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The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10

IL is not little strange that demo
Gratis will now boast Of the puri(ica-
ton ofthcir party and say that all UNI
sound members have gone to Fillmore
or Fremont, when az the next moment
you will hear them re- oice atth fusion
Of the liards and s;olls, and upon that
single circumstance, base their calcu-
lations for success. Great rejoicing is
heard at the return Of the Van Burcns,
Bentons, s. Co., who still declare that
they have not changed in any one par
ticular principle, but that Mr., Buch-
anan suits their views. The inconss-
tcncy is too palpable to escape detect
ion by the rejecting people, and the
confidence OF all conservative men is
shaken in the declaration Of this par
ty. The State Of New York is claim
ed by the democrats alone upon the
Van Buren, influence, which every
body knows is frcesoi influence. Mr..
N.B. is making "squatter sovereignty"
speeches throughout New York, and
running Mr. Buchanan as a friend to
the measure. Mr.. Cass is doing the
same in his State-so is Mr.. Douglas,
and all that class Of politicians. Now
we ask these boosters TO tell us where
is the publication that they speak of.
No, the fact is too clear, and the peo-
pie will not be deceived. We all know
better and will believe acts, not words.
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Let Us Look 10 Ourselves.
In the year 1890, and for several We

In the year 1890, and for several wear.
thereafter, says the Raleigh Register, the
South had forty.seven members Of tbo
House of Representatives, while thu
Moth had only thirty four. Since that
that time the North has, by means of for.
oign accessions, been steadily increasing
its representation, and left the South in
minority Of more thana halfa hundred.
and this huge majority will increase con.
tinually, and we will become weaker and
weaker, year after year. unless we do
something for our safety. Let the if
teen States that can be made Of Nebras.
ka. and the twelve Of Kansas, and the
number that can be made of Utah, Min.
nesota, Oregon, Washington. &c., apply
for admission into the Union as States.
which they will soon do, unless stop Is
put to this immense importation of for.
eigners and see what beautiful MINOR.
ty we will be in.
Then ought not the South TO do is
best to remedy this great and growing evilY
Certainly:and the only way is to vote
for Willard Fillmore, who will carry out
1.-The American principles, and in some dc.
gree at least put stop to immigration.
Mr.. Buchanan will not do so, but on the
contrary, will give it new Impetus
He will send for aliens to ill our Offices;
he does not hold to the doctrine that
Americans alone should govern them.
selves, but thinks itproper tie have help
from abroad He will, if he is elected,
import host Of officers who will not APP.
ply in vain. and our own countrymen will
be deprived ofwhat is Justly due them.
Ponder these things, and you will DO
sure to vote for Willard Fillmore in No.
vember.
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10
dav forth all tho elements Of honor and

day forth all tho elements Of honor and
of success. But we mus. libcralize our.
selves in non essentials WcTare mol
put to the necessity Of deciding whether
our platform shall be tongucd and groov'
ed or only laid together blunt, laughter
but only how we shall accomplish the
essential object. We have not got1o tell
the people what Wing is; the way
farng man, though fool, knows that,
Then Let us 60 on in love, ond peace,
and harmony, bound together by the ex'
ternal pressure which we feel on oil sides
around US, hoped in as firmly with iron,
and banded together in one compact
brotherhood. Let us study no geography,
laughter ask about no line, nor attempt
to repeal the dictionary and give new
meaning to words. Do none of those
things which Democrats have done, but
in the simple spirit Of American whiggery
stand forth as wings ever stood in the
revolution. That is thing that has
grown neither wiser nor better, and he
is the wisest man who carries out prn.
ciples, leaving consequences to Him who
governs causes. [Applausc.]
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Humorous incident.

