Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-04-17
From the Huntsville Advocate.
Considerations for Southern Men.


h Considerations for Southern Men
Of There is no whig parry now. Il
IS the north as m lss it bee me aboli
Ie tionized and absorbed by other pau
ties. In the south it has been be
IS trayed into know nothingism and di
s vided on that question Of the South
ern whig Senator's, Bell and Critten
Ii den have turned know nothings
e Jones, Geyer, Pratt, Benjamin ant
e Toombs, the other Southern whis
. Senator's refuse to swallow know moth
ingism, and ares generally with the
Democratic party, as it is now the
t most national one. More than Is
8 months ago We cut loose from the
: Northern wings because they were
false to the rights of th, South
Party ties kept us too long with them.
Let Southern men look at such facts
as the following:
j In 1915 on the admission Of Flor
ida as slave State, every northern
whig in both Houses voted against
it, while all the Northern democrats
but three voted for it! In 1848 up
on the Wllmot Proviso in the Hou ye
every Northern whig voted for it; 27
Northern democrats, a majority of
them, voted against it. In the Sen
ate on the Wilmot Proviso every
Northern whig voted for it, and II
Ito 3 Northern democrats against it
two Southern wings even voting
for it!
On the Compromise measures,
with the influence of Mr.. FiIlmore's |
administration in their favor, the
Northern wings as a body voted a.
gainst them. On the Utah bill,
Northern wings 10 for and 50 against;
Northern democrats 80 for and Is
against On the Texas and New
Mexico bill, Northern wings "a for to
30 against; Northern democrats 80
for and II against. In the Senate
all the Northern wings against it, and
Northern democrats ii for to 8 a.
gainst On the Fugitive Slave bill,
Northern wings a for to 81 against;
Northern democrats 90 for to I5 a.
gainst il. AIr. Fillmore could not get
a single whig from New York to vote
for that bill The only democrat
from New York voted for i'll I
Again, on Mr. Jackson'5 resolution : !,
in 1852 to commit that Congress in
favor of the Compromise measures; !
the vote was, North IN whigS 7 for to
30 against th IN, and Northern DEM
ocrats 80 for to % against! On the
bill to repeal the Fugitive Slave bill, !,
Northern wings 81 for to only 5 a.
gainst, Northern democrats only s
or to so against r-p,al! On the '
Kansas act, r+poaling the Missouri
restriction or the original Wilmot Pro- h
riso, Northern democrats "A to 43 e
against it, and Northern wings none n
or and 4S against In the Senate I,
Northern wings none for and 6 a. Il
gainst; Northern democrats IA for +
% only 2 against From the South + 4
Wigs agai lst the bill s, and South 4 4
,rn democrats 3--all of whom, ex- =
,ept one, have since become know '
lothings!
The balloting for Speaker revealed fe
he fact that there are only from 4 al
o 6 members out of 123 elected in el
he North as know nothings who are al
lot abolitionists or free soilars, while N
here are two OF three old line wings. a
The reliable national men Of the know t,
othing party is put down at 81, .,
early all from the South. On the al
ther hand Mr.. Richardson received
0 to 76 votes-of these six are South
m wings and 80 Southern democrats, ct
be rest are Northern national demo- I'll
rats! The Northern know nothings, tt
kept less than corporal's guard, in
oted for Banks, an abolitionist! bl
In connection with Madison's arti- yt
e, we submit the above facts to our WI
saders, and ask them, as Southern OF
len, to ponder their meaning and
gnifcancy We ask. wings about
8, with whom we have SO long stood ~
de by side, to look at the present
ate of affairs and think what duty &c
} country requires at their hands. ~
here is no longer a whig party
bolition and Sam have destroyed it. an
Te and they are still citizsns, with a bo
sep interest in the welfare Of the fir
'untry. The South is in peril on
here heretofore have her friends
zen most found? Truth must die
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