Squatter sovereign., 1856-12-02
The next Presidential race and its Con.
sequences.

10 Juoge OF the 1ulure ne must ccnSuii
the past. Let US examine the Presiden-
tial contest just ended and see If it will
throw any light upon the future. We will
commence by contrasting the man Of Mr..
Fillmore, man who ran every where be-
fore his ticket, showing that the nun, not
the dead sdea he represented, was voted
for. Americznism will never make aneih-
er race for the Presidency. Next Mr..
Buchanan, one the few Giants. pure and
unspotted, the only man rho had not been
mixed up in the first measures of justice
to the South for long years, The Kansas
billy which has proven the grave of amost
every Northern politician who aided In its
enac.ments, this man thus unobjectionable.
of characte- pure, talents world renowned.
was beaten in the Free States by the third
candidate whose only merit was his utter
nothingness, more than two hundred thou
sand votes!
A party, who in two years time could
take mere block of weod and but for
Mr.. Fillmore being in the way, would, be-
ycnd any doubt, have elected him Presl-
dent; what can they not do by the end of
the next four years2 Indeed, what could
they not have done, had they selected some
other man, say Judge Mclean? His
success would have been certain. Or even
suppose the Democracy had selected
some other man shan Mr.. Buchanan
say Gen. Pierce or Judge Douglas
Fremont would certainly have bsen cleo
ted. The Republicans did not really know
their strength, hence their nomination of
Fremont, who was put up" merely fer
trial race and now that they know
their " horses speed" they have only to
put up an experienced Hockey" and the
next time they will be sure to win. No
man immagines that any Southern man
can be elected President at the next cleo
ton, and who is there in the North that
can be. We must either make the race
on Mr.. Buchanan (if he should live so
long or We cannot carry Pennsylvania.
To risk a candidate from any other North
ern State but Indianna would be nonsense
and who we ask has she that has any
strength out of her own borders2 Then
what must we do Every prominent ma
in the Democratic party, boldly asserted
that if the Black Republicans succeeded
in electing their President the Unicn must
be dissolved. Will the same not be true
four years hence! In this emergency
then we commend the following extract
from communication in the Charleston
Mercury to the earnest attention Of our
readers, as the feasible plan to stop this
mad CRUSADE of fanaticisn, and at the
same time, as an aid, urge our Southern
and Northern friends to do all In their
power to secure the admission of Kansas
as Slave State, thus Strengthening na-
ional Democracy in the Senate and in
the Electoral College; for she will be a
Stare Snate and Democratic or a Free
State and Black Republican.
1 feel persuaded that, should the slave States
do what 1t has for many years seemed to me
their duty TO do-insist upon the adjustment of
the basis upon which the public property of
the Union is to be divided, in case of sepaTa-
tion-the Free States would be brought to their
senses and instead of permitting the fanatical
spirit which has ruined the British West In
dies, TO desolate Gf it conld) the Southern
INFO TE+ this FT.,,.1 L.
asperateing them beyoud all endurance, they
would recognize cordially the doctrine of Ssate
Sovereignty and mite in an attempt to admin
lister the General Governlne mt on those fair
and equal principles which their fathers assent
ed to.
Let, for instance, Mr.. Keitt, or Mr.. Bouce,
or your newly elected and truly worthy Rep
resentative from Charleston, Mr. Miles, all of
yynom n trust | speak without undue State
partialitvl NAV well compete with any public
IF their age in any state of the Union-or let
Judge Butler, Judge Evans, i'll the Senate :;
or if it be apprehended that the jealousy against
South Carolina will prevent any measure of
hers being taken successful, Mr.. Hunter of
Virginia. or Mr.. Tcombs of Georgia, or Gen.
Qutman of Mississippi, some others among
the verv able Southern Statesmen, bring before
Congress at its next session, and keep before it,
a project for the division of the Navy. of the
munitions OF war, and the public lands, in case
ern Statesmen agree upon measure like this,
aud Mr.. Buchanan, when he comes into Office,
will be constrained, by that polite regard for
the preservation of concord in the different
sections OF the country which has character
iZed his public course, not onty to treat it with
respect, but possibly to summon, for its con-
sideration. a General Convention of all the
States or Conventions in the seperate States
Old fashioned as it may seem, confess, Messrs
Editors, that always had great confidence in
the Veto Powers Of the separate States, as set
forth in the report Of Select Committee of our
Legislature in 1923, written by R1r Calhoun;
and if our statesmen could be united on that
doctrine, now thathe is no mere, as they never
would be whilst he lived, the Democratic party
of the Union might yet prove, as 1 verify be-
Iieve it has proved, in many instances, the con-
servators both of National Honor and State IN
dependence and Sovereignty.
Territorial Pro-Slavery Convention.
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING
CHANGED.
At an informal meeting held at Lesv.
enworth on the 18th ultimo, it was unani