, 1860-06-02
29re48 Trthutt&.


SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1850.
THE F1kLm0RE HEN. |
There is really 70 Inconsistency in 'le course
Of thoze men who vo;ea for Fillmore IN 4oa"'
and who support Lincoln in 1860 Tho So
called Americaos Of 1856 we're old line wings.
Disniritcd on account Of their de1eat in 1859
and tue subsequent disintegra,ion ofthe party,
these men found themselves at the election Of
1856 in crave dilemma. Their old hereditary
1oe-ths Democratic party-by repeating the
Mis*our:: compromise aud re:oPenihg Tie s'a.
very ngitation, had become more hateful to
then than ever Weakened ut tho North by
detection, The remnant Of the Democratic
party in tho fret Sa:es had become more COM
pact than ever before, while at the South 1t
llal grown invincible through constant pan
deriug to the slavery rropngandists- When
the canvass Of 1856 opened. The Democracy
everywhere were united. compact confident
and boas:ful tho opposition divided aud
doubtful. The Republican party was organ
lied only about four months before the ciec-
ticn. Its adherents were confined ent1fe's
to the FREQ States. It's strength was matter
Of mere conjecture. And while those VINO
were instrumental in inaugurating the move
ment were hopeful 10 degree, that tho out
>1axed North would 10 true to herself. sth1
those who stood aloof saw more clearly Inc
difficulties Of their position-on the one hand
well drilled and compact organization win no
competition in one lnlf the Union, aud VAN
unlimited resources to aid in tostylylng
their pagcr III the other, and with tic patton'
aga ul the Federal Government at their dis
posal, and with The prestige Of past SUCCESS
II add their confidence on the other an I'M
tried aud heterogeneous body Of men
agreeing only as to one thing, Will no
past SUCCESS to inspire present confidence,
WITHOUT parry drill with the desperate
necessity before them Of carrying every state
in which their organization had an existence
to escape defeat-aud seeing all this wha1
wonder that they should hare considered the
prospect hopeless, and turred towards the or
ganiza!ion supporting Ar. Fillmore as the more
promising instrument for the defeat Of the De-
1Eocracy.
In the free States hundreds Of thousands
were influenced bv this view Of the case. III
going into 1lc American organization or In
voting 70, Mr.. Fillmore without Identifying
themselves with that psrty, the great majority
,rG,+a h1~ hnStttf 2 10
Republican principles or the Republican party
They had grown up in the faith Of these prln-
ciplcs principles transmitted to them oy
their fathers aud confirmed by their own ma
ru1cd reason mad patriotism. TWAS not mat
t.r Of principle therefore that induced teem
not to vote for Mr. Fremont; nor was it love
OF The peculiar tencts Of Native Amcricanism
tia. caused them to vote for Mr. Fillmore. The
;.rca. and controlling purpose with them was
to defeat, il possible, tho party which they had
fought throughout their 1ivcs. whosc principles
they 1cputiatcd ard whose practices they
knew to be- corrupt unpatzio:ic and destFue-
tive alike Of good government end The pros
perity Of the country. Had they believed that
by supporting the Republican nominations
this end would have been more certainly
achieved, such support would have beon most
chcerful;y given. 1t is plain enough now that
they fell into very grave error OF Judgment
but rs seen from their stand point, at tho time,
no other conclusion was possible than the ono
arrived at,
The campaign Of 1860 opens under very
different circumstances. The Republican or
ganization is now perfected, vigorous, COM
pact, confident mad enthusiastic from the pres
tige Of its past eacceases. It holds posses"
sioa Of the local governments Of nearly all the
free States aud the few which heretofore have
been considered doubtful. are 80 no longer
sincs ,llo nomination Of Abraham Lincoln.
TIE organization extends south Of Mason and
Dixon's line. In several Of the slaveholding
States, patriotic, conservative men, recognize
ing in the principles II the Republican party
the only hope Of free government hnTe come
out boldly in its support and in the election Of
4hia Year vrill n~st +1s7r votea for the Rarnh''
can nominee. On tie other hnnd, the sllam
Democracy arc rent by factions, divided by
unscrupulous leaders. unable to agree upon
either H candidate or 4 plattorm-some hold"
ing that Congress ehou1d u1ake 4 slnve code
for the Territories othcrs, that it is the
appropriate work Of tho Supreme Court 10
furnish such codc-demsralized, dishearten-
tened, waTeTins in the face Of their oppo-
1'n'e' Auu "e'eA'se 10'" 49, 1850 -
beKuo. The men who voted for Mr.. Fillmore in
1856, as tie best means to secure the defeat cf
the Democracy, have no sucll inducement
=hcraforo to withhold their rotes from the Re-
NJ ublican nominee in 1850. The came reasons
which made them Ieliere they ought to vote
for Nj. Fillmore then, assure them beyond the
possibility Of q doubt that they should votc
for Mr.. Lincoln now: He alone can defeat the
Democracy and turn out the spoilamen. The
old Fillmore men know this, and recognizing
in Ar.L;nccla former companion in arms, and
in thu platform on which be stands 1le prinoa-
~,1aq III ur11ich they fave fheen aiXars devoted