The Nevada journal., 1856-03-28
Our Candidates.

that we hoist to-day the banner on which
is inscribed the glorious names of FILL
MORE and DoNELsoN. The American Par
ty has done credit to itself, and proven its
eminent nationality by the selection of
such men for its standard bearers in the
coming election. The choice could not
have fallen on heads more worthy in the
Republic. OF all the illustrious statesmen
who crowd the ranks the great Anaeri-
can party, thercsis not one whose name
carries with it the respect and confidence
Of the people, and withal the prestige of
success, to that extent as that of Millard
Fillmore. He is assuredly the man for
the times. Under his administration the
compromise measures of 1850 were ad-
justed, which gave quiet to the country
and joy to its people. With firm but
just hand he held the reins of power, and
kept in abeyance the discordant elements
of sectionalism, and had the voice of the
nation called upon him to continue the
administration of the government, instead
of the little Brigadier from New Hamp-
shire, the warming notes which now sound
ominous on the plains of fKansas had never
been heard at all. But the blind will of
infatuated partisans discarded the tried
patriot, civilian and statesman, and haz-
arded the rash and impolitic experiment
of dazzling the eyes Of the people with
military glory alone. Franklin Pierce,
the god of politics in his wrath, fastened
upon the nation. The old flood gates of
factional strife were again unclosed, and the
imbecility of the authors Of the mischief
prevents restoration. Now it is in this
dilemma, that the need of the wisdom of
patriot tried and true is severely felt
and his services demanded.
Millard Fillmore is emphatically the
man in this crisis to restore peace and qui-
etude within our troubled borders, extri-
cate us from endorsements abroad and
give tone and stability to national affairs.
He does not so much desire to assume
once more the guidance of the ship of
State, as the American people desire to
avail themselves of his experience and SER
vices. In this unsettled and threatning
period of the countrY's history the skill of
an old Palinurus is imperatively denala-
ed to save us from being wrecked in the
storm which the evil genius Of Democracy
has evoked.
The requisite abilities are found center
ed in the statesman whose name heads
our columns to-day. He has been tried
and proven true,-weighed and found in
nothing wanting. His craftsmanship is of
the highest order, his patriotism undoubt-
cd, his impartiality proverbial, and integ-
rity of character in all the relations oflife,
without reproach.
When the blind devotees to military
fame were four years since paying their
adulations to hero who has eclipsed the
renown of all living warriors, the prophetic
tongue of Henry Clay, warned them Of
their lnfatuation, and pointed to Millard
Fillmore as the man worthy ofthe nations
highest honors.
His voice was unheeded, and the con.
trast which the present with the past ad
ministration furnishes, has taught the peo.
pie the lesson of experience which the
voice of the sage has been heard in vain
Anxious to recover what has been wo
fully lost, and desirous of paying meri
ted tribute to worth unexcelled and unre
quilted, the American people hail with 8
delight rarely enjoyed, the nomination Of
Millard Fillmore tc the Presidency of the
United States. His nameis received with
one loud acclamation throughout the I'm
ion. Coupled with that of Andrew Jack
son Donelson, no prouder ticket was evel
presented for the suffrages of the Ameri
car people.
They have called for these patriots. ir
the hour of need. The one has a charae
ter formed after the models of the founder:
OF the Republic, the other has the soul and
1t is imbued with the spirit of the incor
ruptible and inAexible hero of the Hermit
age. A saving strength is in their very
names, and the glories of the past still lin
ger to gid their future career.
"Hope springs exultant on triumphant
wings" that the government is to be re
stored to its original purity, unity, ant
stability, under the guidance and manage
ment of Fillmore and Donelson.
With such leaders, we can but succeed
Our cause is just, and let us buckle on tn,