The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-31
DUBUQUE:
f::.:::::::::::::::::::JULY 81, 1850
MIR. FiIlnlOrc's Politics.

Strange as may seem, the politics of this pro
yldentlally made President are as little known
as are those of the thousand and one Sinking,
petty politicians of the party which rallies the
various hucs of ant-republicans under it's broad
but 1mssy folds.
Mr.. Fillmore, like John Tyler, was nomina-
ted to the Vice Presidency for special purpose
not for his opinions on the political questions
of the day, for his success would have no inAu-
encc on their decision-but he was nominated to
reconcile the North, and more especially the
Empire State, Of which he was resident, to the
nomination (which was not fit to be made"
Little did the South think that Gen Taylor
would be called to his account before the term
Of his Office had expired; but Providence ordan-
cd otherwise, and by the dispcnsaton of that
high power and the constitution of the United
States-Nillard Fillmore now occupies the En-
ccutlvc chair, and holds in his hands the rrns of
government Of this vast, but troubled nation.
The two great sections Of this Union which
by their position and interests, antipodcs of
each other, have already commenced an invcs-
tigation Of the political principles of the man,
whom circumstances have made their President,
and to those who have not been parties to his
elevation to either of the Offices which he has
lately occupied, or which he now fills; it is more
than amusing to witness how ingeniousy and
laboriously each section struggles to convince
Itself that he is Just the man for the timcs-the
man for the occnsu.n-tha man for the North
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And when we reflect that the different and
contradictory positions assumed by the respect
i've scctonists are based upon the published opin-
ions Of the man whom each one claims as his
frcnd need we wonder that all have united, but
for contradictory reasons, in claiming him for
their own.
He is mine, says the abolitionist, because, in
1887, when he was candidate for Congress,
propositions, favoring the abolition ofslavery, he
said, answer all your interrogatories in the af
| firmatve-that satisfies me that he is an aboli-
ZIONIST.
He is with us, says the deluded southerner,
because, Just on the eve of the last Presidential
election he wrote letter to John Gayle, of Mo-
bile, in which he stated, THAT BY TnR coNsrI-
TUITION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE WHOLE
POWER OVER THAT QUESTION (slavery) WAS
VESTED IN THE SEVERAL STATES, WHERE TIE
INSTITUTION WAS TOLERATED. How, then, says
the southern gentleman, can he be an abolition.
list? And thus have they begun to feed them
selves with the hope, vaguely as it may be dis
tinguished in an electioneering cpstle.
/, What have we democrats to do in this con-
troversy? Nothing more than listen and laugh
as we would at any other comedy in which SINH
lar characters and distinguished personagcs were
endeavorng to fool themselves and each other
We have paid for this entertainment, and we arc
entitled to its exclusive enjoyment. And we
shall enjoy it, and may profit by the lessons
which this political comedy is we'll calculated tc
teach. 1t matters not to us what kind ofa Whe
Mr.. Fillmore is whether he is northern or south
ern, makes him no less the enemy of our prin
ciples-can make us no less his political oppo
nent
| But our task is not so difficult as it would be
under other circumstances. The Wings of fsome
sections must soon be undeceived-they must
soon wake up to the consciousness of their posi-
ton, and to the deception of their favorite, and
then our task is done-thc victory will have been
won, and we shall allow our opponents to reflect
upon the mseries which inconsistency and de
ception have gathered in wrath upon their heads
We care not which section of the Wing party
shall be defeated, or which shall triumph;-to
us it is all alike, all indiferent;-we shall be sa.
tsficd that one or the other must have been i'm.
posed upon, and that the veil which has hither-
to concealed this imposition must be, or has been
removed. Millard Fillmore must stand unmasl1-
ed before the people, and by the contrast of his
present position with his past opinions, must he
be judged-and judged, too, by his own politi-
cal friends. "He is for me-" will soon hear no
re- echo from the opposite section to that which
raises the cry. 1t will soon be confined to sim
gle squad of this multifarous Whig party, and
then must he stand supported by the small Sec
ton whom he may choose, or fall under the
weight of the calamities which the Wing party
had gathered on the administration Of his predc.
cessor.