Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-08-08

recurs, t0hich of the tao national .
0y ms oots De made most certainly can
Every maryland Wing will be bonnSy u.
ton. " ''' 80 ' judgment shall decidethGiss' Sni lie
1t may not he immaterial to obse,va a.,
tho natlonal nominees will obtain tbro neither Of
oroau land any votes which will not ha g1o9t this
tohai conservative citizens and it ia tn oy ma.
hat IN lhls crisis that vote should be divdoa greed
too nos'o"us canoidates whilst the entire anS
ha'ohal vote Will De concentrated upon tho u anti.
nominee TO Judge of the relative streno sectional
Two national organizations it IS unnecesSas OF the
infinitely the origin of the American ny! 10 trace
sufhclent TO bring to your recollection tbSt 1t is
originally composed, North and South, of ,ba Was
sfed members of the two old parties and h e dIssat
North It's original members were chiefly thu he
opposed the conservative principle upon tho 80 who
question aVowed in the platforms Of the two
lles' IL must not escape your recollection tb par
the nomination of Messrs Fillmore and nn"t, upon
large majority OF the northern delegates secoIeEn
The convention, declared their intention NOT n ron
those nominees ana subsequently united in the pdu
nation of MIR. Fremont This separation os ~ uom'
tlondl from the national portion of the Am me Sec
party, has occurred in every Northern S,o,o
contederacy. deduce from these facts tbo ~ The
atty of the supporters of Messrs Fillmore onI
eson, and submit The inquiry for the HONEST ION,
ION OF those TO whom this paper is addressed 1 ,aI
non a"Uehotding State this nati,ool bromrI ~na
American party, thus shorn of the larger nos. )? lie
lt- original strength promise its nom,nses isUn Of
" Digs OF Mary and ponder upon The y,ew &c me me
subject ! hav- endeavored to prespn, vi ths
consideration, and no of them will seu ' .H
single non slaveholding Stale is certain for Fla'
and Doneson Time, think, will deveIon ttLl'oe
that Messrs. Fillmore and Donel>on will bo sue TACT
out an electoral ticket in most of the Froo S. WIN
and Isl at any rate the deliberate copvicon
Judgment that they will not carry single non VI my
holding State in the Union If am Tpb1 ~ save
approximate the truth in the view have toe even
will necessarily follow that any conservative
the American nominees North will be eouivalsn, Or
vote for MIR. Fremont, as it will be vote taken fro.
! Mr. Buchanan, his only real competitor VII
1t is clear, then, that to the South alone can -.
friends of Messrs. Fillmore and Doneson lCot f
the probable chance of electoral vote and il; ~
the States of Maryland, Tennessee Kentucky AND
Missouri, tn II they profess to look with the greats
hope of 1t is manifest that if this hon.
were realized, it might indeed, prevent the elertO
of Messrs. Buchanan and Breckenridge by the neono
but would only throw the election of President ntn
the present House of Representatives, comnosad o
that House is. Does not the lection of This saroo
House, after contest of two months, of Black Re-
publican Speaker, admonish of the danger Of such
an experiment? Who can doubt that our political
fabric would be shaken 10 It's very foundation bv his
election of President being thrown upon the present
House of personalities On the other hand is il
not certain beyond the contingency of a doubt that
the vote of the States indicated for Mr. Buchanan,
when added to that of the other Southern States
would his election and the consequent safety
of the Union 1t is obvious that in this condition ri
the canvass the only serious contest is that between
Fremont and Buchanan; that the only poss BILE result
that the most sangune of the friends of Fillmore and
Donelson can hope to attain is carry the contes
into the House of Representatives. Who can con
ceive anything fatal to the peace Of the coup
try more insane in political action than such course
IF IooG oSI1lt
Fillmore to reach the House of Representatives with
the votes of four five States CHS utmost possible
strength) seriously contend that he would
be elected President and assuredy few will be found
bold enough assert that, under such circumstances
he ought to be. The only effect, then, of giving tht
electoral vote Of any portion OF tho South 10 Mr. Fill
more would be to transfer the contest between Mr.
Buchanan and Fremont from the hastings to th
House Of Representatives; and the danger 10 GU
country, now sufficiently menacing, would, in tina
event. be appalling indeed. Who can conempat
the occurrence of such contingency without feelin
that he would be traitor to his country if be faeC
to exert every possible effort to avert SO awful Ca
!, lamity ?
deem it, then to be my duty, as we'll as that Of al
f who believe with me that the election of Fremon
would be the deathknel of the Union, to unite in th
support of Messrs Buchanan and Breckenridge anC
sustain their election to the best of my ability
Whilst | concede that there are certain principle
hitherto protested by the party which nominate
them that cannot receive support, yet the grea
issues OF the constitutional rights of the South h
platform on which they stand meets my cordial ar
provs, and is in accordance with that party which
now address, and to whose kind favor | owe III
honor of holding the seat | now occupy and which
shall cease to hold after the 18th of March next by III
fiat of that party to which Mr. Fillmore has attache
himself, and which is now dominant in the legisla
ture OF my native State.
Let Maryland Wings remember that the politics
battle now being fought is Of the deepest interes
to them that the maintenance OF the constitution;
rights OF the South is the issue rendered to the Amer
can people by the Democratic party, and las tn
Wings have no candidate) by that party alone tht
upon this issue the Republican party have stakel tn
Union and in such battle, upon such an issue, the
must be true 10 those who are doing battle in bt
half 1t would be indeed sad it, in such a comics
the evative strength of the country should not
united it would be as strange as sad if in such
contest, southern men should not be found battn
shoulder to shoulder for the maintenance of their owl
constitutional rights
in thus accomplishing what believe to he dut
shall be inexpressibly gratfed if shall find myse
sustained by the approval of my fellow whigs VIII
have refused to abandon either the party the pnG
| cples in support of which we have so long and s
faithfully united, and which we will remain at pei
feet liberty TO organize soon as common e
forts shall have succeeded avertng the perls tina
now threaten our beloved county.
THOMAS G. PRATT.
LEARNED FLEAs-The Italian correspondent {
the Newark Daily Advertiser, under date of &" FlC
renee, April "a, 1885," says: