The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-06-03
WESTERN DE MOCRAT.
30 CHARLOTTE 90
Tuesday Morning, June 3, 1856.
a PATRIOT.

~ tALtA p" 'TbSCi's E->'!' u NAi|AA~> ~
Wh;g of Richmond county, y. c., has with
draw from the Know Nothing party, and,
N u letter to the Fayetteville Observer, as
signs his reasons for abandoning :het Earty.
ar. Steele in Isli voted for tll4 fra time,
and the vote was cast foT Guy Graham a.
g;linst Col. Ioke. Since thea, he has ztea-
Oily voted for the candidates of the Wing
party. He HavcE supported any other car
didates, s4ntn tile last Congressional rice
tiOI, ayiiea h. gave his aid to Mr. Reid, the
candidate 81 the Know Nothing party. He
has been FIVE times d " hig member of the
: GeDeroL Assembly from the Wing county
: of Richmond. The reasons for the present
course of Mr.. Steele are those Of patriot.
He says:
] shall not support the nominees Of the
lknow Nothing party, unless | believe
them most likely to defeat the Black Re
publcans. Then, Objectionable as the po-
sitiOn of the party is, | would not hesitate
to support them. i regard the rights of the
South as paramount to every thing else,
and l never will support a party which
.A''@ A''t' All my 'PAAi4o-i' b'I''J up
for the guarantees Of the Constitution, and
thus pledge itself to protect the section la
which live. And vet, | do noI claim 10
be better friend of the South than many
who differ from me. have pot questioned
their honesty, and viii not do so. / have
been and am believer in that part of the
Kansas Nebraska bill which leaves the peo-
l., r.. Il
as may please them; and | announced in
the last House of Commons that would
support no man for United States Senator
who was opposed to it. voted for Messrs
Badger and Barringer, who were known to
be its friends. The platform (if it has one)
of the American party denounces the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise, and therefore
places the party i'll opposition to the Kan
sas bill; for it is well known that the two
arc Incompatible. For that reason, can
not go for Fillmore and D0nckson. Thrill |
not denounce President Pierce for signing |
a bill ,chich ren.orcd an OIious stafute from
the books, whereJy tout injustice rQs done 10
The South.
cannot but oppose party which, though
Claiming to be nationdi, has not Represen-
tative in Congress from the North mo not
one-not even the great Fu!lcr.) who pre-
ferred the election of Gov. Aiken to Banks
the Black Republican. cannot support a
party wh0Sc crcry COareniion an The Nor
hcrn States denounced the Kansas bill,
and opposed the admission of new States
info tbp Tui,,, 10. n |
slavery. | cannot aid in the success of a
party, at the North, which calls upon me
to defend it against the Irish and the Roman
Catholics, tchttc It rs tcdrriag on mn rights.
If they can't let us alone, we, who are NOT
troubled with Foreigners and Romanists, {
ought to allow them to defend themselves. | {
cannot support party which is anti-Ro- =,
manIsm IN North Carolina and not anti No ,
manism in Virginia, South Carolina and t
Louisiana. | cannot support party which f
joins with Seward and Giddings and Hale 1
mot + J. & SOM and Greedy and Sumner, t.
in denouncing the present patriotic Exccu-
tive on account of his 'rc-opening SECTION f
al agitation, by the repeal of the Missouri Q
Compromise" l cannot support a party I
which in June endorses the Kansas bill .
and in February dcnounces it. y
/ mean to discharge my duty to the coun- f
try as an independent freeman, and shall
support the candidates of that party which -
endorses the Kansas and Nebraska bill and r.
Fugitive slave law, if such party can be u
found, by whatever name it NAV be called. y
n the condition. &c a., o1,,,,.,- -. - u
t was in 1911, L would vote the Wing tick h
It, If one was presented. Now, things arc CT
changed The great issue will be between a
he friends of the Constitution and the ad- IL !:
'ocates of the .highcr law" Southern -
Know Nothings believe to be good men, al
'ut have no use for Northern ones. Il W
ound them out last Summer. when amono ia
hem.l My belief is the race will be be- -, ny
Ween the Democratic party and the Black of
and that the ticket of Fill bt
more and DoHeiSoR will not carry three er
states, and not one which would not other
rise go for the nominees of the Democratic or
arty. The first obicc: Of all Southern men az
ught to be, TO defeat the Seward alliance, ST
all hazards ana sacrifices, and for one | or
IN willing - make them 81 -,
Very Respectfully, on
WALTER l.. STEELE.
y. b neglected TO say that | once IN
elonged TO the Know Nothing party; but NJ NJ
hen L found that Northern and Southern II,
now NOthings were by 10 means the same so
ing in principle, l left it. Iaerer DENIED vi
longing 10 than. I
mn 0 <~<~s~------ 81
iR FILLMORE AN ABOLITIoNISTI no
That Nr. Fillmore, the present Wing, "
rec Soil, and American candidate for the tI,r
'1t Presidency, Is an abolitionist, cannot wit
doubted for moment, by those who are the
sPoSed 10 think ana act honestly; and yot, IN. .nc
see Southern ~ papers, in Southern the
ates, profes>cdly Southern in sentiment, zen
limo -. .. VAT