The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-26

neither welding 10 he battery OF msnace
n lie puhlie enemies, end maintaining
viii rslm dignity lie high sulhoIhy 81
rs Office whether assaiirsi by insult from
shrosd ar al home. SIS. Fillmore has ex-
hIhised from irsi 10 lzsl. an fqBanimiiy.
and self possession. rarely eqaalled by any
or he public men az our eonniry. Nor
can us bui admire the rlesr sighted sa-
saeiiy with which. while uniformly cour-
Ifeus 10 ali. he never fails 10 understand
the true rhsrM kr and purposes al men Of
erery variety az political complexion wilil
whom he Is hFoughl in conIart. The
country cannot bul feel confidence ~
man who not only will n0i deceive others.
but cannot himsflf he easily dreeived.
The Ameriran people will not The less
Appreciate such q character as this. be-
cause i, is moi set of with the glare and
sinsrl Of military achievements. Those
Win suppose that our ennalymsn ran he
moved IN any direction hs the mere sound
Of drum and fife. do great injustice 10 A.
merriam Intelligence. II Is nal the epan-
leiie. tho sword. the military strut and The
tall plume. whirh our rnnnirymen So murll
admire. II is The QUALITIES e which Ihcse
are but The outward signs; The firmnrss.
The patriotism. The magnanimiIy. and The
high intellectual and moral attributes
whirl they are supposed 10 represent. and
which alike command their admiration.
whether displayed on ihe platform Of
Buena visits. or &C The American Consii-
tuition. The American people admire the
True Hero. wherever he is 10 lie fenad.
and most 81 al. the great Moral Hero,
who stands by the right no matter yhal
The consequences. And sueh Hero is
Mlllard FILLMORE! We do moi bclieye il
is possible 60 oreraie the moral courage
81 The man who. coming from the extreme
North. has Jared The whirlwind az North.
eru fanaiirism and scrllon. fearless 81 Us
resulis. The pilot upon Lake Eue. WIN,
after his vessel had taken FIRE. continued "a
stand al The wheel. y iih The flames all a.
round him, and never took his hands from
the spnkes until he burned 10 death Al his
post. has always appeared 10 rs more he.
roic spirit than any Geae<d Of whom We
ever read. Vet. amid sames fiercer and
more painful Ia manly and sensitive spilil
amid The furious assaults az his own rnun
irymen and the hitter upbrsidings Of oil,
friends; amid blaze af seriiona lerEne
whirl threatened ID destroy both his cnun.
try and himself, Willard Fillmore has
stood calmly. AT the helm of aur ship al
State. steering her rrsoiniely on in the
only course which could easurc her sal,
vaiion. and Determined In die Al the vince
rather than permit The noble vessel 10 per
ish from his want Of irmness.
Friends Of tho Constitution and. III,
Uninn. Stand by thai man! The times
have developed in him grand and genu
me character. The flames Of the furnac,
have proved HIM pure gold. Would lha
all Southern men hsd heen as nue % NJ,
Constitution as this brave and patrioli,
snn Of the Norlh,--ihis American VIII,
knows no section. and whose chief ambi
lion is,-nol military renoYn, noi person
al elevation, not Territorial aggrandize
menI.-bui the Peace, the Prosperity, an,
The Union Of the American People.
Richmond Republican.