Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-09-20


TO nationality; or 10 deny the patriotism aud
virtue Of Mr. Fillmore, or his eminent qualllI'
cation Tor the office Of Chief Magistrate, but
| do deduee from them the necessary eonelu'
sion that, as wings We owe no party allegiance
to Messrs, Fillmore aud Donelson, members
and nominees Of the American party t''
duce the conclusion thar, as wRlg5, we are ual
at liberty, bat that MS patriots we are bound, by
every obligation 10 our country ani poslen'Y,
10 throw aside, on the one side, the feeling OF
hostility which Mr., FillmOre'a deseHlon OF onr
party would be calculated TO engsnder and,
on the other, TO forget, Tor the linlr 0nr former
battles with the Dsm0cmllr party, 0Gl 10 ask
ourselves but one quesIi0n-WAies at the iro
national organizations offers the 5eS' guarantee
Of success in crushing out ol existence Ihls
new and monsrouS sectional p1rly,. which
threatens the lie Of your cOnn,ry' / do not
nroposc to examine the relative claims OF lhc
Two national parties or their nominees 10 oHI
support. Il is not, in my Judgment pem,s5t'
bic in the present crisis 10 Interpose our indl'
yidual differences Of opinion upon minor qncs'
tions. Il is sufficient for us TO know thni The
election Of either national nominee would sa'
cure the Union; aud the only qucs, on permit
ted By patriotism is, whether our support oI
the one or the other would more certainly prove
successful?
But before proceed 10 this inquiry, having
shown that no political allegiance 10 McsSgs.
Fillmore and Doucl,on will intcrpoSc 10 pre-
vcnl the fair exercise Of our fair judgment on
that side, propose briefly to inquire whether
there is anything To prevent our support OF the
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shall believe that our vote in their favor would
more certainly secure the safety Of our coun.
try. It cannot have escaped your observation
that the political principles upon which the
whig and dcwocril!c parties have baiiled for
dirty years, with varied success, have been
for the Ior the most part settled by the fiat Of
the people. and that such as have not been so
definitely disposed OF have been either aban-
doued by the one or adopted by the other Of
those parties; so that the representatives Of the
people in the halls of State and Federal cgis
la,on are found unfortunately advocating
and opposing the same principles and meas.
ures. Not only is there no principle OF poIit-
icnI anngOnism which should prevent wings
and democrats acting together for the benefit
of their common country, bat il is confidently
submitted that upon the only vital question,
that which now agitatcs and endangers the
country, the two parties fully accord. The
whig and democratic paiorms upon the slave
ry question in 1862 were idenicN and, there
being no whig nominees before the people, il
n,igh be suggested that consistency would
rather require than oppose The support of the
democratic nominees by wings. The controll-
ing inquiry 10 The patriot now rocufs, ichich Of
tile IRA naiioRd orgaRi-atioHS caA BY his rate
be madc must certainty mccesyM?
Every MnryhnI whis viii be bound by
every lie of duty to vote us his Judgment shall
decide this question.
Ii may not bo immatorial to observe that
neither Of ha national nominees will obtain
throughout this broad land any votes which
will not he oq,t by national conservative cits-
Hens, aud il is to be regretted that in this crisis
the vote suor.I be diyi led between tro nation-
III rauiilucs, whilst the entire ana national
.ore wi. he roucnatmud upon tie sectional
domuye. To odgr q, the relative Strength
81 ia. twn national organizations it is IN
81 r, to trace mn"uIv the origin OF the
rirlu party. l. is sufficient to bring to
soar collection thar it was originally COM
pay d, North and South, of the dissatisfied
moo,b,rs Of the two old pnrties, aud that in
,ac North lis original members were chiefly
,hosc who opposed the conservative prinriPIa
upou NJ slavery question avowod in the plat
form, OF the old parties. Itmust not escape your
recollection thot upor the nomination Of Fill
more aud Doneson large majority OF the
Northern delegates seeded from the convsr.
tion, declared their intention nc; 70 sunnor,
hose nominees, and subsequently united in
the nomination Of 3, a.i,r,rremon.. This sepation
OF the Sectional from The national portion Of
re american party has occurred in every nor
taern Safe in the Coniedaracy. ldeducc from
these facts the nationality of the supporters of
MeSSrs. Fillmore and DonelSon and submit
the inquiry for the honest decision Of those to
whom this piper is addressed 04qi aon,slGrs-
holdjnS State can this national Jranch of the
American party, thus shcrn Of the larger por-
ton OF It's original strength. promise It's n0n-
iaccs Let the Wings of Maryland ponder
upon The view Of this subject have endeavor.
ed to present to their consideration, and no one
of them will say that a single non-slavehoI ding
State is certain for Fillmore and Doneson.---
Time fMjah. will develop the fact that Messrs.
Fillmore and Donelson will be left without an
ELECTORAL ticket in most Of the free States and
it is at any rate the deliberate conviction ofmy
Judgment that they will not carry a single non
slayeholdng State in the Union. If am
right, or even approximate the truth in the view
have taken, it will necessarily follow that any
conservative vote for the American nominees
North will be equivalent TO a vote for Mr..
Fremont, as it will be vote taken from Mr..
Buchanan, his only real competitor.
It is clear then, that TO the South alone can
the friends of Messrs. Fillmore end Donelson
look for the probable chance of an ELECTORAL
vote; and it is to the State of Maryland, Tennes.
see, Kentucky, and Missouri that they profess
to look with the greatest hope OF success. Il
is manifest that iftbis hope were realized, might
indeed prevent the election of Messrs. Buch-
anaa and Breckinridge by the people, but it
only throw the election of President into the
present House Of Representatives., composed as
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