VOL 2.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
nv
r.DlTOK ni) PR0PR1ET0B.
s-2.00 im:k Aii.vn' ix adyace
r:t(tM Til S Til H: ND. WHIO.
Hr lfhc's Defamation of General i
'asliinsflon. j
Attjatinn ought to he directed, we' think, ;
t0 ll0 utterly, tmfound ttuciiients of Gov.1 1
Wise in his late 'address, at Lexington, in
Jf fcrcnc-J to the Father oi his Country. i
Viiat th': motive of these unhappy declara- j
li.ms wns. u e are at a loss to know, umVss ,
i: uMi of Mr. Wise to endeavor to .
l.ri:.J uva the immortal Uash-.ngton to his
(1,v:1 1 v,! of ;i.ry and .-nrrilou d jnunca- ;
1 hi fcntle;r.an has oocn so severe y tori in 0juir.s w,.v m(i ft from M-.-jor Mnr- a n d the-excitc-ment of an election, person
VtucA in all quarters of lafe for his unre- t,)ns yl? in S27. Major M. wns well a!1)' innlfed a gentleman, and therefore
s;rnia'd aner. and utterance of undignified knoxVn in Virsinia. He was a rentlrman was ' stricken in ' the face in the market
go. liir.t. as it appears to us,
he
lias
(h
rriniacd t secure, if possio.c. the sanction
,,f t ! rrr-:i
t and worthy name whic.i 'he
f AmVrira rejoice to honor. lut .Mr. nf
t'i,.."s failure is
miserable one. (.mi. ;
it
V:!--'iiiiLft n re-emliles him in 'no particular.
I'irts.' who will take the trouble to read
li ifij i t an 1 ignorant production, will not
tliink more hitrhH' of its author for tins at
tempt t- briuii down the r.ame of Wnslnnir
teii from the exalted jM .'. -trd !i? v! i di i:
s'Tiia ;
Mr.
Wise aims tp represent (Jen. W;i-h-
i .rton-as at times givi:m way to his pas-
, nid to his tonffue in the vulgaresi and
ii o -t uncotiT died ma - e
7 1
gives the
doded sJo-
-1 1 ; 1 n t - :it L"xinffton the old ex
n- n'' U ash n Tton's swrar nr:
at G mi. L
: on
His
:v a-
n-c -unit of h;s r treat rt Mo m uth.
I in oreje a t'lat Washington 4Stornf,d
tntan ? louder than the battle" r.t Le for
liis.i'U-tiinr-d and s-diarn? fid retirement from
the nrcsence of the enemv. Rv nn.Hhe;n;-.s ,.,:
nf roiiHse. it was meant oaths. An anat'ic- uvo or ,',r..0 t.im-s. but in a manner which j ,;'-m oxc5tPtl n" ,nc oe-asion of an elec
iai nieaa a curse, andnothinr else, and the ' no one had a right to pronounce rr-fni". ! tion 10 lnP House, of Burgesses, and used
impression made on t!e m'nd -f ovrv r -''-er
i- !"h "t Washinizto!! r'i' d ei"d sweire at
t!i
recreant General. 1 u s statement is
-lv uiifounded, and Mr-. Wise had no
e v
denee of it-; truth v.-h
'. he
il
ev
No historian has a-erted
n-e that Was!i:ngtou, w !!., in
of Courunnder-in-Chief, h.ad
-a-;e r
P-'-h ' e
I hi-? protest to tlie armv against
ni-'f oio wfarinf. dec
l.-:iMg it a vi.-e whie!i
w i rV nvin of sense detests and despise
wr'ihl after that have stormed oui his oaths
l-Mul.T than the battle" in the presence of -
... i
die verv
soldiers to whom his orders en
this snhjoru had been given :
The evidence that Washington did not ;
swear at-Monmouth is of the most eon-clu-
sive ehar.ter possihie. i ne prooi coi.
