The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-03
Extract from the speech Of Hon
Jcre Clemens, Of Alabama.

We make the following extract from
the speech of this gentleman, made
recently in Alabama. After showing
that James Buchanan has been on
every side of nearly every question
that has agitated the country since
1915. he contrasts the Cincinnati NOM
ince-who says he is 'no longer James
Buchanan with Millard Fillmore.
Hear Mr.. Clemens:
Contrast with hm the candidate Of
the American party, Millard Fillmore.
Look at his record Look at the man
There he stands, light and land
mark for future generations. Com
mencing his career a poor boy, friend
less and penniless, he worked his way
up slowly and laboriously,to the high
est office and the highest honors.--
His is no mushroom greatncss--no
accidental elevation. Called to the
Chief Magistracy at time when the
wild storm of faction was raging
through the land, he discarded the
prcjudices Of a life-time-iorgot party
forgot sections, and gave himself
up wholly to his country. Driving
from him with a lofty scorn the mar
row-minded counscllors who sought
to sway his action to their own selfish
ends, he took to his bosom, Clay, and
Cass, and Webster, and the Angel OF
Peace once more spread its wings
over distracted land. And when
his work was done, without muir
mur, without one repining thought.
he left the splendid mansion OF the
Executive for the humble home Of a
citizen. Time rolled on, and another
cloud gathered in the horizon. Like
the old Romons, when a great caIam-
ity had come upon them, the Ameri-
can party turned from the politicians
to the walks of private life for a man
fit to be their leader. They found
him, not indeed like Cincinnatus, at
the pow, but far away from the din,
and strife, and trickery of parties,
adding to the intellectual Lore he had
already gathered, and learning in the
shadow of thrones to love still more
deeply the free soil on which his in
fancy was rocked. Asking no ques-
ton but whether his country needed
his services, he came to assume a lead.
ership which looked gloomily enoHgh
at the time. but which. thank Cod
has been Frightening every hour, and
now promises to end in glorious trl-
umph, ..#
"Not his the heart the Phrysian victor bore:
| Not his the brand thrt cleaned on GTalics shores
| Not his the aLconqucring Julius ran; .
Not his the star tlrt led the Corscon:
His coun,ry called him -cpcd in wild despair,
The psllot came, ard al! his soul was thee
From the liIsy moment he landed
on our shores, his heart has been III
his hand lie has sought no votes by
slippery cvasions or unworthy con
ccalments. Firmly as a man, and
honestly us q patriot, he has givet
utlcrance to his sentiments. Seeking
no shelter behind the resolutions Of ar
irresponsible convention. he tells yol
he would despise himself if he couIt
conceal his opinions. Listen to wha
he says at Albany. After denouncins
Northern agitators in terms no othe
candidate has dared to use, he says:
81 tell you my friends, that speal
warmly on this subject, for | feel tina
we are in danger. ! am determined
to make clean breast of it. will
wash my hands Of the consequences
whatever they may be; and tell you
that we are treading on the brink o
volcano, that is liable at any mo
ment to break forth and overwheln
the nation. | might by soft word
hold out delusivc hopes, and thereb,
VIII NOteS Dul CdIl Ic'Ci Coi'oCilI "
be one thing to the North, and anoth
or to the South. | should despisc my
self if | could be guilty Of such eva
sion. For my conscience would still
: ask with the dramatic poet
Ishere not some secret curse
Some hidden thunder rel with immortal wrath
To blast the wretch who owes his greatness
To his country's ruin3
ain the language of the lamentec
immortal Clay had rather be RICH
than President "
, And this is the man you are aske
. to abandon because his enemies sa
, that he has no chance to be elected
, If it were true, as it is false, it woul
be more than base to desert such
man in such a crisis. 1t is the COW
> ards plea at best. What would 20
think of the soldier who on the eve c
battle told you that he had no doub
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