A laughable incident occurred IN tins
country some time since, the circumston'
ccs ofwhich we got from one who was
Acquainted with the transaction. An
old gentleman farmer who had two hand
some dughtcrs, was so cautious OF his
charge, that he would not permit them
to keep the company ofyoung men; how
ever, they adopted the following eXpedi'
ent to enjoy the company of their lovers.
After the old man retired 20 rest, the girls
would hang a sheet out Of the window,
and the beau would seize hold Of the
sheet, ana with the assistance of his lady
love, who tugged Justify above, would
thus gain an entrance; but it so happen
ed that one evening the girls hung out
the sheet too early, for the old gentle,
man, by some illwind, was accidentally
around the corner, and spying the sheet.
could not CONJECTURE the meaning Oh us
being there; so he caught hold and en-
deavorel to pull it down, the girls above
supposing it to be one of their beaux, be
gan to hoist, and did not begin to dis
cover the mistake until the old mans
head was level with the window sill,
when one of them exclaimed -"Oh
Lord tits dad!" and letting 60 the sheet
souse came down the old man on the
hard ground, disIocating shoulder
which convinced him that to make 'olC
maids out Of his daughters, was matter
not SO easily accomplished; and Withdraw
ing all further opposition to their keeping
company, he was soon fatherin law
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10

Many persons do not not fully under,
stand the meaning of the word majority"
when applied to elections. A majority"
is greater number of votes than receiv.
ed by all other candidates voted fol-
while plurality" means larger vote
than received by any other person.
In the Presidential election in the States
a plurality vote determines the fate of tho
electoral ticket.
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10

A NOBEL "REPuDLICAN."-It is said
that Timothy Davis, the newly elect
ed member Of congress from Iowa, was
not long since a slaveholderin Nilsson.
ri. and that he first appeared in Iowa
in pursuit Of runaway slaves, which
he first caught and sold, and then turn
ed Re publican.
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10

NEDRAs1 CENSUS of this Terri
tory had just been taken by the Uni
ted States MarsllalS The returns
were to be made by the LIST Of Septcm-
Der; and would, it was thought. show
II population Of between fifteen or
twenty thousand civilized white in.
Labitania
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10

The democracy of Tennessee will
remember that their papers have been
prophcsying that the elections soon to
take place in the North would go for
their candidate, especially Pennsylva-
MIA, MIR. Buchanan's own State, and
claimed that the influence of these
elections would be felt like q shock OF
an earthquake in the American ranks
in the South. But now seeing the cri =
sis at hand, and Knowing the certain
~ Of their own defeat, we find the
democrat papers preparing to meet
the shock themselves, warning their
friends to stand frm-that they must
lose in the coming State election
still, say the organs in Tennessee, it
will be nothing, for, say they, fighting
Fremont alone we will be beaten in
the State election, but in the contest
for President, Mr.. Fillmore will wea-
ken the Fremont force, and we can
beat them both. Then they must
make another lofty tumble, for they
said and hoped long time that Mr.
Fillmore would not run, or would be
wilhdrawn-that nothing else could
save the Union. Now they say thai
by bIs running they will be sure Of q
number Of States which Fremont
would get over Buchanan alone
These things are funny--do not yor
think 80, democrats of TENNESSEE
What will you say next! We still re.
member your prophecy about Maine
Vermont, Iowa, &c. Couch you prcdic.
tioas in kansas-Nebraska language,
81 that the antiquities may be capa-
bic Of many constructions. There is
nothing Ike consistency in policy as
sell as principle.
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10

Is FREMONT CATHoLIC?-Greely,
with his elegant conciseness, settles the
question, as he thinks, in this form:
"Whoever asserts that Fremont is
a Catholic or Shareholder. simply lies,
that is all there can be said on that
point"
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10
ooh, lost to manly thought,
Lost to the noblest solace of TIE snul,
Who thinks it solitude to be alone"

A good man can stand alone. know
hundreds Of Wings who have stood
almost alone for they could not muster a
corporal's guard for the defence Of their
citadel. But one thing we can do; we
can at least re.organize these shattered
and almost bleeding remnants Of this
almost broken party and open new re,
cruiling rendezvous for our friends and
brethren who have left US. [Great cheer.
ing.l If the prodigal will return to US
we will receive him with open arms,
cheers] and if he has honestly repented,
perhaps he will be as safe man in all
future time, as if he had not left us, be-.
cause he has seen the dangerous conse.
Quences of deserlion. We are a little
remnant Of the Wing party--not so little
either, because we have been taking this
morning about lengthening our cords and
Strengthening our sta kes, and the Chair.
man Of the Committee Of Arrangements
had to get up and apologize because he
had not calculated for so large a party
here o.day. [Applause,] | only wish
he could now go to work to tear down
this enclosure and extend them from end
to end of this immense hall. [Applausel
We could not have brought in all Mis-.
souri, here because the Wings of Nilsson.
ri are like the Sy biline books Of old, they
rise in value as they decrease in numbers.
[Laughter.] Like precious stones we
put them up in small packages and not
in large boxes. Laughter and applause. ]
But tell you one thing gentlemen
| see reverend, old grey heads, from
whom we expect prudence, wisdom and
moderation, and when see scattered all
through them aspiring young men from
whose eyes beam forth the FIRE Of youth,
! expec, TO have in our party from this
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10

