Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-09-13
NUMBER 5.


incontrovertible. A large portion of Mr..
Buchanan's friends have deserted the
ranks. Take the State of New York,
where the SofIs have-aImost gone off in
a body to Fremont. Were the election to
occur in this State to-day, the Buchanan
party would be minus $4,000 their vote of
lasS≪ and even then they were $4,000
behind the Republicans, and the Ameri-
can party carried the State by $4,000 ma
jority. There is no hope for Mr.. Bucl-
anan in any Northern State. Illinois, In
diana, Michigan, will 60 for Fremont like
a storm. So will New Hampshire and
Vermont.
2. Suppose Mr.. Buchanan were to car
ry every southern State; he would receive
100 electoral votes. Now, if he were to
be successful in his own State, Pennsyl-
Vania, he would not be elected, and I tell
you, as candid man, that he will not re-
ceive an electoral vote in the North out
side of his own State.
What are likely to be the facts3 Mr.
Fillmore will carry Maryland, Delaware,
New Jersey, Kentucky, Tennessee, and
probably North Carolina, Louisiana and
Florida. He will carry New York, Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut. lie thus re-
eeives lis electoral votes. Giving Bueh-
anan all the other southern states and
Pennsylvania, he would have only SO
votes.
But let Virginia, Alabama and Geor-
gla do their duty, and Mr.. Fillmore will
be elected, and the south thus secure a
safe, prudent, faithful President.
/ have surveyed the field carefully. II
is our duty as patriots to consult the best
interest of our whole country. This can
be done, and Fremont defeated.
3. By union of the conservative men
of both north and south on Fillmore.
How else3 What other means can we
adopt for the accomplishment of this, the
desidcratum of our hopes3 There 10 no
other course to pursue. To unite ON
Buchanan would be as well, it it were
but it cannot be done.
Mr.. Fillmore is in every way worthy Of
the support of the south. He is the only
obstacle in the way of the success of the
IF Mr.. Fillmore were to
from the contest, where would
7ou and your interests bel Fremont
would sweep every state in the North,
and you would be overwhelmed by your
enemies.
Mr.. Fillmore is the object Of all the
oul abuse Of the Abolition journals in
ne North. They do not find il necessary
0 fight Buchanan, for that is too much
ike striking shadow.
Men of the south! of Alabama! Of Mis-
isslppi! of Louisiana! will you not come
Ip to the help of your friends in the Rorth3
Who is it that now stands the burden
nd heat of this battle for union and our
ountryH Who Is it that stands boldly
orth and beats back the waves Of fanati-
ism with master handl MillaFd Fill
more!
will conclude this letter by single
all depends upon you; it is
ou who are to decide whether the Union
hall be saved, whether fanaticism, Abo-
tionisn, and ultimate dissolution Of the
Union shall occur.
Ifit becomes apparent that the south
re unwilling to aid the conservative men
f the north in this contest, then those
tho now stand up for you, who now ex-
IT every nerve TO resist the disunion par
:, will abandon the contest, and need ]
Ill you what will he the RESULT
Men of the South Brothers! Union
Ten have you seriously considered what
ill be the RESULT Flatter not yourselves
18th the vain idea that Buchanan hae any
rength here in the North. Irepeat, that
IilIard Fillmore is the only man on whom
ou can with us unite, and save you and
s and our country; and when he and his
lends are convinced that you are not
illing to stand by US in this conflict, then
lie Abolitionists will sweep every State
/ the North, and God only knows then
here it will end.
Yours, truly, J. d. G.