The true Democrat., 1856-08-05
Sam and the Old Line whies


 of the old line whigs for Fillmore, let the con- sequences be what they may. Fillmore is de- cldedly the weakest candidate ill the feld and, to give him even respectable position as one of the Presidential aspirants, the Know No- things have discovered the necessity of enlisting the old whig party under his banner
 For this purpose they have commenced the game of holding whig conventions, represent ing themselves as straight-out whigs and in- dorsing Fillmore for the Presidency. By this cunningly devised, but poorly executed trick, they hope to deceive the whig yeomanry ofthe land into the support of the Know Nothing candidate.
 A convention of this kind was recently held at Richmond, Virginia. It was represented to be an old line whig convention, opposed alike to the democracy and to the Know Nothings It was sad, solemn sort of an affair." Neither animation or intelligence seemed to pervade it. The members, the Enquirer says, looked for all the world as though they were performing the sad duties of sitting up with corpse The only sign of life emitted at all by the concern was an occasional mock, sardonic laughter into which, now and then, a member would break, as the feeling of the ridiculousness and impro- priety of his position would become too strong to be suppressed. Old line whigs to the world, but Know Nothings in the midnight secrecy of the order, they felt as though the scrutinizing eye of the public barring with an intelligent un- derstanding of their true position, was upon them. Hence their embarrassment and their hesitation at proceeding rapidly to work to do the job of bolstering up Fillmore as they came to do it, in the name of the old line whigs of Virginia.
 After a while a move was made towards or ganization. "Deacon Mcfarland, fat and pious, | faithful servior both of God and mammon, was the temporary chairman"
 "The roll of delegates was then made up, and embraced names from forty-seven counties, out of one hundred and thirty-seven in the State Nearly all are in Eastern Virginia, and but two are west of the valley, and one of those two was represented by the fat and pious dea- con aforesaid, who lives in Richmond, and rep
 
 gates embrace all sorts of ex-constables ex-of- ticeholders, .ex-whigs, Know Nothing editors, d tavern keeper justice of the peace, and a man named Fog. Men intimately acquainted with Virginia politics cannot pick single one who did not work for Flournoy the Know No- thing candidate for Governor, who was defeat- ed by Wise in May of last year. Political tat terdemalons are there in profusion; Cocked- hat Goggin, Jack Pendleton late office holder under Fillmore sometimes called Broken down Jack and sometimes Jack To-day, and other small fry too numerous to mention. Scarcely a solitary name can be found which is not in some way either mixed up with Sam, or mort gagged to anybody for livng.''
 The work commenced, but not with that spirit which animates men who feel conscious of the rectitude of their acts. They knew they were playing game to deceive, and they felt that the eye of the public had penetrated the flimsy gauge that covered the deception.
 "Marmaluke Johnson, elected by the Know Nothngs Commonwealth's Attorney in Rich mond, moved for committee of seven to re- port permanent officers. On this committee were appointed among others, Johnson himself, Harper Know Nothing editor, Cooked hat Goggin and Brokendown Jack. This com mittee neatly smothered Mr. iiarper's resolu- tion before mentioned and reported, among the other officers, five secretaries who were editors of Know Nothing papers. The meeting was resaled with several speeches in praise of Mir. Fillmore, and, after appointing committee on resolutions, ad journed to the next morning."
 A resolution was introduced before the ad- journment to erc1ude all who did not disclam ''all other political tcs' and come as "exclu- sively anl emphaticaly whiss" This resolu- ton, had it been adopted and carried out, would have expelled all the Know Nothings who were representing themselves as old-lne whigs, and thus broken up the convention. But after a wearisome debate, it was wjthdyalcn, after wards introduced again and Aodgea.
 Thus the Know Nothiugs are exerting them selves to get the eclat oughout the Union of an Endorsement of the old-line whigs for Fillmore. Satisfied that, as simply the Know Nothing candidate, he occupies 10 position whatever before the country, they wish to elevate and disnify him with the iuLorsement of the old line whigs.
 The trick iS too shallow to deceive The men foremost in the effort arc too clearly re- cognized and too well known, as Know No- things, to palm themselves off with success as straightout whgs. The ruse will not take. IL is doomed to a disgraceiu failure. How can whigS who have denounced Know Nottingham with its oaths, its secrecy. its signs, grips and tiO,, indorce and support the Know Nothing candi- date who stands upon the Know Nothing plat form, approves Know Nothing principles and has taken all of the Know Nothing oaths?-- The trick, we are statistical will not only fail, but will open more widely the eyes of the old whig party to the deception and hypocrisy of the Know Nothing or ".4merican" order
 A FREMONT TICKET IN kENTUCKY-The black republican faction in this State has ral- lied sufficient strength and moral courage to form an eectoral ticket for Fremont and Day ton. At a convention-how largely attended we are not advised-held at the Salt Lick Springs in Madison county, an entire electoral ticket was appointed. Cassius M. Clay is elector for the State at large. The Courier says of the electors, that with two or three ex- ceptions they are quite unknown beyond their own immediate neighborhoods, and we can form no idea of the influence they possess, or the probable effect their connection with this sec tional movement will have. MT. Clay posses ses national reputation, having been long persistent anti-slavery man, and won his name partially by species of personal prowess that is not tolerated among his political brethren at the North.
 The effect of this political phenomenon in Kentucky will be to ensure the State to the democratic nominees. The strength of Cassius Clay's party was always to be found in the whig ranks. In the gubernatorial canvass of 1851, his defection, and that of his followers, produced the defeat of MT. Dixon for Governor. Since the establishment of Know Nottingham they have fraternized with that party, and had there haoy, ,,1oo t,aI-ok % no,.