Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-08-09
Buchanan's Prospects at the North

Buchanan's Prospects at the North
We are very sensible Of the fact that strong
party men. estimating the chances OF success
of tho several candidates for the Presidency
are influenced to degree by their pred'lec'
,ions and prejudces. Ou, judgement is very
apt TO be controlled by our inctlnat'ons and
desires. and we are often disposed to believe
thing to be so because we desire 1t; ana
this pre- judgement may be entirely consistent
with honesty and ingenuousness.
It is fox this reason that we give little OF
no credit to the anonymous communications
we see in the party press, purport'ns 10 give
accurate accounts Of the state Of opinion IN
the localities the writers reside in, or have
visited. These are the stale cxpedlents OF
party hacks and party organs. The well ad-
vised and rejecting portion Of the public
know the process and machinery, by which
.correepondence'' Of this Kind is manntactur-
ed to order. and appreciate it accordingly
But when we have the deliberate statement
of an eyewitness. 4 man knoVn to the pub
| lie and occupying a resonsible position, and
| whose statements are in conflict with his
own inclinations and interest the testimony
of such a credible witness is worth that of a
thousand anonymous lette1-writers. We
have precisely such witness now on the
stand, to prove the true position OF Mr. buch"
anan at the North. This testimony IS com
prised in letter published in the Georgia
Telegraph. leading and influential journal
in the Southern Empire State. The Colum-
bus (Ga) Enquirer prefaces the extract with
following remarks:
The following is an extract o: a letter
dated New York, July 10th, to the Georgia
Telegraph 1t was written by its editor MIR
Clisby, who is row at the North. With such
Democratic admission, OF the utter hopetess"es
Of Buchanan's cause in every one o! ths
Northern States, is it not folly to keep hin
longer in the field! Mr.. c. has seen ane
conversed with well.informed Democrats
and therefore has their own opinion to bac'
hi. own observation. Or the strength OF tn
Fillmore party he cannot be so well inform
ed nor can he speak so impartia'ly Ou
own ady,ces from the North are encouraging
for Fillmore, and satisfy US that he canno
fail, in any contingency, to get large FRO
norton of the Northern electoral vote bu
- ,be letter Of the editor Of the Telegraph
~. O. Bulletin,
Re this as it may, however, the eurren
floating opinion here. IL most Iecioeo t"a
Fremont will carry, without d,filcuIty, ever
ron-slaveholding State-tre" fe""sye -
I have lust seen TREND Wh" 1etu'ne" e''e
d.y from the rural districts IN fennsyi'a"1'
and he saws the drift is all for remon': so ID
as he could see. So WESTWARD, heS'o; ''
the indces of the popular feeling are 'or re
mont. | saw yesterday soutne1n 's'e"
1 who has been locomotlng aronno VERNON ~.
z and the strongest abolition regions OF Nes
Ens(and-a talking and observing n'en'
and "dyed in the wool" Democrat. re s:,, sa'
he found only three Buchanan and onu r'I'
:. more man in those parts. In the e''s ne''
! which.is usually rather liberal and cosn1op'
u Titan in opinion, the Freeso'l ticAe'' SO "a "a
e ,ules the roost. The most moPeiase o. W
old Whig party are going for fl',mo'eLo'
the bulk OF the party is going tor frenloh.,I
n The first classification named co'nP' ehe"
e all of the more modern po'ltca! ce'e1ol'l'' m
n Of Kow Nothingism, which Hr' 'i'.'t' g.
S seems likely to get. Buchanans vo'e: ~ :.
= as can be Judged, is confined to the fesu:s ,:'
o Democracy, shorn OF the more f'eeSo'''s
$ AMI t.shy portion Of the same.