Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-11-22
The Next Presidency.
WEBSTER AND FILLMORE

close, evidences at present more favorable
the wings than their opponents. We came
say tlat the political horizon, in this respe'
and at this line, looks equally rs bright as
: did previous to he election of 'i5: but Oh til
, other hand, it certainly seems much i:.irer tina
, it did prior to the elevation OF Mr.. TYLER
: Successor.
Ii The democratic pat9 there are a numbe
i. o. able lnaa who vii, be candidates before tEci
/ colvention-CAss, BUCHANAN. IioUsToS, 81
DOUGLAS, and otiers--but no one can preten'
to say who among them stands most favorable
Or prominent, or whose chance for the noinlna
ton seems the best. On our side, however,
different case is presented. We see but two
distinguished wings, rs the prominent men o.
our party for the next Presidency. Ii is re-
duced almost to a certainty that either DANIEL
WEBSTER or WILLARD FILLMORE will bear the
wing bannerin 1852.
We think that it will be admitted that the
first named of these gentlemen, lofty as has
been his fame heretofore, stands higher at pre-
sent in the estimation Of the Southern people,
and indeed Of the whole American nation,
than at any previous period of his useful, pa
triotic and e~yentful career; and, without aim
other distinguished statesmen connected with
the wing party, we can say with truth and JUS
tice that no truer spirit and nobler patriot than
Mr.. WEBSTER. nor one who has done greater
good for his country, could receive the nomi-
nation of his party. He has intimately asso-
ciated himself with the glory and prosperity
Of our country. In contests for constitutional
rights and the preservation Of the Constitution,
both from the sacreligious iGtr:nremcnts of
Northern and Southern fanatics, he is abso-
|utely the Attorney General of the Union, at
all times ready with mighty voice and powerful
reasoning, to uphold tie sacred principles Of
our institutions, ard to crush the hydra-headed
evil which aims at their destruction. For near-
ly twenty-five years has he been combating
with Southern theorists and Northern ma3snen
and sceptics, re'a,ive TO the rights of the Uni
the rights Of the States, ard the sense Of
that Constitution which cements Us together
as a people and a nation. Like TIE valiant
soldier, who risks his life ard his fame for the
preservation Of an army, through acts not le-
ultimately correct in a military sense, Mr.. WEB
sTER has batticd with prejudice and wrong,
denlagogueism, and local popular theories, to
keep unsullied the bright name of the Ameri-
can Union--to preserve us united us We were
in re, aud to go on as we have been going,
prospecting aud to prosper" And his triumph
has been complete. The people have heark-
med to his words of wisdom while they lis
ened to his burning c'oqnence, and have at
he baIlot-box subscribed to his arguments and
bowed their devotion to his reasonings. Such
man deserves much of his country-more
1deed than chiseled marble or outward show
f office could give. Aa.ss+#f- 5
Mr.. FILLMORE, although not having traced t
be same glorious political sphere as his Sec a
etary of State, offers to his party less preju- y
and perhaps more telling advantages, than $
II. WEBSTER. The main strength of his po- a
and the main strength we may add OF !.
$ distinguished reputation as among the first :.
living American statesmen, arises more from h
e able and consistent manner in which he has d.
|ministered the affairs of Government since o
,stinv placed him in the Presidential chair, u
IN from his previous course and eminence a,
public life. 1t has been admitted that no er
ministrtion, since the days of WASHINGTON: A
8 been more free from political intrigue and H.
fish ambition than has been the administra- 81
N of MILLARD FILLMORE. His ~verriest en- or
lies admit the purity of his motiyes-the re
Of his patriotism. His appointments :"
office have caused less complaint, and his tv
S less criticised, than those Of any President pr
have had for the last quarter Of a century, to
/ at a time too when we have had internal ~
f~culties to contend with, of a nature more
than any that have occurred since We 81
anne a republican and united people and at ca
,eriod when grave constitutional infringe -
hts have been attempted, which received ma
n Mr.. FILLMORE a ready and determined fro
ok, proving that the constitution Of his sal
ntzy was his only guide, and that he was m ~.
nyuinerable to weakness and indecision, as Ia,
he popular falfacics Of modern theorists and no,
pagandists. #, run
Of these eminent men receives
nomination for the next Presidency by the an,
ig Convention to assemble next spring, eff
assured that it will give rise to univer- ger
and universal harmony in the aeI
g ranks-no two men of the party. are aala
e popular in the South. Our humble pre- of
nee is with the decision Of the Convention ECU
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