Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-09
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY Q, 1853.
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The Nashville Banner gives Iist Of prominent
Northern Free-soilers, Who once acted with The
Democratic party; the object being to shOv that
the Abolition candidates for the Presidency shave
drswntheir chief strength" frOr ths Democratic
party. The Bsnnr says;
..Nowitist be presumed that these NorlheTn Dem
ocraiie, anti-siavery and Abolition candidates for
the Presidency drew their chief strength from the
ranks Il their political friends Is there any one
who viii deny the reasonableness Of this presump-
lion? In he absence Of positive evidence, Ge can
hot see how any other conclusion is justi6sble.
With this view let revert 10 the progressive in
crease in the snti-slavery strength g means of
Escerfsjning holp true " this Northern Democratic
party is to the rights Of the South ct the pres
sni time
IN 1910 Birney received Z, 600 votes
IN 1874 BirRey TsceiUed 60, l40 VOtss.
IN iS48 Van BareR reeeiOed 2s6, 2S2 Vosss.
In 1852 Hale received Isl, 296 gotes
IN 1856 Fremont received l, 84l, el2 Votes."
Let us look to the record moment, and see where
this Increase in the Abolition vote came from:
In 1870 and ls44 the regular abolition candid
sts received the first year 1000 and the second
abOu sc 600 votes.
In ls4s the vote, in the non-slaVeholdins States,
was
For TAILOR, (Whig ............... 92eOl6
For CAss, (dem ........ Sl2, 256
For VAN buren,, (abo. 2sl,0T
In 1852 the vote in the free States was
For ScoTT, (Ehg, !, O22, i5I
For PIEECE (dem.J 1,l56,5lS
For Halls, lsbo )....... 167,686
In 1885, the vote in the same States VAS
For FILLMORE. * n )......,......... 395, $50
Fo BUcH NAN (dem ..................... 1,274,T60
For FREMONT, (aoo SAC, bl6
III. Al. e Al.
Abolition vote, and shows precisely where that vote
came from. The Abolition vote in 1856 was 1885,
98S greater than it wss in 1852. An increase of
more than million in four years. The argument
Of the Banner is that Fremont having once been
Democrat, "dreW his chiefstrength from the ranks
of his political friends" Let US see:
PIERCE, in 1852, received, in the free
Ststes, -....... 1858
BUCHANAN, in 1856, received, in thesame
Tree otatas..... ,2I4, 100
So Fremont could not have drawn "his chief
strength" from the Democratic ranks; for b.
CHASAN's vote was more than hunarsd hOHsand
LARGER, in the Eon-slsvsholdng States, thaa
PIERcEs. That's demonstration so far.
From whence, then, did Fremont derive his sup
port
Look again at the figures:
States wss. ,U22, 757
In 1856 there was no Wing candidate. A new
party formed from the ruins OF both the old par
ties" as we we're told, Pad taken the place of the
Wing party. Fillmore, the candidate Of that
party received 30, $50 votes the ncR slavehod-
ing staiss That accounts for so many OF the
ScoTr vote of 1852 Where went the re naming
5,O0Ol The figures themselves tell the story
Thus:
ScoTTs vote in 1852, ,022, 757
FILLaoREs IN 1856, $4,000
Scorr more thaa F1tLMoRR, 629,l67
Sir Hundred and taszty nine thousand Of the Wing
vote Of 1852 in the free States were gone some
where Well: Eksrsf
Look agaia a. The figures:
FREMosTs vote il 1866 .....1 ,340,el5
Incres 1872 $50
BUeHANAN's increase over PIERCE, in the
Ffre etaes, 1lS,2S7
FsEMOST, increase over HALE in the Free
STA .....l, l62 983
FLLMoREs LOSS ofSCOTT's Vote............ C29, l61
Now, If that is not demonstration, win the Ban
asr be good enough to tell US what would bel 1t is
positive evidence" which cannot be disputed,
have net drawn 'their chief strength" from the
Democratic party; and that they have drawn that
strength almost entirely from the Old Wing party.
WenOtice but one more paragraph from the BaRRer's
article. II says:
''Gen Pierce, upon platform pledged TO re-
strainiBg agitation, carried every Northern State
bui The result Of this eelecrion left tkItssn
Northern States with Democratic majorites In 1856
the Northern ant slavery Demo )ratic Fremont car
red Asns Of these Northern Democratic States. The
bulk Of this Northern Democracy Trrs the rights
Of he Soah ranged themselves under the black
bsBBer OF FTsmeHt and enti-slsvery."
We iuvite the Banner TO sustain the assertion that
''tho bulk Of this Northern Democracy ranged them
selves under the blsok banner Of FRENoKT and anti
slavery in 1855, if it can 1t is question which
she figures sIll determine; and we assert that the
6gures DO not sustain the Banner
The nine States referred to by the Banasr as hsV-
ing voted for PIERCE in 1852 and for Fremont In
1856, Nre the States Of Connecticut, Iowa, Maine,
Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode
Island, and Wisconsin. These States, in 1852 voted
as follows
For FIERCE, 526 loo
Eor SCotr, ......... 546 O3S
Eor HALE, SO, l9I
Dad 'the bulk' of this 62s 1855, Who voted for
PizRcE, grange themselves under the black banner
Of Fremont and sniislavsry," in 1866 as stated by
the BaanTg Look at the vote, aud decide!
In 1885, the nine States above named voted as
follows:
For BUCHANAN 62l SA5
For FREMONT, .... ...6OS ll6
For LIZ, $50
BUCH.NAEs vote was but {, 900 less than PIERcs's
in the nine States Of which the Banner speaks;
while FILLNoRE's was 374 GOO less than Soorrs Yet
the Banner states fact that the bulk of the Dem
Ocrats ranged themselves under the black banner of
Fremont, and leaves the inference ihstthe Ola Wing
vote al vent for FILLMORE!
The Know Nothing papers and speakers in the
cities bare ceased 10 sneak of The San ,,iekf Dam