American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-10-11

| driven from you. Where will they go, ,
1t Mr.. Fillmore we've not offered to item
as the symbol of peucel
Why sir, I put it to my honorable
friends to,apply them The arguments
they hold valid at the South. These
Northern tnen are of like passions with
US, moved by insult, moi above revenge
and not given to preftiiing. in sec
tional contest, the candidate of lhcir
"pr0neh,s. Ny Democratic fieuds.
from every huslings in the South exho,r
the people To vote for Mr.. Buchanau--
b"cauSe lie as Tie S0uthcrn candidate,
because he is for tie Kansas NeGraSkd
act, because he is against com prom isc,
In Southern sense, because he is the
strongest man opp0Sed In Ito NOrMey&
sectional candidate. And by this sort Of
argument they admit that the sectional
candidate at the North represents the
same class of men at the North that
they represent at the South-men WHO
are no ihore unreasonable in North
ern than they are in Southern sense
AS they appeal 10 the South, so do tho
men who support Mr.. Fremont appeal
to the North. Gentlemen Of the Dem-
oc'atic party, jadge ye Aoac far Mcg
are entitled To weight. Ate they con
elusive? DO they compel me To yield
my political principles? Is it right that
l shall go for Mr.. Buchanan Am I
bound to bow The knee to him? Is it
SO desperate case that must stomach
the impulations and the slurs Which
were hurled on me and the American
party during two or three months Of
this long session! Shall I, for these
considerations of a merely sectional aud
Southern character because he is, you
say, the candidate Of my section, aban-
don those who have stood by uV? |
pray you To recal to your me memores, 81
weigh well the obloquy cast on the A
merican party. We were, you say, an
unconstitutional patty, yea, the very en-
emies of the constitution. We were
opposed to civil and religious liberty.
We were for depriying men of equal
rights. We were for driving the honest
foreigner from our shores. We were
midnight assassins-staneG with tho
blood and dnt Of riotous mobs. We
had taken unconstitutional oaths not tc
obey the constitution. We could not
be touched in the Speakers contest,
No compromise could be made with us.
No exchange of candidates could bo
thought of for moment. The honora.
bic gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr.
EULLER,) who better aCcords with their
notions on slavery,in theory and in prac-
tice, than the honorable gentleman rom
Illinois. so long their candidate, could
not be touched. The very meeting in
convention, the very meeting in caucuG.
aye. sir, the very meeting ropen con-
sutaticn, was scorned and flung back
III oar faces. They could not touch
these political lepers. A plurality rule
was an alternative they preferred, know
ing the consequences of the vote would
bo to place the present Speaker in tho
chair. .s-.
Sir, it is my misfortune that have q
weak stomachfor tho digestion of indip-
mites, and it revolted at the degradation
that was attempted to be placed on us.
| resolved not TO make an election be.
tween the candidates Of the sectional
parties, but to let them fight it out, and
take the consequences. Such was their
horror of this American party, that De-
m0cratic gentlemen united with the Re-
Publicaps to pass that plurality resolu-
tion, which elevated to the chair the
honorable gentleman from Massachu-
sets, who, whatever may be seid of his
political opinions, and much as | dc.
plore his political abberralions, has gra-
ced the chair he occupies with dignity,
ability and impa'tiality, but whom they
branded as laitbless to the constitution,
the fiorcest enemy ofthe South, holding
the foul dogma of amalgamation whose
elevation would be the sure precursor
of calamilios nameless and numberless.
They were willing TO take that pIurali-
ty rule which inevitably would resu, in
his election, rather than the gentleman
from Pennsylvania.
Such was their conduct 10 us-so con-
ci'iatory, so amiab'e, SO loving, so win
ning-yet, in the face OF this rough WOO
ing, they urge W, because Of our con.
nCcti0m with tie Sou III, to abandon Mr..
Fillmore, the choice of our hearts, for
Mr.. Buchanan, because Mr.. Buchanan
is the safe and strong man for the South
tie rcprcScniaticc Of S0UfhcrR interests.
So Intensely did they hato us, so much
more did they hate US than the gentle.
man from Massachusetts (tho Speake(
yet so paramount do they regard tho
allegiance to the sectional candidate,
that they ask US TO sacrifco our person
al preferences, our political convictions
our outraged dignity for Mcir ,riunph.
Be it so. Is that the intensity Of
their sectional dovotionl ask them
to apply the argument North Of Mason
and Dixon's line, aud tell me who, #
he is not utterly abandoned and degra.
ded, can under these circumstance vote
for that candidate who holds the posi-.
tion their candidate holds ot the South
and towards the South. | make hero
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