Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-19
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We see it stated in some of our exchanges.
that the X. N. Convention held at Iowa CITY on
the 9th inst, endorsed the ticket of the Republ-
can convention of the 22d ut, SO far as, the can.
ddates for the Offices OF Secretary of State, Aud.
itor, Treasurer and Attorney General are con-
cerned, under pledge from those candidates
that they would support Willard Fillmore, the
nominee of the Philadelphia K. N. Convention,
for President. We have received the same in
formation from other sources. We cannot now
say whether our information is correct or not
If, however it shall prove correct. the cource
which we shall pursue is very soon told. We
shall favor the calling of another Republican
State Convention, that every mans name may
be stricken from the Republican ticket who
gave the Fillmore pledge to the X. N. Conyen-
ton, and other men placed in their stead
This course is plain; free from mists or clouds,
or stumbling blocks of any kind. 1t is the
course which duty demands and conscience ap-
proves.
We have not entered the contest now going
on between freedom and slavery, merely for the
sake of gaining victory which shall elevate
few men into Office. We are struggling for the
supremacy of what we believe to be sacred
principle, and if victory would not aid in the
establishment of that supremacy, then let defeat
come. 81
The candidates on the Republican ticket who
are said to have given pledges to support Fill
more, were nominated by convention which
put into the field an electoral ticket, and ap-
pointed delegates to attend the National Repub-
lican Convention, which is to meet in June next,
to nominate candidate for the Preidency who
should stand on the Republican platform. In
honor they were bound to wait the action of
that convention and then, if they could not sup
port the nominee, it would have been their plain
duty to give up their places on the Republican
ticket But, it is said, instead of acting thus,
they have pledged themselves to support the
nominee of convention utterly hostile to the
Republican party. We again say, we hope
these reports are not true; but if they are, ev
cry man so pledged must walk the plank. We
want no such trimming, and the trimmers must be
trimmed. We believe that a cleun-handed Re-
publican ticket can triumph in the coming con-
test, and right and justice triumph. But set of
candidates pledged to the support of Fillmore
are as far from presenting such ticket as the
east is from the west. Willard Fillmore is the
nominee of q factious pro-slavery X. n. Conven-
ton, and was repudiated by majority of the
northern delegates of the very party whose can
didate he is said to be. His antecedents for the
past six or seven years have prepared him nice
ly for the position he now holds. And shall Re-
publicans support his supporters, and place
| themselves in the power of such men as those
who supported Fuller, of Pa, in the contest for
Speaker? Never!
We intend to act in this matter as our duty to
| our country demands: for in the language of
Henry Clay, I'VE would rather be right than be
President" If the candidates referred to can
present hands bearing none of the marks of
this Fillmore transaction, they shall have our
hearty support; if not, their names shall come
down from our masthead, and we shall 60 for
Al. y - 4
Let those who want Willard FILLMORE, the pro-
slavery X. N. candidate, elected, rely ON his
strength for their own successfully can't go up
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