Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-08-20
MANLY Tatter from Col. Benton.

The following letter from Col. Benton,
avows his determination to support Bucha-
nan arainst Fremont
Sr LOUIS, Aug. 10. 1856.
Tn TuouAs r.. Price, ESQ
Dear Sir was disappointed in the result
of YOUR election, as the signs liz the district as
I went through it encouraged me in the be-
lief that YOU would succeed. 1 was also dis
appointed in my own, but do not regret hay-
ing made the canvass; nor do | consider as
lost the labor in travelling and speaking which
it cost me- The exercise, though severe. has
been good for me, and even necessary, after
nv long studiocs and sedentary course of life.
l feel greatly invigorated by it. The inter-
coarse with the people has been NEST crafty
ing. They came to see me in masses, and
with cordiality, along the whole line of trav-
ell, and nowhere more numerous or cordially
than in the border counties, where some peo-
pie had supposed I was to have had an unwel-
come reception My only regret was that
could not have remained longer at each place
Personally, the canvass has been most agree
able to me, and politically I think it has been
good for the State in helping to revive the
sentiment of nationality, and contributing to
alay the feeling of sectional antagonlsm now
too strong for the safety of the Union, and
which every patriotic consideration requires
to be calmed.
There is q design here, on the part of some,
to put up an electoral ticket for Fremont,
about which no one speaks to me, as have
character enough to keep ata distance al that
class of persons, who, dishonorable them
selves, could approach man witn dishonor-
able proposition. But my sentiments are
known. and that should consider such step
as injurious under every aspect, t,-mortifysng
to Fremont himself. from the small vote which
the ticket would receive, and injurious to the
public, by agglavating the sectional feeling
which now arrays each half OF the Union
ageinst the other.
was oppesiu. the bringing out of Fremont
for half a year before those who charge me
with promoting it knew of any such design.
There are cases in which public duty rises
above personal consideration, though there
are great many people who cannot conceive
it possible Thus, when l supported Jackson,
(wth whom had been on ill TERMS thirty
years ago, the sordid motive of Office was as
signed for it; now, when support Buchanan.
(wi.is whom 1 am on i'll terms and support
him against member of my own family, the
same class of persons see nothing in 1t
but falsehood and treachery. Incapable them
selves of anything disinterested and patriotic,
they believe others to be equally so, and at
tack, with base motives, all the actions which
are above the comprehension of their pollti-
cal morality.
The full result of the Governors election is
not yet known here, but enough is known to
determine the condition on which our electo-
raj ticket is to be withdrawn. The other side
would not agree to our proposition, but this
refusal to what was right makes no difference
TO US. and we shall have the qualification (af-
ter having forced Buchanan upon them at
Cincinnati} to make them carry him over the
pretending to be for him, while regret
ting that they had not been able to kill him in
the Convention.
I proceed to Washington Immediately to
gather up material for my Abridgement of
The Debates Of Congress" and return in Oc-
tober. that being work which l can carry on
here.