The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-07-31
From the Warrenton (Va.) Republican.
OUR WHIG PRESIDENT.

tons, we think that every true lover of his
country must see something to admire 10
the present position Of President Fillmore,
and the course Of conduct by which he has
attained it. Called Unexpectedly 10 the
helm Of State by most affecting dspen,
sation of Providence, the eyes Of all men
were from the first fixed upon him with
anxious expectation. And well might il
be so-for an emergency then existed
which had made many good man iremb'e.
With calm and serious iorti,ude did Millard
Fillmore address himself to the arduous
task before him, calling around him as as
sistants some Of the choicest spirits of our
country. Wisdom, moderation, and firm
ness, characterized their councils. and in q
very short space of time the dark clouds
which had lowered in the political horizon
had cleared away, and The skies Of the fu.
ture were serene once more.
Opinions may differ with regard to the
stability of,he calm that was thus effected,
but none but those who are rabid with par.
lty prejudice, or warped by sectional feel
ing, can do otherwise than admire the up
rightness, ability, and patriotism, Of those
by whom it was achieved.
The President and his Cabinet are now
reaping the fruits Of their devotion to the
Union in its time of need, and their late
progress through the country has been one
continued ovation, from Washington to Buf
talo. The magnificent public work, the
opening Of which he went to celebrate, was
in every way worthy to engage the atten
ton Of the Chief Magistrate Of a mighty
nation. From mountain top to mountall
top, as MIR. Crittenden expressed it, the,
were borne with the speed Of the vino
through the primeval forests of New York
startling the wild deer in his covert, anc
even the Indian in his wagwam, and eve
rywhere the yeomanry OF the land were
ready to grasp the hands Of those who gov
ern them; the idea Of repuse being nc
more likely 10 their minds than that OF any
other absolute impossibility. What con
trast to the practice of other governments
and what lesson to their people, il il
could be read Alright. Even the republics
Of the earth, European or American, afford
no spectacle like this. Who can calculate
the value Of a form of government which
produces such results; and who can esti
mate the wickedness of those who woad
raise sacrilegious hand to divide and te
destroy it.?
BecomingIy and even nobIy did the
President sustain himself throughout this
peaceful campaign. Even in such second
ary matters as those Of kindly personal
bearing and graceful performance of the
minor courtesies of life, few if any Of our
Presidents have shown themselves the su
periors of NIillard Fillmore. From an ex-
position Of the principles Of the Govern
ment, to assembled thousands, to the ac.
ceptance Of bouquet from the chubby fin
gers of an infant, all his actions have been
stamped with the impress Of good sense
and good taste combined. His speeches
will compare favoraby with those Of the
most llustrious Of his predecessors, and
they were received with accIamation even
in districts where the sentiments uttered
are known to be unpopular.
We are no man. worshiper. We despise
from our inmost soul, the thing itself, ano
the things which practise it. But we have
fell constrained TO say this much in com
mendation of one who has reflected honor
on his country, and on the Wings of the
Union, who placed him in the path which
has led him to his present lofty emnence
We know not what the future may bring
forth with regard to the choice Of suitable
person TO gil this high official station after
the current four years shall have expired
and we are inclined 10 deprecate any pre-
mature agitation of the subject; but we
think there can be no improperly in ex-
pressing the laudabe pride which even Sc
|insignifcant nj fragment Of the great Whie
party as our humble self may entertain,
in rejecting that, among good men and
true,' there is ONE who has shown himself,
by actual demonstration, to be in every
way worthy to occupy the most truly dig
nifed position that the Kingdoms of the
earth have power to offer.