The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-04-19

The CANvAss--Thc Washington corresno,
dent of the Memphis Bulletin writes as follov.
of the present canvass at the Fcd4h Can;,o,
A cool observer of the inirigues Of a. A..
there, mark what he says as to arhal par.;..
the struggle is bctween--the Black Republ,c...
and national Democracy. It this ASPECT !,
the case which is forcing thousands and thu.
sands of the old line Wings, as Southern ma,
into the ranks of Democracy:
"The wisdom and chicane Of Black Remit.
licanism are continually in cornell. mi,
schemes Of organization are deeply laid a.
will be adroitly carried out. They will o.
into the contest with much confidence Of succss'
Their leaders will spare no effort and lose N
time to carry out their reasonable plans. ana
they have the tact and skill to call any amon,.
Of money from the pockets of the rank and n.
of their party, and they will do It, The Den.
ocratic party seem to be ready, willing Al
anxious for the fight They are unusually hi.
monious upon the subject of the coming elec.
ton. No political party was ever more conf.
dent of success. II now seems to be settled
point that the fight is to be between these two
Numerically opposite parties. Know NOTHING.
ism is looked upon us practically defunct: Their
nominations were their last act OF any como.
aucncc 80 that the next conventions are nov
looked to with increased and increasing interest
1t seems to be conceded on all sides here that
the Black Republicans will nominate Mr. Sew.
ard, Of New York, and Gov. Chase Of Ohio
This win sustain the sectional issue they have
already forced upon the country. In the Demo
cratic Convention the race is said to be between
Messrs Pierce, Buchanan and Douglas on
course there is no one wise enough to venture
prophecy upon which any reliance can Be
placed We can only be certain the candidate
will be supporter Of the Kansas Nebraska
bill, and clear on the rights of the South"
Coon ADVICE TO OLD LINZ WnIGs.-Hou
Mordecai Oliver, Of Missouri, elected to the
House of Representatives as Wing, on being
arragned by the Liberty Tribune as deserter
from the Wing party, has replied in a long and
scathng letter lie says that when the house
meet, three parties unfurled their banners the
Democratic, the Know Nothing, and the Black
Republican, but the Wing banner was not there
OF the Know Nothngs Mr.. Oliver writes
The Know Nothing party exults in the ruin
of the Wing party, boast Of having destroyed
/ it, ISLANDERS it in its grave, and then demands
/ (if understand your article aright) the ale
glance and support Of the surviving Wings!
The powerlcss patriot might be as justly accused
of treason for refusing toswear allegiance 10
the conquering invader Of his country, who has
exterminatcd his race, as Wing, for refusing
H. ,rbsa
boasts of having the blood of the Wing party
on its head And hear let Inc observe that
the Know Nothing platform has not even ono
single plank--thc Know Noting creed one SIN
gle article--of the stern stuff of which tile
Wing platform and Wing principles were CON-
posed. Though Know Nothingism has arisen
Oh the ruins, of the Wing party, it has not
made use of the stalwnrt timbers which bore
1t and its varying fortunes for SO many cyentful
years. Atpresent these treasures lie neglected,
awaiting the hand of some mightier architect
than Sam who built the fabric of Know Moth.
ingism in one night Elected as a Wing,
emphatieally reject the new test of Know Moth.
ingism; and even if the majority of those whose
snl1ragcs gave me seat in Congress have sub
sequently joined the order, and adhere to it, |
deny their right to try me by an er post JaeIp
law"
Mr.. Oliver comes down on the doctrines d
. Know Nothlngs in plain talk. He says
i should be wanting in candor if withheld
my convictions regarding the peculiar doctrines
of the Know Nothing party. These doctrines
are qualified or unqualified hostility to natural
lied foreigners and Catholics, native and foreign,
! residing in the United States. Speaking sim.
ply as an American citizen, deem these doc
trines absurd and perncious, and, if incorpors
ted into our laws, (Which cannot be, howeveEl
fruitful of great evils. II Catholics be traitors,
the proof of their guilt is not to be found o.
the pages of our history, and no vote Of mine
shall help to make them traitors by branding
them with that opprobrious cpithet. | shrink
from pronouncing 5000, 900 Of men perjurou
and traitors, without being able to allege one
overt act i'll support of the appalling accusatca'
Mr.. Oliver urges the Clay and Webster
Wings to join the Democrats in the following
way:
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