Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-01


Of courage and patriotism. exhibited by the
soldier. who fell by his 81 lie at Lundy's Lane
calling out with his lasi breath. more car,ridg-
es in my box"
Fillmore Men and Wings.
The Petersburg ln,elligencer sfrrnuously
opposed the nomination Of any other Wing can
,lidate for the Presidency than Mr.. Fillmore
twill be seen however that it acq'lirsces in,
and will zealously support. the tickle, of Scot,
and Graham. II says:
ain declaring our purpose of supporting the
nomination made l,y the late Wing Convention
at Baltimore, We cannot far compromise
our self-respect, or rcpudiate our obligations
10 truth. as to say that rejoice in General
SCOTS nomination. On the contrary. we great
~ preferred the nomination OF the present In
cumbent of the Executive Chair. We did
think and still think that his administration was
The hest since the days of Washington. and we
did think and still think that country which
he had saved from the very jaws Of dcst. uction
owed him reelection To the office Which he
has worthily filled. But with many Others.
after hard struggle. we have been overruled
mt as 10 principles. but IN the man; for Gen
Scott, pror TO the ratification of lis nomination
by those " no had opposed it. placed himself
On the identical ground occupied by Mr.. Fill
more. The Wing Convention, unlike their
Democratic Predro essors. laid dow n their plat
form III full Convention. and on a call of the
States piior Ia nomlIailf 6 their candidate, and
the candidate, in accepting the Nomination. ac-
rerted also in terms the platform; and this is
what we have always commended Should he
done. General Scott is therefore bound hv
every honorable obligation not only to abide
himself by the Compromise. hut to exclude.
rom his confidence and from all official intlu-
erce all persons who would agtate on these
sniJ -cts. General Scott now stands before the
country representative of National Wing
principles-ot principles broad as the U MON
itself, and nnfaInted with the least particle of
that sectionaiis,n hich at one time threatened
so much to the country. and as such he shall
receive whatever support we can give him.
or his pure private character We have ALWAYS
spoken in terms Of admiration. and Of his mill.
iary services the hole civilized world are an
prised.'
We confess ourselves incapable Of under
standing how a sensible man and irne Wing
could act Otherwise than as the editor of the
lnteiligencer proposes. aud we cite his case as
an example to others similarly situated. Tha,
Mr.. Fillmore has Faithfully performed hi. duty
to the country and to those who elevated him
10 power, no one can maintain more warmly
than we have done and will do: but that he
has thereby placed the Wing party under OBJ
legation 10 him is what not willing 10
admit; because such an admission seems to us
TO carry with il confession that Wing repre-
seniatives and officials are not in the habit of
performing their duty. To lie ctcrnally prating
about the gratitude aud obligation of the party
to Mr.. Fillmore seem. to us to be an admission
of surprise. that he has not done something cal
ling for public censure.
For our part, we place the great Wing par.
~ and its ends and aims high above all thought
Of individuals. We hold that rhey have
RICH, TO command at any time the services Of
those who are associa'cd with them, and thai
such persons shall discharge whatever trust is
rcpos. d in them, fully and faithfully. is simply
what they have right TO expect: and " bile
any public agent may by such means cnitle
himself TO the commentator Of the party. he
cannot, as We conceive PLACE them under any
personal or political obligation.
Those who insisted upon the right Of Mr..
Fillmore to the nomination would make the
Wing party the mere partisans of a man-in
stead Of the advocates of principles. They are
Fillmore men. and not IIz;gs. Wing prnci-
pies are the same yesterday. to day. and ,omor-
row. They are not inco' Porated in the per-
son Of Mr.. Fillmore. or Webster. or Cay, or
Gen. Scott. any body else. but exist in rea-
son and in the true philosophy of government
and dwell in the hearts OF the lovers Of free
dom and human progress every where. Were
Mr.. Fillmore to die tomorrow, " hat would
those do who made his nomination a matter OF
principlel Their Whisg-ry would have died
with him, since he was its embodiment 10 rs
i, is matter Of no great concern who may
stand for~ ard for the time as the representative
nf the party and its principles, so that he be
honest, capable and true to the constitutions
Men arc but mut-s that glitter for moment in
the sunbeam and disappear Emcver. but the
truths of political science as orbs of light
that will shine on. long as time shall last
The Washington Telegraph says that Mr..
John Janney, upon his return 10 Loldoun.
from the Wing Convention. told the people
there, that although their first choice had not
been obtained. their Wing principles would
yet be sustained. by the npmi,ecs IL the Wing
Convention. and that his appeal for union in
The Wing cause. was warmly responded to
Old I.ondoun viii So heartily for Scott. Ora
ham. and the Compromise.
Several of the South Caroline, pspers object |