'iipidr i- iciJl!i- 'Fiif !VTi"1 eor.ld not
he mere satisfactory. Judge Marshall, in ' tc
wrmng the history of th.- b .tt!e, ha.: no nv.-
dence hefore his mind to lead him to say ;
more than that AVash.ington addr ?-ed L 'C, ' j...,. had cursed or sworn, or as the ex
"ia terms of some warmth, implying disap- ; .r.iv:!rr; nt author of : he addre ss at L- ;i m:
proh.nion of his conduct." Ilea !;y, in ' t ,, .TiSi had -'stormed a nathemes bmder
the 2d vol. of Washington and his G;m r..ls. t;.; hatih" It is utterly beyond br-
nt n:ge -l 18, says that it was the snt'ifhere.l ' :..,r cxr0pt perhaps the belief of some im
passion and the rna-ia -r of. Washington on j ,Tfl(M.tii:g and hap-liazard jer?on like the
this occasion, and not his words, which j Avr;t(,r nf the word s we ha ve quot-d.
made his reb-ake of of Lee - s terrible. j o her statement of Mr. Wise, relative
Would the .statement of either Marshall or I w r: ' A,.,.,,,, nWr lomnpi-. -?
Headier be true, if Washington batt ftv'r.l
at Lea or uttered --an ithemas louder than
theaUle ?"
Loosing, in his FieM Rook of the Revo-
lution, vol. 3d, page 3-9, gives substantially
the same account, and says, among other
thinffs, that Lee was "stung not so much by i
the words as by the mar.n Tof Waphing on" !
a statement which of course, would 1 e j
untrue and inadequate to the circumstances j
it Washington had cursed or sworn on the I
ifcasion.
It is well-known that, :ifier the battle of
Monmouth, a con espoudence took place he- :
. twrcu Lee a;id the Commander-in-Chief, in
reference to what Ifatl passed between t!i.":n
a the day of the battle. It was begun by
bee, in which he complained of the "singu- '
Lir expressions" made use of towards him '
'y Washington. Would Lee have eharae- ;
'terized oatlis and anathemas as singular ex- 1
pressing Gen. Lee found fault with !
liecp siniTidar expressions, because, ns he
thev implied that I was guilty 'either :
f disobedience to orders, want of conduct, i
nr want of courage. How absurd to sup- ;
P'e, now. that Lee would have said that 1
l'lp words nf Washington on this occasion
i ,i, .a i i i
' "i"HJ msapprobation oi ins course, n no
K!'('w that Vahin"-ton fias cursed anil
"worn at him an r.ct which would not
'1,vfi i i.n plied disapprobation, but would
'five been thc most direct condemnation ?
Washington was not sensible of having used
even "singular expressions." His reply
w'as as follows :
"Sir 1 received
our letter, (dated
th
nug.i mistake tlie 1st July,) expressed, i
I . -V x ' It
TT . . - T
as 1 conceive, m terms highly improper. I :
. . i " - . !
orderly Book, Auj. HO, 1770. Battle of .Mon-I
outh fcnight in 177S ,
am not conscious of having made use ofmi
j very aiuguiur ixpr.ssmns, at me time oi mat "lona ana deep were the clamors
i meeting you, as you intimate. V.,at I re- against St. Clair, but that. Washington, re
collect to Iiave said was dictated by duty fusingjto sympathize with tlie popular feel
land warranted by the occasion," tc, &c. ! ing against him, still gave him his'confi-
.Liouu, Miuns auyiuiug oi i
the character of Was'iingion, believe that he i
I ; in n nir natrn i !. n 1 . . l " '.I
would hive penned these lines if he had
cursed Lec,or hurled at him "anthemas loud-
cr lnan the battle.' If he did swear on the
occasion referred to, and vet wrote those
Iines, where is the truthfulness of him whom
thc Wor,(, ve1Rraes afler SQ esahed a man.
cr ?
