The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-07-10
Our Candidate.


Our Candidate.
One of the most unaccountable oil all meta
physical phenomena arc the sudden and radi-
cal changes which the human mind undergoes
in relation to it's opinions, Of individuals and
events, without the aid or intervention of any
{ sort of reason whatever. All men love to
pYate Of high and noble qualities; and talk as
though each one would mould character
the ideal of perfection which would form
model for the world to pattern after, and each
one holds his opinions to be indigenous, ortho-
dox and inmitable Yet, while the same rea-
sons still exists and the same character Of
events continue TO transpre, let those qualities
which they have admired and those opinions
which they have boosted of but initiate in
slight degree against the temporal interest OF
few Of the leading spirits, and there suddenly
OCCURS one of those astonishing mutations in
their manner of thinking, the eyes oithe mind
less following multitude are all at once opened
to the enomity OF what they so confidently
considered virtues, and they are drawn al
most unconsciously into the wake of their
opinion makers, their souls masters. These
remarks will apply to all departments in life
and particularly to the political. Who that
heard but few weeks ago, the eulogiums that
were passed upon Mr. Fillmore and his ad
ministration; would have supposed that an en-
tire revulsion could have taken place in the
minds Of some of his eulogsts in so short a
time, without any act on his part, either in a
private or political capacity to warrant it. But
we do not complain Of this 1t is to be eX-
pected particularly among men who are the
acknowledged tools Of factionists We know
that every sort Of means, fair and unfair will
will be used to defeat our candidate. General
Washington felt the shafts of obloquy from
his own countrymen, while he was yet reek-
ing with the sweat Of the toll of their rescue
from bondage.
Our county is now again approaching a
crisis, and Mr.. Fillmore is the man for the
emergency; his political opponents have &C
knowl.dged this He has the Communications
of jackson, Cass and Polk. He possesses the
necessary stamina for acting on the momen-
tous questions, which now agitate the nation
Men have not the capacity TO overrate it
with lively sensibility that conservatism il
essential to the existence of democratic form
Of government he has ever, and will in his
future career, steer his course between the
ultra factions who are pulling and Juggling al
the two ends of the nation, for union.
Mr.. Fillmore has never been trucking
place hunter he was brought before the peo-
pie without his knowledge while absent in q
foreign country he was chosen for this emer-
gcncy because he has been tried in others, and
E. has gained the appreciation Of all PARTIES
Since his return he has endeavored to concili-
ate the conflicting elements Of the nation, and
has boldly pointed out the disastrous conse-
qnences ofsectiona nominations. Hisspeeche'
have been garbed and misrepresented and
his motives construed into an unatonable de-
sire after Southern popularity. The N. York
Tribune is doing its utmost endeavor to make
capital out Of language used by Mr. Fillmore
in recent speech. If it is the prerogative o
Horace Greedy to characterize the motives
which actuate Mr. f. then his speech was il
favor Of notification and the dissolution of The
Union.
But Greedy has become too notorious fol
his INSCRIPTIONS Misrepresentation in th'
advocacy of any of his favorite schemes. HaC
the speech above alluded to been uttered il
1851, Greedy would have been his creates
apologist would have give it another con
struction, and would have heartily endorsed
every word of it.
It is idle to talk Of the American party al
disunienists. They are the conservative anC
the only conservative element of the politica
cauldron. The two extremes may DO repre-
sented by Brooks and Sumner. The forme
y, a Southern Democratic ire-eater, and the lat
ter an individual holding an extreme position
Numerically opposite. 1t is to avert the re
suits of either Of these courses that the Amer
lean party directs its aim. And to this end
respects the rights of the people of every sec
ton, without making sacrifice of single gov
ernmental or moral principle. The inscrip
ton on our banners is UNION AND IKE Cox
sTrTUTIoN." And now again we repeat th
crisis is at hand, and Willard Fillmore is th
man for the emergency
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