The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-09-20

| eve of the present canvass, and, after full
in ervicw with that gentleman, and as re-
sui Of The ihfefricW, OFFERED HIM THE NoMI-
| NATION FOR TIE PRESIDENCY, IN BEHALF OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, By THE ADVICE AND
CONSENT OF IT'S LEADING MEN North AND
Sorru. Col. Fremont, obviously deeming the
offer barren one declined to entertain it
upon pretext which must nave seemed friv-
olous to Gov. Floyd rs 1t had proved no in
supclablc obstacle if any to the making of the
offer. and striking for surcr if not higher
game, soon after accepted the leadership of
'.ihc shricking hosts of freedom ~
| Mark the terms of this striking statement.
Coy Floyd, be it noted, did not offer the
Democratic nomination to Col Fremont luH
utter u deliberate iHicrricW Wi,h han, and then
he offered it i'll behalf of the Democratic party,
as The result Of that 'Htercieu, and with the
assurance to Col. Fremont that he acted by
| the advice and consent of the Democratic
leaders North and South. The necessary in
ference is that Col. Fremont. in the course of
the interview, had put Gov Floyd in the full
possession of his opinions upon the slavery
question, and that, at the close Of the inter-
view, the Democratic nomination for the Pres
itlcncy was authoritatiydy Offered to him by
this Southern firc-catcr in spite those opini-
onS, if not III consequence of them. This con-
clusion is inevitable. Fremont, pcrcrlviug
that he was expected to play the part of de-
coy in both sections Of the Union, and per-
ceving further that the offer involved defeat
almost as certainly as disgrace. rejected it,
and sent the ambassador OF all the Democracy
home with prodigious flea i'll his car.
If Fremont had thought it worth while to
assure Gov. Floyd that though heartily dcs-
pising the Nebraska law he would exercise
common prudence in speaking oft during the
canvass, instead Of saying with calculating
raShEcss as he did, that he SHOULD never de-
sist from dcnomicing the act and its authors"
who believes that Gov. Floyd mission would
have been haplcss failure PROFESSIONALLY,
if Col. Fremont has been as false to his pro-
LESSONS as Gov. Floyd was to his, the South
crn Democratic leaders would now be shout
ing for Fremont instead of Buchanan, and
with uploarous protestatons Of his supreme
fitness for the Presidency, would be calling
Justify upon the Wings and Americans to
desert Mr.. Fillmore and elect their national
candidate, as the only means of debating
Banks or Chase OF whomSoever their superior
enterprise may have left to rally the Black
Republicans. For, If, in the face of an out
ragged and betrayed people, these unprinciplcd
leaders are daily and hourly doing all this and
more for Buchanan, their second or third or
fourth choice, what would they not lave done
for Fremont, their first choice They would
have he'd the heavens black.
Ana thcse are thc iher whose simple en-
dorsement OF Mr. buchanan with his avowed
neutrality-suspicious. is suffered by the
easy Democratic masses OF the south to pre-
vail against ihe evidence OF Their senses, the
convicnoh OF 'heir lHds'Aents ana me pat
riolic impulses ol thtir hearts, 1hese are
IL. IL,
the men VINO arrosa'e TO themselves the ex,
elusive sua' u'a'SRip oi southern riSh's, ana
talk hrroically oil dlSSoivinG the Inlon II Ere
mont Shouiu DC elevated TO t;ic Presidency
rs wen as upon thousand olher less grave
contingencies i'ieSe are the men VINO arc
llrSV 10 raise ana 'ne iaSt 10 drop the sehSeleSS
cry OF "'1oo"'9"'SE against every national
statesman IN lhe iaiia' Ihesa are .ne sell
appointed nero iaai''s Vi slavery hese are
the hr.,eaters these are the leaders who
impose their WORD as Sospei upon the Dem
ocratlc masses oil inc oonth :! GUT upon the
traitorohS hypocil'cs' ana ouI upon Tie gar
ing scahdal"us imposition! human nature
surely southern human NATURE was not made
10 endure either
Every Gay out strengthens our convection
| lhat INC southern oeihocratlc politicians are
by lar the tf''Ht dishonest and INSCRIPTIONS
set OF mth IN tic hepubiic. itn lew scat
tcltd EXCEPTIONS Such as VIII relieve though
lhey may not redceih inc most dcSolatc
wastes vi 'liiai'y' ,he! arc SIMPLY poilucai
kn''es VINO inscst the avenues 10 pace with
purposes no higher ana no better Than those
winch BRING the iiSht iihscrea gentry to Il
race.courSe or a iaif-ground' lhcy i've by
paying upon inc hopes ana Tears oil inc North
and South alternately, and by ultimately
cheating both. They practice professionally
upon the sectional pre)adlces OF the nation.
incy are as much more pernclous than
thieves and pick pockets as the interests OF
an empire transcend the value of purse.
They arc the pest OF the South and the curse
OF the tmo'. And yet upon the mere recon-
mendatlon OF these unblushlng political swlll-
dlers, upon the brave word OF these false and
perured and lnsulferaole deinasogues, upon
the naked authority OF these miserable, dis
carded sutors OF Col. Fremont the coniidlns,
Democartlc masses OF the South are asked
chanan, with the detested hcrcsy OF squatter
sovereignty upon his lips and in the core OF