The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-23

removed postmaster in Gsneses county, with view to
damage Mr Fimore-reaet, as | supposed they would.
The story is-and II is now very prevalent one-tha an
ex United States marshal, removed because OF his dsin
cnalon faithfully 10 execute federal laws is sent as
delegate TO National Presidential Convention. TO show
Mr. Fillmore that ii he had wnked al such disinci-
nation, and kept such marshal in Office he, and not
other, would have vote in the National Convention Sach
story as ths even untrue, does anything but cone
ate such wing States as North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, and now Missouri, towards conyen
ton to be made up OF such northern The members
OF Congress from these States begin TO say their people
VIII go INTO no such convention" Their repugnanee Is
strengthened by such articles appear in the New
York Courier, saying MIR. Fillmore can not only NOT
delegate in convention from the State. Why can't
he is asked Aud what has he done Has he
not been faithful 10 wing .prnepless Has he not
always before been popular in New York or DO your
records Of the high Offices be has held and OF the votes
that gave them 10 him. lie What is the is un-
versaliy asked and the qnestoners cannot be put off
with the cry, "he is not available !" for New York de-
claed hun 10 be very available when New York wings
run him for governor comptroller and vice president,
and when il is known far and wide that he put
Taylor ticket in New York We see he has been avail
able in every crisis that the New York wings wanted 10
use him; and what is the matter Or i0hy is he so
suddenly very unavailable in New York!
| An answer TO that phy would make il impossible TO
hold Wing National Convention with the men who at
tempt 10 il especially when United States
maIshas elected, before convention called even,
10 damage and disgrace Mr. Fillmore, and when such
editors as the "Courers" tells us Mr. Fillmore can't
carry delegate" The osensibe uhy we all know is
that Mr. Fillmore did not veto certain Of Congress
constitutional acts-which, under previously wel-esab
lished platforms Of the whg party. he was bound 10
sign, not 10 veto among them the ten-ml0n Texas
boundary bill, and the act for The surrender of fugitive
slaves That is the matter; aud such matter, if made
sectional issue OF, North. against Mr. Fillmore in New
York, makes il impossible for southern whgs who don't
hold 10 vetoes OF constitutional acts OF Congress. to go
into convention with wings who do Their creed is dill
feIen and their principles are as lar apart as the poles
harra that, IF
whig convention and if they increased, and made
more Of. by the election as delegates OF more removed
oiceholders. or by avermen,s such as the "Courer"
gives u.s. they make it impossible for northern wings TO
bring their southern WING brethren into convention with
them The southern wing States, rely upon il, will never
consent 10 aid in damaging or d,sgracing Mr. Fillmore
They may go for any wing candidate that they carry
their people for bat Mr.. Fillmore has stood by great
wing principle of no veto OF constitutional act OF Con,
gess but for very extraordinary cause and they will
stand by him just long effort is made to punish
him. or TO damage him, Tor being such whg.
wind among the great Of the wings Of the ceun
try He may not be the most popular wing in this or
that locality where parts Of OhIo Pennsylvania and
New York. every wing principle has been sacrificed to
generally he has strength and popularity which is heard
OIL and felt here, where these States are represented and
which will be felt in National Convention. He has the
respect and admiration Of the great of the wings
everywhere, for wholly free from sel6shness,
thoroughly patriotic, and such as has sought only the
best interests 81 his common country NO President ever
foreign relations-and the country knows, feels and
appreciates it. To say, Them that he cannot carry this
that wing State say the State has ceased TO be whg
select through the machinery OF party cancuses acting
before time-p70pri0 nou, as they say, OF Papal bulls
removed oicehoders to sur him. or 10 disgrace him. is
but to say these ocehoders, long accustomed TO the
handling Of party machinery, have been more adro than
the people they live among Votes will never follow the
nominees Of such The men they prefer perish from
Their preferment. Their contact Is death, and their
friendship poison to their candidate: General Scott has
survived ali the horrors Of Lundys Lane. and British
bullet could be the death OF him. Savage nor Mexican
ever harmed him. He safe amid the Of mus
kerry and artillery from Vera Cruz to Chepuepec; but
the suspiconuniust, ownonly the suspicion of being
10 such company these mentheir attempting TO su
disgrace Mr. Fillmore because oil hisnationalityis worse
him. throughout the country as whole, than Brton
savage, Mexican. He who has survived every other
peril is pershng only from the malaria OF abolition
is mournful, indeed, 10 see great and gallant soldier
who has thus surmouned all the peris of field and food
die only of malaria.
regret to see but feel it duty to say, that there
no certain Indications yet that the principles Of or the
time and place for Wing National Convention can be
agreed upon al all; and the emoarrassments IN the way
OF one are such as sketch above The wings OF the
North will undoubtedly hold their National Convention
somewhere bot the wings of the South, under existing
Whether northern wing sectional convention held at
Buffalo, or elsewhere, will avail candidate anything,
doubt but it would earuy reopen all the slavery ex-
element am The South say IN reply 10 remon-
strances from the North, " if such northern wing of
known anti slavery, but yet constitutional, opinions as
Mr.. Fillmore is TO be disgraced and sacrificed only be-
cause ne mas peen no-Veto WnlR anu neIeiofe ian-
full 10 his party well TO his country, why, then,
must partp Mr.. Fillmore they show us, has been and
was popular in New York up to the time he came TO
Washington and they demonstrate that every public pIin-
cipe he has maintained here ought 10 add 10 bis wing
popularity everywhere These difficult positions 10
answer but the best is done with them that be done
II is TO be presumed you will be censured in some quar-
tiers for publishing this letter, and that the writer, II
known would be censured aso but the time is so soon
al hand when must begin 10 act that II is necessary
TO come 10 an understanding with each Other and the
best way 10 do is freely TO state the difficulties in the
way The embanassmens OF the democratic party are
greater than ours, and dangerous; but they are
and because no personal conducted against any
one of their canddaesa personal war having no sort OF
reference TO principle. NEWBORN WHlG.
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