The next evidence to be adduced is that
of lllP ,rUe Maj,rr James Mortoni of Vinrini;.,
a soldior of the revolution. The account is
pivPn hv Rev. Dr: pnmer, nf tho pre,tv.
of high standinor in social life, as he had I
)?rn n the arm v. lie was the brother of i
the late T?eni. ATorinn nf ITn;r,v V.r.M i
t10 l:;te Nathaniel Morton, of Riltimorr
and 'of Hip late Jno. Morton, of nril-aiiN
in France. He was ihe f ither of !: wife
of R"V. Dr. John II. I?ifc. of Va., and of the
wife of t!ie Rev. James Wharev, of Vn.
He :! the father of the prs'-nt disiinTni-di-ed
pb siehui, and Pirricu'tur's. Fr. Wm. S.
Mm io.!i f 'umbcrland cou:;t-. ' Virginia.
M ny. of the readers ef thc Whiff w?l! know
" vlt"in iv e rfer fro-ii tfiese rirctrn -stances.
?),.. !'!"U;n -r, in n letter pn'dished about j
o'g'tteen morrths ajo, (and now before me) !
javs he ha never known a more iruthfu! f
man than Mainr; James Morton, and hre is !
the Major's account. i4IT'"' told me that he
wa5 within six vard5? fof G?'!. Wet-'oo-ton
v, h'i h." mt Ti"e. aed that no exo-ession .
w:- ! co-.ih! fx-rlv be c dbd p-ofan scaped 1
thr
lin of the Com. in Chi- f. M -ior M. I
Washington ued the name of God
Tie said that. he heard nU that passed he-
twem the General-, m l that Washington
,.- T.rr ri--fl no sirn'" " ;
Th's i'-count of tii? matter, had by Dr.
P'u v.? , 'V un iVIajor M's ow n rr.o ih. we
d'-'MT: it e!-tirclv conclusive, !;!it will add of
that ;!
Marquis La volte
The R v. Ja- !
r
o:
a well kn uvn writer of o r
rv, and one who In? identified himself!
th'-rmifxhlv than anv one else with the I
nv1
s'rr r nnd writings of .'Washing!.. -e, ques- I
tj.,nr,j r.-,fvr!c 1M respect to the langiage!
addressed hv Wasliirton to Le at Mon-
mouth-. "" He replied, that though he was
near them both at the time, hccoidd ;-.o have
0(j aM 1)lir afterward-: what he sahl. He
w.s n,, tlc language, but the man-
.,.- l.l m-.-.? t- . . W. 5, i ,-. ,ri--i
blv ' X"ited before. Wc sim-dv ask in
. r:..-c:-. tT this, is it m?sible, could
is it pT.-sihle,
fiv0)tr. jMVe failed to rcoUcet it, if W
s 1-
con 1 r wi ll ut.f( in 'aio:i, with the decta-
.
vatian i ast commented on. It is th t on h
.-p(.p t".m of the news of St. Clai.'s defeat.
.Va - h'ngton . -'raged wfthcut restrai tt." I
v..0nder, sir, where Ir. W. pr c ir-s his
,storv. It i singular, indeed, to sec how
j.c tnj5J T1C "truth is, that so far f om
c;on Vashington's bei ig in a rage w t'
poor ;t Clair, he seems to have been about
lh orlv p ,rson v..() looic the pari of the
... . . r:oo-it nmiJ i!m storm of nubile
! iiuli"-e.ation. St. Clair was defeated twice.
Once after e a mating Ticonderoga, and
once in th.e Northwest Territory. To
whichever of these thc author of the address
i ef rr , h 4 has been mistaken. Mr. Peter
son, in his '-Heroes of the Revolution,"
s ivs that after the first failure ef St. Clair,
he did net lose th conf.d nee of Washing
ton ; and after thc sdcond, was still contin
ued in office by him, and says nothing of
the anger of the Chief towards him. Pages
282.283. Judge Marshall, in vol
O, 1 AJ,
rOiii rlii lilt: MiiiLiin in v i.v . . , ... .v. .
i . ,!. .tof.-t Tn rrsrpct tn ihn
s vond ho savs v l. 5, p. 333-that St.
