The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-09-17

= vi uii9 W tLc -aGoo uNth 1eoI9id 1AfoLicis
e the hon. A. H. Stephens addressed publ
= meeting Of the citizens Of Griffin, in septembe
le 1848, on The questions Of that day. After di:
st cussing at considerable length the various sui
lie jects that agitated the public mind, durin
r which he told the people that general Gas:
r squatter sovereignty was worse, if any thing
st than the Wimot proyiso,'' he endorsed Milar
5, FiIlmore's soundness on the slavery question i
g the following emphatic language:
a ''But it has been said by the supporters
n general Cass that Mr.. Fillmore was an abol
:. zionist. He { Mr.. Stephens) had for himse
- examined into the matter, both from his vote
0 while in congress, and from those PERSONAL
a acquainted with him; and he would assert
/ without the fear of successful contradiction, tho
d lNalard Fillmore acas US true friend to the sOu
N and southern a'sst1tutsons as any man, aCh1g 0
democrat, north Of Mason and Dir0ns Ane!-
> The charge against Fillmore was only brough
up by the democracy to prevent a full investl
/ cation of the opinions and position OF genera
, Cass.'
/ Mr.. Stephens is very high authority with tht
southern democracy at this particular tlme-st
very high that none will dare to gainsay bis
statements-and we particularly commend the
above extract from his Griffin speech to theil
attention; and, also, to those southerners who
so ardently embraced the squatter sovereignty
dogma of Mr.. Buchanan, which, when advo-
Gated by general Cass, Mr.. Stephens declared
to be ''worse, if any thing, than the Wlmot
proYiso!'' The Buchanan organs and stump
speakers are using every conceivable means to
make it appear that Mr.. Fillmore cannot be
trusted by the south. Now, one thing is GER
tain. either Mr. Stephens made false state
nent in 1849, or the supporters Of Mr.. Buch
anan do 80 in 1856. Which party is to be believ-
ed, as it is ''family QUARREL we leave it to
the democracy to decide. The antecedents Of
Mr.. Fillmore are known to every intelligent
man in the Union, and his charactercan never
be injured by petty defamers.
Since the foregoing was put in type we have
received a number Of the Augusta Chronicle,
containing the following card in relation to Mr..
Stephens speech endorsing Mr.. Fillmore:
/. w.
Thomas alluded to this report of Mr. Stephens re-
marks, and denied unequvocally that Dir. S. ever
made any such declaration
Now, the voters Of Georgia may Judge for them
selves how far TO give credit to the quvoca deui
al of Mr. Thomas when inform them that the report
of Mr. Stephens speech in Griffin, on the 18th Sep
TENDER, 1913, was written out by and submitted |
to Mr. Stephens for his inspection and corrections be-
fore he left town. He read it carefully, made
few slight alterations aud corrections, and it was !
priD tod ntrIv fill
Griffin, Ga. Aug. l6, 1856. A G. MURRAY"
During the same year, (1848. Mr.. Toombs,
also of Georgia, and special favorite with the
southern democracy of the present day, highly
Mr.. Fillmore, and wrote a letter TO
his friends in Georgia, from The wing national
complaining that Fillmore was
slaughtered by freesoil influence in the conven-
ion''
THE POPULAR VorE.--As the presidential
election is close at hand, we have COMPLIED the
popular vote for the benefit of those who take
IN interest in national politics.. BY examining
he annexed figures it will be perceived that,
although he received the electoral vote of 81
)ut of the 81 States, yet general Pierce's actu-
IL majority was tri1le less than the vote at the
State Of Vermont This nnnu1ar ,,a;ori+v
:, =. ''' L.
'''' d. IL as o"iiie iroiii '''e Sou''e'h 0ta'es'
- III .''0 0' ''i''l No'''e' 'e''e was actually
i " '''''''S VI ~, 'oo - '''0 P0P"'"i No'e'
pi.rc lsfNt 500 AN ' 49, ro.o, =
~ States, q . 81
r. VDtp
, ,ls,'D, d s"''S, zez .oo ooo 80 a
o'e' cast Tor f'erce'- l'9o3,'1o {
,ofes cast for Hale 1854 ~ ooc z1o 90 !
-
re'oe AD"Joi''S' 4''l2 !
1"''l W '''0'' o''e -'e' en.'e''' u '''e eh"le
o''' ~ '''e p0pu'"' 'o'e 'ion' the southern :
s','s'' e
colt received,@ 5g4 i3V
aie received 440
Total vote Of the southern States 80 -0o Il
Perces majority in the southern States, 81 800 ?
n the northern States The pepularvote was: 1