Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-08
The "Fuss and Flutter'' Of the En-


envy.
The appearance Of the canvass thus lar IN
Louisiana indicates as glorious and decided q
victory for Breckenridge and Lane as was de-
! monstrate ted for Buchanan and Breckenridge in
the Summer and Fall of 1856. The features
Of the present struggle are similar to what
they were then, and we have no doubt what
ever will result equally disastrous for the en-
emy. Then, the Fillmore and Donaldson party,
comibosed Of about the same materials as the
present Bell and Everett organization, with
the exception Of a large body Who joined the
Democracy for the salvation of the country,
as they honestly considered were equally
sanguine, ardent and energetic in their ac-
ton, and really conducted the canvass in a
spirit which the Democracy might have cop
led with advantage; the mails, too, were
loaded with evidences to prove the over
whelming majority throughout the country
rve ought to know something about it,
which would be rolled up in November for
the X. n. nominees! At any little gathering
of the sovereigns, on steamers in care, at the
springs, everywhere, in fact, the K. n. papers
had it (ah! don't are know how they were de-
ceivedD that everybody and everything were
for Fillmore and Donaldsonl Songs, breath
inr the lurid sentiments Of galvanized patrl-
otism-snd really meritorious in poesy and
music-filled the sangulne columns OF h. n.
organs (ah well, IRE acknowledge twas sou
and seeming as if the whole American people,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, had become
enthused with the inspiration Of heroic rhyme
and everywhere, in the crowded streets, IN
the ~purlieus Of city and village, IN the back
lanes and crowded marts, in the halls oil the
refined and the brothels Of the low-in mid
day and at the dead Of night, the refrain Of
"Fillmore and Donaldson! ~ was sung, whis-
tied, yelled and shouted by both sexas and
All ages. wherever man turned his steps. Had
the country gone mad with the success e. OF
american principles? Many Of the more
generous Of the party really pitied the fororn
condition of the Democracy. Alabama was
Welded to them, and maybe Mississippi, but
that was all that could be done for the Demo-
Gratis. Alas, poor Yorick! And were the
! Democrats doing nothing all this timei Bless
I your heart! they were doing as they are do
: ing now, Laying low and keeping their pow
: der dry 7" Well, November came, and what
1 was the RESULT The election passed-and
u Fillmore and Donaldson, whose names were
:. the theme of so much enthusiasm in song and
~oratory, all over the land, got one little State
s0merhere North!
u Is it strange, that after that men should
= doubt and finally disavow principles which
. had been ~repudiared by such a vast majority
= of the American peoplei The party went to
=, atoms at once-a large portion Of ID taking
5 up in earnestness and truth the banner they
| had so cordially and z~ealously waged war
against. Well, time past, and the world Won
dered what would he the next move of all the
Il elements opposed 10 Democracyl
4 That next move requires no explanation
: We are nov in the midst Of it. Being impOssi-
o be for such heterogeneous mass Of principles
to agree upon any platform, they made none
' further than what Seward himself comedies
n a love for the Constitution, the Union and the
v Laws. We accord to them however the pur.
|" est feelings Of patriotism and devotion.
IS And now, elevated by the division OF the
Democracy, we perceive in the Bell and Ever
cit ranks similar s~snguine and energetic dis
play, connected with the same boastful and
$ ostentatious declarations that characterized
" the Fillmore and Donaldson party Of 1856
to But knowing that the Democracy has streng-
thened since then far greater than what it ha:
ar lost by the Douglas detection, we are sure u
the fact that the Democracy of Louisiana, i
not the entire Republic, on the 9th Of Novem'
Der next, will gain a greater victory for Con-
stitutional Rights and those symbols Of ever
lasting Union" the "EQuALrrY OF THE STATES
> than what it gained in 1856 for the PoLIrIcAI
to EQUALITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE and tn,
/. Freedom Of the Church. Our cause is Right
c. and will prevail!