Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-08-23
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TO OUR SOUTHERN RE- pERS
lean. 9TH. Sou,h-wn,~. arr. s..,.

Nos the stated fAaf il no rc.aon ~hy spe
should do wrong Tail right but the FAC, cannos no
-. uole-s made so-by mems being made abe dupes OF
false cries. e.. 1
This presents many unusual points OF eonsJ-ra
lion. all worthy ofthe thought from tho very novelty
of mems positions. Fremont a Southern born man. il
brought up aafi Southern candidate; Buchanan A
Northern born man. L. brought up the aafi Northern
csndidaethat h. candidate carry the Pierce pol
icy in Kansas, and In the annexation of Cuba &C. &c
The issue these to present l. fatal the peace
aud prosperity Of the Unou because IL L. ctona md
because certain to keep sectional feuds and fights
II Buchanan is elected there Is nothing sctled-becausc
in every Northern State, thec will be- largo ajores
gainst him, when the Fillmore and Fremont yo. l. cum.
bined These msjorities will not bc vanauishcd when
Buchanan attempts carry the Cincinnati Policy that
elects him, but the contrary, will be increased by it,
nagnhed and prolonged The North - not 10 be s6do
amy than the So.h Buchanan must either betray
the Southern policy that elects him. keep up such
feeling and agitation Ia the North Pcrces policy has
created Under this agitation Southern institutions cam
not prosper thrive for they peace aud their poll
aud they thrive best in pesce-whereas ats
ton Is the natural abolition element.
IL Is very easy for Fillmore In the North to
throw every Northern VOTE think in every Northern
State, against Buchanan. W. hare Bat coaiesee ck
abolition. and dirids the Eiootorai f.eke:-anJ th,
thing IL done Pennsylvania, even, Buchanans fayorte
State, he carried against Buchanan by OOO majority
But we fight this battle upon pnncipe,-and considering
Fremont unit in person. and tcacherous the Uuiou in
political poston-we cannot, AMI will not, foru coal-
tons, that give him apparent
to ensure nominal victory Buchanan il weak Ia all the
Northern Satss-as the successor of the Pierce policy
which even the South disowned Ia throwing Pierce over
and in taking up Buchanan It is very easy To defeat
him. In state of New York he is not even a
practical candidate as yet,-ouy candidate in theory
The battle here Is really between Fillmore aud Fremont
and we show that think So daily by directing all
our lire upon Fremont and iguoring the existace
OF i'uchanan Hence Buchanan is Northern
VOTES tits only by the division OF opposition aud what
ever electoral tickets he wins will disclose him to be in
the minority.
What them is the policy OF the South To cram down
Ina Nnrf lkn,ha ~.
Southern with any such Northern votes as accident
him,and thus rc-furnish material t the Northern IA
nscs Tor further agitatong What gain the South bv
this prolonged agitatong What to her institutions
what TO her Public Public intersI-to say moth
ing oi the peril o the Uuions IL is pretended in the
south that buchanan Is truer the Union than
fllmore,-sd yet IL known and felt that the election
at Fillmore will pacify the whole country-and restore
harmony as in ls5o-by settling all disputes upon Just
and patriotic basis, against which sound complaint can
come irom either section IL i not the triumph OF either
section that just aud patriotic American eau
but with Justice to all-An amnesty pacifcatiun.
But "filmore has no chance, we are od-and |
therefore, between Fremont and Buchanan-we take |
Buchanan. la reply to this frsfhsre "a no Easger of
Fre'oHfs election. The thing is mahenaticay impos
sibe He starts with fifteen Southern States dead against
him. aud ia the sixteen Northern States he must carry
about all Of them, certainly Pennsy lvanis which il
not pretended even that he has chance OF carving
against the friends of Fillmore there Dspel then this
Illusion that the contest is between Fremont and Blu
e'a"an the practical contest, where that is APP
preached is only between Fillmore and Buchanan One
o the other mast certainly be President FREMONT new
er.
Now,-what right has any body South to saw Fillmore
has me- chance in the Norhy Have we not within the
tw" past years twice carried thus State for his friends
Il lie less popular than those fiend-s Has he no,
ever bees the iavorte Of the Siater Was he even
selected TO bc put ticket carry this Staes When
Gen. Taylor run the programme was TO run Abba,
Lawrence with him., Fillmore taken in hi.
stead on purpose To this State? Are his fienls
iunctivey Did the South such canvass ss We
are 40" only beginning TO makeY Were such pub
nc meetings heard OF before having? Did the
Labor and Industry OF the workshop pour out
they are now pouring out for Millard Fillmore Was
There ever party so WELL so thoroughly organized.
the American party Is in the State OF New York,so muc
ut unit, or marching well in harmony toward al
most certain victory? Here ia the Empire STATE Is tie
bIhie ground and we know IT, and II 20 for Fill
more, We believe, so goes the prze in the cud.
