The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-19

him, they are also strong enough to con.
sunmate their designs of sectional aggran
dizement and southern humiliation; and in
spite of the constitution, they will assume
the power of Congress to legislate over
! slavery in the Territories of the United
! States; they will exclude the South from its
| Just rights in the national domain, abolish
slavery in the District of Columbia. repeal
! the fugitive slave bill, and refuse to admit
new States into the Union unless they re-
| pudiate slavery. That these measures
I would follow the election of Fremont he had
no doubt; and when they did, the Union
would, and ought to be, dissolved. These
measures, and each of them, negative i'm
| portant provisions of the constitution in
! serted for the security of the South. and if
persisted i'll are just grounds Of separation.
If we concede Mr.. Fillmore's entire ma
tionality, and that. if elected, his eaergies
would be devoted in good faith to preserve
the Union, and quell all sectional diScord,
what assurance have we that he can be elect
ed! Does any one believe that he can be |!
He acho thinks he car be IS blind to the signs
of the times. Mr.. G.. knew very well that
in certain quarters studied efforts had been
made to produce the impression that his
election was certain, and it is quito possi-
bic that there are those whose vision does
not reach beyond the narrow horizon of
Somerset, or even of the State of Mary
land who may think so; but the man who
cOmprehends within his view the whole
country, and the present state of parties,
who has observed for the last half year the
varied and manifold indications of popular
sentiment, and is familiar with the spirit of
the American press, and can think there is
the remotest probability of the election of
Mr.. Fillmore by the people, has become in
sensible to evidence. Where is he to get
the votes! He is the nominee Of the A
mercan party, which, if it was ever a ma
tional party, has long since ceased to be so
by the detection of its own members. A
large portion of the members from the free
States, of the convention which nominated
him, at that time seeded and went over to
the republicans; and from that time to this
the work of secession has been going on,
until now it may be truthfully affirmed that
the American party, distinct from, and un-
connected with, the republicans, has ceased
to exist in those States. True, individual
members remain firm; but, as party, ca
pable anywhere in those States, unless it
be in the city of New York, of etfecting any
thing, it does not exist.
Nor can Mr.. Fillmore expect any impor-
tant aiG in those States from other parties.
The whig party there, for the most part,
lost itself in Americanism, and as part of
the American party, has gone over to the
republicans. Except Choate and Winthrop
and probably Everett, of Massachusetts,
he could not name Whig of New England,
of national reputation, who was not now a
republican. Even the most active and able
supporters of Mr.. Fillmore's administration
have enlisted in the republican ranks
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candidate for Vice President; Collamer, of
Vermont, is the chosen advocate of repub-
licanism in the United States Senate, and
COrwin, of Ohio, his Secretary of the Treas
ury, is stumping Indiana for Fremont and
the same may be said of many others of like
stamp. In the free States nearly every
whig of national reputation may now be
found among the republicans. The legis-
laturcs of those States are either republican
or demOcratic-not Fillmore Americans
in the House of Representatives there are
scarcely enough members from the free
States who favor Mr.. Fillmore's election to
I'LL the cabinet appointments, even if they
were Of the right material and if there is
one member from those States in the Sen
ate Of the United States who f3vors his
election Mr.. c. could not name him. Of
the anti-democratic press of those States
the same may be said. Out of 81 anti-dem-
Ocratic journals from the free States which
exchange with the New York Herald, 75,
as we learn from that paper, arc for Fremont
and ] / for Fillmore and . for Buchanan
Shut their eyes, as the friends of Mr.. Fill
more may, the fact is nevertheless true
that the whole North and West are either
republican or democratic; and no reasona-
bic ground exists iustifying the belief that
hp Crpt Sin nClp oil n-aIV in "a
States, unless it be in California, of which
he did not pretend to speak. These States
will vote for Buchanan or Fremont. Mr..
G. greatly feared majority of them would
go for the latter. In the South Mr.. Fill
more may do better. His friends last year
carried Delaware, Maryland and Kentucky;
if these be accorded to him now, they
will not elect him Can he get any more
Few, if any, think he can; but suppose he
gets Tennessee, North Carolina and Louis
iana-and his most sanguine friends claim
no more in the South-still he is greatly
in the minority. Then, he cannot be elect
by the popular vote; and every vote thrown
for him, with that view, is vote thrown
away. But votes for him may have diff
ferent and very mischievOus effect. If he
the States referred to, or even
portion of them, no election
probably will be effected by the people,
and the election will be referred to the |
House of Representatives. Will that ben
eft him! Certainly not. His strength in
that House is the Fuller squad; which af
ter two months struggle, could not get
a Speaker. But in presidential election,
when the vote is cast by States. it would
have even less effective strength, for they |
are in the majority in three States only, |
Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky which |
would give him three votes only. Then it |
is equally certain that he cannot be elected |
by the House. If it goes to the House,
Fremont will be elected, or there will be no
election. The republicans were strong en-
ough to elect Banks Speaker; and is there
any reasonable ground to doubt their ability !
TO elect Fremont President! They have. |
it is feared, already fourteen States, and it
it requires but sixteen to elect. Starting
with this immense odds in his favor, and |
with the patronage of the government at
his disposal, in the event of success, his
friends will have no difficulty in procuring J
the additional votes required. lie consid
cred. then. all votes given for Fillmore, for