INTERESTING lrEM.-Somc idea can
be formed Of the amount Of travel and
business going on through and in Chi
cago by railroads, when we state that
not less than iiity-ninc trains arrive at
the several railroad depots Of the city
every day. Of these, thirty-nine are
passenger trains, and twenty freight
trains.
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10
Douglas denounced as Il Traitor
to the SOlstsl.

Douglas denounced as II Traitor
to the SOlstfl.
The article below is taken from thu
Mercury, a democratic paper Of Ions
standing, published at Charleston, S
G. We give it this prominent place il
order that every one may read anC
ponder it well
"What have we seen? The Terrific
rial Legislature Of Kansas pass laws
admitting and protecting slavery, and
therefore obnoxious to Abo!iiionism. -
And what is the course of Mr.. Doug
las, and other Democratic leaders in
Congress! Six years ago, when, under
the same principle Unpopular sover-
eighty" Abolitionism in California cx-
cIuded the South from that magnif-
cent domain, and she protested against
| it, the leaders Of the democratic party
sustaincdthe principle and sanctioned
our exclusion.
What, we repeat, is their course,
when hcpeoplc Of Kansas, acting I'M
der the same doctrine, pass laws pro-
tecting slavery! Mr.. Douglas comes
forward with his Qualification BILL
a billjwhich, in the teeth Of popular
sovereignty, i'll the teeth ofthe Nebras-
lia bill itscli---rcpcalcd whole statutes
of the Territorial Legislature. And
this measure, SO fragrant in its viola
ton Of the just uttered pledges Of the
Democratic party-this measure, re-
viyins "Congressonal intervention"
and repeating the laws of a pro-sIave-
Territorial Lcgislature--actualIy pas
ses the United States Senate by the
vote ofthe Democratic party, and Of
Southern Senators!
There is still lower deep, with an c.
irontry beyond conception. Mr., Doug
las, in his late speech, even vaunts that
the Democratic Senators were willing
to repeal the obnoxious laws, while
the Frce-soilcrs resisted it for political
effect. Mr.. Hunter, of Virginia, adopts
the same view; and Mr.. Orr, of South
Carolina, "out lIcrods' all, by invok-
ing Executive intervention, to stran-
gle Judge and jury" for the escape of
Abolition male!aclors in Kansas!
Can betrayal of principle go further!
What is this doctrine of popular SOW
ercignty that to-day repudiates Con-
grcssioEal Intervention, and to-mor-
row invites it--that makes the courts
| Of the United States the sole arbiter,
yet calls upon abolitionized Congress
and the President to trample on them!
Popular sovereignty for California,
and popular sovrignty for Kansas, are
very different things. 1t is to be laud-
ed and upheld when it excludes slave
ry, but to be repudiated when it adj
4 mits slavery. Congressional interven-
ton on the other hand, is to be repudi-
ated when invoked to protect slavery
in California, but to be fostered when
invoked to crush it in Kansas The
Compromise Of lS50is to be kept when
it deirauds the South, but to be viola
ted when it benefits her, Such is the
last warning specimen of national De-
mocratic faith.
And it is expected of the people OF
this State, that they will shout hosan-
mas at the heels of the party which
stands ready so 10 insult and trample
on them! Shall we cringe and fawn
about party which, by its recent acts,
assures Us in what contemplate es-
TEEN it holds its own principles and
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Tie New York Post states that q
project is on foot to crcate'a combina-
ton, similar to the Massachusetts En-
igrant Aid Association in reference TO
Kansas, and colonizc Western Virgin
Ia with Free State mcn.
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10

The Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal chroniclesa case in Shrews.
bury, Mass, where a child was born
without eyes. 1t was a healthy boy,
well developed in every other respect.
There were eyelids, but no eyeballs.
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-10
Success i'm Life.

