Demoine courier., 1856-08-21
The south Unbroken.


served currsh: politics the mos, careful.
lily il has generally been very clear from
he outset that Mr.. Buchanan would
carry every Southern electoral vote
For ourselves, we have never made a
political calculation upon any other basis,
and have never had even q passing
doub. with regard 70 any Slate South
Of Mason and Dixon's line excspt Mis-
souri,, and no scrious doub, about thar.
And the late elections have demonstra.
ted one thing very clearly, and that is
that those who have made calculations
otherwise have been mistaken in their
sn,icipa,ions. Missouri, Kentucky,
North Carolina and Maryland were the
States most likely TO 60 for Fillmore.
II :hey could not be relied upon. then
il was prsposterous 10 presume that any
other State in that section would cast
lis vote for him. Maryland has been
la,erly given up to Buchanan. The
old Wing Senators, Pierce and Pratt,
have announced themselves for Buch,n
an. and every indication 10 tina, the State
may certainly be Sc. down for him
With respec, to North Carolina, Ken.
lucky and Missouri. the recent elections
settle the matter. They have gone en-
pha,ically for the Buchanan candidates,
and they will GO more decidedly still for
Buchanan himself.
The question, then, With respect to
Mr.. Fillmors's chsnces, 10 q foregone
conclusion, in whatever ligh, we view
il. That he can be chosen by the cleo
toral college, lis most enthusiastic ad-
ni'er can no longer hope l. has been
the anticipation Of many Of his kiends
that the diversion he might make by
carrying faw States 1T the South, and
possibly at the North, would :hrow the
election into the House, and in the con.
fusion some arrangement: nigh, be patch
ed up by which Mr.. Fillmore would be
elected. But al chances OF success in
that manner are now forec.osed, for,
| with the Southern States in an unbro-
ken body for Buchanan, nothing is more
certain than tha. he election is going to
be decided in the electoral college.
10 it not getting. then, toe plain to de-
ny.--a thing as palpable as the SUM-
,ha, the only substantial candidates be
fore The American people are F,enon,
and Buchanan! that the great question
before the nation 10 presented in the
persons of these two candidates; that il
cannot be overlooked nor evaded; tina,
in the election of one or The other i,
must be passed; AMI iha, one or the 9th
er of these men will, must, be elected!
and if 30, will not those wao vote for any
body else be practically wi,hou, polite
al influence in this campaign! will
they not be throwing away their votes
and fritering away all possible powe,
over its result! And II it shouid. be true
tina, majority OF ,hose who favor the
election Of Mr.. Fillmore sympa,h:se
with the opponents OF Slavery extension
and OF the viola,ors Of public faith, ra,h
er than with the party of Slavery Prop.
agandism. the supporters OF the C,ncia.
/ natl platform and the Cincinnati candi.
ds,e.-if this should be true, and they
should nevertheless persist in the incll-
nation to vote for Mr.. Fillmore, will
they no, be contributing indirectly, bu,
none the less surely for all that, to Sc
cure the election Of Mr.. Buchanan. and
the triumph Of a principle and power
| which We cannot but believe that they,
anc all homer, men, consider Of more i'm
Torrance than any mere personal con-
siderations!
Let ,nese things be considered. cool.
y, sispassiona.ely; pa.rio.ically. Ga "a
City.