Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1856-04-25


honorable man."--AN DREW JACKSON
or The foreign party I, laboring hard to
make the impression that slavery is the only
Issue 10 this canvass. Of course, no one will
te surprised at this, when tits remembered that
;hIs has been the pulley Of that party, for the
lssi twenty years. In truth, the slavery agi
tailou constitutes their entire political capital,
sud lelr success lies in alarming ihnsc who
1pprebeeA danger from hat agitation. and hen
curing the panic, bargaining with the fteesoil
sni oboluijn plr!i5o for taeir support, In con
tldsroiion of liberal share of the sP1is Tast
,bts IS true, ipdi.putahe facts most clearly
provo The anti slavery factions have never
acted with the wing party, and the locofeco
party las never succeeded without their uid.
This significant fact And why is it so -
Ii both plfties, in the South, are equally sound
on the slavery question, why il it that the
northern fanatics Invariably discriminate in
rivor 81 the Iocofocos There is reason for
ii-,hsre ifn screw loose some wbere' What
~ tia, reason The wings honestly believed
that there vas Danger to the Union, from the
slavery agitation, and endcavorod to Oyen that
That Danger This arrayed against them the
chi e anti.slarery sentiment Of the North. On
tho other hand, The Iocofocos apprehend no dan.
ger from that source, 80 long rs the two wings
OF tho party can be held together by the 20
hesive power OF public plumber and finding
10 the slavery. ogiiatinn, an exhaustless fund
of political capital, both sections ofthe locofoco
party have resolved that it shall never cease
With thia tucit agreement to punder the ma
t1n's treasury. and divide the spoils, every
successive presidential canvass is marked by
renewal Of the treaty, and each interim set
apart tor mutual abuse, just to save Appearances.
IN conhrmqlion Of the foregoing, look at Ihese
facts For period Of eight years, Van Buren,
was the lOvotie Of the southern wing and he
is--as the wings ever said he was--a notorious
hbolirionst Daring the next four years, Cass
was their (avcrile, and he is the fa,her of the
odious doctrine of sqrausr sovreignty-lhe
most insiiious abolition movement ever yet
southern man they have brought forward since
the days of Gen. Jackson, actually put his sign
and seal to the Wilmot Proviso, and was sus-
timed. Their next favorits-the present oc.
cuplnt-o the White House---denounces suye-
ry as curse, loahes the fugitive slave law
aud has crowded the offices of the country with
the enemies Of the South.
Such is the seq nit party, and such it's ana
teccdenis; and yet, with a record blackened
by nnii-slavery alliances, they come forward
and claim to be the only true friends Of the
South, anu alone worthy Of its confidence.
Willard Fillmore, whose administration stands
pre-eminent, in the modern days OF this Re.
public, for its conservative wisdom and I'M
finching devotion TO the Constitution and the
Union, Is denounced as an aboltouist, by these
allies Of lreesoiism-Ibese supporters of abo-
ltionism and squalier sovereignty and Wi.mot
Provi-oism, in the persons Of their several
presidential favorilrs
Bat slavery is not the only issue in this
canvass and tic foreign party, in attempting
TO make the impression that it il, are only
playing al their old game. There is another.
and a mamen,ous question before the people
one which Involves not only the protection Of
southern rights, bat the security of the gov.
ernment itself That question is---siall Amer.
sea be governed by o.own native sons, or be
tlenalional2ed and demoFali1ed BY 20. eign in
iuenee This issue the foreign party will gladly
evade. Its leaders know that pride of country
and conviction that it should be governed by
its native citizens, are feelings TO be found in
every truly Anne riean heart, and loud and un.
versal would be the affirmative response TO the
proposition, were il not tina, the s,ringency Of
par'v discipline s,iaes the voice of patriotism
and makes the veriest slaves Of those who
should be frecmen. They kaow that this A.
nericau sentiment is Indigenous to the Amer.
ieen heat, and fearing q open manifestation
--,he death boa 10 sag ait hoPes--every means
that aa lagebaiiY, ie'tle IN corrupt expedienis.
can aevsse. i brus Tried, with the hope o.
crushing IL ont The party lash Is applied with
20 hesyy hand hat none bot the bold and
eonsciensioas dare dey il; end whilst the
,imid are kep, 10 stIeS' sabnis.ioa to the will
Us thsl' lsa1e,s ;h4ss !esdet ate busy wilh