Washington telegraph., 1856-08-27
From, the ". o. Crescent.
Som etbing to Think Over.

The present canvass is remarkable in
more respects than one. While old line
Wings in the South, who, if they are t.
be believed, prefer Mr.. Fillmore to Mr.
Buchanan, are giving in their adhesion tt
the latter as the only national hope, not &
single old line ,Whig in the North, as fal
as our knowledge extends, has come out
for Buchanan. Several prominent nation.
al Democrats of the North have given in
their adhesion to Dir. Fillmore as the only
national hope in the present emergency
Old line Wings In the Northern States,
who have deserted Mr. Fillmore, have
gone into the ranks of Fremont The
Northern press, including Fremonts sup
porters, contend that Mr. Fillmore is the
only obstacle to the success of Fremont.
w lille in the South the Buchanan presses
contend that Mr. Fillmore is the only OBJ
Stacle to the triumphant success of their
candidate
These We submit are some of the re-
lnarkable features of the present canvass,
and he who takes the trouble to scan them
carefully over, will perhaps come to the
same conclusion that we have, that in them
there is some evidence OF the sound nation
al position of the model President. Tn
der his banner We find no disunionists-
only tnose who, like their great leader,
know no North, no South, no East, no
West, only their whole country
| We take it for granted that the majority
OF our readers have read the sophistry ad-
dressed to the people of Maryland by SEN
nj
substance of their respective addresses, d.
vested OF all superiiuous matter, may be
briefly stated thus:
''We would like to see Mr. Fillmore
elected President, and if he is, We will hur-
| ran with the loudest, but as we are pretty
well worn out with the party to which we
have belonged. and as We do not think We
have any hopes for the future with that
party, we avail ourselves of the present op-
portunity to make terms and take our
chances with the opposite side
The Baltimore Patriot, a sterling con-
servative jOurnal-not in any sense of the
term partisan-alluding to these letters,
says:
Let US speak plainly. In the present
triangular contest there is separation go
ing Oh which every one has doubtless no
ted, but of which no one as vet has spoken
openly The campaign now commencing
is one i'll which the peI;ticiaus are arrayed
on one side, and the people ON the other
Inc politicians see that a change has taken
place IN the popular mind, and that those
who were once regarded as leaders are ra-
pidiy losing the influence they possessed.
Alarmed Tor the possible loss OF that pow
er and prestige which they hoped to trans
inIt to those Uf their particular class, they
are desertlng the people to stand by their
order; and now that they have thus une-
Iuivocilly thrown down the gage of battle
the people will not be slow in taking it up.
We say distinctly, that, especially as re-
CARDS this detection from former party ties
III iavor of Mr.. Buchanan. it is detection
of once prominent politicians, and not of
the masses. The latter are guided by prin-
ciple, the former by-well we will leave
others to guess the motive power The
political sentiments entertained BY a ma
Jorlty of the people of Maryland are un-
questionably adverse to those So recently
promulgated by her Senators They stand
directly opposed to their constituency, and
the points OF difference are of the gravest
character Happily their influence is
small, and we lJse simply two votes, tri-
fling change IN view of the large majority
which Mr.. Fillmore will undoubtddlv OBJ
tain in this State.
So much stress has been laid upon these
letters by the Buchanan press in the South.
hot aAI
most led to believe that Messrs Pratt and
Pearce were the embodiment of all Mary
land, and that when they spoke all the peo-
pie held their peace!
Let us turn from the politicians to one
of the people. We take pleasure in pre-
senting some extracts from a letter ad-
dressed by Charles B. Calvert, ESQ. to the
editors of the baltimore Patriot. MIR.
Calvert is emphatically an old line Wing,
a gentleman who by his pure, lofty and
unstained character, exercises an infu-
ence throughout the State of Maryland,
secund to none. Being no politician-ha-
wing refused political station-his words
may be deemed words of soberness and
wisdom, unbiased by political prejudices.
They will be read with respect wherever
the author is known, and where he is not,
their own merit will command attention.
Mr.. Calvert says:
The contest in Maryland can only be
between Fillmore and Buchanan, and |
deny the pIopriety Of going beyond those
candidates to hunt up reasons for our
choice Let every man in the Union ask
his own conscience, and not the political
tricksters who endeavor to control their
selection by establishing political platforms
and other devices, who of the candidates
will make the best President for the whole
Union, and act according to his own de-
cision of that question? Ask yourselves
which of these candidates, from his past
life and services, deserves the support of
the old line Wings, or rather the old Clay
Wings, as | make distinction between
those who left the line to look for military
leaders and those who remained firm to the