resolutions pre-
sented to the Senate in 1872
In like manner Mr. Buchanan played a double
game on the tariff, having voted for the tariff of
1912 to please the North, and then in 1874
supported Mr.. Polk, a strong "free-trdde I"
man, for President, to please the South, and
he actually deceived the credulous people of his
native State Pennsylvania telling them
that POLK was better tariff man than Clayl'
We have no doubt that Mr.. Buchanan was
honest when he denounced the war of 1912,
and abused the Madison administrations
was doubtless honest, too, when in 1879 ne re
ported and subscribed resolutions protesting
against the admission of any more slave States
into the Union; but from the day he sought tc
play "a deep game of corruption with sold
Hickory" and when rebuffed by the Old Hero
he attempted to palm off the intrigue as one
cOncOcted by Henry Clay, from that date, he
has been Janus-hced politician on every
question that has arisen.
Hence, it is, that Southern Democrats who
resisted his nomination, now desire his defeat,
We agree with them, that as between the two,
Breckenridge is far preferable to Buchanan
a thousand times preferGblc-but it is Our
hope, and our firm belief, that neither Of them
can nO@ reach the Presidency. We are en-
tirely willing that the Southern Democrats
should act upon the belief that no election
would be made in the House" and that tho
Senate would elect Breckenridge as Vice Presi
dent, who would In that event, become th'
President But !. is due to candor and fair
ness that we should inform them, that there i
not the slightest doubt that an election would
be made by the House-not the slightest