Men, however. ought not gamble. il were ia pol
when parties become geOgraphcs but
stont regard TO results do right l. it right TO elect
Fillmore over Buchanan Dc rather, is it wrong
thus to elect him.
What fimores policy is or is To be- we kaoE from the
records of 1850 aud onbut what Buchanas Is 10 be-
We know not because his party for the frat time have
lneTpOited foreign plank ia their platform which under
The inspiration OF the Soules may embrol this cnuutr
with all the world Buchanan is pledged that policy
lam no A"re JdHrs buchanan, lac tells ~ but he Ci.
ciHHah Platform. Thus abroad and continued dis.
cord at home the promised iuits oi such election
1t is not wrong, then, thus Nly itnot crime
and without any regard FillmOrcs chances ought
not every to do right knowing that God in the end
will maintain the right.
IL il crime tOo-make this election geographical
~ the Fremont and Buchanan are making IT, Mil
lard Fillmore alone removed the from this danger
o Scctonalty. Fremonts strength Is all North Fill.
more alone enbodies the ol the whole Union
Fillmore alone has the hands and hearts of the consrya
tive in all parts OF the Union IL Is folly then In
try to triumph the North with Buchanan or over
the South, with Fremont
Now, the Exprcssis Journal that prophesies or
prriictS-as some other Journals often do. Ia right
nthom rcgdrd 10 rcs'its has been maxim and
our policy. lIence,-we have predictions To make |
hut we have right to say,-the canvass, on the |
part OF the Fillmore party in the North has scarcely be-
gun The history of Fremont, FillmOres real combat
ant here u not yet known To farmers They have
heard OF him only gcogapher, but they have heard
OF him ye-as Statesman, sOlder,-or his prn.
cipes. The first gO-ogis already about gone Of The
Northern people not long dupcs aud when dupr,l
they som emaneipate themselves from dupcry The |
more time given u.s. the more ucrease our strength
In the New England States have not yet fairly an.
preached the pcopIecertainy beyond the State Of
Connecticut,-but AS we come before the public-we
rapidly dispel the Fremont dcluson The whole, Ere,
mont shaDi u daily coming out-and diily etnanci,,
ting from it, When the people are reached on m. |
stunr-the friends OF the Fremont Press will soon van
sh before free discussion,
The most alarming element Of this canvass especaIy
to the South the abandonment of the Democracy by
the Germans and IN by the Irish The Anne
es 90 not court foreign votes. but accept them crate
inly-i gwen To American principles. The Democracy
of the North however, exists on nay breathes on it, TO-
reign vote. Take it, foreign vote aud i nob.
Ia the North election day especially in the vigs
toWh- hhh Giles Now the German vote a great ex.
tent - gone over 20 FremOn-and this abandonment of
this portion of tbs Northern Democracy shows how H,ie
reliance the South can really place the Northern De.
mocrdtic party In the very first sectional onset the TO-
reign Democracy Of the Democratic party eists in acc
tional warfare against the South The Rod German,
aud the BLACK" Republicans in close alliance against
the Southland all are equally the eneine. Of FILLMORE
What ~ the duty OF the Southern men, then IN rir,
crisis a. this Y-to keep up it, allince with such North.
ern Democracy Certainly not-but on the contrary is
not it, duty ally itself with the constitutional conser
vati-m ri the North-tat great American party which
Willard Fillmore heads aud which he illustrated IN his adj
mini-intipn Oi the Governments, when President
Fillmore is no Northern with Southern principIes
nor Southern man with Northern principles bnt sound
rational conservative man, Of the school Of Washington
aud Madison Equity 70 the Union IL his great ch,rncr
tic, 70 the North AZ well TO the South We do not offer
him To the South ~ Southern man. but ~ Northern
man tiled and true to all part. Of the Union and 50 sat
isyng add pnoyng Al parts Of the Unon lie wss Pros
idont not o. 10 slave States aud free States but OF n
o"feJ States and he united III in 1880 aud made all
happy ard conteniel Elect him once and peace once
more Is returned 70 the country and in be-. than ak
months The Kansas war will be hushed In that equity
shch vi" satisfy al but extremes North aud Snuih ani
Peace will tl, d..