Clair -sfill retained the undiminished es-
.,,1 nninion of the President "
ii i in hii-j i.-'"- i "
iIe;nnc v, vo. 2, p. 21 8. stales
in regard to
'the first failure of St. Clair, that 'die was
not unsuceess.ui iro.n w.uni ,,..n ...i.m,
r t r . f ...:,.,,
willingness to sacrifice himself. ashing- ; nk, ani ijpppr breast n IIoutlon.
ton knew this, and hence never withdrew! V dismiss this repulsive representation
his confMlence." How does this consist f0f Mr. Wise, which he has made without
with Mr: W.'"s dc duration, that Washing- historical authority, atuUhe whole subject,
- . , i .vitli the expression of a hope lhat when
ton "raged without restraint on the occa- ; f .i.U r.,i.,n wit sneaks on
sion. In reference to the second defeat of
R r . TTpsMi,.. on D. "2' vol. 2, says,
' l "
T7T i- o.i i
Ttiiy wasaingion ana wucia.s, .,,
l'-
LEXINGTON,! NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST
that the country was filled with gloom, and
uciice, inc same auuior also gives, on p.
223 of voli 2, an anecdote which jrors to
' TI . . .
show that on this occasion, the President I
c inducterl himself with the utmost delibe
ration! and decorum. So much for this
reckless misrepresentation.
One other statement of Mr. Wise on the
subject f Washington's alleged proneness
to rouh kbuse; needs a notice of a few
v.'prd-5. He asserts that in the canvass for
C.uiijr.'ss, between Col. Peyton and Gen.
L-e, which took pi ice after the Presidency
of W ishinto i. t'lat world renowned man,
house at Ah-xandria." We hardly hesitate
to say that scarcely any schoolboy in the
land, writin? nnnn tb snliioct nf Wwlimfr.
tr:i. would display such ignorance as js
here fx'iibited. Wljen MTashinrtn had
fouffht all the battles of the Revolution, had
filled the Presidential ch::ir with a moral
cran le.ir unapproaehed by Kings, and waH
reposinff amid the shades of Mount Vernon,
an object, as Lord Erskine would ; ex
press it, of "awful reference" to mankind ;
at this s rerc and dignified period of his life
M:r Wise represents him as minfflinirin the
discussion and strife of an election day, and
receiving a blow
in the face for insulting a
gentlem - ni. 5hakne, sfianre on' such a state-
'i(- historical truth of the case w
hard 1 v f el calle(
on to state. It is simply
this, however. When a young man, and
' " '
C do: o' of the V
rjinia Troops, in 1754 he
his superiors at Alexan
era of his life, vhn his
was p-a!' bX
(lnn' nnu ;U ,,,,s
charact; r was comparatively unformed, he
oflf nsive l-ngnage to a Mr. Payne, who
aveeged Irmlf by a blow. History states
thai. Washington did not return the blow.
but fe dTng hims If in the wrong exerted
h'mselft' sive Mr. Payne from the wrath
o'his soldier-, and wills seccoss. Had this
thing-occurred wdien Mr. Wise so ret-kless-ly
aserts it did. that is when Washington
h 'd become 'the first in War, first in peace
and first in the hearts of his countrymen,"
iiothing perhaps but the very life-of the an-
la rnist. of Washington could .have dispelled
th-; g: lU red wr; t't of the Nation. With
an expression of our pity for the deplorable
ignoranca (if it is nothing more) wdiich Mr.
Wise here exhibits, we-pass to one more
d lirat o i of the author of the address at
Lexington, verv degrading to Washington.'
