The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05
BUCHANAN STANDS NO CHANCE.

anan can carry no Northern or Western
State-not one. They all see and know,
that were Mr.. Fillmore out of the way, the
contest would be purely sectional, and must
result in sectional victory of the North
over the South. The friends of the Union
Of conservatism, of nationality, of American
ism, at the North, are willing TO stand up
and fight for these principles and these OBJ.
jects, but they will not fight to secure the
success Of "squatter sovereignty" foreign.
ism and "Forneyism'"
If any Southern man wishes to see the
power of the 6libustering Democracy in the
Northwest, let him look at Iowa, State
that cast her vote for Pierce in 1852, now, in
this month of August, 1856, and in view of
the Cincinnati platform and its nominees,
casting her vote by five thousand majority
for the Republicans Buchanan cannot, we
repeat, carry one single free State, and aohy!
Because the South, 10 demanding Of the ma.
tive Americans surrender of their votes TO
Buchanan, manifest fixed purpose to ere.
ate a sectional contest, and when they thus
seek this contest in the face of certain de-
leat will the North decline it!
The friends of Fillmore in the North are
national men-they are willing to fight in
contest for national principles, but they will
not enter the list for sectional candidate,
and they justly regard James Buchanan as
equally a sectional candidate with John c.
Fremont Besids, the pseudo Democratic
party both in their resolve of last December,
through their Congressional Caucus, and in
their resolves at Cincinnati, violently and
bitterly denounced the doctrines of the
American party.
We say, in all frankness, candor and sin
cerity to the Southern Democracy, that,
could they persuade the Southern Amer
leans to cast their votes for Buchanan, the
effect upon The North of such policy al The
South, would inevitably be, to drive every
friend of conservatism from the polls, and
leave the issue to be decided between North
ern and Southern sectionalism.
1t would be in vain that we should de-
plore such contest, and lament its result,
which result could be nothing less than the
election of Fremont, and such scenes of bit
Ter strife and warfare as this country has not
vet witnessed. Can any man of common in.
formation doubt that if this Presidential
contest could be narrowed down, by the fol-
" and perverseness Of the South to Buch-
anan and Fremont, the result would be the
election of Fremont! Look at Iowa! Read
what Howell Cobb said of the probable cleo
ton of two Republican members Of Con-
gress from democratic Illinois to supply pres.
ent vacancies.
Look at the thirty old Free-soil Democratic
presses of New York, that have gone over
to Fremont! Look at the masses of foreign.
ers through the North and West that have
gone over to him Look at the election of
Blair a Freesol Buffalo platform Democrat
elected by the protesting Democrats of St
Louis, Missouri, in place of the gallant gift.
ed, conservative and national representative,
Luther NJ. Kenneti! There has been gen.
eral stampede of Freesol Democrats, and
from the ranks of the Democratic party into
the party of Greely, Seward, and Bishop
tIughs! The Democratic party OF the North
is dead-dead!
This pseudo Dem ocratic party exist only
at the South, and if it chooses to seek sec
tional contest with the cohorts of Abolition.
ism, Foreignism and Romanism at the North
against the protestation and circumstances
of the Americap party in all sections of the
country, it will theneeforward cease to have
any existence. 1t will be crushed.
The American party in the North, The
Fillmore and Donelson men Of that section,
stand nov as the only barrier TO The cuccess
Republicanism, and this barrier the South
cru Democracy seek to destroy! This Ma
iioral American party is purged of its Aboli-
tion elements. II is conservative, Union
loving party 1t can, If sustained by the Amer
leans South, defeat the Vaccinations OF the
dsunionist, btl, IL in its folly or its madness,
the South shall create purely sectional as
sue with the Republicans, by uniting upon
Buchanan, denouncing, ignoring, despising
the conservative elements of the American
party, we at least, shall not be responsible
for the consequences.
We do not anticipate such state OF
things, Notwithstanding the powerful efforts
of the asquatter sovereignty" presses, and
like the efforts of the Pearces, Pratts, John
sons, Dicksons, and few other disappointed
sold line Wings" who now sleep under the
same blanket with the Forneys, Bentons,
Cambreengs and Van Burens! We hope,
and we beliere that, before November shall
arrive. the peakness of the Cincinnati plat
form and nominations will become so dp.
peareni to the whole conservative portion OF
the people, throughout the length and bredth
of the land, that the National American
nominees will receive the undivided support
of all the friends Of the Constitution ana oi
the American Union.
WHAT Hunrs 'Em!-The Buck .a-nears
have one stump in their path that they oon
even try TO remove. Their candidate Voteu
ION certain resolution of Mr.. Calhoun) IN
J -. n a.. ..j;o;o,,s agifafion of the sldrerp