Washington telegraph., 1856-08-06

hepuDicaiS, anu tnuS 10rce them to a
choice between the Republicans and Dem
ocrats-the Black Republicans were too
insignificant to be called a ssparty.'- -
Seward, aud Chase, and Summer knew
the Black Republicans stood no chance !;
therefore they were not competitors for
the nomination by the Black Republican
| Convention.
They had no iGe9,o Of running and being
beaten. They werc-eo0Aiag to the fusnre,
and to be beaten now would blast their pros
poets; therefore they permitted Fremont
to receive the nomination-he being a
young man, without political distinction
and having nothing ta lose Seward was
an able man and did very well, until
he got a faint of Black Democracy, but
that spoilt him. He could use the negro
question as long as it would answer his
purpose and then throw it aside He
Seward cared nothing about the slave.
Chase was also a strong man; b. recolIected
some of his wit, and could always laugh
at wit, even from an Opponent-Chase had
remarked that whenever the Government
got out of order, screw loose, or q tap
lost, the Wings were permitted to take
possession of it and repair it, and set every
thing to going smoothly, and then it had
to be handed over to its Legitimate own
ers, the Democrats Laughter
Mr. Bates then alluded TO the Know
Nothings-pOor fellows he was sorry for
them. Democrats pricked up their ears
and appiauded slightly-Know Nothings
take it patiently. Hecould easily reduce
a Know Nothing to a Wing by the rule
of simple substr0ctioa. He liked some
oftheir principles; thought it Vas rather
easy for foreigners to vote in this country.
Applause among Sans boys-Democrat
spirit going down. Did not ike the
blows al the Roman Catholic Religion
This argument cannot now be used; there
is no such principle in their platform
Mr.. Bates now spoke of our noble lead
er, Millard Fillnore-he was a patriot.
statesman, an American In its broadcst.
sense, and his administration has reflected
undying honor upon himself and his coun-
Try tremendous applause by the Amer
icans-Democrat! looking -o1cfaLl He
had high regard for him. Mr.. Fillmore
had voluntarily and without a personal
acquaintance rendered him the place Of
Sec retary OF War under his administration
he wanted no Office and declined Mr..
Fillmore then offered him the position of See
retary of the Interior-this he also declin-
ed. But he would not now pledge him
self for Fillmore. He would wait. There
was no telling what might happen. They
might yet have candidate OF their own.
But if ne had to choose between James
Buchanan and Millard Fillmore he should
not hesitate-he would vote for Fillmore.
Here the Civilizations of the Americans
oyerleaped all bounds they stamped, clap
ped and yelled with delight; again, and
again and again, they sent up 4 voice of
thunder, which told Of the deep hold Mr..
Fillmore has upon the American heart
The Democrats, where were they? Some
were still there, transfixed Promethean
like; others slopec7-they were speechless. }
If they could not get a Whig they would
take Mr.. Fillmore, as they would take rhU-
barb before dI0es.
Mr. Bates warned the Old-Line Wings
against the fallacious idea that they could
take Mr. Buchanan without the Cincinnati
platform. By voting for him they would
not only compromise Wings principles, but
endorse the principles of the Democratic
platform. There could be no cOngeniallty
of feeling between Wings and Democrats
He then took up the Democratic platform
adopted at Cincinnati, showed its dangerous
doctrines and glaring Inconsistencies
There was IA bran new plank inserted
and that of the toughest material; that was
the foreign policy plank, which if Mr. Bu-
chanan was elected would inevitably in
volve our country in war. He then took
up Mr. Buchanan and showed that he
was filibuster of the rankest hue; he al
luded TO the Ostend conference, of which
MIR. Buchanan was member, and which
resulted in Mr.. Buchanan recommending
the offering, by the United States Govern
ment, of two hundred millions of dollars
to the Spanish Government for Cuba and
if that was refused, to take that Island by
force, thus making our government free
booter or highway robber. If Mr.. Bu-
chanan were elected he would pursue this
line of policy He had pledged himself to
do it by adopting the platform, and he could
not fail to carry out che platform without dis
honor. Mr.. Buchanan was not great
man, he had been in public life almost
from maturity, and never originated any
GREAT measure giving him the name Of a
Statesman. He possessed medium ability
no more. Beside he had in his letter
of acceptance pledged himself to play
uaun,; he would answer to no interroga-
tory that might be put him by those whose
votes he sought
Mr.. Bates then went on to show the incOn-
sistencv of the Democracy-the worthless
ness of their platforms. Refusing to i'm
proye our great Mississippi riyer-yet
opening wide the door for such m'nnO0
branches as the Savannah and Cape Fear
rivers. Mr. Buchanan was pledged to
continue this line of policy, and therefore
should not be supported by the men OF the
Mississippi valley.
Mr.. Bates next spoke of the Black Re
nublicans and Black Democrats as ''agita-
to-S" and denounced both as dangerous