In the main those are successful IN life
who 20 to work right, and pursue the thing
in that line. We hear of failures every
day. Men 60 into this business and
that e BRAY ely, it may be, for while;
but the next point is, they go down. They
fail. Circumstances, times, bad faith ras.
cally crcdilors-a thousand pleas are
put in the plank Of salvation. Never is
the individual included as a cause. 1t is
he who is the unfortunate victim-tahing
his rendition.
All great men would have been small
ones, but for personal energy and herosm.
And this is the secret Of succoss-the ex.
PLANTATION Of failure. We never knew a
man Of true and consecutive industry, of
will, or characteristic and original nerve
10 fail Of success. Thus what is called
success is result of muscle and mind
a condition for certain acts--a reward for
the exercise Of sagacity and endeayor.-
The young man should bear in mind that
success is no fable, no mystery, no dim
and unattainable prize. A fitting pur.
suit or object, pursued with entreness to
the end is success. Failure is the deser.
ton, or imperfect, inefficient having to do
with this principle.
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w INCH E S r. E Il:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 8 1856.
Mass Meeting !

The great American Mass Meeting
will be held at Nashville, Oh FRIDAY
and SATURDAY, the 10th and 18th
Inst. A large number of the ablcst
speakers and most prominent men in
the Union will be present, among
whom we notice the names of
Hon. John J. Crittenden, Of Kentucky.
Humphrey Marshall,
+" Chas. S. Morehead,
Henry NJ. Fuller, Pennsylvania,
Benjamin II. IIill, Of Georgia,
" YIN. l.. Sharllcy, Mississippi,
Walker Brook,
Geo, S. Ycrger,
Isaac F. Anderson,
VIM. A. Lake,
+" +. M. Rogers,
" VIM. p. Chiffon, of Alabama,
Jerc Clemens,
II. w. Hillard,
" Thos. S. Flourney of Virginia,
" VIM. Yerger, Of Mississippi,
" Chas. M. Conrad, Of Louisiana,
" Randall Hunt,
" R. K. Call, Of Florida,
" Kenneth Rayner, N. Carolina, |
DIR. II. Y. NJ. Miller, of Georgia,
besides host of Tenncssce's gallant
band of American orators. Let as
many attend as can. Ample prepa-
rations have been made to accom-
MEDIATE fifty thousand persons.
Only half price will be charged on
the n. & G. r. II. for going to and
returning from Nashville.
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/, National w hig Convention.

