The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-23
OIL WH1es-MR. FILLMORE. ex-

much point and force, that we cannot lofegs
the pleasure Of laying the article before the ole
line wings entire, and commencing 1T to thel
careful consideration.
The Patriot says:-The letter Of Mr.. Fill
more is one that viii be found worthy alike
the esteem in which he is held by the whig
and Of the honorable recognition which thu
/ Americans have accorded him in choosing hin
as their candidate for the presidency. This let
ter of acceptance is characteristic of Millare
Fillmore. It is frank, manly and patriotic I
endorses the main principles of the American
platform, because thay are essentially wing prin
cipes, and therefore eminently national; but i
refers more particularly, as we expected i
would, to his antecedents, as expressing the pol
lev BY which in the event of his election, he
would still be governed. 1tbids the American
people Judge Of bis future course by the record
of his past actions. What that course was, and
how it extorted praise from the ablest Of his pol
itical opponents, wrung from the lips of COVER
nor Wise burst of admiration, and a hearty
eulogy from the Democratic Review; how Hen
ry Clay found in Willard Fillmore statesman
worthy of his support; and how, from his first
assumption of the presidency to the close of his
term Of Office, he continued 10 rise in estima-
ton, winning the esteem Of every section Of the
Union, and the sencere respect of even those
whose principles differed from his own, are mat
tiers of history Pure, calm, wise and good,
Willard Fillmore was, emphatically, the choice
of the wings of Maryland at the convention of
1859, and had he then received the nomination
he SO richly deserved, he would likewise have
been supported by many moderate democrats
who admired his straightforward course as
chief magistrate, and were inspired thereby
with implicit confidence in his irmness and in
tegrity We do not say that America has not
other statesmen equally honest and governed
by equally patriotic motives; but we do assert
that she has none worthier Unpopular regard, or
whose whole political life has been more consist
emily in accord with the great principles embo-
died in the federal constitution. What Willard
Fillmore was in So, he still continues to be in
Sc; as man without guile, as statesman with
out reproach. His nomination upon the platform
Of his antecedents appeals to the intelligence Of
the people, and not to their less estimable quail
ities-to their prudence and not to their pas
sions-to their spirit of conservatism, and not
to their agrarlan tendencies, and to their patri-
otsm as contradistinguished from sectional feel
ing, and the utraisms of cliques and factions
Is his great political rival, Mr. Buchanan. man
of excellent personal character So is Willard
Fillmore. Is he an experienced statesman? So
is Willard Fillmore. Has he defended and de-
nounced the same political measures? So has
not Millard Fillmore. Has he been federalist
and democrat? So has not Willard Fillmore
The personal character of Mr. Buchanan we re-
spect;-but his political changes, his tmidity,
and stiffness, by no means meet
with our approval. He reminds us of certain
pieces of music, where the excellence of the air
is smothered up and utterly spoiled by the va
rlatons which have been engrafted upon it,
His really good personal qualities have been
oyerlaid and lost sight of in his political aber-
rations.
Millard Fillmore, on the contrary, has re-
NAMED consistent throughout. The statesman
is but the accurate reflection of the man, and
The man ofthe statesman. Simplicity, honesty, |
integrity, prud ence and frmness-these are his I
eadlng characterlstics-no outside pressure I
would induce him to swerve hairs breadth I
rom the line of duty-no specious eloquence
'ould affect the calmness of his Judgment
Taking broad views of things, and true to the
pest interests of the republic, he embraces ev-
'ry portion of it within the scope of his regard
md has won for himself The confidence which
S reposed in him by the simple, manly course
# respecting the rights of all, unmoyed by the
lamor of malcontents, or by the more insidous
vies of protesting friends.
We believe Willard Fillmore the more purely
atlonal, the more truly conservative, and in
very respect the safest of the two candidates
ow before the people Whether we are cor
ect in our belief it is for them to Judge.
We speak-be ii understood wings, and !!
, whigs-to those gallant men with whom we :
ave gone so often into battle in times past; in '
hose reverses we have shared, and in whose !,
,wer triumpbs we have rejoiced. We speak .
Willard Fillmore as the man whom Henry +
lay loved and whom the wings honored. As a
ne who being suddenly called by a dispense q
on of Providence to assume the duties Of the Ii
ghest office in the republic, comported him. y
If SO nobly and impartially as to Justify the W
spectations of bis political friends, and win a,
onest plaudits even from his political oppo- b.
snts. A man endowed with qualities like q,
ese, has claims upon the true men Of the re- te
lblic superior to those of mere party afini- g
IS, because they are based upon broader U
'ounds and sustained by broader acts. Such IN
man must be NATIONAL inasmuch as his policy "
ct with the approval not merely of the people ar
this section or of that but Of thoughtful men OF
every portion of the Union. Such man, ~ ~
oreoyer, must be conservative, because wise ar
nservatism alone recognises that just mean in Ri
litical measures which is calculated to pre-
rye harmony in the republic and an amicable 81 81
derstanding with foreign nations. tn
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A CLEAN BACK Dows!-It was telegraphed til
I'm Washington on the 18th ult., that "Mr. ~
arcy notified the Danish minister that our tai
mmerce will continue to pay the sound dues, an
der protest, another year, After the previ- Pee
course of the administration on this subject, Il ~
er giving positive notice to Denmark that the Be
es would not be paid longer than the 18th of to
oril, then graciously extend the time to the m mt
tn of June next, 10 allow Denmark to come GU GU
her senses-how ridiculous and vacillating a5
,st such conduct make US appear in the eyes str
foreign nations! COZ
But the Cincinnati convention resolved that -,
he democratic party expect the neat admins ho
tlon' to pursue more energetic foreign pol tn,
:. The country has not forgotten, however. of