The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-10-29
LET rs Reason TOGETHER

i great TeNOfuIuHdi5 pdtiiots' ano oedoe"'hso
| BY them to US, shall be preserved? In the past
struggles, for what many supposed to De exist
ence, we had great men, great IN the true sense
/ of the word, to do battle for it, the sound OF
whose voices drove back all agitators within
the limits of their native insignifcance, whence
/ faction and clamor only enabled them TO emerge.
| insignificant in numbers, feeble in talent and
uninfuenlal in connection, il was not difficult to
overcome them, and to rescue the country from
the agitation which they had created. from mo-
ItiYes Of personal aggrandizement, love Of noto-
| riety and desire of mischief. But now the men
who had grown with the growth and strength
ened with the strength of the republic, who had
acquired the confidence of the people by a long
career of patriotic deeds and illustrious services
have passed away from the political stage, and
are laid in their honored graves, and have left
but few behind them capable of sitting the tu
multuous waves of faction and sectional fanati-
cism. All the great patriarchs who cherished
this blessed Union in their .'heart of hearts, !"
who were ready to put their lives and fortunes
and sacred honor in peril for it, and who in
yoked Heaven, as the greatest favor it could
in its beneyolence, bestow upon them, here be-
low, to take them away from the scene of their
patriotic labors before that terrible day Of dis
solution should come, have yielded up the ghost,
and nothing of them remains but their bright
example and disinterested advice. The bodies
of the Washingtons, the Jacksons, the Clays
the Websters, pine in cold obstruction in their
family vaults, but their spirit liveth forever, and
yet walketh proudly amongst US. The people,
SO long as they are capable of cherishing high
resolves noble aspirations, love of country and
lofty craftsmanship, will not willingly let them
die. When the advice of selfish politicians, po-
lilical Adventures, pot-house iniriguers, and
paltry schemers comes in collision with theirs,
or when crisis comes, when they must choose
between the policy fuprigh tstatesmen and such
factious knaves, their will be no hesitation in
their choice The Perces, Pratts, Joneses,
Tombses, and their satellites, will be cast aside,
and the gods of the republic will be substituted
in their places.
The man to whom the people, in a moment
ofinfatuation, produced by the frauds ard false
hoods of the locofoco presses and bawlers COM
mitted the helm of the ship of state, has prov
ed his ncapacity to navigate her into haven
of safety in a season of storm, and they have
resolved to discharge him and the reckless crew,
and to give the command to an experienced
and accomplished Palinurus, who has the moral
courage to encounter any peril, and the skill
and frmness to ride her out of any hurricane.
Under his command, there will be no danger
that the good old vessel, charged with the hopes
and liberties of FIVE and twenty millions Of free
men, and future millions vet to be born, which,
for eighty years has braved the battle and the
breeze, will fail to weather the storm and find
secure anchorage for many long years to come
This man is Willard Fillmore. On his retire
ment from the presidency, none were more
lavish IN their concentrations of him than the
chiefs OF the democratic party. In 1854, when
he made his tour through the south and south
west, they decreed him The honors OF triumph
They addressed him almost in the strains OF full
some panegyric. Having no political objects
to gain, they poured forth the genuine utter
ances of their minds and hearts. and decorated
him with the spiendors of an ovation No vic
torious eonqueror, fresh from the field OF his
glory, ever was received with more cordial ex-
of joy than lie. Banquets, fees. !
civic professions and military parades greeted
him at every step CT bis progress. Popular
demonstrations were not wanting to complete F.
the honors awarded 10 him. Nor could the most
fastdious critic behold in this applause the spir-
ii Of sycophancy, adulation. or fawning, for il /
was the genuine tribute OF the popular heart,
bestowed upon a man. Who, when he took pos
session Of the high Office from which he had
descended, found the ship of state running wild
before the tempest. and. by the union OF skill
and courage, had moored her safely in port
Il was the brilliant and splendid manifesto
ion of the JOY and gratitude OF patriotic peo- i,
pie in favor OF the man who kept himself firmly
IN the constitution. and had determined TO save
t or perish on its demolision. The people know
Fillmore TO be a true and tried man, one who /
las passed through and been purified by the :
Tres OF great crisis, and emerged from the q
rial with the applause of millions of freemen 7
ayshed upon him. But, alas. how changed
the note OF the Proteus Of democracy. s.What t
Eas Goose creek once. is Tiher now.'' Never
Tas party endowed with such a faculty of !
such powers of metamorphosis
5 this! From the language OF highwrought $
u!oglum. 1t has discovered, when Fillmore is
candidate, that It uttered the language of +
alsehood; has seized upon the weapons Of de- 2
'actlon and elimination, and attempts to unsay $
verything which it heretofore said of him Il
When he was simply ex-president Fillmore
spring to no place, he was second Washing c
IN: now that lie is candidate Fillmore, the party q
-At-o>- t-.-A S''1---SfS S' SpShtl I,
lsElcaIly OF him, and Grub street and 81. Giles
re ransacked By its scavengers TO find epithets 5
bscene enough 10 fling at him. Then, he was G
national and conservative patriot: now, he is 8
q aboIltionist. Then, he was the faithful friend
the south; but now, be is her direst foe Il
ime and circumstances alter eases, and men Il
range to adjust their views to party exigen- :,
es and the necessities of things. Fillmore has re
OF changed, except that he has few more :.
hlte hairs on his chin. He is endowed with Vi
lie same noble impulses, the same lofty patri- g
Ic resolves, the same mature wisdom, the same =,
date moderation, the same comprehensive
atonalisn, the same inie1ibIe and unblem- a
he'd political virtue. II placed again by the E, E
elee OF patriotic people in the chair of state, T.
: will again cast aside all preiadices of birth. 81
education, OF association, and will discharge h
5 duties, and will aequit himself Of lis fearful
sponsiblltles with the same lofty sense OF in ;;
ependence and inhe1ibe impartiality that he h
d when he first occupied it. He is good b,
an and true. and viii execute the laws, re- g
ardIess Of the froWns of foes, the bandish-