It that .Washington 'hared his sacred
prs.'ju" to allow Iloudon, the Frencli 5atu
a v, nMin bv the order of the Virginia
Lii litur, tot ke the impression of that
p r :n" for tl e purposes of a statue, the
statue now in the Capitol at R chmond.
The impression evid ntly designed to be
m "M
la bv the writer of the address, was.
that the Father of his Country completely
unclnthed himself before this foreigner, at
Mo ant Vrmm, on the occasion alluded to.
C add, ai vthiuo possibly be more disgusting
than tii is : ser lion ! Mr. Wise is the first
n r on. 1 think, who has ever made it, and
it is utterly without foundation, as it is ut
t r'y repugnant to all our conception of the
eminent delicacy nd dignity of the august
and immortal man to whom it refers. The
imple fact, as Mr. Sparks, in his life of
"Washing n states. was, that a mere "bust
of Gen. Was'ingon" was -modelled by
Iloudon during his stay at Mount Vernon.
Spark's life; p. 390. ' .
In" addition to 'the testimony oftMr.
Sparks, who, it ss well known, before writ
'uv his book, was furnished with in form a
tion concerning AVaihington's private life,
bv members of his family and household, I
"ive that of Judge Rushrod Washington,
the nephew of and immediate successor of
the General at Mount Vernon, and of Ma
jor Lawrence Lewis, also who resided in
the neighborhood, and was exceedingly in -
. , , - . tt i 'n,,,;-
timate with his illustrious Uncle. . Their
. , r i i u m ,r
evidence is furnished me by Mrs. A., of
! KiivT George county, Va., a niece of kludge
I Washington,,
and for thirty vears of her
early life, a frequent sojourner at Mount
j Vernon. She assured the writer of this ar-
tide, but a few weeks ago, that she has re-
... . . , li
peatedly neani wie snmcuidii "'- uw.
! described by Iloudon, in connexion wuu
iiif ner
lio nrrsnn o Washington. 1 nev saui uiai
W - 1 A 1
: j. ,"i i,;a !,.,!
. charact;,r of Washington, he will en-
1 .i K witb more credit to him
UC.II 1 u - -
I self an he has .one in this unhappy pro
! duction. W. M.
FREF.ERicKsnrmG.
nnchanau's Northern and Sonfli-:
rpi - .
J hat this "piddling" Filbusterinjr old
ad another for the South, no sane man
can doubt who will only open his eyes j
long eOU5h to see the facts as they actu- j
ally exist. In the South he is supported aj
the special and anointed champion of South- j
ern ngnts and interests-as even more
ootitncrn in his principles and feelings than
Southern men themselves ; i while at the
North his election is urged upon the al
most sole ground of his never having done
or said any thing which hi3 most malignant
enemies could construe into even a remote
wish on his part to be instrumental in up
holding the institutions of the South. And
jui me spurious nuranugging democracy of
. .
uotii sections protess to stand upon exactly
tlie same 'platform, and to act in concert up
on all public questions. That the ignorant
and unsophisticated should be deceived hv
an assertion so bold and reckless is not to
be wondered at. But that intelligent read
ing men should imposed upon by it is.
also, a matter of the deepest surprise to us.
We lay tbeir misfortune to the blindness of
party idolatry and zeal. It can be atributed
to nothing else.
To illustrate the double facedness of the
Democratic candidate, and the fraudulent
game which his supporters, both North and
South are dilligently practising upon the
honest and confiding voters of the country,
we select a couple of passages frony two i
Buchanan papers, one of which published
in Mississippi and the other in Rhode Is
land. The Southern face of the Cincinati
nominee is. of course, presented by his
Southern organ; and here it is as painted
l .1 -t7" I w.
Ky uiu v icitsnurg dtniinei. ii says:
" We dare and defy any One to point to
a sing'e vote that Mr Buchanan ever gave
"during his Congressional career, involving
" the question of slavery, that was not on
" the side of the Souh and opposed to the
" Abolitionists."
