New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-08

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Editors Crescent: have read with care the edl-
toria article in the Delta of the 18th nst on the sub
iect of the Presidential election which it is shown
that Mr. Buchanan cannot be elected either by the
people or by the House of Representatives. shouo Ve
election 60 before that body.
The subject is becoming of deep interest as the
period of election approNimates, but nowhere Is II
entitled to the same profound consideration as here
| in the South. The most important OF our pecular
institutions is deeply involved in the result of our
national elections and, however much it behooves
us to be watchul all occasions, at this moment we
should be even more vigilant than ever
propose to invite the attention OF your readers 10
brief statement of facts through your columns.
| Whoever is elected President by the people must
obtain one hundred and fortynine votes out of two
hundred and nuety-six. The vote Of the slave States
is one hundred and twentythat Of the free States one
hundred and seventy-siX. Give all the slave States to
Mr.. Buchanan, and give him Pennsylvania also,
(twenty-seyen voes) yet he is not elected But this
is not ALL There are several slave States which he
cannot get, viz Delaware, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Louisiana and Missouri, where two sets of Democra-
tic electors are now in the field. These States, then
increase the difficulty of his election and it becomes
i1esstaby clear therefore, that without several ofthe
free and all of the slave States, Mr.. Buchanan will
| be defeated Now, which of the free States can be
claimed by the Democratic party? They, surely,
cannot claim either New York or Ohio? Surely not.
Nor is there free State in the Union, excepting per-
haps Pennsylvania, and that is doubtful, which can
be counted upon with certainty to return Democratic
electors. What then, shall be done? Mr.. Buchanan
cannot be elected without some free State votes,
which he cannot get, and if he could get them, he
must have all the slave States which we know It Is
impossible for him to get. What should be done
then to defeat the Black Republicans? The reply ls
plain and simple and must be satisfactory to the PEG
: pie of the South You must vote for MI Fillmore
1 the only candidate who can carry any respectable
number of the free State votes. The recent nantes
tations of his personal popularity give unerrng proc
Of this. You should vote to support him without
division because he is known to be stedtast and sou
> on all national questions, while it is not known tina
q Mr.. Buchanan is and we secure in consequence til
IS elevation to office Of man hostile to abolitlonsn
F? and all its concomitant evils in the country.
y The willy political Vaccinations Of the Democratic pal
have so long controlled our country that men mind
are slow to comprehend the true condition OF our p
p ltical position and slow to surrender their longtre
~ preference for name even when the substance hG
10 passed away and has left but the shadow behind Of
D. political organization. Never before has there been
d, time when the Democratic party was so feeble as nov
nc In some of the Southern States it holds fast to
lie power it is true, but no where else; and the Stat
which it controls have not the power to control Il
i'll success Of its nominees to the Presidency and Viz
10 Presidency. Hence it becomes matter for serious
ia Election to the people Of the South how they will ca
for their sufrages on this occasion. For the South
eh vote for the Democratic party would not be to secu
its success in the Union under any circumstances
~
i've more likely to ensue of defeat to Mr.. Fillmore, wi
cir can be elected by the people beyond cav Or dout
me and is the only candidate who can Will the peoI
of the South then hesitate? The choice is present
ed to us of securing the election Of Mr. Fillmore by t
be- pcople by voting for him here in the South, or
throw the election into the House of Representative
le by voting for Mr.. Buchanan.
sh My pen fails to convey my feelings when conte
ay plate the probable result in that contingency
Ic however deplorabe it would be, it must not be s;
b that the South did all that necessary to defeat
pn election by the people and to give it to the House.
to tnot be said that the unwonted behests Of party disc
az line so completely overuled the sober judgment of
J people of the South as to obge them to forget tn
own interests and their allegiance to Southern insti
tons in a moment of peril as the present unquestlo
p byi is. Let it not be said that blind adherence to
, Democratic party in the South gave us an Abolition
for President and led to the final ruin of our own cl
'' ished institutions. Let it not be said that POI
in cal degradation was accomplished by a fatal b
OF given by ourselves.
our On the contrary, mindful alone of our duty to
aw country and ourselves, let it be said that the pee
the of the South dsregarding party dictaton, and
ose ferring Mr. Fillmore beyond all others, secured
sIt election by the people, of patriot of tried abb
viii and unbemished worth to the highest office know
les, man. AMERIcU!
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