Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-09-13
From the Richmond Examiner
The Know Nothing Effort to Divide tho
SOufil-What Il Means.

;n,ell,o.pt ma,, at III. rtessnt staoa or ,La
nresrnf p. si,ential r,,vass 70 hs1,...
tba, what is called The Anrrjcan nsr,y
nossrsse, strength eno;,ob ~ mare thnn =
s;pal. Southern state To exc,tp doub,s If
lis ea;ng far the Democratic canJ;date -
That single State is MARYLAND. and a,tbo'
we sunpose there may be sud;eiep, uneer.
tairty Of its vo,es ia November r. cyclic
our friends there 10 ID. evrrt;o, of ,he;,
w., o,' se on 10 .rana,h ,n ., ,ne;
~ p7fcu,xsa a,,5 spn.,,,,,,a,ne,.
- sasnr. If abundant caution y.t ,ns L.
i;s,.. f,,,t tt,st WIN. u,rsrta;n,y hv J,aw.
;no ont . ali ex,,ass;on or ,h. D.noo
l. and conservative Sontbern spn,iman, of
the State a, the nolrs win in f,rt max.
N.,,t,,nd almos, as certain Cor III. Ds,o.
cracv ,s any STATE in M, South
T,ba sams nt,arl, hon.Iss, .o,,3,,;on nj
the ror,uu,s Of th, F,!IMonr Ams,;c.ns
.e.is,s at tbe Nor,b Tha,.lis h., /, s;naI..
one If ali tho No,tb.rn s,.,.e &, ,,l;.h ,I,o
F;llmora Marty asn;r.s - .nv hi. NOR i'm.
,ortaroe =, ;nane,,a. th.n ,l,a, &c .n,au
bal,nca ro,yar ,yh,.h in doubtful S,.,..s
If c,p,snt,atsd and f,seJ ON Er.n,on,
NAV ,oss .,ch States Tor puchan,, rhers
IS 70 ind;ea,;on any where Of ,br fusion ai,o
Of iitst fragment If . na,tv with sta H..
i;onal Democrats na,,v Ths,. IL No
where either North or Snu,b . nrobah;,.
ity Of This American party If acting irde.
pendet,ly and r.lv,np mon lis own nsrn.
liar STRENGTH CARVING a sinole STAT. ~ i,e
Union by a popuiar majority IN the No.
yember election.
At tae North il will f,se in all The
States in whrch the Democratic strength
is great enough to threaten to oyer.-id,.
the combined Know Soth;np and black
R-nubliean v.t.s II win f,sa v;,b tha
Fremont Marty in Illinois Indiana and
Pennsylvania. more .sneciaJly. but in
each Of those Sra... in van. fo, ,ho,oL
the contest will h. s.y.re md aesnera,,,
IN each the Democracy will come ont viz.
,orious. In every State in which the fu.
sion nill not be made, excerpt New York,
1t will be because the Fremont party thinks
itself strong enough TO carry plu, ality of
the popular vote, aud thus TO secure tie
electoral vote of the State, ind, pend.n,ly
of Know Nothing aid In New York
alone is the Know Nothing strength sniff
Client to encourage + % hone that il NAV
gain plurality over both the Buchanan
and Fremont vo,es-and there Of canrse
the temptation of monopolis,ng the State
Offices is great enough TO tempt it to clutch
after them on its own independent footing,
If they succeed in carrying rather more
than third OF The popular vote in New
York, (Which they will not do; for Buch.
anal will carry plurality. closely a,.
preaching majority and thus secure The
electoral vote OF tina, State although they
would profit b, the emolumenis CT the
State Offices they would secnie lie electo-
-al vote Of New York eyen idea, wonla
do them no,good: for Buchanan, having
the whole South, and at hast frnhsyl'a~
mia, illinois Indiana and California, would
be elected BY large nlAJority OF the t!ee-
torai college
II is plain, therefore, that :he fusion OF
the Fillmore party with the Fremont pal.
~ in some States, and the remote posi-
bilitv OF the aeeiden. OF their CARRYING the
electoral vote Of New York, would avail
them nothing. What, then is more hatu-
raj than for them to Turn again in their
desperation. 10 the South, and for us to
hear of such appeals as the one chronieled
in the following extract from the last Nash.
vile enhesse) eatea
'Ihe following purports to be an extract
from private letter written by Gen. Zolli-
Golfer to Gen. Haskell. The Jackson Mad
isoataa says that it was read by Gen. IL. du-
ring the delivery of his second FILLMORE
speech in Memphis. We trust the reader
will carefully observe the singular and re-
purport of the language, Here
it is:
Fillmore stock is rising. but Buchanan
is sure to carry Pennsylyania. EYy- Can't
YOU help us to divide the South and thus
thaow the oaus Of bringing the election (of
President) into the House, upon the Demo
Gratis ?'..a5y
We confess to no little establishment that
General Zo'licofrer sboil1 have written sneb
a letter and still Greater that he sbonId have
confidejl i to the keenfibe Of Gen Ifg.Eell
But for the direct and authoritative channel
tbrouob which i i received wa sbo;,ld La
Glow to o;vo fnll credanse 70 H. anIbon,;,,t,,
+ was never intended to he mad nnbl;]s
and we cannot believe the author viii ncrm;t
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