hanan stand
upon the tariff? Will the Sentinel say that he is sound, or
justify his 'low wages' speech? How does he stand upon the
French Spoliation bill, which President Polk and President
Pierce vetoed? Everybody knows that he was in favor of it. How
does he stand upon the Pacific Railroad? He declared himself in
favor of an appropriation of public money to build it, as is
notorious. In fact, is there a single Federal measure except
that of the United States Bank, upon which he is not recorded
against Democratic principles? How can we hope to carry the
united South with such a record? Will Southern Democrats
overlook this record? Will Northern Nebraska men overlook this
ignoring of Pierce and Douglass? Is there no danger that in
admitting the abolitionist Trumbull, we may not dishearten the
gallant Douglass? Is there no fear that in reinstating the
free-soil Hickman, who is in favor of Reeder, we may not palsy
the arm of Richardson? In fine, is there no fear that in hoping
for free-soil aid, we may not lose the few real friends the
South has in the North? It is evident to the commonest
understanding, that the first step of Northern Black
Republicanism is to kill off all those influential men at the
North, like Pierce or Douglass, who have actively participated
in the fight for our rights. Is not the South aiding them in
this first step, when it not only ignores its own sons, but
also ignores, upon the ground of availability, those Northern
men identified with the late Kansas-Nebraska bill? This is a
question the South would do well to ponder. If Mr. Buchanan is
to be nominated, and Pierce and Douglass in the North ignored,
let the responsibility rest elsewhere than upon the State of
Virginia. He may be, and probably is sound, but these are times
when more than ordinary caution is necessary. It may become the
duty of the South to support him. When that time arrives I can
discharge the duty; but I do think that the reasons above
stated exempt me from any blame for not advocating him until
that responsibility devolves upon me. Very respectfully, CHAS.
IRVING.

The Southern Dough-faces of the Foreign Catholic party pretend to hold
Mr. Fillmore responsible for a letter he wrote more than twenty years
ago, in which he answers certain interrogatories