The true Democrat., 1856-08-26


 dencles and identity of those who claim to be national Americans in the north. are with the repuohcan party; secondly that the interests symPatles, and legitimate and proper identity of the South Americans are with the nations al democratic party of the country: and thirdly It proves conclusively to my constituents and to national men everywhere. that am forti fled by these votes and these results in evor,, single prediction have made and in every no- slton l have occupied in this letter in the ar- guments made in the House on the 9th of Nav last, Tn anticipation of these results. It con. hrms and verlhes every apprehension express. ed in pamphlet which 1 addressed to my con- stltuents last December, upon the assemblino ol thlS Congress, even before the organization ol the houses Am to be expected to stulti- ly my record O. six years faithful service ir the congress oi the United States as the guar olan oi the interests and rights of a hundred thousand lreemen, Tn order to give blind ad- herence ana support to a nomination that has not the semolance ot unity, or harmony. or ma. uohaIty Ill It! The only hope for Mr. Fill more m my Judgment, Is to carry the States of tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware by. winch there would be chance of carrvino the election to the House, which would most inevitably result the election of Fremont and Dayton Disguise it as you will. there is no intelligent man that can misunderstood that fact, m my opinion, when he looks at the votes Tn the election of Speaker, in the appointment oi the Kansas investigating committee. in the Kansas s-contested election, by which the le gally and regularly and dulv-elected deleoatc General Whitfield a gallant, favorte, and hon. ored son ol Tennessee, was expelled from his seat by decided majority Look, too to the passage of Dunn's bill, the vote on which have already analized, and all conspire to establish this fact beyond the possibility of fdoubt. Who doubts that whenever President of the JTni. ted States and Vice President are elected mon purely sectional principles and issues such as are contained in the platform and policy ofthe so- called republican party, that the Union is dis. solved, and revolution and civil discord ensuop May l not with feelings and impulses of patrj. otlc love for and gratitude to the real peonle of the country with whom am identified. and to whom l am attached by every consideration of orl3lIl, interest, and association, appeal to them to mark we'll the steps they are about to fake lest It be forever too late? 1 am not so mnch concerned for the shareholder, as such. in no- culinary pomt of view, nor for the aanitaiist anywhere m the United States. because I have iohS slhce learned from history, and from per sonal contact with and observation of the nracti. cal operations of the business world. that cani- tai protects itself anywhere and under all cir. cumstanceS, and 1t is never more potent or more pront4bIe than III seasons of national aCversitv l ne shareholder and capitalist at the south can and Will protect himself. His slaves are re- co8hlzed as property by the constitution. and that constitution protects him in the free and unreSrahed enjoyment of his property. And whenever that constitution is nullifed by the brute force and numerical strength of a section al party, so as to destroy that protection de- signed by that Instrument to life, liberty, and property, the Union is dissolved.
 But It Is with the great body composed of Vhe rank ana flle ot the people, who, from in- IercSt and inclination as well as necessity. have to hght the battles of the country and protect ther homes and their dependent families. with whom sympathlse most deeply under the iu- Huehce of these dire reSults-that class of our c'tizens who suffer most from the political or military disasters of their government, and who pFGht least by its prosperity.
 lh conclusion, allow me to say. although I aohoF Fanythng gapproximating man. worshinthat II would pc dllhcuIt, If not impossible, to select tchet rom the whole aggregate material of VhG OhlCed States better adapted to the times ~ Oa'loI', oi more nkely to manage and control safely and successfully the confictino ana dlscordant elements that mark the import7 "nce' thah the one presented by the Cincinnati convention. In the person of Mir. Buchanan we md the compatriot and cotemporarv of that 9laht race ot statesmen, now almost extinct whose lives and history are full of events no ste, nm portant to the country than honorable oughlve Ives, including Jackson. Clay. Web. interest with 1Hn; man who has been thor the American peopd, associated in origin and domestic, that has for f0, tolls and troubles of progress and fortified ndilluStTey foreign and ness, civil, political and military. fed their have yet to see the man of any party for wat | l would sooner vote for Vice President thar John C. Breckinrdse, Of Kentucky I have known him by association, personally and po- llticaly, publicly and privately, and I know that he possesses in an eminent degree the at tributes of true greatness and the elements of a true man. Boldness, originality and gener oSltv are amongst his most distinguishing traits While he has proven himself in the tented field brave in the battle, I know him to bc cool, firm and phiosophic in council. He is 2 man to whom you might intrust your interests your property, your honor your liberty, oryoul life, without single apprehension that either would be neglected or abused.
 With sentiments of sincere regard, voul friend and obedient servant, A. c. WATKINS