Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-08-08


mSd for the people of the State. We would gladly
~ sse the whole letter did our space admit:
gT The contest it seems to me, lies between Mr.. Bu
.banan and Mr.. Fremont. Mr. tillmote's friends
cnaod claim great reaction in his favor but have
IN much pains to ascertain what his strength is in
I free States, and far have not been able to
sfv myself that he can carry single one of them.
S wise and patriotic conduct while President, which
commended him so strongly to the Wings of the
South, is regarded by the majority at the North as
StsI affection to him. 1t is not moderation and con-
IL atom they desire they think of their lead
rs said that the time for compromise has passed
Thew want in the President, an instrument 10 pun
;sb The South for what they fancy or pretend to be
,bo apgressons Of the " slave power" upon the /
North. Mr. Fillmore is too national for this pur-
oae and he must indeed be credulous or sanguine in
ibe extreme who supposes that the politicians who
have misguided and inhamed the Northern majority
will abandon their designs, and the spoils
for which they hunger and thirst just at the moment
vhen for the first time, they confident OF the sue
cess OF the one and the enjoyment OF the other Mr..
FIllmore's strength lies in the Wing States of the |
Sonth If all the Southern States should give him |
their yotes he would fail in the election without such
assistance from the free States would be vain to
iook for. The choice then, is between Mr. buchanan
and Mr., Fremont, and what Maryland Wing beiev.
ing as do can hesitate
have been politically opposed to the Democratic
nartv for 40 mapy wears that cannot without reluc
lance contemplate the necessity OF supporting their
nominee Yet it must be admitted that he is q man
of abilities and large public experience that he has
been lust 10 the South, though not assuming to be
Northern man with Southern prlnciples that his
incnations are generally conservative; that he
numbers among his prominent supporters many gen
emen of talents and patriotic Character entlteo not
ONLY to the confidence of their party but TO influence
with the country at large; and tn It many OF the old
issues between the Wings and the Democrats are
obsolete Two objections to him much relied on
by his opponents the South. II has been alleged
that he counlenanced and promulgated the charge OF
bargain and corruption against Mr.. Clay In the cleo
ton by the House of Representatives in 1925.
should denounce him for this readily and Sc
yereIy as any one if thought this allegation Just But
remember that this charge against Mr.. Clay was
made without any direct testimony until 1927, when
the Carter BeVerIy's letter led to Mr. Buchapans
being named as witness; and that he then prompt
" denied the statement which he relied on to
prove, and at the risk of losing Gen. Jackson's favor
and that of his party, exonerated Mr.. Clay. From
the letter which he then published extract the fol
lowing passage:
81 owe it to my character to make another
observation. Had | ever known or suspected
that General Jackson believed had been sent to him
by Mr. CLAW or his friends should have Immediate
" corrected his impression, and thus pre-
vented the necessity for this most unpleasant explain
alton When the editor of the United StateN / ee-
graph on the 18th of October last, asked me by let
Ter for information upon this subject promptly in
formed him by the returning mall on the 10th OF that
month that bad no authority from Mr.. Clay or his
friends 10 propose any terms 10 General Jackson in
relation to their votes nCr did | ever make any such
proposition and that trusted would be as inca
pable of becoming messenger upon such an occa-
sion as ii was known General Jackson would be 10
receive such message. have deemed it necessary
to make this statement in order to remove any mis-
conception which may have been occasioned by the
publication in the Telegraph of my let to the edi
tor dated the 18th ultimo."
Again, in 1928, in q speech delivered il the House
Of Representatives, Mr. Buchanan declared that he
had knowledge If the bag and corruption charg
ed on Mr. Clay These disavowals may be consd-
cred as merely cold justice to the great and ncorrup
ibe Wing leader, but surely they contradict most
fatty the charge OF being his 'traducer and detamer.
If further proof needed, it may be found in the
following remarks recently made in Kentucky by Mr.
James B. Clay his son.
Mr.. Clay then proceeded to urge upon his old
Wing friends, the companions and constituents of his
father, 10 rally around that banner which he had
spent his life an upholding-the banner of the Union
He was ready to follow the Wing standard as the
Douglas followed the heart of Bruce-as long as it
waved. But that d,g was no longer to be seen on
the battlefield. 1t might yet be unfurled. After
death there the resurrection. But at present
there was no Wing organization, and the only party
of the Union was that of which Buchanan and Brock
inridge the candidates.
Mr.. Clay referred to the attempt to implicate MI.
Buchanan in The charge of bargain and corruption.
On that he proposed to take the testimony of
his father and he read from Mr.. Cay'e letter TO
show that Mr.. Buchanan had conducted himself in
that affair as a man of truth and honor. He should
believe what his father said before others. Besides
The evidence he had read, there other testimony
bearing on the same point. In feeling and eloquent
terms he referred to the heavy weight of that charge
against his father and how gallanty and bravey be
has borne it. Thank God, it died before his father
and now he proud TO say that there lived not
the man who would whisper it. But MIR. Buchanan
was free from all Connexion with the matter
Z" MI Clay concluded with eloquent appeal to
his fellow-citizens especially Old Line Wings, to
give their cordial support to the Union ticket-to
Buchanan and Breckinridge."
The next great objection is that Mr.. Buchanan
would be unsafe in his management of our foreign
affairs. | readily admit that do not like the Ostend
paper, and do not approve certain resolutions adopt
cd by the Cincinnati Convention, Notwithstanding the
unanimous opposition of the Virginia and Maryland
delegates, and believe of others; and if he should
adopt the aggressive policy supposed to be prescribed
by that paper and the resolutions, should be as
ready and as earnest in my opposition 10 him as any
But he is a nan Of known caution, which, with
his intelligent IrehenSon of the true interests of
the United Safes and the responsibility of the Pres
Idenal Office which he could not but recognize,
would forbid his urging the country upon course of
aggression inconsistent with the spirit of our Govern
men fsithess treaties, voIative of the rights of
other nations and destructive of our peace, hon.
OF, and concord. | know that any of The leading
men of his own party sound and reliable IN this
respect; and | believe that their conservative nflu-
ence would harmonic with his disposition
am the more assured of this because observe that
IN his letter of acceptance there is recognition of
The resolutions, (Which were not considered by the
Convention as forming part of the platformO but on
the contrary, prudent and conservative tone, which
met with tie appreciation OF even the juaicious and