The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-19
MORE MISREPRESENTATION.

we had occasion last week 10 direct atten-
ton to Misrepresentation and forgery, that
appeared in the Cleveland Banner of the pre-
eeding week, and copied, we believe, from
the Nashville Union and American, charging
that the Fillmore men and Black Republicans
in Indiana were fusing and running the same
electoral ticket. We proved it to be gross
perversion of truth-a malignant falsehood,
manufactured to order and designed to injure
MIR. Fillmore at the South. The Banner of
last week contains another misstatemeht
which we must correct. On the first page of
that paper appears what purports to be an
extract Of letter from the Hon. Robert G.
Winthrop, in which that eminent and distin-
guished gentleman is made to express pre-
ference for Mr.. Buchanan for the Presidency,
and to say other foolish and ridiculous things,
which never entered into the conception Of
any well informed, sober, conscientious, re-
fleeing wing. Our purpose is to state that
the extract is fraud, as any one familiar
with MIR. Winthrop's style of writing and
speaking would discover at the first glance.
But Mr.. Stanton, who does not seem to be
very well versed in the trickery and rasca!ity
of his party press, was imposed upon by this
specous imposture, and in his speech here
on Friday last, dwelt upon "Mr. Winthrop's
patriotic preference for Dir. Buchanan" with
great JUNCTION. 1t is, therefore, necessary we
should expose the fraud, and set the matter
right, which we will proceed to do in a very
few words. On the Sd of the present month
the annual Convention of the Wings of
Massachusetts was held in Boston, and Mr..
Winthrop was chosen to preside over the
deliberations Of the highly respectable and
talented body. On taking the chair he de-
livered an eloquent and patriotic address,
from the closing portion of which we make
the following extract:
"'These, fellow wings of Massachusetts,
are my views, the best which am capable of
forming. ! seek not to force them upon
others, but | cannot shrink from avowing
them. and acting upon them myself have
entered into no careful calculation of the
chances of success, having never been accus-
toned TO take my rule of political duty from
either the estimates or the retnrns of popu-
lar elections In my experience thus far,
have voted for President of the United
States once, with only four States and once
with only my own State, and am prepared
If uand la 10 tru bo M ~ FAILS IN vnta ,rith
out any State at all. But no such prospect
is at present before us, and the declaration
that Nr. Fillmore has no chance, is one to
which ] cannot and do not at all subscribe.
Every day convinces me that there is grow
ing feeling in his favor in all parts Of the
country, and an increasing conviction that
his election would save us from world of
trouble"
Among the resolutions adopted by the Con-
vention over which Mr. Winthrop presided,
is the following:
RESOLVED, That while this Convention re-
eognzes the fact that the Wing party of the
country has rs yet no distinct presidential
candidate of its own in the field, yet we can.
not refrain from signtying our preference for
Willard Fillmore over the other candidates
who have thus far been nominated for the
Presidency, on account of his eminent per-
sonal qualifications for that office, and the
signal ability with which he has before dis
charged its duties"
The above, we presume, is sufficient to
show where Mr.. Winthrop stands, and to
prove the statement that he had declared for
Buchanan, untrue and false. This is the
fourth time within the last few weeks we
have had occasion TO speak of and correct
gross msstatements that have been put forth
through the Banner and other democratic
prints circulating in this section. What the
reckless conductors of these papers propose
by such mendacious and reprehensibe
course, we cannot discern. They certainly
ought to know that their dupcity and wick
edness will be exposed, and that the public
will soon learn TO have no confidence in the
statements of journals whose columns week.
ly teen with the grossest ialsehoods and
misrepr esenations-de signedly placed there
to deceive the uniformed and unsuspcctlng
and TO promote the viest and dirliest of par
ty purposes. Look at that Indiana fraud
how many Of the papers that gnvc it currency
will have the honesty to state the truth about
il? Not one-but they will shrk, equivo.
cate, and try to avoid the force of the expo.
sure by some new dodge For ourself, we
never have, and never will desgnedly attempt
to deceive ourreaders, and when led into err.
rors and wrong statements, stand ready to
make the correction whenever the facts are
made apparent.
In closing, we must caution our political
friends to be on the watch. Judging from
what has already occurred, we may expect to
see the more reckless of the locofoco jour
nails filled with misrepresentation, misstate-
nients, fasehoods, deceitfulness, trickery,
humbugs, roorbacks, fabrications, fallacies,
and all manner of sharp lodges, from this
time until election day. We have already
exposed several Of these, but their name is
legion, and we cannot hope to ketch up with
all of them. As il il n settled principle that
open and notorious falsfers and defamers are
not entitled to credit underany circumstances,
the best way will be to receive every thing rs
doubtful that reaches the public through the
locofoco papers, unless II wears upon its face
the impress Of truth and honesty.
One DEMOCRATIC PROMISE FAITHFULLY