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indeed, shows some disp0slSio W tlhsh HAea - -
rious bills and wonld succeed N DONG
so buffer the facous course Of the Back
members with their various amendments put [
Hi solely to obstnct and impede the passage OF the
3hs. Present appearances Indicate. that the House
viii eventually recede from its and rev.
optionary course 1t would indeed be a fearful re
sponsibit party TO seal up the Treasury out
of shirt Of mere petty revenge, The Black Repub
lcans fail To see the force of this consideration, but
they see that storm Of Indignation win be raised al
over the country by their persistence in this deemi-
nation 1T will be- therefore, not the suggestion of
patriotism, but coWardly fear Of popular censlre
which will compel them to retrace their steps. u
\ The whole time Of the Senate yesterday was en-
ployed III the delivery Of political speeches Mr.
Thompson, Of New Jersey, made an elaborate argu-
men to prove that the conquest Of California was ac
complished BY Commodore Stockton instead Of Col.
Fremont In order to do this he had to discredit the
reports Of the Secretary Of War, as well as to deny
the truth Of Benton's history Of the affair in his
Thirty Years. 4 AS usual, the truth lies between
the two extremes. The conquest Of California was
accomplished by both in conjunc but whether
tie greater credit attaches to Fremont Stockton,
matter Of little Importance. Thompson's object, Of
course, was to break down. if he could, Fremonts3.
Nj
Tie constant assertions from the Democracy to the
standard of Fremont
His speech, which was written oif---an Unusual
thing III the senate-was delivered in monotonous,
sng-song STYLE and was peculiarly soporfc in its eff
fscts Out Of some twenty Senators the floor, half
were asleep, and most of the remainder engaged in
conversation or reading. n 55j
He was followed by Senator Jones, Of Tennessee, in
an attempt to define bis position, y and must con
fess it was position which needed defining badly He
announced himself 4 Wing bad always been Wing
and intended to die Wing. But, nevertheless, al
though it would go hard with him, he intended to
vote for Buch anan. And what do you suppose were
his reasons? Because Fillmore had no chance Of an
election and therefore he must vote for Buchanan SO
as to defeat Fremont He admitted that Fillmore
was a sound man. a national man, conservative man
and If he thought he could be elected he would
vote for him cheerul1y. But that he had no pros
poets Of an election was driven into the support Of
Buchanan. ss fs 4, A
AS this argument is the main one used by South
ern Democrats in their appeals to Wings, and as there
are others besides Senator Jones weak enough to be
deceived BY it, let us see what force there is in it.
And in the first place let premise bysaying that
the Presidential contest has, in the last few weeks
sumed altogether different phase in the North. He
must indeed be blind to the Developments of public
sentiment in that section, who has not witnessed the
sudden and disastrous disruption of the Democratic
party there. They have deserted Buchanan, and
gone over to Fremont, not by single files but in bat
talons. 1t is, indeed, singular and extraordinary
i fact that ninetenths Of the supporters Of Fremont
4! have been drawn from the Democratic ranks and
not day passes that the Tribune and other abolition
prints do not publish columns Of accessions to Ere
mont, both Of public men and presses acho are de-
4 se7teys from the Democratic ranks On the other
hand, it is rare thing that Fremont receives an
4 cession in the North from either the Wing or the
/ American party. To such an extent has this thing
gone that no sensible in the North considers Blu
chanan in the contest at all, in that section The
battle there is fought betlyeen Fillmore and Fremont.
| And many Of them do no not hesitate to say that
Buchanan has no chance Of carrying single North
4 ern State. The radicals and abolitionsts are for
1 Fremont-the conservatives and national men for
i Fillmore.
Now, no one need be told that the North has the
I ascendancY III the electoral college Mr.. Buchanan
may carry every Southern State, and Pennsylvania
besides and he still lacks three cotes Of an election.
4 But no dreams that he can carry anything like
all of the Southern States. How is it possible then
| for him to be elected in the electoral college?
On the contrary, all parties concede New York. and
strong probability of other Northern States, to Mr.
Fillmore. If, therefore, the Southern States vote
for him. he will be elected easily by New York alone.
But New jersey will vote for him Pennsylvania will,
in all probability, do the thing Is it not mani
fest them that the only way in which Southern men
can defeat Fremont is to vote for Fillmore?
More than that, L would like to ask Senator Jones
and others of his way of thinking, how is it possible
to elect Fillmore if all Southern men were to talk and
act as he does He processes his preference for Fill
more, and would vote for him if he could be elected
but he cannot be elected, they say Of course not, If
you don't vote for him. But it occurs to very
plain proposition that if you all voe for him, he can
be elected. Why then hang back and say you will
not vote for him because he not be elected when
he could be, if you to uote for him The thing
| is absurd As well might each particular man Of a
beseging army declare that it is useless for him to
make the assault, because he would fail of himself
How are elections to be carried without unanimy oil
action How is anything to be done by body Of men
when each hangs back, and declares that his OWL
unaided exertions would be frutless? q
4 Another thing is apparent to the commonest I'M
Outstanding and that is that if Fillmore were out OF
the way the contest would be purely sectional one
| 1t would be between the North and the South-be
| tween Fremont and Buchanan. The North would
then concentrate on Fremont and elect him! And
vet in the face Of these facts, Southern can be
found increasingly endeavoring to drive Mr. Fillmore
from the track and produce purely sectional contest
in which the North would necessarily be the winner
| In the face of the fact that Mr.. Filmore's candi
dacy in the North is the only thing that prevents al
most entire unanimity for Fremont, Southern men
SOUTHERN men are deserving his ranks, covering hin
with the foulest abuse, deprecatng his nationality
and endeavoring to destroy the only breakwater il
! the North to the mad fanatcisn of that section!
Messls Editors. with every disposition in the worl6
to be charitable to my feowman, cannot help feel
ing that the Democratic party of this country is 6
compound Of the grossest hypocrisy, the most IN
Il bltshing corruption and the most despicable dsre
gard of the safety and welfare of the country Of any
party that ever existed anywhere on Gods earth.
do not mean the masses of the party-but | NEAR
the leaders and wre-puers who control its action
dictate its policy and direct its energies. believe il
conscience that they would to-day rather see Fire
mont President Of the United States than Millart
, Fillmore. know that they preferred that Bank
. should be elected Speaker sooner than Fuer-ant
their whole policy has shown determination eithe
to rule the country themselves or to break up TIT
} Government by throwing it into the hands of thu