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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST ] AN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstracts 2520 - 2524
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - United States (Cont'd)
2520 - L Sept. 27:2/1 - In Pennsylvania the Buchanan men are heading
their calls for meetings, "Buchanan, Breckenridge and Free Kansas."
"What will the Southern Democracy think of their candidate, who
has one rallying cry for the North and another for tbe South?" (2)
2521 - L Sept. 27; ed: 2/3 - The Fi llmorc meet ing held on Sept. 25 in
front of the Weddell House drew a crowd of three to four hundred and
most of these were Fremont men. Captain Cutter of Kentucky addressed
the meetiLg and claimed that if Bucranan were elected he would carry
out the policy of the present administration and would cause a civil
war. This brought loud cries of "No, No," from the Buchanan men and
laughter from the Fremont group. He then went on to speak about Fremont.
The speech was in the form of a dialogue, for every time he
made a statement he was answered by someone in the crowd. After a few
attempts the captain retired, saying "It is no use in my talking for
your minds are made up."
After a few moments the president of the Fi 11 more club came forward
and made some remarks on the impropriety of dhturbing public meetings.
"But the occasion we didn't see, as there had been no rudeness manifested
on this evening, the people but very civi 11y replied to the
captain's interrogatories." (16)
2522 - L Sept. 27; ed:2/3 - The "Buchaneers" are puzzled over the rousing
majorities for freedom which the Republicans are piling up everywhere.
They don't understand the people; the) know little of what is
throbbing in the people's hearts. There the work is going on, in spite of
politician and demagogue. Away down in the quiet hearts of the
common people, like the slumbering fires of a volcano, there is a
spirit at work which manifests itself alarmingly on election day. (4)
2523 - L Sept. 29: cd: 2/1 - "They have a report in some parts of the
state that the LEADER has run up the Fillmore flag. Now, although we
do not fear anyone's bel ieving this story who knows anything about
us, we take this opportunity to say: We will 'run up' that flag when
we want to run up Salt River. ,. (2)
2524 - L Sept. 29; ed:2/2,3 - The South has but one political principle
at present, and that is the extension of slavery. Politicians in the
Sou:'h have their own views on other political questions; but they are
all made secondary to the one great principle just mentioned.
There is not one proposition in the Fillmore or Buchanan platform
that would not be sacrificed if it stood in the way of slave-extension.
"This is the obvious truth, and the Democratic party stands before
the country and the world in the attitude of the defender and supporter
of slavery-extension, recognized as such by the South, and convicted
as such by its own acts." (21)
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