Washington telegraph., 1856-05-28
MI. Fillmore will Accept the Nomination
of the American Party.

MI, FlllmOIc WILL ACCCH1 1AO
of the American Party.
We find in our exchanges letter from
Mr. Haven, formerly the partner OF MIR.
Fillmore in the practice of the law. now
member of Congress from the State of New
York, in which Mr.. Haven says. with per-
feet truth. speaking of the reports concern
ing Mr. Fillmore's declension of the nomi-
nation for the Presidency by the American
party:
THE circulation of these reports seems to
be about half the stock in trade of the De-
mocracy of the South, and approximates to
the entire assortment of the Republicans
and Abolitonists at the North.
These extreme men make a parade of
issues with each other. on purely sectional
questions, but upon this subject they look
into each others eyes with mutual sympa-
thy and satisfaction.
They believe. in common. if they can
drive from the field the man who is standing
in the very midst of the great American
mas<es-of the people themselves-as dis
tinguished from the politicians. and the IN
triguers for place. that their work in the
coming campaign Will be more than half
completed, that the winds of discord and
sectional strife will again be let loose, and
the cry will then again be raised. that tt >
constitution is 'san ikL-considercd compact
-''an atrocious bargain and that the
time has come to Set the Union slide"
My dear sir. the wish Of these meu is faith
CIR to the thought. and they will be disap-
pointed in all their calculations
Mr. FILLMORE was not nominated to de-
cline. His nomination was the result OF
the deliberations of as intelligent warm
hearted, cool headed. discreet and patriotic
a body of men as has met in the country
since the convention that framed the consti-
tuition.
Mr. Fillmore will not decline. He has
not so informed me in terms, it is true: but
were he to decline, he would prove a traitor
to that sentiment in the country which so
nobly, so generously sustained him in the
very trying times of his previous admins
tration. and TO those just and comprehensive
American sentiments which inculcate and
insist upon exac, justice to every section of
od' Coin'uoh Ooubti WIN dit 10 OiNcl SiuSo
institutions. interests. prejudices and pur-
suits"
Mr. Haven's letter is dated on the 30th
ult., and he remarks
''Mr Fillmore has not yet received official
advice of bis nomination-he had not, at
least. on the 8 1st of March. when at Flor
ence; but letter from there of that date to
me, after regretting the necessity of so early
nomination, and that the choice had no,
fallen upon another. he says: am fully
prepared for any sacrifice which it may be
necessary to make. and any responsibility
it may be necessary to take"
The American party will hail this intel
ligencc with JOY. The anti -Know Moth
ing papers to the contrary notwithstanding
Mr.. Fillmore possesses In an eminent degree
the confidence and respect of the American
people and is richly deserving of the high
es. honors which they could confer upor
him. All of the idle. reckless and desper
ate vaporings of the opposition press can
not mar the beautiful symmetry of his char
acter, nor can their senseless SANDERS shake
the confidence of the people in his spoles
integrity and in the justice and merits O
the cause of which he is the noble exemplal
and honored champion.