Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-29


ssy- The following, from the N. Y.
HcrdJd, will be read with interest by those
who have faith in the shrexdhcss,of that
paper in detecting the eariiestihdications
Of a change in the popular breeze On
one point however, we believe the Hraid
Is grossly mistaken. The democracy Of
the South win never become sectional
party. Its devotion to the South is alII
CANNON, as is proven by its anti -distribu-
ton, squatter sovereignty, alien Suffrage,
anti-southern alliance with the most dan \
gerous elements of northern radicalisn;
and It will vote for Garrison or Fred
Douglas, if the nominees of national
convention, aud therefore the represents
tivcs Of the spoils. The Herald may know
what northern democracy is, but is ignorant
of the. character of the southern wing,
which has never advocated the first measure
of peculiarly southern policy, and has
never cried out against northern aggression
cxccpt'to Brighten honest southerners into
the support Of their candidate. The
Union is never in danger when they are
in power, but is ever on the verge Of
dissolution when President is to be
elected: X.
We had supposed this American party
to be like the old Wing party---defunet
and decomposed; but of late we are. salts
fed that, like Mr.. Webster, it "still lives. /"
In November last, it fell through, from the
superior popularity Of Mr.. Buchanan in
tho South and from the tremendous popu-
larity of the Fremont movement in the
North. In 1860 on the other hand, we are
assured from Mr.. Buchanan himself that
he will not stand in the way; while it is
quito possible that, through the schemes
and intrigues of the Seward managers, Col.
Fremont may be superseded in the North.
! Here, then, in both sections of the Union
there is a large margin of encouragement
to Mr.. Fillmore's supporters. Nor is this
oil. ga - .s.. gs5
The two most powerful parties in the
last November election are crumbling to
pieces, Under the suspicion that Seward
and his managers are mining and burrow-
ing to supplant Fremont, the masses of the
Republican party are dispensing With
| the removal of the popular name which
brought them together, the charm, the
prestige, the enthusiasm, and the unity of
the party are all gone. ser
Other things being equal, one would nat
uraIly conclude that these republican dis
integrations would only be so many gains
to the Democratic party. Bat such is not
the case. While the Democracy of the
North are hopelessly broken up and de-
moralized, the Democracy of the South
are steadily drifting into purely section
al Southern organization We appre-
bend, from the signs of these ominous
times, thatthe candidate of the ultra South
ern Democracy of 1860 will not be able to
command single Northern electoral vote,
and that the direct Northern opposition can
didate will receive no suffrages whatever
south Of Mason and Dixon's line, should
Seward or one of his factious tribe of agi.
tators be the man. 1t is in apprehension
of this sharply drawn sectional division of
parties in 1860 that the undismayed friends
of Mr.. Fillmore, in connection with a new
I and common sense American Union plat
form, are inspired with the prospect of a
triumphant popular conservative reaction
in his favor, North and South. \ y X
The American National Council of the
End Of June, at Louisville, in this view of
the next campaign, should not be neglected
by the supporters of Mr.. Fillmore A late
letter of Mr.. Humphrey Marshall, ofKen-
lucky, gives a highly encouraging exhor-
tation TO theparty to ''stand by their guns"
and, as the American organ at Albany as
sures us that the party fight for principles,
and not for victory, we may conclude that
in their late defeat they have not been dis
heartened in the least degree. We call up
on them, therefore, to organize, North and
South, East and West, and 10 prepare for
such gathering of experience, talents,
and wisdom at Louisville as shall result in
the instant rekindling of their camp fires
from Maine to Texas. They who are first
in the field have the choice of the ground;
and Mr., Fillmore was not given half a
! chance in the last campaign. 4 x
!, In behalf Of numerous supports of Mr.,
Fillomre, we call upon his friends through
out the country to proceed, without further
delay, to organize for the campaign of
} 1860. The dismantled condition of the
, Democratic and Republican forces, and the
great issues which are operating to divide
the people of the Union into two absorb
ing sectional parties, call for the immedi-
: ate organization of national Union con
seryatiye party TO stand as mediator be-
tween the North and the South in the next
Presidential election. Many friends Of
I Mr.. Fillmore believe that in the eight
hundred thousand votes which he received
last November, from all parts of the Union,
there is still existing the nucles upon which
to build a conquering party in 1860. To
7 this end it is desirable, not only that Mr.,