A very bold and beautiful front for the
South, as all will admit. But let us see
how his Northern friends exhibit him to
the Freesoilers. What sort of face does he
wear in that quarter? The Providence,
Rhode Inland Post, as zealous Buchanan
organ as the Richmond Enquirer introduce-
him to a New England public thus :
"."Mr. Buchanan never 'uttered a sentence
" in defence of slavery or whispered a word
44 in favor of its existence, rtr cast a vote
"'wdiich any honest man could construe in
" to a wish to support the institution."
There, then, is Old Buck as portrayed by
a zealous Northern advocate of his i lection.
How does it harmonize with that which his
Southern supporters have presented ? Are
not the two as radically and essentially dif
ferent as black and white I And yet these
two Buchanan organs profess to stand upon
the same platform; to hold the same princ -ples,
and to be struggling for the same ob
jects. Is it nc4 clear that one or the other
is decieved ? Is it not equally clear that
either the North or the Southwill be oblig
ed to be disappointed, in the event of Buch
anan's election ? And judging the future
by the past, will not the South again be the
victim of the cheat ?
Would that conservative, reflecting, pat
riotic men would pause and Consider before
committing th cr lestinics and the destinies
of this great Republic to the'keeping of a
man who as sure as that the sun will rise
to-morrow, w iil be but a nose of wax In the
hands of that arch-traitor to the South
Martin Van Buren. Richmond Whig.
IVctv Yorli.
The State Convention of old line Whigs
met in Albany on the 14th, and was presid
ed over by the Hon. Francis Granger.
There were about 800 delegates in attend
anee, and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed.
An address and a series of resolutions were
adopted by acclamation'.
The address refers tothe novel position
of the Whi"s of New York, who find them-
for the first time without a candidate
j seues lonue
fir- the lushest o nee wiimu me gm ui a
o ine y ,
free neonle. It declares that the National
. Iree Pl JUL-
Whis have no regrets lor tlie past, as tney
have always done their duty. It reviews
the three candidates before the country,
setting forth strongly that Whigs cannot
support Mr. Buchanan because of his prin
ciples, nor Mr. Fremont, because he is the
candidate of a party sectional in spirit. It
then declares that in Mr. Filmore's late ad
ministration all Whigs have just cause to
take pride, and expresses the fullest con fi
Amce in him "as a national and conserva-
tive statesman
," It continues as fellows :
"Domestic tranquility is what the country
now specially and almost solely needs, and
it is that which will not result from the
election of either of the other candidates.
Mr. Fillmore's election will secure the res
toration of peace at home and the perpetu -
i
29, 1856.
ation of peace nlpad! We are t dd, hov.-
? ever, thnl h 1 r I . . i n 4M:.t.r vu:t 2
m - -
T Jijiui Ming;
Re it : rt " vM.,,ni ,t .
. ... j
tween us as Whigs and Mr. Rnchanan, or
Mr. Fremont, is immeasumblv wider than
it is between us and Mr. Fillmore. He is a
Wnig and something more. We are-Whs
and nothing else, and it is to be d.stincJv
.understood that it is not th5 something nmre
that recommends Mr. Fillmore to us (who
still maintain our Whig principles, Whig
character, and Whig organization) but the
certainty that of the candid ilea to whom j
our choice is nccessar lv confined, he is far
in advance of those attributes of ch tractor,
which we deem essential in a Pr.-sider.tial
candidate at this crisis. W.-
- - ..
dorse, by this selection from the candidates,
the platform of theparty we bvl'evc it to be
our duty to support, than we dorthe plat
form of the Democratic or 'Republican 'par
ty." The address declares the conviction
that Fillmore stands a chance of election
while Mr. Fremont's chances are hopeless,
and concludes by declaring the intention to
maintain the organization with every con
fidence in the result. Observer.
