Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-10-03
IN .aPPE.aL 10 THE DEMOCRATS
OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Ledger, a leading Buchanan sheet of this
State:
In the political contest for the govern
ment Of the country for the next four years
that weare BOW approaching, il is impor-
tant to view the signs Of the times, to de-
tcrmine what viii be the result; and with
three parties in the field with their differ
ent candidates, ii is more difficult than usu-
al TO calculate the relative strength ofeaeb,
but With the results Of the recent election
in Maine before us, the conviction is forced
upon the mass of the community, that ifboth
Mr.. Buchanan aud DIR. Fillmore are candi-
dates, that they bothsmust be defeated by the
Republican party which is gaining rapidly
every day. As this fact must be apparent
to every observer of the state Of feeling
through the country, is it not the part of
wisdom for the friends of either Mr. Bu-
chanan or Mr.. Fillmore to sacrifice tleir
personal preferences and to uuitc forces on
one ticket, and thus defeat the Republican
candidates, Fremont and Day yton. Remember
that in Unien there is Strength = United
,ce stand, diuided me }alt, The PROPOSE
tion has already been made for the withdraw
al Of Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. A. j Donelson.
and uniting the two parties upon Mr.. Fill
more for President, aud aIr. Breckenridge
for Vice President. This viii certainly
form the strongest ticker that can be made,
sit would combine the principal strength
Of both the American and the Democratic
parties. A few of the foreign voters might
be lost to the Democratic party from the
fear Of Know Nothingisn, but these would
be more than compensated by the gain of
the great bulk Of the American party.
That this Union would carry every South
ern State, no one will Cor moment doubt
besides the strong probability Of carrying
the two great States Of New York and Penn.
sylvania, aud also New Jersey, beside seve-
raj other Northern States. But should
there be any Gificnlty in accomplishing this
arrangement, viii it not be better for the
Democracy of Pennsylvania to drop both of
their candidates and unite upon Fillmore
and Donelson Mr. Fillmore is eonserya-
tive man, and has shown bis qualifications
for the arduous duties of the Presidency,
and IS already known as the isModel PreSi-
dent. In doing this the Democratic par
ty would no doubt be able to secure the sue
cess Of their whole city ticket in Philadel-
phiu, but also have a fair chance of carry
inc their State ticket in October; and It
should be borne in mind that no paper in
the interest Of Mr.. Fillmore in tue South
has yet advocated the alarming doctrine Of
the benefits Of slavery for the white race,
which is justly repugnant to the sentiments
of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, as the
leading Democratic papers Of !he South
who advocate the election of Mr.. Buchanan
are now doing-snch papers as the Rich
mond Enquirer, and Richmond Examiner,
of Richmond, VA, aud the Charleston fer-
curry, of Charleston, South Carolina; and
this abh5rreut doctrine Of the benefits Of
slavery for the poor white laboring men of
the North is now beng quoted from these
papers, to the injury of Mr.. Buchanan in
Pennsylvania. Democrats of Pennsylvania
consider this subject, aud decide in favor
of duty and patriotism-you who prefer the
success of Fillmore and Donelson, to that
Of the Republican candidates, Fremont and
Dayton.