The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-08-07
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

:. Tho New York Express publishes a letter
Pc from correspondent in Orange County,
North Carolina, from which we extract the
following:
Three platforms are now presented to the
people OF these United States, to be occu-
pied 'iuring the next fall It is not nv
present purpose To contrast that presided
ever by MIR. Fillmore, will, that under the
care OF Mr. buchanan, nor with that guard
rd by MIR. Fremont. 1t is of the latter
only | would write. / call your serious at.
tcnti"n to the t;wt that south of Pcnnsyl-
vania, Ohio, trdana, and Illinois, not even
IN Electoral ticket will be formed for Mr..
Fremont. 1t is ridiculous to think of his
getting single vote among shareholders.
1t will hc Of no use to cry out that this
thing ought not So 10 be-that Mr.. Ere.
1n"nt represents true liberty, true progress.
;atid trnc anti-Secl'"na!sm. This thing is
s"--m"t Il single Electoral ticket for Mr..
Fremont will he formed and advocated
south et Mr>or's and nixons line. There
will not bt even u chance to vote for him.
Now ii, l'nay ;'c God Of our Fathers avert
such an ercnt) il, under these crcu,nslan.
rcs, Mr.. i'ren"nt scrur: from those North
OF this line enough votes to elect him Prcsi-
dent, he can never preside over the slave
holding Statcs-ncccr-never. His cleo
ton will nau9uratc Il revolution. NV e,u-
cation anil profession have fitted ne for NV
cal'ngs Of peace, and in them only can
tie happy. but as surely rs the sun rolls
over "l,r heads, if the Northern States in
s'st shat Mr.. Frelnont and his platform be
established ri The White House, the ery
will 'c raised rs i'll days Of yore. "What
portion have we in David . neither have we
inheritance III the son of Jesse. To your
tents, oh Israel! Now see to thine house,
David" J" If Mr.. Fremont and his Cabinet
ever counsel for us shareholders, it will he
because they have conquered and enslavcd
as. 1t is idle 10 talk of any other condi-
ton. rs long us human nature is what it is.
II may he grating to our ears to hear the
Bible rcviIr,l rs relic Of BarhariSm, us
containing only the necc>sarics for an un-
developed humanity. AS long as these
wonl-he r+fIiucrs con!ine themselves TO
the stump, to Il pr"s'itu'c,l pulpit or the
wIamI!lnys "t ecclesiastical conventions,
We will let them fuss a,.l f;lmc. But the
moment That, without our concurrence.
they attempt 10 change the coarse Of ac-
ton already agreed upon Cor us, there must
|" Il revolution Of the present order. The
Missouri COMPROMISE has been ;.brogated at
the Suggestion anil hv the help of our
Northern lrr,i.crn. Hal not these been
afforded, III ali probability it woull be the
law Of the land. But to refuse admission
to another lave State only Lccausc it is Il
slave State. is 10 introduce a new condition
INTO the formation Of our Union, without
any suggestion or any help South Of Mason
anu D'Snn,s line. Such an introduction
must hegn an inevitable revolution.
1t the revolution he Il bloody one, and
either party slrca'l its views by the swor,
over the land Of the other, there may he
still IN external uniformity. If it he blood
less, and result in a separation along Ma
sous anl Dixon's line, all along that line
will he row Of Custom Houses manned by
armed inspectors. Visitors to Newport and
niagara Falls must have their baggage ex-
anlined at the line between Delaware and
Pennsylvania, and on the ferry Loats across
the Ohio. Valetmlinarians, seeking for life
among the orange groves of Florida, must
nave their passports viscd Mt Charleston and
Savannah This will be tie mi,lcst resul,
at II Presidency attempted by Mr.. Fremont
1t Is most likely That after II disruption, cx.
eite'i AMI secured i'll This way, SO fierce will
be the fury ut the South. that every nation
OH earth, from Great Britain to Feegee, will
be treated with greater courtesy and will be
allowed greater commercial privileges than
those who were once our brethren. Eu.
rope does not want tu, and could not if she
did, get along without our cotton, tobacco.
&".; but VIC vii most assuredsy try to
make our Northern neighbors do without
them, or purchase them under great disaa-
vantayes i'll the marts beyond the Atlantic.
but 1 must stop, for my sonl sickens in
dwelling Oh this ho'rid picture. The man
must he made whose ambition would be
gratitied ly making it, reality No proper
minded man ought to propose at this time
such platform rs that of the Black Re.
publcans-an'i no proper minded man
should ever, in our country, he found upon
1t when proposed.
In Conclusion, let me present to you, this
quotation from Mr.. Madison's letter TO Mr..
Walsh
Parties, under some denomination or
other, must always he expected in Il govern
ment like ours. When the individuals be-
longing to them are hter,ninw!eI in every
part OF tho whole country, they strengthen
tho UNION of tie whole while they divide
every part. Should state Of parties arise
founded on geographical boundaries, and
otner physical and permanent distinctions
which hnppen to coincide with them, what
Is 10 controi those great repulsivc masses
from awful shocks against each otber9,
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Cost OF our Arny.-The Army Appropri-
alton BILL now before Congress, requires for
!'e support of the army for tho year end
ing the 3Olh day of June, 1857, no less