The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-01
ELECTION OF BUCHANAN AND
BRECKENRIDGE CONCEDED.

on the side of the South, on the political
bought-up by the free-soilers, and is now
amongst the most rabid abolitionists in a.
buse of the South and her Institutions
This sudden change in Bennett has been
attributed to the wealth of Fremont, whose
election he is evidently favoring, and whose
chances of success he is bound to admit is
about equal to that of Mr.. Fillmore, who, he
says twill not get the vote of single State.'
We invite attention to the following from
the Herald on this subject, as containing
more candor than is usually found emanat-
ing from the free-soil Press. After refer
ring to the various tickets in the field, the
Herald says:
The only distinct and broadly defined
issue for fight is that which is marked by
the line Mason and Dixon's) on the slavery
question between the Democratic party and
the Northern Republicans. The anti-ad-
ministration, know-nothing and opposition
factions are arrayed upon men and upon
principles as much against each other as
against the common enemy.
With these divisions and dissensions a
mong The opposition camps, the question of
what are the prospects of the campaign
may be readily answered. According to
the State elections of the last two years,
the combined opposition forces are in
popular majority throughout the country
of upwards of three hundred thousand votes,
comprehending an electoral majority of
seventy mine, including all the Northern
States, and Delaware, Maryland and Ken
lucky in the South, besides hard push for
Tennessee. Now were these opposition
elements united in common cause, and
practical, tangible purpose of a new admin
istration, they might still give TO the fill
clustering and niger driving Democracy
the most disastrous and decisive overthrow
of any in the fuctuating fortunes of the
party. But with this opposition majority
cut up and divided into conflicting factions,
between Fillmore, Fremont, Stockton and
others, they must necessarily be routed and
scattered like flock of silly sheep before
the solid masses of the fierce democracie."
What chance of an election is there for
Fremont, with Fillmore in the field, sub
stracting his thousands from the ranks
which, to be victorious, must be compact
and unbroken! No chance whatever =
What chance is there for Fillmore, with
Fremont and his partizans arrayed against
him? About as much chance as for the
man in the moon. Between the Know
Nothing and the nigger-worshippe the
dullest of blockheads will readily perceive
that there will be nothing left for Mr.. Buch-
anan to do but to make his domestic arrange
ments, his Cabinet and foreign appoint
ments, &c, preparatory to the occupation
of the Presidents mansion on the fourth of
March next. The result of the election,
from the existing condition of things among
the opposition ranks, is just as certain as
| if it had already taken place, and had gone
| by default in favor of the democratic party.
! 1t may be said by the astute Known 9TH
| ings of the Southern school, and even by
| Fremont math ematican, that while Fremont
may carry the North in spite of Fillmore,
the latter may really serve q good purpose
in carrying a Southern State or two as an off
set against the possible loss of Northern
| State or two; and that in this way the cleo
| ton may be thrown into the House Of Rep
resentatives at Washington, where the COM
bined opposition forces have an overwhelm-
| ing majority, and can choose either Ere
mont or Fillmore, as they may determine
| among themselves. But this is most de-
lusive estimate, as the result will show if
| Fillmore and Fremont are both retained in
the field. Each will only weaken the other,
| where single handed, one or the other might
succeed. The lines, too, are so distinctly
drawn upon the niger question between
the two principal parties III the contest,
that, as matters now stand, it is morally
certain there can be but one and the same
result in every Southern State, to-wit, a
| Democratic majority. Let Mr.. Fillmore
adhere to his present position as tie "South
American" candidate, and the election night
Of November next will, in all probability
| ledNe nun without Ine vote or solitary
| State in the Union. On the other hand, he
may be strong enough to break down Ere
mont in every Northern State except two
or three of the most ultra anti slavery char
acter.
Such arc the conclusions to which, we
think, every dispussionate and reasoning
mind must come, from tho data Of the exist
ing relations of parties, platforms and can
didates. And yet instead of looking theil
suicidal divisions and disscnsions fairly in
the face, the Fillmore party and the Ere
mont party seem to be inspired with BLIND
and desperate resolution to persist in the
shortest road to ruin. The Fillmore Amer
leans are preparing Corporation welcome
and ratification for him on his return to Y
! York from the Holy Father and the cata
combs of Rome-a popular display calcu
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