The Empire County argus., 1856-11-01

But the arts and fasehoods which have been resort
ell to by the two sectional parties of the country TO-
weaken Mr. Fillmore, by inducing the belief that he
was without strength elsewhere than in the flsehood
was told the people have not been so well able to un
derstand They have heard these assertions generally
with surprise and iucreduy, though the frequency of
their repetition, the confident tone in which they
asserted, the variety Of forms in which they have
been made to appear and, above ALL the perfect con-
currence of Republicans and Democrats in these mis-
representations and the readiness with which the one
sustained the others fabrication, have made i'm
preston upon the public mind, or at least upon the
minds of such as consult their fears rather than rely
upon the goodness of their cause.
Upon the eve of our adjournment, these and sim
lar assertions again renewed, with view no doubt
of sowing the seeds Of alienation and dsrust between
our friends in different sections of the Union, and
these wicked and false statements are sent to the
country by railroad, by telegraph, and by missionaries
and emssaries, with zeal and apparent confidence
worther of better cause, and the assertion is now
added that Mr. Fillmore will be withdrawn.
In addressing you now, we wish definitely to con-
tradict these untrue reports and correct as far as we
can the false impression to which they have given rise
and thus to strip enemies of their most favorite
and nearly only remaining means of warfare.
None of these charges and insinuations are true.
We speak to all sections of our common country in
saying so. The friends of our candidates. both North
and South, are standing firmly by their coors and by
their men, and will do until the contest is decided
in November. They do so both from choice and
from duty They choose it because their men stand
on the truly national platform, broad the entire
Union, and exactly cO-extensive with the Constitu
ton recognizing the rights of the States on the
hand, and the Federal Government on the other, and
holding each sovereign State within its proper sphere
and their duty requires that these geographical these
sectional parties, both Democrat and Republican, so
called shall be driven from the field Whoever ails
either aids section Of our common country against
another.
We say to our friends in all sections that from
henceforth till the election in November, they should
work in good hearts and spirits; that stories of luke
warmncss and abandonment of our candidates must
be based upon something in the future different from
the past, to be true that North and South the
friends of our candidates true as welltempered
steel, and working with more heart zeal and
fdence as the canvass progresses The hearts of true
national men, North and South beat in unison with
each other, and their hands being vigorously ap
piled to common labor and for common result !;
and there is not the least reason in any section, for
distrust of friends in any other Let not the enemy
reap any fruits from the insdious policy pursued by
them We say to you that it appears to us from this
point of observation that if all who in their hearts
prefer Millard Fillmore for President shall vote for
him. he will be triumphanty elected.
We do not pretend to direct govern, or control the
movement in favor the American cause. This is
matter solely in the hands of the people at large. 1t
is theirs; they originated it. We believe our candi-
dates however, are infinitely stronger amongst the
people than among politicians, who happen at this
time to be in power, or struggling to acquire it. Let
their friends be of good cheer. Let them do their
duty and they will be astonished at their great
strength at the polls Let each man go to work and
confde in his friends elsewhere, and the victory is
sure No cunningy-devised stories should induce
them for one moment to think of taking sides between
the candidates Of those dangerous sectional organza
tons which are now struggling to concentrate the
North against the South, or the South against the
North. They should and will, both be overthrown.
The country requires repose and demands safety, The
friends of Fillmore and Donelson are the friends of
the UNION. They have the power to elect them and
thus strengthen the bonds Of that friendship and con-
fdence between the North and the South, which in
other days added such power and glory to the Re
public.
Let us now pledge ourselves each to the other that
EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY to our candidate and
our cause, and you may rely upon it, the country will
be saved from the dangers that encompass it, and re-
stored to the quiet and confidence which blessed it at
the close of Filmores administration.
VIM. w. Walk w. r. Smith,
Humphrey Marshall, w. L. Underwood,
s. G. Haven, A. X. Marshall,
F. X. Zollicolfer, Thomas Rivers,
Henry Winter Davis F. s. Edwards,
O. F. Moore, w. H. Sneed
Henry M. Fuller, Samuel F. Swope,
j. b. Ricaud, f. d. Cullen
j. Scott Harrison, Charles Ready
w. A. Lake, Geo. Eustis, Jr,
j. Morrison Harris, n. G. Foster,
John S. Carlile, Jas. j. Lindley,
H. W. Hoffman, r. G. Purycar,
Thomas r. Whitney, Jno P. Campbell
Jacob Broom, L. NJ. Cox
Washington, August Is, 1856.