The following are the resolutions:
Whereas, thc Obi Linp Whigs of the
State of New York have, tin mass conven
tion, duly considered their position as
Whigs in connection with their duty to the
country in the present crisis, and have can
didly examined also- the merits of the three
Presidential candidates now before the peo
ple, and the probable consequences of ei
ther, therefore
Resolved, That we cannot support Mr.
Buchanan, because we believe lhat an ad
ministration established upon the Cincinnati
platform, would perpetuate internal agita
tion, and endanger, cur amicable relations
with foreign powers.
Resolved, That we will oppose to the
utmost extent of our ability the election of
Mr. Fremont ; that he is not qualified for
the Presidency of this Union, because we
firmly believe his election would increase
the internal strife, and that, the party he re
presents, is in spirit sectional, and inevita
blv tends to disunion.
Resolved, That in the election of Millard
Fillmore, we find a sure guarantee that do
mestic agitation would be quelled, harmony
between the States restored, peace with for
eign nations secured, and the interests of
agriculture, commerce, and the manufactur
er promoted ; and therefore, that we will
labor unitedly and earnestly for his elec
ti m. .
Resolved, That while thus lending our aid
to promote the election of the American
caneidates, Messrs. Fillmore ami Donelson,
as thc conviction that such is our solemn
duty, we nevertheless retain inviolate our
cherished Whig principles and our Whig
organization, and as soon afrer th.e prc-ent
contest as may be convenient that we will
resume o"ur separate party action.
Res&Jvcd, That the Whig State Central
Committee be and they are heieby required
to take measures at an early day to secure
the appointment of a county committee, in
er.ch coanty of the State, with power to ap
j o'nt town comn.i.tees, and ihit such com
mittees be earnestly requested to eo-aperate
during the present campaign with all other
o g inizations friendly to the election cf Fill
more and Donelson.
One hundie 1 thousand copies of the ad
dress and resolutions'-were ordered to be
printed and circulated.
Delegates to thc Whig National Conven
tion at Baltimore were appointed, consist
ing of Francis Granger, Washington Hunt,
Hiram Ketehum and Henry Grinncll, for
the State at large, and tw o lrom each of the t ry r.utuern ... y-v
33 districts. ; syhania, (a very absured suppositron I
, opine,) all these would not elect him. If
rndM ma., sowhio j possibility that he could
An Appeal from thc orlh (o 1!ie; W1UC " V
Soulli. ! carr one morn orlnern -fctate, there might
Editor of the Whig : Dear Sir--I ' be some reason to unite upon him, But it
doubt not you are fully aware of the strenu- i is vain. What are likeljtobe the real facts?
ous efforts now being made by the friends of) Mr. Fillmore will probably carry Mary
Mr. Buchanan to create the impression, in 1 land, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana,
vnnr section of the country, that contest in, Missouri and Florida, Delaware, New York,
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for the sake of justice" and truth they will ; lowing the other Southern Stater lor Buch
not succeed, for it is far from being true. a.m., and also Pennsylvania, lie gets 04.
No doubt longer remains in the minds of The election then goes out of the hands of
all clear observers that the Emp're State will the people into the Housf Representatives,
go, by a large majority, for Mr. Fillmore. ; and perhaps from 'the House 'into the Senate.
Tlie Democracy long ago ceased to be a ; But let Virginia, North Carolina, Geor
serious obstacle'to Mr. Fillmore's success gia and Alabama, do their duty by voting
1 hope that the people of Virginia, and the for Mr. Fillmore, and you ensure ihe elec
South, will not suffer themselves to be de- tion ol a good, honest, faithful, competent
ceived with the expectation that Mr. Buch- man. 1 . ,
; anan nas mucn sirenui ai i.. ,
has no strength in the North. The great
desideratum now is. aa it seems to me, that
a tironer understanding should be obtained
between the men of the North and the South.
