Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-06-05

r 148 electoral votes would elect; that
y Fillmore were the candidate. he could oh
. tain 116 votes from the Southern States
4 lenving SO votes to be obtained for him il
) all the North. II this State alone cou
. give him her vote, he would be electe'
) triumphantly. "a voice. he shall have il
If there be any Wing In, the United State
who is available, that Wing Is Milart
Fillmore! Great cheering.l Why is h,
: not You will hear democrats from Miss
] issippi. from Alabama, and even from Vir
ginia, say that II but aNeertain candidat,
be nominated at Baltimore. they vii
GO for Fillmore, if he be a Candidate
: And SO. In such q contingency, / believe
they would. And thus contingenc,
may arise, you observe, which would give
the whole Southern vote to Mr.. Fillmore
Thirty.two Northern votes are now
enough TO elect him. But some say @
Gen. Scott that he can be elected, il nom
. mated, that he can carry votes which Mr.
Fillmore cannot get. Why should he P
What sesson exists swhysany true Whip
4. should not vote for MilIard Fillmore? ]
do not intend to express anything like dis.
trust of the gallant soldier. IA voice.
How about Webster.'l I'll come to
that presently. Why should Scott ge,
votes that Fillmore cannot Here the
speaker reflected upon the fact that Scot,
had not spoken out on the subject of the
compromises and that he is to run uncorn.
mitted. If he speaks, said Mr.. Gentry, |
fear 1t will not be until it is too late
[Laughter.] The hope OF the Scott par.
ty is to draw to their aid the Abolitionists,
and such coalition woHld he fatal to
them. Now the South think that Mr..
Fillmore met the difficulties OF the posi-.
ton in which he was placed, when, under
the lead Of Mr.. Calhoun tile Union was
endangered and for this will they sup
port him; end no man who comes before
them, aid shall not be an open friend of
the Compromises, can get single South
ern vote. Whatever may have been or
may he said to the contrary, this is the
fact. The South will stand by Mr.. Fill
more. who has stood by the Constitution !;
they will come up in body and endorse
him fully. Cheers. If any other man
be- named, / predict the result will be a
most remarkable breakdown, most stu.
pendous failure. Laughter. I do not
believe he can get one State.
| !. Il must be Milard Fillmore or Daniel
Webster. iCheering.l And here the
speaker passed a most eloquent eulogium
OH the !" defender of the Constitution, -
whose fame. he said in conclusion, could
not be elevated OF enhanced by the presi.
dency, even If there were reasons why the
party should go round Mr.. Fillmore to get
at him. He hasincorporated himself in-
to the history, the character, the litera-
ture of the country he adorns, and he will
be hailed in oil time to come as the great
iumiuary Of his age. Fervent applause |
Fellow citizens, we have duties and obi.
cations to fulfil. compelling us to come up
to the exigencies Of the time we live in
with all our powers and abilities. The
destiny of our country, its constant and
rapid increase, arid the evils that would
befaI us, If the demagogues, who would
divide its different sections aud array them
against each other. should have sway,
were then most forcibly dwet OH by the
eloquent speaker, who made here an earn
est appeal to those who heard him, TO
come forward and save their country from
this danger. and to feel that they are called
to high destiny, and to discharge their
duty IN enecting it. Fellow citizens said
he, drawing his remarks to close, a lit
tie more than year ago, there died at the
seat Of Government, distinguished South
Carolina statesman; a man of lofty intel
ect. and devoted TO the South, and her in-
terests especially; all the latter years Of
his life he devoted TO the formation Of
Southern party TO defend our peculiar in
stitntion, not deeming il safe for us to
trust for it's protection to our Northern
brethren. No man was possibly, more
pure, and upright than John c. Calhoun !;
none stood higher IN the estimation Of his
people; and yet the South repudlated his
counsel and rejected his lead; Northern
patriotism, my friends. ought to do the
same. Cheers.] If there be any North.
ern man who wishes. by cultivating Sec
stional predjudices and divisions to use Gen.
Scott as means of attaining the Presi-
dency. four years hence, the peopleof the
North should follow the example Of their
brethren Of the South, in their repudia-
ton Of q course that would lead to an
overthrow of the Union ICheers and
cries of "They will y /" they will."l-l
Tennessee, can assure you. my friends,
feels q deep interest in the North, and its
Will you ALLEVIATE them.--
Cries Of Noe'l They ask nothing Of
you but that the Constitution, which is
our common bulwark, shall be preserved
III its integrity land they will be content,
permit me to say. with nothing less.-
Voice. /. They shall have it."l If the
Of upprincipled aspirants
shall prove successful, the dangers warded
off BY the Compromise, will return upon
us with all their weight. These measures
what ever may be said upon the subject
for factious purposes, are finalities-ex.
cepting, perhaps, in California, where
there is however, no kind Of danger that
the slavery question will ever be agitated.
The act for the reclamation of fugitive
slaves, was but the re.ensctment of the
provision. without which
The Constitution could never have been
adopted; and II il Be not observed. the
Union cannotbe sustained. The eloquent
speaker then renewed his appeal for the
of the man known 70 be in
avor Of these measures instead of one
not committed thereto. and Tins the aEgu-