Daily American organ., 1856-05-07
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,

1 WASHlNGTON, AprH OUth, 1000.
Ny DEAR Sin: Your letter of the 2Sth instant
| containing quotation from some Boston paper,
has been this moment handed me at my seat j
will answer it before lay it down. The quotation
| is as follows 1t is now conceded that Mr.. Fill
more win decline the nomination Of the American
party. learn from what consider good authori
ty that he has written to his friends in New York.
that he is not an American in the party sense of
that word, that he cannot accept the nomination
and that soon as he arrives in New York, he
| will make his decision known
have not seen the paper from which you make
the extract, but have seen much similar nonsense
in free circulation in the american press. Sup
posing the sensible men of the country knew fully
how to appreciate it, one has taken occasion to
reply to it.
The circulation Of these reports seems to be
about half the stock in trade of the Democracy
of the South, and approximates to the entire as
sortnient Of the Republicans and Abolitionists of
the North.
These extreme men make parade Of issues with
each other, on purely sectional questions but upon
this subject they look into each others eyes with
mutual sympathy and satisfaction.
They believe in common, if they can drive from
the field the who is standing in the very midst
of the great American masses-of the people them
| selves-as distinguished from the politicians, and
the ntrguers for place. that their work in the COM
ing campaign Will IuOre Iudii thdb
the winds Of dscord and sectional strife will again
be let loose, and the cry will then again be raised,
| that the constitution is "dp M-considered COM
! pact"-" an atrocious bargain and that the time
| has come to "let the Union sliden
| NV dear sir, the wish of these men ia father to
the thought, and they win be disappointed in all
| their calculations
| Mr.. Fillmore was not nominated to decline. His
nomination was the result of the deliberations Of
l ;nta tod
and patriotic body of men, as has met in this
country since the convention that framed the con-
| stitution.
| Mr.. Fillmore will not decline. He has not so in
formed me in terms, it is true but were he to de-
| cline, he would prove a traitor to that sentiment
in the country which 80 nobly, so generously sus-
tanned him in the very trying times of his previous
administration, and to those just and comprehcn-
sive American senti nents, which incul:ate and in
sist upon exact and equal justice to every section
Of opr common country, with all its diversified in
stitutions, interests, prejudices, and pursuits.
The great American spirit, and American heart
i sustained him in that former administration upon
| which he entered amidst difficulties, perils, and
sectional strife. He carried il on from the neces-
stiles of the case, with the appontees of his pre-
decessor, and not with men of his own selection,
save his Cabinet in which, for obvious reasons O
change was necessary, without casting any impu.
tation on those not retained and save, Also very
limited number, less than dozen ! think, that
selfrespect compelled HIM to change in his own
State.
That administration brought peace, quiet, con.
tentment and satisfaction to the whole country
Our foreign relations were maintained on high, hon
orabls, and American grounds. In all our domes
| tic affairs things subsided into acquescence sat
isfaction, and approval Sectional strife dared not
show its head and the territorial acquisitions, thai
came with the peace then lately concluded, were
placed under civil governments that were satisfac
| tory to all.
The government machinery, when he handed il
over to his successor, was bright, well oiled, lubr
Gated, and in complete running order; whether
the engineer who has had charge since that time
has kept II so, or whether he has let it become
rusty and decsyed or has switched the engine and
entire train off the track, let the nation declare
Mr.. Fillmore has not yet received official advice
OF his nomination-he had not, at least, on the
i 3Ist of March, when at Florence; but in a letter
from there Of that date to me- after regrettng the
necessity of so early nomination, and that the
choice had not fallen upon another, he says, 81
am fully prepared Gr any sacrifice which it may be
necessary to make, and any respons biity Il may
be necessary to take.n
| His original intention, when he went abroad, in
cluded visit to Russia. / suppose he is in ST. Pc
tersburgh now, and win be home between the mid
die and latter part Of June. He can then speak
| for himself
| | have given you my own information and be
lief, and briefly my reasons for t. This is fortified
by his declaration In another place, since his nom
inaton, where he said "I am determined TO sinh
or swim, live or die, with my friends. Our cause
~ just, for II is the cause Of our common country
and every part Of il, and we ought TO triumph
out II we fail, we shall Mt least have the consola
ton OF knowing that we were engaged in a right
eous cause and deserved successn As the outlines
of the future become more apparent. YOU win be
able to judge whether am correct or not in be.
lieving that the American masses, the great mid
die classes who love their country for its own
sake, and not for the spoils Of ofice-will rally