The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-09-06
FILLMORE AGAINST TIE SOUTH.

Fillmore dcnounces the Kansas Nebraska
bill, says the Mississippian, as a wicked and
wanton measure the Pandora box from
which have emana'ed all the evils that now
anct the country although it but carries
out the non-nervention principle established
in 1850 and secures to the South her part of
the legislation Of that year by which the North
got the entire Pacific coast. In taking this
position, we have shown, he places himself
squarely on the Black Republican side of the
present issue Of the canvass; and enlSts in the
wild crusade aginst the south. To make this
fact more clear it is but necessary to refer to
the attitude occupied by the south herself
| When the vote was taken on the Nebraska
bill in the u. 5. Senate the entire south, with
the exception Of Bell, of Tennessee and Hous-
ton, of Texas, (both Know Nothings) voted
for it,
iEAs.--Mcssrs. Adams of Miss, Atkinson
Of Mo-, Badger Of \. C., p. Bayard of Del
Benjamin of La Brodhead Of Pa, Brown of
Miss, Butler Of S. O., Cass of Mich Clay of
Ala, Dawson of Ga, Dixon Of Ky, Dodge of
Iowa, Douglas of ILL.,, Evans of 5. C., Ftz-
patrick Of Ala, Geyer of Mo, Gwin OF Cal,
Hunter of Va, johnson of Ark, Jones of
Iowa, Jones of Tenn, Mason of Va, Morton
Of Fla. Norris Of \. H., Petit of Ind, Pratt
OF Md, Rusk of Texas, Sebastian of Ark
Shields OF ILL.,, sldcl of In, Stuart of Mich,
Thompson OF Ky, Thompson of " j., Toucey
OF Ct, Weller OF Cal, Williams of n. IL.
NAYs,--Messrs. Bell of Tenn Chase of
Ohio, Dodge Of WIS, Fesscndcn of Me-, Fish
of y. y, Foot Of VI. llamlin of Me-, Hons
ton OF Texas, James Of r. l., .Semard of n. Y,
Smith of CT, Sumner of Mass, Wade of Ohio,
w lker of Wis
In the House it also passed by the votes of
the south, with two or three cxceptions) and
the conservative North.
Besides, the southern Legislatures in SEES
sion at the time the bill was pending declared
unanimously in favor of it, among them, the
Mississippi Legislature. The Georgia Legis
lature voted unanimously the same way and
the council OF the Georgia Know Nothings on
the 2Sth of June las, went so far as to resolve:
That this Council regards
all opposition to the principles of the Kansas
Nebraska bill in relation to slavery as hostility
to the constitutional rights of the south: and
all person who partake in such opposition, as
unit to be recognized as members of the
American party"
The Know Nothing candidate for the Presi-
dencyg, is thus shown by the declaration of his
own friends to be hostile to the constitutions
al rights of the south. -
In February last the Know Nothings, in
the State Senate of Louisiana, through Dr.
Burlington, Offered resolutions advocating, in
the strongest terms, the Kansas Nebraska
bill. We found no change in the south on this
question until Mr.. Fllmores return from
Europe, In his stump speeches he denounced
the BILL he abused it in terms unbecoming a
statesman, he characterized it by epithets used
only by demagogues and straightway the
whole pack of southern Know Nothings turns
traitors to this southern measure and advo-
cate the northern Know Nothing views of
the slavery question, the same as Black Re-
pnblicanism.
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