Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-04-24

any way different now Is Mr.. Fillmore more
DoDular man in the country generally tsan he was
before he became an accidental President! Can
he now get any votes outside Of the Whsg party
That is the question. If he cannot, he can't De
elected. II anybody says he can get such votes,
we should be glad to be told where. Is It IN the
North Nobody will pretend this, at any rate
And if not, how are we to come out IN Pennsylya-
MIA. Ohio, Indiana, and Massachusetts,, on Pres
dential election with him for the candidate Inc
Wings alone can carry neither OF these States, I'M
der existing circumstances. Where is the lntelii,
gent Wbi9 who will gainsay this statement
What then becomes of the election with Mr. Fill
more as the candidate We will admit, for ar
eument sake, that he can get everywhere In the
North the full Wing strength proper But where
does even this the most favorable view OF the case
| tits possible to take, land us In defeat. Plain,
unmstakable, inevitable, overwhelming defeat
Can Mr. Fillmore do any better in Pennsylvania
than Gov. Johnston Can he do any better in
Ohio even than Mr. Vinton Can he do any bet
ter in Massachusetts, than Mr.. Winthrop? (tor be
it remembered that Massachusetts, means to make
a majority necessary elect her Electoral ticket
Can he do anything at all in Indiana ? Will any
BODY, who knows, pretend to say that he can
But, on the contrary, do we not hear it said on
all hands, that Mr.. Fillmore cannot carry the
Wing strength of the North and that, therefore,
he will fall behind the popular local candidates
in all these States Then what possible chance
has he of an election, throwing his embarrass-
ment in New York entirely out OF the question
Some of the admissions we here make may be reck-
oneG injudcious, but they are, nevertheless, alb
soututey true, and we go for looking things fiat
in the face, and representing them as they are.
1t is of no use attempting to blk either ourselves
or others.
"But does anybody allege that Mr.. Fillmore
is strong in the South We admit it. But who
tells that he will carry any more than the Wig
States of the South Will he carry Mississippi,
Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina, OF
Virginia, against the Baltimore nominee? Who
believes it Ingenious gentlemen may make in
genious suggestions that the Baltimore Conven-
ton may do thus and thus, and so carve out an
imaginary chance for Mr.. Fillmore in or more
of these States 1t is that the earth may 'tleap
from its hinges and the stars fall to crush the ne
Their world but that there is any probability,
even the slightest, that the old inyeterate, case
hardened Loco Focoism of these States will leaye
its beaten track, and aid in the election of Wing
r President, it is impossible to admit. Why then
talk of Fillmore as a candidate Is it not plain
to be seen that it is perfect dead set e? And has
/ Mr.. Webster any advantage over Mr.. Fillmore
Don't mention it.
r So much from northern organ of whiggery.-
: Now let take up southern organ. The Pc
tersburg Intelligencer is equally confident that
: Gen Scott not only cannot get any votes out o.
, the whg party in the South, but that he cannot
| even get the whig vote. Read:
''GEN. SCoTT IN PENNsYLvANIA.-In our last
paper We published the fact that General Scott
had been, by an almost unanimous vote, nominated
by the whig convention of Pennsylvania, and that
exGov Johnston had been appointed one of the del
egates from the State at large to the National Con
, vention. When we remember the course pursued
by this man Johnston, when governor of Pennsyl
vania, in regard to the fugitive slave law, we, o
the South cannot help looking with suspicion, i
not absolute dastrust, any arith aohich liz
and has coadjutors connected. 1t is very true
that Gen. Scott is not responsible for the action o
Pennsylvania with respect to her delegation to the
D National Convention /; but If has an that con
vention IS to be advocated by such champions as
Johnston d Co., the effect upon the SlaVeholdinS
States cannot be doubted. If there be, ground t.
believe that General Scott Gin the event that he
shall be the nominee without specific pledges) oaced
has nomination to such men, the South can come
to no other conclusion but that their counses avl
not be without their effect upon tie administration
There is but one way to avoid such conclusion
and that is for General Scott, prior to the voting
in the National Convention, to come out with .
full explicit, and clear definition of his position in
regard to the Compromise. If he fails to do this
ana OBTAINS lne nomination by Sucn agents as John
ston Seward and the rest of that band of political
malefactors, so FAR FROM CARRYING A SINGLE
, SOUTHERN STATE, HE WILL NOT CARRY SINGLE
, CoUNTY--AYE, OR SINGLE PRECINCT IN THE
f SOUTH. He WILL BEATEN THE CoURT
HOUSE OF HIS OWN NATIVE COUNTY, IN PART OF
WHICH WE ARE WRITING THIS ARTICLE. 1t cannot
be expected that the people of the South will toler
ate silence in regard to great principle on which
they have staked themselves, and which they have
repeatedly declared was identified with the liber-
f ties of the South and the existence of the Union
and he who reckons otherwise will, as surely as
there is in heaven, find that he has reckoned
without his host We have deprecated sectional
organizations, and have uniformly contended that
party lines should be drawn on national issues
but if the time shall come when candidate for the
presidency shall decline to give pledge to sustain
the constitution in all its parts in otLits spirit,
and sustain in full force and effect all laws passed
in pursuance of it, and oppose all laws designed to
weaken constitutional guarantees, are scW resort
to any honorable organization to defeat such can
didate.''
From the Southern Press
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