Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-10-24

UIhe Democratic party of the country now mum.
bers in its ranks the Secessionists, the Abolitionists, and
the politicians who are willing TO eoqnette with Adolf
ton and Secession, and TO cooperate with them, in or.
der TO regain power. These three classes embrace all
the opponents to the present Administration. The Wing
party and the VIII g administration now present the only
Tallying point for the conservative men OF the country
the enemies Of violence, disorder, and confusion-the
friends of the Constitution and the Union Ind. Jour.
nal.
There is more Of the concentrated essence of bare.
faced i~mpudence in the above extract than in anything
we have seen for a long time. Who is it that is now
unwilling to make the administration the rallying pointl
We answer, every wing in the country who is now. with
the Editor Of the Journal, plotting to defeat the re.elec
ton Of Mr.. Fillmore to the Presidency. Every wing
journal and every wing politician, and wing voter who
are now endeavoring TO ~supplant Mr.. Fillmore by the
nomination Of Gen. Scott, whose sole claim to the Pre-.
sidency is his no~n.committalism on these questions. II
Willard Fillmore, in this crisis, has been the saviour OF
the country, why cruelty him in a Wing Convention by
the nomination Of one whose opinions are unknowna
Mr.. Fillmore came into the Presidency at the most crit
zeal period Of our national history. Gen. Taylor, under
the advice of Seward and his Galphin Cabinet, had
adopted the non-action policy in regard to Legislation for
the benefit Of the Territories. Texas claimed New
Mexico, and was about enforcing that claim at the point
Of the bayonet, and Taylor, with his regular troops,
was preparing for resistance, and three months more
would have involved our south western border in all the
horrors of civil war. Gen. Taylor died, and as The bells
cbimed out the funeral peal, the patriots of the nation
saw the dark cloud which hung over the land fringed
with bright hope. They looked to Mr.. Fillmore as a
a national man to save the country. He Immediately
dismissed the Galphin Cabinet that had hung like a mill.
stone around the neck Of the departed hero, and chang.
ed the policy of the administration. Looking for support
10 the country rather than his party, he Immediately re.
commended the adoption Of Mr.. Clay's compromise
policy. He sought the advice of Cass and Dickinson,
and the national men Of both parties.
Mr.. Fillmore was a northern man, and we now pro-
pose TO examine how he was sustained by has northern
political friends. There were in the House Of Repre-.
sentatives from the northern or free States, "a wings and
As democrats. On the passage Of the Texas boundary
bill, which was the great measure that paved the way
for the compromise, "a northern wings and 80 northern
democrats voted for it, and so northern wings and IL
northern democrats voted against 1t. On the passage
Of the fugitive slave law, which was a measure that
Mr. Fillmore had more at heart than all others at the
time Of it's passage, it received the vote Of two northern
wings and % northern democrats, whilst u northern
wings and Is northern democrats refused to support it.
When Mr.. Fillmore was struggling to save the coun-
try, his northern friends refused to sustain and supper,
him now after he has breasted the storm of opposition,
and with the aid Of Democrats, been enabled to carry
out this policy and restore peace and quiet to the coup-
try, these very men who were opposed 10 his measures
cry out" The Whig party and the DAis administration
present the only railyin9 point for the conservatives men
Of the country" But in r%allying, they must only rally
until the election comes on, then they must rally against
him, and 90 for the "Hero of an hundred battles. !"
DIR. Fillmore's measures, they say, are right bur they
dare not submit them for the verdict Of the people. No
one more violently opposed the policy o: the President
on the compromise measures than the Editor of the In
diana Journal, and no one Is more opposed TO the nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Fillmore than this same " conservative "
Editor. The name Of Gen. WIaFIELp4ScoTT, which
stands n glazing capitals at the head OF his editorial
column, Is a standing refatation Of his lis lip service in
favor Of The administration Of Mr.. Fillmore. The poll.
ey Of Mr.. Fillmore on the compromise measures was
either right or il was wrong. II it was right, sustain
him il II was wrong, then select another champion.
If Gen. Scott IS a candidate, the democratic party will
make tbs issue with him on these measures. II Fill
more 5 ths candidate, the issus will be on ths national
policy Of the vhig party.