This done we can act unitedly and advisedly
The conservative men of Virginia and of
! New York need a better understanding It
NO. 4.
is as much the duiv ofnjcn in Virginia to
iiiu tur uur uuiuuion coumrv as me men Ol
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v. II ' IIII.I .J IC ill kill I Ulllill )
Washington,
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Thc conservative. Union lovtmr men of
New York will vote for. Millard', Fillmore,
This is their only" way to defeat the Re
publicans.- and Abolitui is s. I hve, in a
previous letter, (a portion of which you ptib
lished,)demotistrated the fact that Buchanan
has not sufficient strength in New York to
obtain a vote equal to either the Republican
of A merican "parties " Now, sucli being the
fact, I hold that it belongs to the Union
men of the North ,and South to rally a
gainst the common enemy. , .
Fe w men appreciate the nature of the op
position here: Under the gnidance.of sxich
men as steward,. Ureeley and Heed, and I
may add, ljjith the bad management of the
present Administration, the old Abolition
party has grown to a monster "iito;i."
I here insert a portion of an article which
I clip from the editorial of the "Buffalo Ex
press," a paper which flies the banuer, of
"Fremont and Dayton" at its mast head.
The Hon. J . XV. C. Watson alluded to. is a
gentleman, known and honored in his na
tive State, Mississippi, and Beloved by all
who know him. He, addressed a body of
5000 men at the 4FiImore and Donelson
club room," last Thursday evening, and his
speech, for eloquence, patriotism and argu
ment, has seldom been excelled or equalled
by any of New Yorks sons..
FROM THE BUFFALO EXRES3 ACG. 9, 1S56.
A -LIVE SLAVEHOLDER AT THE
"SLAVE PEN-"
The worshippers at the "Slave Pen' have
vindicated their consistency by importing a
Mississippi Slave holder to address them
and abuse the North and Northern' senti
ments. It had. been announced that on
Thursday evening the Hon. J. W. C.. Wat
son, a Missippj slave holder and dmrer,and
an eloquent orator, would address the
slayeocracy of Buffalo at the "Pen," on that
evening, and a fair audience was gathered
to see a live trafficker in the flesh and blood
of the human kind, as well as to hear what
he had to say. A friend of ours who was
prompted to see one of those fire eaters of
the South, dropped into the 4Pen" and saw
and heard him. As he describes the person
nel of the orator we judge that there would
be no. difficulty in selecting him from a par
ty of fremen any where, as one who would
coin money from the flesh and blood of lis
fellow beings and crack the whip upon tho
backs of the slaves without- mercv He
bears a family likeness, to one lean, lank,
Gasius. who hung around Rome and excited
bad blood among the peojde in days of yore.
That, liowO'r, is no fault of his own, and
we will pass on to what we understand he
said. v ;
i Your readers will 6e.able from this to
gain something like an adequate idea of thc
hatred 'and malignity with which Mr. Fill
more and his supporters areassailed.
Mr. Fillmore is the only obslacle to tho
success of thc Republicans in the North,
they would overwhelm the Buchanan men,
like! a flood. But Mr. Fillmore stands no
bly up, and battles back the waves of fa
naticism with a master hand. Mr. Fillmore
was nominated against his wiil. Had his
own wishes been consulted, he would have
been left entirely out of the conflict.
-Who is it, men of Virginia, thatq,ow stands
the burden and heat of this contest? Is it
James Buchanan"? No !. Is it Democratic
party? No ! It is Mr. Fillmore,
- -Will you not come to to the rescue and
help us to maintain the Government? to
maintain you anc us the Union ?
Suppose Mr. Buchanan were to carry, eve-
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"Massachusetts-and Cormecticut. He will
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thus start oiT with 107 electoral votes. Al-
i If the people oi me patn cnoose ine
j first proposition, they must remember th'at
j h is fraught with danger. For when tL.e,
people ot thc lorih, wno are uisposeu to
do battle against sectionalism, and are look
ing to the South for assistance -when they
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discover that von arc nrt willing to join