Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-09-11
From the Nashville Union & American.
IS 1T TRUE

. 1he following purports to be al
extract from a private letter writer
tby Gen. Zollicoffer to Gen. Haskell
The jackson Madisonian says atha
! it was read by Gen. H., during th'
sdeIivery of his second Fillmor,
Espeech in Memphis. We trust th,
! lreader will carefully observe the sin
gular and remarkable purport Of tht
language. Here itis:. Il
+ "Fillmore stock is rising, buj
Buchanan is sure to carry Pennsyl.
vania. s@ Cant you help us to
Fdiyide the South, and thus throw the
eaus Of bringing the election fol
President) into the House, upon the
I Democrats p 81 $3.50,
We confess no little astonishment
THAT Gen. Zollicofer,, should, have
| written such a letter, and still great
er that he;shonld have confdedit to
the keeping of Gen Haskell. But
forthe direc. and authoritative chan
| mel through which it is. received, we
should be; slow to give full credence
to Its authenticity. 1t was never
Intended to be made public, and we.
cannot believe that the author. will
permit it to 60 unexplained, if -ex-
PLANTATION can be made. ,. b
5. Read it again. and what is it that
Gen.. Zollicoffer proposes eCan't
you help as to diuade Tho. South ?'-
Most singular and potent words
Divide the SOUTH Who is it that
wishes; to divide the Southg Here
|tofore it has been confined exclusive.
ly to the abolitionists. The great
anxiety of every true patriot of the
slave States, of whatever party, has.
been to unite the South. All have
felt that in union there was safety
and strength. The danger of di.
vision among ourselves, when aboli-
tionism has been threatening as, has
been generally deprecated by the
press and speakers, and by the com.
mon Judgment of men, of all po-
litlcafopiuions. The South is now
ina peril which she has never known
before. Fanaticism at the, North
|. has got to be one Of the great con-
tending powers Of the country, and
lis hard struggling for the mastery Of
the government. With its success
no sane man of the South doubts
its consequences. Disunion, or the
.subversion of the. slave States to
their fanatical sbehests, would be the
inevitable result. This impending
danger, this just alarm, seems toI
have awakened every good man from
his lethargy; and thousands, buryingi
their political animosities and forget
ting for the time their minor diff
'ferences, have thrown aside party
shackles and are endeavoriug to
unite the South. Such are the de-
clared purposes Of Dixon and Pres
top, of Kentucky; Benjamin of Lou
isiana; Walker Of Alabama; Stephens
and Toombs,of Georgia; Pearee and
Pratt, of Maryland; Jones and Wat
kins, Of Tennessee; men who. have
always acted with the opponents Of
democracy, but who see, as sentinels
at Washington, the absolute neces.
| |sity Of Union in this election.
And yet Gen. Zollicoffer, claiming
to represent shareholders, appeals to
Gen. Haskell:4 "CAN'T YOU. HELP.
| US TO DIVIDE THE SOUTH 2"
Divide the South for what? To.
@throw the onus of bringing the ezec-
tson {of President Aanto the House,
apon the. Democrats. ~ And thus
the country is to be imperiled-yes
periled beyond its present danger
by dividing the South. throwing
the election into the House, and then
the cry is to be raised that the dem
ocratic party did it.
But to be. forewarDed is to be
forearmed. The country will under