The true Democrat., 1856-09-23

Malignity and Desperation-Is it True!
 The following purports to be an extract from aprivate letter written by Gen. Zollicoffer to Gen. Haskell. The Jackson Madisonian says that it was read by Gen. H. during the delivery of his second Fillmore speech in Memphis We trust the reader will carefully observe the singular and remarkable purport' of the lan- guage. Here 1t is:
 "Fillmore stock is rising, but Buchanan is sure to carry Pennsylvania. ET- Can't you help us to divide the south, and thus throw the onus of bringing the election (of Presdent) into the House, upon the democrats?" =G1
 We confess to no little astonishment that Gen. Zollicnffer should have written such a letter. and still greater that he should have con- fded it to the keeping of Gen. Haskell. But for the direct and authoritative channel through which it is received we should be slow to give full credence to its authenticity. It was never intended to be made public and We cannot believe the author will permit it to go unexplained, if explanation can be made.
 Read it again, and what is it that Gen. Zol- licolfer proposes? Cunt you help us to dtvide
 
 exclusively to the abolitionists. The great anxiety of every true patriot of the slave States, of whatever party, has been to unite the south. All have felt that in union there was safety and strength. The danger of division among our selves, when abolitionism has been threatening us, has been generally deprecated by the press and speakers, and by the common judgment of men, of all political opinions The south is L h lo, r., lo fore. Fanaticism at the north has got to be one of the great contendng powers of the country and is hard struggling for the mastery of the government. With its success no sane man at the south doubts its conseqences. Dis union, or the subversion of the slave States to their fanatical behests, would be the inevitable result. This impending danger, this just alarm, seems to have awakened every good man from his lethargy; and thousands, burying their po- litical animosities and forgetting for the time their minor differences, have thrown aside par ty shackles and are endeavoring to unite the south. Such are the declared purposes of Dix on and Preston, of Kentucky; Benjamin, of Louisiana; Walker, of Alabama; Stephens and ToombS, of Georgia; Pearce and Pratt of Ma ryland; Jones and Watkins, of Tennessee; men who have always acted with the opponents of democracy, but who see, as SentlnelS at W asn- ington, the absolute necessity of a union in this election.
 And yet Gen. ZollicoHer, claiming to repre- sent shareholders appeals to Gen. Haskill: !" CAN'T YOUHELP US TO DIVIDEIWE SOUTH?" Divide the south for what? To "taroao tue Onus of bringing the election (of Pre- sident) into tue House, upon the democrats."- And thus the country is to be imperied-yes, periled beyond its present danger-by dividing the south, throwing the election into the House, and then the cry is to be raised that the demo- cratic party did it.
 But to be forewarned is to be forearmed.- The country will understand the maneuvres of Generals Zollicoffer, Haskell & Co. in future that it is to "diUide Me south" and throw the election before that body of fanatics who elect ed Banks their speaker, and who are now in a state of practical revolution by refusing the ap- propriation necessary to administer the govern ment.
 We are curious to know what defence his organ in this city give to this letter of their leaders. Unless he can explain out of 1t, it is indefensible. -NashviUe Union, 28th ut