The daily union., 1852-10-27
Presidential ElectioReering.-Mr. Fillmore's
U.etfer

Presden, Fillmores late letter, surenderiag dis
creiiou 10 the Scott and Seward faction OF the whig
party, and urging the election OF its candidate, is
ga fatal step backwards" II is a voluntary re-
nuncia,ion OF his claim 10 public gratitude and
confidence His administration has terrible sins TO
swer for. II has accomplished nothing useful In our
foreign relations il has utterly failed 10 sustain the
rights honor and interests of the country In its domestic
administration il has been mseraby feeble and corrupt
Its failure to run the treaty boundary line with Mexico.
imposing upon Congress the clear necessity OF breaking
down the boundary commission where il stands. is
and Gaphinsms have gone far to shake the public con-
hdence in official integrity.
Yet in the midst OF these grave official msdemeanors
President Fillmore did exhibit himself TO the country on
the sectional questions as representative in some meas
ure OF national policy He did dare in some degree TO
rebuke and repudiae Sewardism and its "higher law"
4 was his deed, deserving respectful public nmem
braace aud now behold, ha, 6adst and rec aqd III
Al the eleventh hour he has gone over 10 Scott and
Seward lie has cringed to the hands which have
scourged him out OF power In this be has done nothing
less than beiray The cause Of his country even as he
himself has shown that he understands that cause
Nothing more than his Scott letter was wanted 10 show
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true to any thing for II ever politician summon.
ed by every conceivable motive TO be true 10 any pol
icy, Mr. Fillmore was go summoned 10 be true the
pol icy which he and Mr.. Webster represented 10
the whig ranks and which the Scott movement. under
the guidance Of Mr. Seward, has irampled. and is
ramplng under foot Who can trust Mr.. Fillmore
nowi Is it the South He has betrayed the South
just as the battle is joined. Is il the North He
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caved in Henceforth the doom OF Reuben must be
upon him . Unstable water, thou shalt not excel y
II anything were wanted TO complete the odium OF
this eleven hour capusiion Of President Fillmore to
the Scot, faction il will be found in the which
il is made known. II those dumb lips, which death
has just the seal OF eternal silence at Marsbhed,
could but speak, in what words OF fire would they
denounce This criminal betrayal OF that sacred
canse OF peace and union to which the last la
bors Of that great life given, on which its last
hope OF public honor staked, and for which, in
sublime and unfatefing silence, the ulermost pangs
which partisan malignty and ingraliude could infct
were borne without shrinking till the overcharged heart
broke at last How mournul and how full OF scorn
would be the rown OF Daniel Webster as he read the brief
and feeble lines 10 which the whose aid his giant
faculties gyen renounced and betrayed, at The last
critical moment. the sacred cause 10 which both had
pledged their personal faith and their political honor
1t would be wrong 10 say that Mr.. Fillmore's letter
will have effect The people OF this country look
with just and natural jealousy upon any attempt OF
President to dictate them for whom they shall vote
They do not look with favor upon the conversion OF the
White House into hustipgs or a ticket stand Much
more is this ntoersble when President takes such
course az mere personniay-not only upon no
rea sons OF public policy, but in spite OF all such
reasons already acknowledged to be coercve and
solemn. Let but nert Tuesday and pass, bringing