The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-06
From Ge albany IN W Register.
The Presidency.

The New York Commercial .4drertiser, ia
the course of a calm and dispassionate article
upon the Presidency, IN which It's reasons for
supporting Mr.. WEBSTER for that office. IN
preference 10 either Mr.. FILLMORE or General
ScoTT, are fully and frankly given, takes coca
sion to remark as follows:
READERS do not need TO be apprized that this
journal has warmly approved the of the
present Administration at the head Of ,uhich Is
pare minded man, aud as true patriot. las
filed The PresdsrtiGI Office The days Of gash-
iugton We cannot entertain any other opinion of
Willard Fillmore, whose name is mentioned repeats
eddy in connection with those Of Daniel Webster
and Winfield Scott. Whistler this Ia done by his
authority is perhaps doubtful. We have certainly
seen no responsible avermcnt that Mr.. Fillmore /.
a candidate for re election, and greatly doubt
that II has been made"
The Conmercial AdDerfis,r's estimate Of Mr. Fill
more, as n man and as the President s not less
just than it is simply and INCIDENTALLY true; and ia
the more valuable for its being the willing and vol
untary tribute Of a strong friend and supporter of
Mr.. Webster.
What the Commercial Advertiser Gays in relation
TO Mr.. Fillmore's position as regards the next
Presidency, scarcely docs him or his friends exact
justice. IL is true that Mr.. Fillmore has not au-
tborizod the mention that large portion Of the
Wing press OF the Union every day making
in connerion with Wing State, county, aud town
conventions, Of his name In connection with the
candidacy for the Presidency; neither, 40 far az
we arc aware, have Mr.. Webster or General Scott.
Therefore upon this ground Dir. Fillmore occupies
the same position that is maintained by those pa.
trioue and Distinguished wings.
The Commercial ddrrrfissr adds that IL has seen
no "rosponlble apcrmenf that Mr.. Fillmore 10 can.
didste for y election" and greatly doubts that
| il has been made"
Awe Just now remarked Mr.. Fillmore's name
il nS used in conncIion with Mr. wcbster's or
General SCOTS by HE own authority. Neither
has there been made in his bel alf. any more than
in theirs, any responsible averment' 10 the effect
that he is not and will not be n candidate In this
respect, al,o, M,ssrs Fillmore. Webster, and Scott
/ occupy precisely similar positions. We are alta
loss, therefore, for the Commercial ddperfissrs rca.
for its somewhat singular view Of this matter.
! We cannot conceive why, in an article otherwise
20 candid, just, and frank, II should thus seek 20
force Mr.. Fillmore or bic friends into falsc posi-
| ton.
Neither Of the distn guisbcd wings mentioned
in this category have far overstcpped the bounds
Of propricty ~ TO authorize the PRONUNCIATION OF
their names, at this stage Of the canvass as can
didatcs for tho Office Of President for the ensuing
term. Their names. thus far have been made use
or and their claims pressed upon public attention
entirely and exclusively by their friends Neither
have formally declared that they either were or
were not candidates. Each, 20 far ne VIC have any
means Of knowing TO the contrary, has placed him.
| self in the hands Of the Whig party, content To
abide its final and official dccision. Whatever
their private wishes or feelings may have been
| each has determined 10 take no course that could
in any way embarrass the action Of either his own
more immediate friends and supporters, or tho
| great party with which he is identified
This, we know. is Mr.. Fillmorc's position. and
VIC have no 70 question bot that L is tho no.
ziton also Of Mr. Webster and General Scott. IL
is the ground that truo and patriotic wings should
occupy in such an emergency il presented TO the
party in the present canvass, even though il be ia
ken at the cost Of some personal sacrifice.
We admire the plain and unmincne manner in
which tho Commercial dduerfiser avows its prefer
cnco for its own candidate for the Presidency and
the frank and manly way in which IL takes coca
sion 70 express it's admiration Of the character nd
Administration Of the President; md we arc forced
to the conclusion that in what IL has let fall in re-
! ference to Mr.. Fillmore. position, as regards
the nomination (nOt rcnonuaton) OF the Whg
party for the Presidency IL has .unwitiingly done
him injustice in its differences
For our own part, IL " our desire-and VIC doubt
not IL il the Commercial HdUrfsfr's purpose also
to mctc out TO oil true Wings who ire mentioncd
in connexon with the candidacy for the next Presi
dency, simple and exact justice. both with regard
to their position in reference TO the nomination.
and their claims and services, rcserving only 10
ourselves the right. 90 clearly and honestly I'm.
ploycd by tho Commercial Adpsrfisey of eYprSss;ne
our own preference in this behalf