Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-10-08
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POLITICAL ID EspnKArIos.

Perhaps the utter deportation and reckiessness OF
parties was never more exhibited than just nav,
in the course OF certan jpurnaIs against MIR. FIJI
more. This is indicative Of two lhngs-Flfs',
tina, no harm can be justly said ofhim, and second
ly, that his opponents see tEat there are unerrng
indications from every quarter of this vast Eepub-
lie, tina, this Administration il strong in the con-
lidence Of The people.
The shining traits manifested BY Mr.. Fillmore,
are those most calculated ~ secure the admiration of
the good and the envy and malice of the bad. His
are moral virlues-the same which render the
characters of hundreds in the vale Of ebscury, the
ornaments Of their respective spheres, and ieFrors
to evil doers. 1t is The possession ofthese god like
traits, and the firm application Of, them which comes
up in the responsible duties IF his high station,
which calls forth The high admiration and the
heartfelt regard Of good men every where.
Bat the time-server, the office hunter, the dem
agugue, the bastard patriot, the seeker after power,
The deceYer ofthe people under The garb Of love
for rhe people. The unscrupnlous party man and
party editor hate Millard Fillmore. He has too
many virtues for such men. lie has been too
highly spoken of by good men; he has pursued too
honest and open course. lie is too plainly be-
fore the couu,ry, not oalySy' The open avowals Of
doctrines, conservative Of our glorious institutions,
bu, by acis, acts, acts, which cannot lie. lie stands
in the way of bad men. His virtue, like the fire
in the "burnng bush," is too brigh, for their eyes
They would pat out this light. They wonld ex
tngnsh it, by the deadly exhalatons which rise
from the bugs and fens Of party. viii they sue
coed They may. They may accomplish what
they are aiming at. They may make the people
believe thai their best friend is their worst enemy.
1t is natural for The human heart 10 believe evil
Public benefactors are not always rewarded. They
may prevent the accomplishment Of that which
they fear most, the elevation Of Mr.. Fillmore, by
the voice of his felluw-cizens 10 the Presidency,
at the next election. If lie will just give them the
place, The places, it might be possible for envy and
malice to turn TO something like respect. Such
things have happened. We have men and have
had them, whose characters at one time were pre-
scented TO the country as the embodiment ofalI that
was, vile in morals and politics. The slanderers
have afterwards turned eulogisls and turned a
gain TO slanderers, as it shifted, as they wanted to
effect certain purposes, ard still were believed.
say they may accomplish this, but they cannot de-
sroy the truthof history.
A correspondent in your last paper quotes from
a communication in the Ro cknyham Register, in
which Mr.. Fillmore is charged with being All Alb
Why the Z" Union" of this City, and
the Richmond Enquirer, are doing the same thing.
An editor right hero, where he can read in every
document, in all his acts, in every thing he has
said or done, proofs strong as holy writ, that the
charge is not True, asserts il. This edito, knows
it is not true, but it suits his purpose. lie has no
true charge TO make and he makes charge. Some
may believe it. lie will scatter his seed. some
may come up. Party spirit works wonders Can
the Register do otherwise HEN, when the grea,
organs come down SO low ? The little branches
must receive the sap which comes from the trunk.
But will the democratic people fFum The South re-
ceiye it2 Will even the Democrats Of ihe Tenth
Legion receive it? think Fcan answer for many
of them No, know many Of Them in the Tenth
Legion, and gu. Of it. Khcy are honest men, hon
est Democrats. II has no, been very long since
many Of them told me, with warm sincerity beam
ing from every feature, that they honorcd the Pres
dent for his noble course !; that az Southern men,
hey could not but honor him. That not 10 ap-
plaud his course would be ungrateiul. Think you
The great organs or the little ns,ihe Vindicaor
or the Register can thrust their crude statements,
their mere statements down, their throats? ! do
not believe it. They may 60 back 10 the Erie let
Ter. or if they choose 10 !he days beyond the nd
but there stand the recent GctS Of Willard Fillmore
as President There stand tbs repeated declara-
ralions, as plain as if they written across the
heavens. These men have read these things at
their ftesjdes, when they were calm, when no
party heat was on them, and the pure feeling Of ad
miralion for official honesty went straight 10 their
hearts, and there il is still.
But is this charge the only evidence ofutter des-
peralion and recklessness Not al all. Mlilard
Fillmore is charged along with the Captain Gen
era of Cuba, with the gniI' of numbering Amer-
can citizens. Yes, those editors who procured The
of false declarations of Independence
by the Cubans who published forged letters;
who issued Cuban bonds predcaied on property
no, then theirs, but which they expected 10 take
nv force. Those editors who deceived the gallant
younr men whose blood stains the suil Of Cuba
the Gallant men, American citizens, row on their
way to Spanish prisons IN chains hese men,
these editors are now endeayoring TO wash ufi the
crimson stain which covers their hands, or to smear
il on the forehead of Millard Fillmore. These
men are attempting to wipe the blood Of their
bloody daggers, on the pure robe of Office. which
hangs like the drapery Of light on The shoulders of
Willard Fillmore. lie warned them betnre the
rash act of Invasion, but he is guilty. lie told
them of the fearful consequences of unlawful in
Va sion, bu: still he is guilty. With palerna So
lci,nde, he warned the infatuated youth, bu; he Is
yuil,v With nobeness characteristic Of his ma
lure. he is even now endeavoring to procure the
liberation Of tho prisoners, bnt lie is guilty. lie
has stood by treaty stpulatioBs by the law OF ma
lions, by national morality aud national honour, by
the example of Washington, and Jackson and JEFF
frrson, but ne is guilty. These men who would
make us nation Of marsuders, who would sink
us in the scale of morality; whose only doctrine is,
that "miehl is right )" who und'r the thin COW
ernn of love Of liberty, are moved by mercenarry
r l., ,Jo,a those men those editors, would