The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-10-29

were good enough, but the people not good
enough to take care Of them" As an abstract
idea, this declaration is liberupoa the patti
!; otism of the nation. IF warranted at all, it is
only by Witnessing some of the results which
too often follow from an unrestricted freedom
of political intercourse among the people
j There are men base enough to, steal the livery
Of heaven to serve the devil in; those whoavaiE
themselves of the privileges of our republican,
form Of government, to gEatiy selfish ends.-
To men of this character the free interchange
Of opinion opens an easy avenue of approval to
the ear Of the people, and affords an oppofte=
nifty to work upon their creduity, or tampes
with the baser feelings Of the heart Tn this
alone consists the danger. s-r.mzzst-s
The people, uncontrolled by base aad urr--
worthy influences, will ba governed by an in
stinctive shrewdness and patriotism, which wilh
regulate their conduct, and as certain as the
needle to the pole, will the popular current
turn into the right channel
This truth induces an implicit belief in Mr..
Fillmore's popularity. We have confidence,
enough in the masses to believe that the better
emotions prompt a preference fof him. With
that observation corroboratihg the opinion, we
I consider the fact conclusive. The evidence is.
around us in innumerable instances. Bv their'
own declaration, he is the first choice Of many,
very many, who have been induced by vanl
ETY. OF sensefess reasons, to- select an alteEna
tive ln either Buchanan OF Fremont aye, even
among ardent supporters of these gentlemen
there are hundreds, who, if invested with the
authority to appoint the president, would un
hesltatingly confer the honor upon Mr. Fill
more. In all this we witness abundant proof
that the great public heart is in the right local
lty; thatits promptings are correct-its desires
| right. That it is only by an imposition upon
their credulous nature, that they have been in
duced to risk upon an alternative; an impostioH
practiced upon them by designing men, stimu
lated by passion or prejudice, Or the hope Of
reward. 1t is well known that the merit of
the American candidate is above all question:
that nothing can be urged against his charac
ter as man, patriot, or statesman, to in
duce diversion from him. Hence, the old
rules of political warfare are set aside-new
regulations introduced. We witness sudden
conception of love, for the American party and
its candidate, the very objects of their recent
hate, and through this counterfeit esteem, it is
expected to find a ready access to the ear of
those whose votes they wish to procure. What
then? Why they are sedulously piled with ar
guments of various kinds, more specious than.
true, endeavoring to win away, under the garb
of friendship, the American from his duty.
We earnestly appeal to every friend of Mr..
Fillmore, if they will consent to be Influenced
by such considerations. You have principles
worthy to be maintained, and leader worthy
to be supported. If every one votes according
to his preferences, these principles must sue
ceed, and that leader be elected. Every thing
conspres to lend encouragement to the effort.
No timid apprehensions of defeat ought to in
huence any one. There is more real triumph
in falling with a good cause, than to be crown
ed with the laurels of victory with bad one
We have nothing in common, either with ultra
southern democracy, or ultra northern repub-
canlsm. Let us not permit ourselves to be,
driven, coaxed, or wheedled into taking bit
ter alternative, when there is neither reason in
it, or necessity for it. Do not submit to be de-
graded into the contemplate position of mere
cat'spaw; but "sink or swim, live OF die, sur.
vlve orperlsh,' stand by your guns until the,
last shot is fired in the great political battle, and
fight with the earnestness of Leonidas at Thcr-.
mopyla, for Fillmore"
Politically, thank God, we are still one peo~
pie; one sacred banner floats over lis, and one.
constitution binds us together for veal OF for
woe. Though clouds and darkness seem to.
rest upon our hopes for perpetual Union, it is
the duty Of every good citizen here, as it was in
Rome, 'never to despair Of the Republic" Let
us pluck up hope, as Hotspur said he would
pluck up honor, .'by its drowned locks" and
stand firmly by the Union and the constitution.
So long as there is life there is hope for the bo
dy, and SO long as the Union lasts, there is hope
that its destructive gachipators may be over
thrown. There is hope that a returning scnti-
ment of good sense may turn all the schemes
of disunionists, north and south, east and west
like the counseIs of Achitophel, E.into folly"
Aye, there is hope, and wellgrounded hope,
that the God of our fathers will interpose for
the Union and liberty of his chosen people, as
he interposed at the origin of our government
for liberty itself.
But We have duty to perform-a sacred
duty-and we must be found in its discharge.
It has grown into an adage, that "God helps
those who help themselves" That duty is TO-
spread the cement of bro.herly love by nation
alising America. Oars is the only party in ex-
isteuce that can justly lay claim to nationality,
and that can really apply the great remedy we
so much need in our distress. The American
ties i'll the country, breaches and practices
love and a reverence for the glorious Union of
these United States. One of the first and'most
sacred of our duties is to preserve the Union.
Almost in the language Of general Jackson, the
American party declare, sEthe federal Union
it must and shall be preserved" @ssT
The conservative. men of the north, and of
the south, of the east and of the west, united
by affection, and sense Of interest, and by a
sense Of common weakness, and total ruin 10
the hopes Of the patriot and the friend of liber-
ty, by dissolution Of the Union, are rallyiny
together under the old banner Of the stars and
the stripes. They are rallying for Fillmore and
Donelson, for Union and liberty, for ga long
pull--a strong pull-and pull altogether"
against their foes, no matter under what ban.
ner they may fight. ..;t r.--...
Gov. FLOYD AND MR. FILLMoRE.-Governor
Floyd, the distinguished Virginia democratic .
orator and Buchanan elector, in his Wall street
speech, the other day in New York, aYowed
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