Daily American organ., 1856-09-05
The Sham Democracy.

The Sham Democracy.
"Phantom," in his issue of yesterday, in
forms the people of Washington that "ol
course" Vermont went against the sham Dem
ocrats, and that no one expected anything else
He seems to forget that the assignccs of Forney,
Pierce & Company made q desperate effort to
carry the State, and were beaten twice as many
votes as Scott beat Pierce in 1862! But
"Phantom even lays the fault Of that defeat
at the doors of the "rascaly Know ,Nothings,
when in truth there has never been any organ :
lied American party in Vermont since the pur-
cation of this party from the Seward clements
which had crept into it under " false pretcn-
ces." 1t is frankly admitted that there is no
national party in Vcrmont-it overflows with
sectionalism. The time may come, and we
hope it WILL when true American party will
arise there, and acquire an ascendency over
both sham Republicanism and sham Democra-
cy. There is not now, and has not been in the
last few years, single politician in Vermont,
who, if in Congress, would dare vote for the
admission of a slave State, even if carved out
of Texas, under the contract by which Texas
was admitted into the Union.
There is not shade of difference between
old-line Wings, and old-line Democrats in that
State, upon the question of slavcry,-not the
slightest So far as the South is concerned, it
matters not one straw, whether sham Democ-
racy or sham Republicanism triumphs in Ver-
mont. But Phantom" will have, after Mon
day next, an opportunity Of saying few
words upon the question Of sham Democratic
success in the State of Maine, which, in 1862,
gave Pierce Al 500 votes, Scott 32,543 votes,
and Hale, Frce-soiler, 5000 votes. Until Frank
Pierce broke down the Democratic party in
Maine in 1854, that State, in late years, had
been a strong Democratic State. In 1862 it
gave Pierce plurality Of 5000 votes over
Scott and majority ofabove 1000 over both
Scott and Hale. There is no American ticket
nor any American party, in Maine, and the
present contest, to be decided on Monday next,
is one between sham Democracy and sham Re-
publicanism, without any extrinsic interfer-
ence. Now, then, let us see the strength of "0ld
Squatter Sovereign" in Maine as developed
in single-handed contest What is "Phan-
toms" present opinion Of the rcsultH
In saying there is no. extrinsic interference
in Maine between these two factions, we as
sumo that the old-line Wings in that State will
stand aloof from the contest 1t may be that
they will follow the advice of that ricketty pol
itician, George Evans and, if so, Old Buck will
have decided advantage by this accession of
thousands upon thousands Of votes. If this
olo ,eb "a u. 80
may totally change the result. Our calcula-
ton is, however, that this clement will not
join either faction.
If "Phantoms" memory is good he win
recollect that when writing from Cincinnati,
he predicted that Buchanan would get the
nomination, and that 1t aoouJd be made as q
concession TO The Frse-SoI Democracy Of the
North. We have his letters, but it is suifi-
cient for our present purpose togive the cream
thereof without regard to the ornate phraseol-
ogy in which his lamentations were clothed
Indeed we do not like to rc-peruse them-thc
melancholy and doleful language in which
phantom depicted the painful necessity
the Southern delegates were under of saving
themselves by total surrender of their prin-
ciples to the Froe-soil Democrats of the North,
made us sad for whole week, and we do not
like even to think of those letters; read them
again, We cannotl
Well, the nomination of Buchanan having
been made, rs Ga concession to the Frcc-soil
Democrats of the North" and the orly Demo.
Gratis in Maine being of this description, we
draw the logical conclusion, that the Democ.
racy of Maine must be delighted with this
" concession to them, and will put forth all
their strength on Monday next
We appeal to Phantom" to know, if this
be not fair and just, as well as logical con-
clusion2 1t being so, we may look for one of
the most powerful demonstrations ever made
by the "Free-soi Democrats" of Maine-in-
deed, we may expect the perfect annihilation
of sham Republicanism in that State on Mon
day next. Is not this so, "Phantoms" Get
oat of the way, then, ye who are not ready