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the coalition WIN moi such f.ct. open lie ere. Of

the coalition wili no. such facts open tie eyes Of
Again. In 1862 there were bststvo eaadidltes
for he Prssidency Scott md Piercs,s The klnSsr
fWhiel rot l,e2G, 600, andths lAtter (Demecssi3
$50 900 votes at the North or in the fres SAFES
In 1885, Fremont got 1850, 900. Buchanan I,224.-
the Wings there Of 1852 soent in 1866 to Free
mont! The Wing party At the North became ibo-
litiontzed The fact Is clear. But see further Blu
chanan carried every southern State but one, and
five northern States He had ticket in every State
in the Union, and of the free States there was not
one in which his friends did not fight bravey against
the Black Republican hosts. In seven free States
Fillmore had virtually no ticket In eight of those
States, polling upwards Of half million of votes, he
did not get more than 20,O00-not as many as the
little State OF Delaware castl Which then,
asked Mr. NJ, was the national party? Mr.. Buchan-
an received nearly two millions Of the popular vote
had ticket in every State-carried States enough,
by majority over ALL to elect him-got over twice
many of the popular vote as Fillmore, and sixteen
times as many of the electoral college. Who, then,
represented the national partyf The last election
proved conclusively that the South can look to no
other party at the North, than the Democratic par
ty, aided by few patriotic Wings who have joined
them, to Withstand the sweeping tide Of Black Re-
publicanism. Will the South strike down its own
friends in that section?
aton of the slavery question. 1t had been tried by
the best men of the country-by the Conventions
of both the Wing and Democratic parties in 1852
by resolutions in Congress-by solemn pledges Of
leading men-but it would break out. The reason
is evident. There are two antagonsms in the coun-
try-a determination to destroy slavery on the one
hand, and an equally resolute determination to pro-
tect and ertend it the other. So long as fanatcism
makes the attack, long will the law Of self pre-.
servation induce defense. And does any man believe
that fanaticism will cease its warfare? 1t is
folly madness to suppose so. Against the acquisi.
ton of any slave territory, and the admission
of any slave States into the Union, the Black
Republican party has declared unceasing warfare
If their policy is carried out it Ui end in the ruin
ct the Southo or the dissolution Of the Union. The al
tentative will be forced upon u.s. Seventy years hence
there will be upwards Of thirty millions of slaves in
the South and with that policy and fanatical spirit
pressing upon US from the North what will be the
inevitable consequence? 1t will be impossible to
preserve the Union, unless we sustain support, en-
courage and stand firmly by that party at the North
tainance of our rights under it. If that party is
broken down, all becomes sectionalism; one party
only at the North and only at the South. If the
South is united in defense of the Constitution, aided
by party that divides the votes of the North, and
gives battle to anaticism in each of the free States
can that be regarded a sectional organization or
partyf If the Democratic party at the North is
broken down, conquered, silenced, every thing will
pass into the hands of the Black Republicans, led
on by Seward, Hale, Wilson, Garrison and others,
the worst enemies of the Republic! It is the duty
then, said Mr. NJ, Of every conservative man, every
southern man to sustain that party Every indca-
ton, every political movement at the North, shows
conclusivey that there is fusion now going on of
the Americans and Republicans defeat the friends
Of Mr. Buchanans administration, and solely on the
issue that it has taken ground for our rights under
the Constitution. He would aid in no such work
r,,ip.. To do tn 11niOn He
believed the great of the Democratic party of
the North conservative and true that to it alone
could look for aid against the Vaccinations of the
Black Republicans, and thus believing, he was re-
solved to stand by that party If We abandoned our
friends in that section, where could we look for aid
Such conduct would be ungenerous as it would be
impolitic and suicidal.
Mr.. NJ. referred to many other facts to strengthen
this view, and show the dangerous tendency of that
party which at the North has been able to unite in
its ranks all the elements of fanatcism and place
itself under the lead of men who declare that the
shall not cease until that is accomplished which
will end in our runl In view of that ISSUE that
conflict every other political question sinks into in
significance. He would sustain no man who sub.
ordinates it to any or even every other issue. They
were all but dust compared with it.
Mr. NJ. proceeded to discuss other questions All
the old political issues which divided the Wing and
Democratic parties in time past obsolete, burr
ed and forgotten, except distri6ution and that
came in shape which the old leaders of the Whig
party would never have recognised He denied that
Mr.. Clay ever contended for any such system Of
distribution the neophites of the present day
contend for. He would have secuted scorned such
system. He read from Mr.. Clays great report Of
1882 to show that he was for distributing the pro-
ceeds of the public lands aohen they aoere not needed
to pay the expense Of the government, for aoa,
purposes or to Pay any debt sohich the government
might o~s In that report he repudated and de
nounced the policy of giving away the lands to the
States gratuitously Congress had no right to
surrender its charge over that part of the public
property,any more than over the customs the navy
Notifications. Mr.. Webster said the same thing
various occasions He (Mr N.Y. discussed this
subject at much length denied that since the year
1874, distribution had ever been made principle
of the Wing party as a national party. 1t coulG
not be found in any of their national platforms. L
never vas intended by the great men of that party
to take away the lands or their proceeds and then
tax the people to replace the amount for the supper
of the government. They too wise and patriot,
for that The government is now in debt, and wha
folly it would be to give away this source Of revenu,
when it is thus needed and 60 through the expensive,
and oppressive operation of taxing the people t.
supply the deficiency thus created. He was agans
it as wrong, mpolitic and at with the spirit o
institutions. He believed that the great leaders
of both the Wing and Democratic parties would hav,
secuted proposition to divide $50 600 900 of acres
of the public lands especially if lying in the terri
tory of any of the States, amongst the States Il
would produce discord, violence, speculation, fraud
heretofore unknown to our history. He was oppos
posed to sqnandering the public lands Such
scheme as the one referred to would be system o
wholesale squandering.
Mr. M next touched on the State debt He warn