The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-10-29

dom. lie comes in good time to vindicate
on an ampler field the liberties which though
established by law are almost lost.
To FiIlmore Men.
| You have your own man to vote for, rs we
have. We have no entreaties to urge, no
persuasion to employ. We shall have but
few words to say with you, but we wish to
state the circumstances Of this election, and
your relation to them, as they seem to US,
/ and simply ask you to consider them, as ra-
tienal and rejecting men.
/ In the frst place: There is AN ISSUE in this
campaign. This whole country could not be
50 widely and profoundly agitated il there
were not. 1t never was before so deeply
moved. And il is not moved for nothing
And, to q man Of the least discernment, the
nature Of that issue is as plain MS the fact
that there is an issue. That issue ID not be-
tween you and the other parties. 1t is be-
tween the other two parties. BY them it will,
it must, be settled. 1t is an important one.
Ii is the most important one that has ever
arisen in our political history. Nobody de-
MES that. Mr.. Fillmore himself declares it.
! And yet Mr.. Fillmore. you yourselves, if you
follow his lead, do not expect or propose'to
exercise practical influence in its settlement.
You propose to ignore it, or push it of. II
you could push it of, would it be q wise act,
when you reflect that in the end, and very
soon, it MUST BE settled? Is anything to be
gained by shutting your eyes to it, or delay
ing il? But, whatever your conduct with re-
!, gard to it may BIO, it is going to be settled
now. Sure as the sun rises on next Tuesday,
il will be settled before that same sun falls
below the horizon. No reasonable man can
doubt that. And upon question OF such
surprising Importance can you consent to
: remain sient2 Can YOU excuse yourself to
your conscience and your country for exer.
!, cising no practical influence over the settle.
ment Of such question: Answer that, te
; your own heart, honestly.
We are aware that more than upon any
: thing else you hinge your action upon the
hope OF Mr.. Fillmore's election by the House
and you cling to him in that belief. You
hope that in the confusion, or by some un-
7, foreseen and fortuitous combination, he may
be elected by that body. You may be right
in your anticipation, and We may be wrong
But to our mind such hope is the most pre-
posterons of all hopes. II the election goes
10 the House, YOU should not be ignorant OF
the fact that, il neither Buchanan nor FIRE.
mont has majority, the Buchaneer party
, DARE Sor compromise upon and unanimous.
ly support know-Nothing candidate and
raise him to the Presidency. Would no,
2 such an act of the Buchaneer party be equiv.
alens to suicide? And you ought to know
; further, that the Buchaneer party has nj.
ready conspired to prevent even the prescnta-
j, ton of Mr.. Fillmore's name to the House in
!, such an exigeney. And still farther Suppose
q they should agree to do oil that, and The
Buchaneer and Fillmore parties should vot.
/, together with such an intent, by their unitet
- forces they have not majority of the states
and would depend upon coercing some Re-
publican state into the alliance. Be sur,
!, they will never do that. But we will not ar
que this point farther. 1t is needless, wher
every thing points so plainly to the fact tina
: this question is to be settled in the Elcctora
= Colleges. Nothing in the future is NOR
!, certain. And with the question of the Presi
deney is, substantially, the great question o
the campaign to be settled. 1t is nonsense
ii is weakness, to throw away ones influence
: in such a crisis, il seems to us. What els
! is it, Which ever way your sympathies ar
, upon the great question Of this canvass, as
practical man, as true patriot, you shout,
vote. Ii the extension and perpetaation o
Slavery, the reduction Of the whole nationa
- territory to Slave soil, the increase Of Slave
= Representation and the dominance of tn
y Slave-Power, seem goodly and proper to you
eyes, then you ought to vote for Buchanan
- and We would SO advise you; but il they
ID not, then certainly you should vote for Ere
re mont. The issue is plain, and the views O
a the candidates, with the sentiments and in
:, aaances OF their respective parties ~ beariH
= upon it, are well known and unequivocal =
u l. il not your duty to vote for one or the 9th
II cr? DO you not virtually abdicate free
10 mans privilege and shrk freeman's dut
il you do not?
A. FRAUDS GrauasI
nj Look TO Wisconsin, look to California
a. look to Kansas, look to Indiana, look I
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