Washington telegraph., 1856-09-03

g F;re-Eaters-" With them the test OF
political orthodoxy was willingness to
dissolve the Union; according to their
ridiculous reasoning, or attempts at rea-
soning, there was no safety for the -"pe-
culiar institution" save in the severance
of the ties which have united us as one
people, and, as necessary consequence,
in the exposure of the whole line of South
ern territory to the threads of fanatical
opponents of slavery, whose hostility to,
and reckless, criminal determination to
destroy every vestige of its existence,
would, by the act of dissolution and the
attendant alienation of the people of the
two sections, be increased a thousand-fold.
They then contended that some material
guarantee, that they should be allowed to
remain In undisturbed possession Of their
rights, was demanded by the exigencies
of the times they insisted upon some
national recognition of the validity of
their positions, and frothed and fretted
and fumed, adding the tumult of their
malcontent to the vaporings of the North
ern factionists, who sought to effect, by
different means, precisely the same object
which they had in view, until the whole
land was in an uproar, and the dread al
tentative Of which they lnouthed and
prated seemed about to be presented to
the people for consummation. The por-
tents in the political sky were ominous
Men who loved their country better than
the noise and ciamor of factious and Sc
ditious hosts, saw, with heavy hearts, the
threatening aspect of affairs, and gloom
and mistrust were on the countenances of
all men. It is within the memory of all
men how patriotic band of men gath
cred around the Constitution and Laws,
and, centering all their energies upon the
Heaven-inspired task of restoring the land
to peace and harmony, effected their pur-
pose. Nor can it be forgotten how, at
the calm and wise voice of these noble
hearted men, the factiors and unholy dis
turbers of a nations quiet stood rcbuked,
and all over this proud Republic conf
dence and trust was restored to the peo-
pie. Under the manly, patriotic, and
vigorous administration of the spotless
statesman whose name waves SO proudly
at our masthead, the laws were properly
executed, the rights of the different sec
tIons We're respected, and all was well in
the land Even the most ultra were sat
isfed with his record. The discontent-
ed We're forced to withhold their muir
murs, and everywhere AIILLARD FILL
MORE was greeted as a statesman, whose
integrity and devotion to the interests of
his country could not be impeached-
The '' fre-eater" found ''his occupation
gone"
1t needs no labored exercise of the
mind to recall the contrast which exists
between this day and the days when the
" MODEL PRESIDENT was in power
An utter disregard of the great conserva-
tive principles upon which he administer
ed the government, on the part of his
successor, has enabled him to give into
the hands of those disorganizers of whom
We speak, the power to SOW broadcast the
pernicious doctrines which they strenu-
usly advocate, and to arouse again the
dormant feelings of sectional hate and
diseord, which are unhappily so rife in
the land
The i" Fire-Eaters are at work again !;
but they have, to some extent, endeavor-
ed to disguise themselves They now ap-
pear as " Union savers" and point to the
election of JAMES BUCHANAN as the
great means through which they are to
effect their purpose We have said it was
a patent absurdity to see them thus en-
gagged. We repeat it. 1t is an absurdi-
ty to see men who, but recently, were
clamOrous for Disunion. affect supreme
devotion to this glorious Union; still more
absurd to see the position they occupy
Absurd because it is impossible to recon-
eile inconsistencies so glaring as the con-
temptation of the position which they at
present occupy with that which they for
merly occupied Absurd because they,
protesting to be par e.rcellcace the friends
of the South, the champions of her rights
and upholders of her interests, are sup
porting man of whom the Providence
(Rhode Island) Post, an able, enthusi-
astic, recognized organ of the BUCHANAN
party North, speaks as follows:
Mr.. Buchanan never uttered a word
in defence of slavery, or whispered a
sentence in favor of its existence, or cast
vote which any honest man would con-
strue into a wish to support the institu-
tion."
And because whatever support Mr..
BUCHANAN receives at the North, he re.
ceives upon the very ground set forth