The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-08-23
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Every Maryland Wing will be bound by
every tie Of duty to vote as his judgment shall
decide this question.
It may not be immaterial to observe that
neither Of the national nominees will obtain
throughout this broad land any votes which
will not be cast by national conservative citi-
zens, aud it is to be regretted that in this
crisis that vote should be divided between
taco national candidates, whilst the entire anti
national vote will be concentrated upon the
sectional nominee. To Judge Of the relative
strength of the two national organizations it
is unnecessary to trace infinitely the origin Of
the American party. It is sufficient to bring
to your recollection that it was originally CON-
posed North and South, Of the dissatisfied
members Of the two old parties, and that in
the North its original members were chiefly
those who opposed the conservative principle
upon the slavery question avowed in the plat
forms Of the two old parties. 1t must not es-
cape your recollection that upon the nomina-
ton Of Messrs Fillmore and Donelson large
majority Of the Northern delegates seeded
from the Convention, declared their intention
not to support those nominees, and subsequent
ly united on the nomination of Mr.. Fremont.
This separation Of the sectional from the ma
tionsl portion of the American party has oc-
Cured in every Northern State in the Confed-
eracy. I deduce from these facts the nation
atty Of the supporters Of Messrs. Fillmore and
Donelson, and I submit the inquiry for the
honest decision of those to whom this paper is
addressed, achat non-slareholding State can this
national branch Of the American parry, thus
shorn Of the larger portion Of its original
strength, promise lis nominee? Let the Wings
of Maryland ponder upon the view Of this sub
ject have endeavored to present to their
consideration, and no one of them will say
that single non.slaveholling State is certain
for Fillmore and Donelson. Time, think,
will develope the fact that Messrs. Fillmore
and Donelson will be left without an electoral
ticket in most of the free States, and it is at
any rate the deliberate conviction Of my judg-
ment that they will not carry single nom
slaveholding State in the Union. If l am
right, or even approximate the truth in the
view have taken, it will necessarily follow
that any conservative vote for the American
nominees North will be equivalent to a vote
for Mr.. Fremont, as it will be vote taken
from Mr. Buchanan, his only real competitor.
1t is clear, then, that to the South alone
con the friends of Messrs. Fillmore and Done-
son look for the probable chance of an electo-
raj vote; and 1t is to the States of Maryland,
Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri that they
profess to look with the greatest hope of sue
cess 1t is manifest that if this hope were re-
allied, it might indeed prevent the election Of
Messrs Buchanan and Breckenridge by the
people, but it would only throw the election
of President into the present House Of Repre-
sentatircs, composed as that House now is.
Does not the election Of this same House, after
contest of two months, of Black Republi-
can Speaker, admonish us of the danger of
such an experiment? Who can doubt that our
political fabric would be shaken to its very
foundations by this election of President being
thrown upon the present House of Represen-
tatives2 On the other hand, is it not certain,
beyond the contingency Of q doubt, that the
vote of the States indicated for Mr.. Buchanan,
when added to that of the other Southern
States, would secure bis election and the con-
sequeDt safety of the Union? 1t is obvious
that in this condition Of the canvass the only
serious contest is that between Fremont and
Buchanan; that the only possible result that
the most sanguine Of the friends of Fillmore
and Donelson can hope to attain, is to carry
the contest into the House Of Representatives
Who can conceive any thing more fatal to the
peace OF the country, more insane in political
action than such course of conduct leading
to such result? Suppose Mr. Fillmore to
reach the House Of Representatives with the
votes Of four or five States, (his utmost posi-.
BILE strength,) no man can seriously contend
that he would be elected President, and assur.
eddy few would be found bold enough to assert
that, under such circumstances, he ought to
be. The only effect, then, of giving the cleo
,toral vote of any portion Of the South to Mr.
FILLMORE would be to transfer the contest be-
tween Mr.. Buchanan and Fremont from the
hustings to the House Of Representatives
and the danger to our country, now sufficiently
menacing, would, in that event, be appalling,
indeed Who can contemplate the occurrence
of such a contingency without feeling that he
would be traitor to his country, if he failed
to exert every possible effort to avert SO awful
a calamity.
deem it, then, to be my duty, as we'll as
that Of all who believe with me that the cleo
ton of Fremont would be the death.knell OF
the Union, to unite in the support of Messrs
Buchanan and Breckenridge; and shall sus
tain their election to the best of my ability
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