American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-07-16
The next Presidency.-Av Voice from
4A Virginia.

To he Editors of the eAmeriean Telegraph
II GENTLEMEN: As member of the Whig ranks
am not in, favor Of a premature agitation Of ,
the next Presidency. The country requires re-
pose from the incessant din Of party strife, and
the people have other things to think Of besides
making Presidents, and something else to do
besides urging the pretensions of Presidential
asprants. .leI NV cfst f1fgegnprat ,giio sid
It is but just, however, to our present worthy
Chief Magistrate, to state, that his ADMINISTERS
ton has received the unqualified approval of
the Wings of Virginia; and although they viii
cheerfuny support the nominee Of National
Convention, the nomination Of no one by that
body would give them higher qualification than
that of Millard FillmoreI The death, Of the q
lalnentsd, Taylor brought him most unexpeot-
ltssiag ma iapoftSat crisis that has arisen
since the foundation OK the Government Dis.
union and civil war stared us in the face. Every
patriot trembled for the integrity of the Union
and the safety of the Government. srr .3sta
Although some questioned the capacity and
qualifications Of Mr. Fillmore for the high and
responsible trust which he was so suddenly
called on to assume yet, not having been
elected to that office by the people, it was feared
that he could not command their confidence in
sufficient degree, to steer the ship Of state
through the breakers which beset it, without
dissatisfaction and mutiny.
These fears, however have SO far proved to
be vain, and Mr.. Fillmore has not only shown
himself in every way equal to his task, but the
people-the discreet and patriotic of both rpo-ts
litical parties have. stood byand sustained him
in the discharge Of his arduous duties.
He has 80 "demeaned himself in his high
Office" that even the most captious of his po-
litical opponents can really find nothing in his
Administration to cavil at or to condemn. Al
| fhn,Yn n,,fh hn hao or hvrx
Constitution and administered the Government
with strict impartiality, for the benefit of the
South rs well as the North, the East and the
West, and has shown himself an American in
heart and feeling. He is not one of those whose
patriotism is circumscribed by the marrow con-
| fines Of particular State or section Of the
Union but with the lofty and expanded views
4 and feelings of noble and cultivated intellect
and o true patriot, he looks to the good of the
whole Confederacy, and likes to see every sec
ton of it free, happy, and prosperous. He has
stood by the union Of the States us the sheet
anch Tor of our political hopes and fortunes, and
; with mistaken frmness, through the raging of
the storm and the rocking of the battlements,
has endeavored to preserve it. Such a man is
/ worthy of the confidence Of the people, and de-
; serves to be reinstated by the popular suffrage
in the office which he has so impartially and
ably filed. Such, we have not doubt is the
Il desire of the Wings of Virginia.
With Millard Fillmore as their candidate for
! President, and Alex. III. ii. Stuart, the able
Secretary of the Interior, for, Vice President,
: cannot permit myself to doubt the success O
; the ticket. Mr.. Stuart l consider eminently
fitted for the post. His moral and virtuou,
course Of life-his pure and unsullied honor
his lofty patriotism--and the devotion to the
Union which he has evinced-furnish an ample
guarantee that he would discharge the duties of
the office with credit to himself and advantage
to his country. The Wings of Virginia are
looking to the name of Mr.. Stuart in connexion
with the Vice Presidency, with no ordinary de-
gree of interest. aes
t. l have merely thrown out few hints as it
regards the feelings and wishes of the Wings Of
Virginia. j have no doubt that the ticket which
| L have mentioned would be their first choice !;
yet, they will cordially sustain the nomination
of a Wing national convention. aal
LYNcHBURG, July IL, 1851. TRIpLETT.