The Hon. Edward Bates, of Nilsson
ri, onbeing conducted to the Presiden
! ,ial chair of the National Wing Con
vcntion in Baltimore on Wednesday
delivered an address Of great power
He thanked the Convention for the
honor they had conferred upon him
and expressed his confident belief il
the regeneration Of the glorious Whia
party:
We are told, he said, in some portion!
of the Union, that the union of these
States is in danger. Now that is an ole
cry; | have heard very often that the in
tegrity and nationality Of this great an(
glorious Union was put in jeopardy BY
the strife Of party; but | believed it net
My father fought at Yorktown, and per
haps there is not a man here whose an
cestors-if not himself, for see many
old and gray.headed men here-did no
carry the musket and face the enemy ir
the contest that tried mems souls. An(
| do not believe that this Government
would be worthy Of the veneration which
| was taught as a child to bear towards
it, If it could not stand all the trials and
assaults to be apprchended from party
strife and contentious. What must be
the permanency of that government which
cannot resist the occasional ebullilon oil
popular passion? Weak, indeed, would
it be, and utterly subversive Of the funda
mental primes pie Of Wing doctrine if that
government was to depend upon that
higher law Of the Democracy which looks
only to the temporary and Auctuatjng
will Of men, to be brought forth upon
some particular crisis. | do not believe
in that. believe in the eternity of this
glorious union Of States. Applause.]
1t will not be expected of me, it would
be out Of taste as we'll as out of time
just now, to 60 in an elaborate speech.
We came here for work. That is what
came for. have come thousand miles,
and would have gone three thousand
more, to bring back this country to what
our fathers intended it should be.
came here for work. We have to rebuild
a glorious party that has nothing but its
principles. We came here not for office,
not for honors, for that would be hope.
less task under present circumstances
when our party throughout the country
is too utterly weak to have candidate OF
its own. We must select, il we hope to
do good, some one OF the three candi.
dates that are now before the American
people. With loul boast the rampant
and blatant democracy call on US to turn
TO them, not because they are good, not
because they make promise Of better be-
havior in the future, but because they
have chosen to add to their old platform
another dangerous and bloody plank
They call upon US to countermarch the
oil lines of tue Wing party, all our
walks of social and political life, and
wrong all we have ever said hereto fore !;
and |, for one, will not do it. [ APP.
plause.l
A man that has in his heart real con.
seriousness OF the truth of the principles
that he goes for, is not afraid TO stand
alone. He says;
ooh lost IN manly thcu uht
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President Pierce has left Washing.
ton for brief visit 10 Warrenton
Springs, Va, @
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RAILROAD AccIDENT.--An accident
occurred on the New York and Cen
trail Railroad on the 9th instant, by
which Ave persons were killed.
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WHAT ADVERTISING CAN Do.--Mr,
Bonner, the proprietor ofthe New York
Ledger, a weekly literary paper, issu-
ed in New York city, has run the cdi-
ton Of that paper up to one hundred
and seventy thousand copies; larger
number than any other New York
weekly newspaper. The quantity Of
paper used weekly for the New York
Ledger, is three hundred and forty
reams, of five hundred sheets per r'm.
The forms Of matter are duplicated
for each number, by electrotype, and a
large number Expresses are kept con-
stantIy at work, night and day to turn
oIFits enormous supply. It iSsaid that
the proprietor has expended $4,000
within the last year in advertising his
paper, and when we see how literally
he uses the columns ofthe largest cir
cuIatcd dailies, the above amount does
not appear to be overestmatcd. The
result shows what man may do to-
wards promoting his business by using
the power ofthe press judiciousIy as
well as literally. So says the Orleans
Delta.
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The Little Rock Gazette says, in re
lation to the crops Of Arkansas:

IatTU7I 10 IHC crops OF .lrNI!1S0s.
''ln portions Of our State the corn
has bocu burnt up. Even in the Oil
Through Bottom, on White River, so
famous for heavy corn crops, We learn
the average will not exceed fifteen
bushels to the acre. The Arkansas
river, from Pine Bluff to Napoleon, has
suffered less than other regions, hay
ing excellent crops Of both corn and
cotton"
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our-rightsl Shall we, despite'the ex-
periencc Of California and those dem
onstrations, still praise thee glorious
doctrine of"squatter sovereignty and
look to the democratic partyt oppose
it faithfully? One thing is certain
The Democratic party in Washington
are ready to abandon it. Northern
Democrats quail before the pressure Of
an overwhelming sentiment at home,
while Southern Democrats, as before,
arc found readyto sacrifice principle;
sacrifice the South; that abolition may
be appeased, and spols-dispcnaing
party be led to triumph.
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a difference of one hundred per cent.
in favor of the former. The cotton OF
the East India contains twenty five
per cent. of waste, while that Of the
United States contains only twelve
and half per cent. The fibre also
of the latter excels that of the former,
The Nashville Union and American
says:
1.-The Know NothiDgs are raising a
lofty pole in front Of our office. They
think to neutralize our influence by
such contrivances! All such efforts
are wasted. They may grease their
pole with their candidate for the Vice
Presidency, and yet we will agree to
climb it with short shirt on, in No.
vember, if we don't beat them in Ten.
nCssec."
If our friends succeed in concealing
their nakcdness, says the Patriot, until
Buchanan carries Tennessee, it will be
long time till anybody's modesty is
shocked by the exposure. Un!ortu-
nately, however, it requires no great
elevation to permit them to accom-
plish this feat.
The WEATHER AND CRoPs IN MIssIs-
slprl.-The Natchez Courier says:-
"Our cotton planters in this section of
the State, have at this time the best
of weather for cotton picking--a cool
north wind, sunny days, and moderate
ly mild atmosphere during meridian
hours. Although a shower of rain
would prove wholesome and decidedly
agreeable to their city friends, yet they
can well forego such a treat, while the
planter is reaping the reward of his
months Of toll and anxiety--a reward
in some instances we must confess not
at all commensurate with the amount
oflabor expended"