The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-05
WILLARD FILLMORE.

&VU0tus uCGcRtouCo W w d cttOuGonss ~
that which awards to the leading men of q
party It's decision in regard to tho CHOICE Of
candidate for the Presidency. Tha,
when the Delegates Of party meet in
Convention, a fsw leading men designate
the Candidate, and BY the sspower Of per-
suasion" carry sheir point. Il is a great
mistake; the people in their primary meet
ings and editors by The tone Of their pa
pers, constitute the power by which thu,
object i effected, Those prominent men
who attend National Conventions as Dele
gates, only reflect the sentiments Of the
majority Of the people who inhabit their
Districts, and il they have the numerical
strength TO accomplish the object for which
they we're commissioned, il is triumph oil
their constituents. Delegates attend the
National Conventions from the people,
they go instructed BY the people, and IN.
less they disobey their instructions, reflect
the wishes Of the people Consequent,
to say man bas been s'sprung upon par.
~" a. . Candidate for the Presidency is
not true, unless as in tho notable instance
furnished BY the Democratic party 10 1874.
M entire stranger be selected BY the Con.
vention without reference to the wishes Of
thar rr,r et;tunrse
10 declaring our preference for MILLARD
FILLMoRE a. the Wing candidate for the
Presidency We do so upon the superstition
that the ssnoblest Roman Of them ell. Hen
~ Clay, il out Of the question. So far as
our personal predictions are considered.
We can scarcely conceive sacrifice that
would be too great, il the boon were 10 Sc
cure the election Of Mr.. Clay TO that sta
. tion, which Of ell men be most would honor.
The satisfactory manner 10 which The
present Administration has been conduct
ed, amid the difficulties with which il has
bad to struggle from the very outset, and
the noble stand il has recently taken in
defence OF the policy pursued and enjoined
upon their successors by the earlier Presi
dents, and to the observance Of which the
prosperity Of our Union is indebted, rec
ommend il not only to the Wing, but to all
parties for continuation. II appears TO be
fact, remarkable for its isolation, tina, the
sols charges preferred against the Admin
istration, emanate from the Union nswspa-
per and are of a character 80 vague and
unsupported that all respectable journals
have utterly refused 10 retail them.
Since the election Of Gen. Taylor to the
Presidency, our country has enjoyed .
tranquility that il had not experienced for
many years, and when is taken into con
sideration The many vexed questions thai
have arisen in the interim, the mind must
be struck with admiration of the superior
craftsmanship that has been display ed.-
Two Of the most serious questions that
could have sgitated our government have
been fully decided, and in . manner to
give satisfaction to the great body of the
people and win more praise from the Op-
position than that party have ever been
known to yield the Whigs. One Of these
questions was Of character that threaten.
ed the perpetuity Of the Union--i, had for
ito object an institution engratted upon our
Constitution, one upon which men had be-.
como 20 sensitive that The mere uiterance
Of the word Slavery gave an accelerated
motion to the blood. Yet, nervous az was
the subject, it has been boldly seized by
the Administration and, for a time a, least,
quelled, and that too BY the oaly mean that
was left for attaining such an object
Equally positive and prompt in the dis
charge Gifts duty has been the Adminis,rs.
sioD, in misunderstanding from the very
beginning the pirsticaI attack Of a nuigbe or
ofadventurous young men, led on by few
designing ones for sinister purposes, upon
the possessions 81 q foreign power with
whom We were at peace. And worthy d
all praise have been The indefatigable exer.
tons, ultimately crowned with success, Of
our Executive 10 rescue those seIfexpat.
rated young men from the punishment
which The magnitude Of their offence, heed.
lessly incurred, bad justly brough. upon
them. But the Growing honor Of The
present Administration has been, lha, amid
all the excitemen. which has recently &C
companied the appearance Of Kossuia up.
on the American continent, and The over
powering eloqueace with which he bias
plead the wronged and oppressed condition
Of bis unhappy country; at a time when
minds considered the stronges, il tho ma
ton have been temporarily swayed. i, hal
stood fism aud unnoved; and that loo at .
time when deviation from that policy,
swerving towards the current Of popua
excitement, would have plunged US rrern
edisbly into war.
The independent course pursued by MI