Daily American organ., 1856-09-03

the Catholics generally and the foreigners al
most universally ly-and then tho Northern Sec
tional anti-slayery men, most Of whom think
that the Washingtons, Madisons, Franklins
Rutledges, Langdons, Gorhams Livingstons
Shermans, and other patriots who framed tho
Federal Constitution, were either fools or
knaves The Constitution, in their Wow, is
" a league formed aOith he'll" and the sooner
1t is broken 0hey say the better In the anti
slavery ranks, it is true there are many well.
meaning men who are led astray by political
demagogues. The more intelligent portions
of Northern men who were driven into the so
called Republican ranks, by the Kansas act
of 1854, are opening their eyes to the fact,
that this Republican party is, in truth, under
the control Of John Hughes, through his
wireworkers, Seward Greeley, and Weed, and
they are leaving it with all possible haste, not
being willing to be transferred to the Arch
bishop. Thus stand these three parties, each
composed in part of different elements each
party antagonistic to the two others and no
one of the three having, at present, prepon-
derance over the other two parties.
In this state Of things, the Richmond En-
quirer seeks to make political capital from
oar announcing the simple fact, that in Mr..
lAillsoard's district tie elements Of opposition
to Buchanan sO0ud unite upon Aill,oard 1t
willingly forgets that Governor Wise was elect
ed by unton of antagonistic elements lit
forgets, that Seward was reelected to the SEN
ate by the aid of the administration office-hold-
ers of the New York Custom House-it forgets
that unless thousands upon thousands of men
accept a choice Of euils they may insure tho
success Of party which they think greater
evil In Pennsylvania the two opposing ele-
ments of Buchanan may each regard him as
greater evil, than the other opposing rival can
didate. Such is the repugnance of majority
of the people OF, Pennsylvania to him. we doubt
not that any other white man in the nation
could beat him there in single-handed con-
test In a triangular fight he may beat either
Fillmore or Fremont, and carry the State by a
plurality. That is possible, not probable.
We have on no occasion advised or encour-
aged fusion between the friends of Fillmore
and those of Fremont; and the Richmond
Enquirer will find in our columns no intirna-
tion of wish that such fusion should be
made, even with the certainty before us that
such fusion in Pennsylvania would defeat Bu-
chanan there, and that the election might
thereby be thrown into the House, where Fill
more would most undoubtedly be elected On
the contrary, we have uniformly opposed that
fusion which the Enquirer indirectly LAYS to
our charge in the article to which we have re-
fcrred. We believe that the reaction now 20
ing on in the public mind will give Fillmore a
majority of the electoral votes-certainly if it
continues to make the same rapid strides in
the nert as it has made in the last two months,
we shall regard his election as certain, by the
direct vote of the people.
But we have another question to PROFOUND
to the young gentleman of the Enquirer, and
we bespeak his candor in answering it.
Believing, as we do, that the election of
either Buchanan or Fremont would be seri
Gus calamity to the country, and believing, as
we also do, that Fillmore would certainly be
elected by the vote of the States in the House
of Representatives, we were to ascer-
tain to a reasonable certainty that he could not
be elected by the people in triangular con-
test, in the present distracted condition of par
ties, soouM ace 6sjast!fed. or not, in advising
such action by the American party" in any
one or more States Pennsylvania for exarnple)
as would result in the election of Mr.. Fillmore
by the House Of Representatives How would
the young gentleman of The Enquirer act in
such contingency2 We wish his opinion,
and he will doubtless give it In candog.
II is, we think, perfectly evident, that if
there be no election by the people through the
electoral colleges, Mr.. Breckenridge would be
chosen Vice President by the Senate, and in
the event of failure by the House of Repre-
sentatives TO elect President he would be-
come the Prssident-1 lesser calamity, an our
Judgment, than the election Of Buchanan
The Richmond Enquirer may "make the
most" of this opinion.
We suppose we may safely assume that
with all classes in the South, the election of
Breckinr;dge as Vice President, and his acces-
sion to the Presidency, would be greatly pre-
feTred to the election Of Buchanan as Presi-
dent 1t being certain that the Democratic
Senate would elect Breckenridge as Vice Presi-
dent; and that if no election were made by the
House, Ihe would become the President, by vir.
tue of his election as Vice President, it follows
that no Southern or conservative man can
reasonably object to hacing the election thrown
into Congress-. The failure of an election by
the people, under this state of the case, brings
no increased danger to the South, or to any