Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-10-31
The Coalition.

syvana seem 10 have got themselves into some sort
OF snarl, and in the fights and recriminaons incident
10 thIs pleasant state of things rather queer revea
lons are made to the no small amusement, moi to say
enlightenment OF an " intelligent public" Some of
the "re-workers have got together and arranged an
anti Buchanan electoral fusion between the Fremont
ana Fillmore parties, while portions of the wire.
workers disconnected with this arrangement kick m
fuss over it. The New York Herald in its issue of
FRIDAY. expresses great confidence in this fusion and
Is assured that the Union ticket in Pennsylvania s
bona Jids and enthusiastic unon,' and such would
really appear to be the fact. The strict party men
OF either faction of the opposition would fuse with
anything or anybody rather than not defeat or try to
defeat the Democracy
we nave before US, in the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin Know Nothing and Black Republican paper,
OF Friday last. queer erpoSe in which figure MIR.
John r. Sanderson: Chairman CT the Fillmore Stale
Executive Committee, Andrew Stewart Fillmore
Elector and the man whose indignant denial of anv
tuson was published so extensively thrcupbout tho
South, Charles Gibbons, Chairman of the Black Re.
publican State Executive COMMITTEES and others -
Ihe muss grows out of ad Iress issued by Sander
son as Chairman of the Fillmore Executive Commit
see IN which be opposes union with the Ere.
mont party except such union can be effected on the
OASIS proposed by the Fillmore men The facts
shown by the published correspondence are thai the
Fillmore men, with the immaculate Andrew Stewart
at their head, from the first anxjous for fnson
on the electoral tcket-that Sanderson was annoint-
ed ON the Fillmore Executive Committee bv Stewart
the Chairman of the Fillmore Convention. believino
him TO be favourable to fusion with :he Fremont.
ere md hoH ho haI:.-
not have appointed him. and finally that the Fillmore
Executive Committee committed itself on the 18th of
September, in favour of an alliance with the Black
Republicans to defeat Mr. Buchanan.
The first letter of the series is from Andrew Stew
art, the President of the Fillmore State Convention
dated at Unontown, Sept. 10TH 1856, and address
sed to Charles Gibbons President of the Black Re-
publican State Executive Committee, accredting Dr.
5. Fuller who will explain his (Sewart's) ideas on
the subject OF the Union ticket. Dr. Fuller did see
Gibbons and we quote from Gibbons. " He represen-
TED that Mr.. Stewart and himself and almost the en-.
tire Fillmore party in the interior of the State, were
favourable 10, and anxious to secure fair and hon
orable alliance between the Americans and Republi
cans for the purpose of defeating the Cincinnati plat.
form and election of Mr. Buchanan. The terms nro.
posed By DR.. Fler acere precisely the same as haze
been since adopted by the Union State Contention
been since adopted by the Union State Convention.n
This " Union State Convention is the fusion got
ten up byiThad Stevens and Others
The occasion on which DR.. Fuller, visited Phila.
delph;a, and had this interview with Charles Glib.
bons, the meeting OF the Fillmore State Executive
committee on the 18th of September. DR.. Fuller
did not see Mr.. Gibbons after the meeting of the
committee on that day. but subsequently writes to
him from Uniontown as follows :-"Chares,Gibbons,
Esq Dear SRI did not see you after the meeting
of our committee on the 18th inst The committee
was not full All present but myself opposed imme
diate union. resolution passed, unanimously, re.
assembling the committee on the 10th of this month
to form union NTH your porty.
The next letter is from Mr. Blanchard, also mem
ber OF the Fillmore executive committee, confirming
what Fuller hao said, but urging postponement
until two days after the Stale eectoD-
Another from Fr Jordan of the same committee and
to the same effect. Also from r. Guth, another mem
Der OF the same commit ttee, who says that believe
ing in the necessity OF uniting the forces opposed to
slavery extension heartily coacur in the objects of
your meeting the formation of union or fusion e..
lectoral ticket in opposition TO Mr. Buchanan1 and
we'll as those of Fremont, will not he wanting in this
respect
All these letters were in answer to one from Glib
bons, the chairman of the Black Republican Execu-
tive Committee already referred to- calling for Joint
meeting Of the Fremont and Fillmore committees at
Harrisburg on the 7th Oct, to form union electo.
raj ck"t to defeat Mr. Buchanan and slavery exten,
sion They all approved Of the meeting and it's oh
jects, but urged its postponement /, the 9th The
last letter is from Andrew Stewart himself which we
give in full =
The Hon Andrew Stewart on the 9th inst wrote as fol-
lows:
UNIoNrowN. Oct 6, 1856
Dear S in favor of Union ticket to defeat
but it ought not to be formed till the October elec
ton Two tickets now, iegtimate Union ticket
would distract, divide and defeat in October
at present every thing is working we'll and our nrosnpcs
are cheering. Nothing should be done to disturb them
Another Electoral ticket would be the very thing for
opponents; would their dropping spirits
crate their efforts while would to dhearten distract
and oVerw helm our friends everywhere
Let well enough alone hope nothing will be done to-
morrow th) Harrisburg and shat the meeting Of the
opponents of Buchanan will be postponed until the lGth
when everything feel confident be satisfactorily and
amicably arranged.
Yours respectfully, A. STEWART
We cordially endorse the sentiments of the with
in letter. r. T. GALLOWAY
JOHN COLLINS,
JAMES MCBRIDE,
E. ROBINSON,
w. H. MURPHY,
J. B. RAMSEY,
THOS R DAVIDSON
LAFAYETTE MARKLE
Thus it will be that, at the time while Andrew
Stewart was writing to The South that there was no
fusion and would be none, between the friends of