The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-09-06
A lie wa I'd for Southern Dem Ocrats.

III speech recently uellVeTeu Wy
John Van Buren,, in New York, he offer
ed a reward to any man Southern Dem
ocrats included, Of course "to point to
line or sentence, in the Cincinnati res.
olutions, which advocates or encourages
the extension OF slavery to free territory"
Certainly some Of our keen eyed South
ern Democrats can accommodate, their
(reesoil brother by pointing not emily to
lines and sentences, but TO whole para
graphs. They have told the people Of
the South it is a sound platform, and if
they have told the truth, they can easily.
produce the sentence and claim the re.
ward. We invite them to the task--wo
wish to get John cornerod for oncc--who
will get the reward7 Hear what john
says:
am aware that some gentlemen with
whom formerl y actcd--a few, as trust
see the matter in different Light
Like myself, they form their own convjc.
tons, as they have a right to do, and
act upon them. They seem to suppose
that some new IuIe has been laid down,
or some new principle avowcd upon the
sub oct of slavery which calls upon them
to quite the Democratic party. see no
such thing. Entertaining similar sonti-
ments, in some respects, with themselves,
[ yet see nothing in the proceedings Of
the Cincinnati Convention that calls up.
on me to quit the party in which | have
been born and reared. [Applausc.l |
am told, in looking at the resolutions o!
that convention, they have been able to
discover that they pledge the Democrat
ic organization to the extension OF slavery
to free territory. have read these rcso.
lutions carefully, and with what little in.
telligence | have been able to apply to
them, can find no such thing in them
offer a reward, now, to any Of those in
tclligent Republican gentlemen to point
me--not to an outrage in Cansas, not to
sculllo in Washington, not to an i'm
proper ,peech or an improper newspaper
artic!e--but a line or sentence in the
Cincinnati resolutions which advocates
or encourages the extension Of slavery to
free territory. [Applause,]
The following extract is from an edito
rial in the Northern Standard, frccsoil
paper published at KcesviIIe, New York,
Hear its objections to Fillmore, you Buch,
ananites who so boldly show your dsro.
gard for all moral law by calling Willard
Fillmore an abolitonist;
Why not advocate the claims Of Mr.
Fillmore on the genuine American Plat
form, and hold up your heads like men?
Oh, how're do hate these hang-dog looks,
and this contemplate blarney of smous
ing, underground, sncaking politicians.
Why, gentlemen, we could whip you
blind now in an American speech, and
say more and better things in favor of
Fillmore in one hour than you will be
likel y to get out during the whole can.
vass. Fillmore has some good points,
and it is a wonder that his barncying all.
vocates do not see them. Were it not
for his crimes against Freedom-wcre it
not for his Bringing subservency to the
slave power-wcrc it not for his pasicd
tongue while liberty is blecding--were it
not for the revengeful spirit manifested
against Seward and his (ricnds--Fillmore,
properly trained, might make a tolcrably
nice candidate for the Presidency. But
he can't "come in' now, so that ends it.
Now whack away, gentlemen, at Fremont.
He's good for you,