Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-21
A Singular Idea.

The Baltimore Sun correspondent, over the
signature of ''Ion," thinks
"The Buchanan men may well congratulate
themselves, as they 10, upon result which re.
lieves them from the apprehended competition of
Judge Mclean, whose name, in the NORTH. west,
as well as in Pennsylvania, would have been a
tower Of strength"
This is one Of the most singular and absurd
notions that ever entered the brains of poll
tician. There is not sensible man in the
buchanan ranks who would not have preferred
that half dozen just such men as Judge Nc
Lean should run for the Presidency than John
Charles Fremont And why2 Because Nc
Lean was known to have been always favora-
BILE to the American doctrines, and he has also
been Wing whereas Fremont as and always
aods Democrat, and now ayows the sentiments
and opinions upon slavery extension, which
have marked Mr.. Buchanan's whole political
life until within year past!
Had Judge Mclean been nominated, he
would have drawn off from Mr.. Fillmore that
portion of the Northern American party, who
regard slavery extension as greater evil than
foreignism but, very small portion of the
pseudo Democracy Of that section would have
left Buchanan for Mclean. Fremont being
Free-soil Democrat, will draw off from Buchan-
an the almost entire pseudo Democratic party
in the free States With the exception of New
York and Pennsylvania, Buchanan can make
no contest with Fremont at the North or West,
and in these two States Fillmore will have
decided plurality over them In all the other
Northern States the contest will be between
Fillmore and Fremont
We have recently seen demonstrations in
the Democratic ranks at the North, which show
the correctness of this view We doubt seri-
ously, whether any ticket will be run for Blu
chanan in the State of Maine, where the pseudo
Democrats will unite upon the Republican
ticket. The same may be said Of several other
free States Of the North and West-Fremont
win take the Democratic votes which Buchan-
an would have received had the contest been
between Fillmore, Buchanan, and Mclean
The main contest noso will lie between Fill
more and Fremont, though it is possible Blu
chanan may carry two or three free States and
one or two States South, but we seriously
doubt it.
Buchanan and Fremont are both, by desig-
nation, Democrats. Fillmore is an american
of Wing antecedents Buchanan was one OF
those who was the most active and influential
in establishing the restriction upon slavery
ne was, with Martin Van Buren,, at the Uery
bottom of the Missouri restriction. Van Buren,
in the New York Senate got up the instruc-
tons to Rufus King then in the Senate of the
United States, to oppose the admission of Mis-
souri, without restrictions, whilst Buchanan at
Lancaster Pennsylvania, aided in the passage
of the resolutions of 1910, on the same subject,
which we have hitherto published, and upon
which we have commented in our two last
leading editorials
Buchanan, having hitherto been opposed to
the extension of slavery, aided Van
Buren, in 1919 to prevent the admission of Mis-.
souri,, without restriction, having in 1926
pronounced slavery "politicap as well as a
moral land having always, from first to
last sustained the Missouri Compromise line,
and urged its extension to the Pacific ocean,
we see no difference between the opinions of
his long life down to 1856, and the present
opinions Of Colonel Fremont Both claim to
be Democrats Is it not palpable, then, that
Colonel Fremont win draw of from Buchanan
thonsdnds Of Free-soa Democratic votes,
where he can subtract one from Fillmore
whose hntecedents are the very opposite Ere