Daily American organ., 1856-08-13
The Anti-American Policy.

The Anti-American Policy.
We have, on several occasions commented
upon the policy off the anti-Americans in seek
ing to induce the belief in Southern minds,
that "Fillmore has no chance" and that there
fore all Southern men should unite in support
of Buchanan and we have shown that such a
policy can produce no other possible result than
sectional contest, and Republican triumph. 1t
can be no less than extremely unfortunate for
the people of the South, if they shall permit
the leaders of the sham Democracy to persuade
them to adopt such an opinion, and to follow
the course which those leaders indicate, for no
man can question, that, concentration of
Southern support upon candidate who can
only receive sectional VOTE would naturally
and inevitably create Northern sectional an
tasonism, and purely sectional contest.
1t is simply asserting truth which is sur-
ceptible of arithmeticul demonstration, to say,
that, if Southern men permit this reckless pol
icy to prevail in the present canvass, the cleo
ton of John @. Fremont will be the certain
consequence of such apoEcy. If sustained by
the American party of the South, the conserv-
alive American party of the North, can defeat
the Vaccinations of the Republicans s,-they
can cast the vote of New York, and some other
Northern States in favor of the National Amer
ican candidates, but if abandoned by the
Southern Americans, the Northern conserva-
tives are of necessity rendered powerless.
Yet, notwithstanding these truths are obvi-
GUS and undeniable, we see the Richmond En-
quirer, the Washington Union, and other anti
American presses, urging with all their pow
er and skill, the adoption of this policy at
the South, and we are mortified to be obliged
to add, that we hear of Americans at the
South, who have fallen into this fatal belief,
and have become almost persuaded, to sustain
the "squatter sovereignty" platform and its
nominees for the agoWed purpose Of defeating
the Gerry candidate, sohose election this policy
s10ud insure!
And by what arguments-by what course of
pretended reasoning but actual misrepresent-
alton, is the belief sought to be created at the
South, that the only possible mode of defeating
Fremont is, for the South to unite upon Bu-
chananG Why, the reckless leaders of this
sham Democracy point to the election of
Speaker Banks, and and say that, if Fillmore
shall receive any electoral votes, and the elec-
tion be thrown into the House of Representa-
tives, Fremont would get the same vote which
Speaker Banks received, and therefore he
would be elected Was ever such base at
tempt at deception practised before9
Does not every man Of information kno,o
that if the election Of President should devolve
upon the House of Representatives, each State
casts bat one cote that the thirty three
members from New York will unitedly cast
but one cote, whilst the single member from
Delaware casts one vote himself in behalf of
his State THAT the twenty-one members from
Ohio untedly cast but one vote for that State,
whilst the single member from Florida casts
one vote himself for Florida? that the TWEEN.
ty-fiye members from Pennsylvania unitedly
cast but one vote, whilst the tsco members
from California cast the vote of that State, an6
balance the vote Of Pennsylvania
Does not every man of ordinary information
know, Cif not, he should be informed,) tina
only thirty-one votes each vote representing
one Dtule, WneLneT ldu Sc vi ~ oao"AA os''s, N"'
be cast for President in the House of Repre-
sentatives, should the election be thrown into
that body2 The members of Congress from
New York in such an event, meet in separate
body and decide among themselves for whom
the vote of New York shall be cast, and the
vote is cast accordingly, whilst the single
member from Florida and the single member
from Delaware each casts one cote, and each
has the same weight as the whole delegation
from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Vir-
ginia, for such is the provision Of the oonstitu-
ton.
In other words, the election Of President by
the House of Representatives would be made
by States, tho Representatives Of each State
having but one vote, without regard to the
number Of such Representatives This being
the mode of election, there would be thirty.
one votes, corresponding with tho number Of