Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-08-16

III the lrleuu5 Oh COulu redSOna-
bly, calculate on his election, or if the contest
was between him and Buchanan, he would
have nothing to say. He should vote in ST.
lence according to his convictions of propriety,
feeling assured that, whether the one or the
other succeeded, the substantial interests Of the
country-above all, the safety of the Union
would be preserved. But the contest is not
between them and his being in the field, at
least in the Southern States, can be productive
Of mischief only. While the Freesoi interests
are all combined and combining, the South
presents divided front; defeat and humilia-
ton the certain consequences OF these tac-
tics if persevered in. The real contest is be-
tween Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Fremont; one
or the other of these must succeed and, as
between them, he held it to be the duty of
every Union-oving man--of every man who
cherished the honor Of the South, and desired
her to be preserved in the enjoyment of her
constitutional rights and authority-to give the
| former a cheerful and unreserved support.
For one, he intended to do it. The ground
Mr.. Buchanan occupied on this great question
was the true, constitutional, and only safe
| ground II correspondent with Mr.. C.'s long
cherished and oft-repeated opinions; and he
should be false to those opinions if he hestated
at this time, in giving him and them his sup
port. He thought that, the duty Of all, South
ern men especially. He regretted that many
Of those with whom he had long acted, his
cherished and familiar friends, thought differ
| emily; he regretted not to see them around
him tonight, and hear their familiar voices
| cheering him onward-the separation panied
him. He conceded to them an equal degree
of intelligence and patriotism which he claimed
for HIMSELF and could only regret that they
would not think with him. He believed he
was right, he knew he sincere, and he
should act up to his duty, painful though it be.
| Possibly he might be denounced; better men
had been denounced, and he knew of no rea-
son why he ought to expect exemption; but
he should not hesitate or falter; he should act
up to his principles, and according to his sense
of duty, in the face of all denunciation. He
| was not afraid to do his duty. He would leave
| consequences to take care of themselves.
| Mr.. Crisfeld, after having told an anecdote
illustrative of his own position, again rendered
his thanks to the audience, bid them good
| night and retired.
Powerful Appeal by an OId-Line Whig
Organ.
Every word of the following earnest appea
of the st. Louis Republican ought to be thought
fully weighed by the national men of the whole
country
A BLACK RECoRD.-As the canvass advances,
the Fremont men or Black Republicans become
more and more audacious, and in their enthu.
sasm and belief that their candidate will be
elected, they hesitate not to avow and fore.
shadow the policy that will be pursued by them.
Stimulated by press that knows no principles
save those that will lead to dissolution of the
Union, with aiders and abeters in some South
ern States, land we might mention Missouri as
among the foremost of them,) the Black Re-
publicans wanting in that prudence which
usually attaches TO party who have perlous
stake at issue, and with all the effrontery that
strength induces, they mutter treason to the
country and the Constitution. Every days
experience convinces US of the detestable
designs Of the abolition cohorts; the fact need
not be disguised that they are thoroughly
organized, and are political power in the land
that will leave nothing untouched, no matter
how INSCRIPTIONS, to gain their point, viz: the
election of a sectional President and sectional
Congress. This once gained the constitutional
rights of the South will meet with no favor, and
every action will be directed towards the disso-
luton Of the Union. The Black Republicans
Of the North are Jealous and full Of hope. The
Know-nothings of the free States have become
abotionized, and have been transferred and
passed over to them by States, in columns and
in county meetings, and they are receiving
every encouragement to make a bold and reck.
less fight
And yet the Know.nothings of the South,
while their bretheren are betraying them in the
North, and even planting themselves upon their
own soil, look with Indifference upon their
danger and apparently see not in this Judas
arrangement plot that gives "aid and com
fort" to an enemy that they affect so much to
despise, and which threatens their dearest
interests.
The Black Republican movement is one
which will not do to treat with indifferepce; it
is powerful organization at the North and
entirely overshadows the conservative elements
of the American party in that latitude. 1t will
not answer the present crisis Of affairs to rely
upon the conservatism and nationality Of Mr..
Fillmore; he is betrayed, and rendered power,
less by the superior strength Of Black Repub
Ecanism, which like another Deliah is shear
ing the mystic Samson of his strength, and has
already left it weak and defenceless.
The result u.s. that the contest is between Mr.
Buchanan, the nominee of the National Dem
ocracy, and Fremont, the standard bearer Of
the Black Republicans. "To this complexion"
it has already come, and we not only the
Known othings, but our old-line Wing friends,
Of the danger they are in when they persist in
using Mr.. Fillmore at the risk of sacrificing
the interests and the safety of the whole Union.
We would be rejoiced to know that the contest
was between Mr. Fillmore and Mr. buchanan,
for we are free to say that, in such an event,
the country would not be imperilled by treason
and disunion. As an impartial journalist, look
ing to the good of the people of the whole
country, and desiring to see the constitutional
rights of every section of the country main
tanned and respected, we repeat it, the issue is
not between these two candidates. Much may
be pardoned for the prejudices and likngs of
old associations, and we will not quarrel with
our Wing friends whose proclivities lead them
to vote for Mr.. Fillmore; but a stern sense of
duty, higher than personal attachments or past
political associations, should make them pause
before any action on their part leads to an
error which may prove fatal in its consequences.
We firmly believe that Mr. Fillmore, superior
as he may be in all those elements that consti-