Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-03-15
From the Richmond Examiner.
Fillmore and poneIson
HtsERy AcQUAINTs MAN wrru arnArar

1limofe ana poneison
HissRE AcouAINTs MAN WITH STRANGE
, BkDTELLows.
Aiier most curious and fantastic serir.
oil secessioDs, reunions and re.spces.;onr
ever witnessed in the political history.
oac wing of the "national' Know. Moth.
,, ing Convention at Philadelphia, believed 10
be twelfth section wing, have succeeded in
, achieving the nomination of Willard Fill.
more OF New York, for the Presidency.
and Andrew Jackson Donelson, of Ten
nesses, for the Vice Presidency. The de.
tails OF the Philadelphia proceedings w hicH
ended in this result are given else where.
''Now, thi, is droll result, indeed. W.
should like TO know on what single prin-
eip!e OF policy tina: hes divided men ju-
ring the last thirty Yeas. Messrs. Fillmore
and Bonrison are not the notorious anti,
podts OF each other? Is it bank, is II
tam. is 1t internal Improvements, is it the
public ianes-is there any question which
has distinguished parties or divided poll
"eians during the present generation, OH
hlch these two men are not aniipode, of
each other by thousand commit.als and
the most solemn iterations OF conflicting
srntimen,s Why, Mr.. DoneIson was the
proprietor and editor OF The Usion u-ws-
paper during the create: part Of the Fill
more naturalization, and this Philade!.
phla iragmentary Convention has commit
ted The blunder, the stupidity, the intense
stoiidity, OF selecting as the companion of
Mr.. Fillmore on their ticket the very.
man who was the foremost, the most con.
slant, and the most undiscrninatine ass
sailah, Of all others in the Union, of the
whole policy Of Mr.. FIImore,s admins.
'fa.'oh and every part aud parcel of that
policy.
But, the American party" claims 20
have erected Itself "out of the rum. of the
old and corrupt parties" which preceded i,
The IN coutrol OF the affairs in this Union.
We'll, formed of debris and della pdation,
we cannot imagine more appropriate
brace OF men that could have been Oh osen
Tor It's standard bearers than the rrsurrcct-
ed Mr.. Fillmore and the deiunct Mr.. Don.
eison.
The "tt1ete, aud corrupt Wing party
Of 1888, i'll conelave assembled upon a
painful and, no doubt accurate, estimate of
avallabillties, rejected Mr.. Fillmore, whils
his presidential laurels were yet green
upon his brow, sent him into retirement
aud chose General Scott as their leader in
the contest they were about 10 ENTER
General Scott, the more available candidate
OF The two, notwithstanding his arch aud
winning coquetry with the sweet German
accent and rich Irish brogue, was beaten
more dsplorably than any candidate tina.
had ever entered the field against single
competitor in the history Of the county,
IN hay fr.s Il
rous' American party exhuming and res.
directing the "lray'ngs of what they de.
clsIe to be ali CID eflete and corrupt party
ct the past. III. rel ected nonayaiiablr of a
detuucs organization, and making him
the standard bearer, without a national
platform, without national organization,
and without the slightest hope Of accom-
phi hing any Other state Of things in the E.
lectora! College than repetition OF that
which was exhibited in the organization
OF the House Of Representatives aud
which resulted in the election ola Black
Republican Speaker.
In Selling hold OF Mr.. Fillmore IN its
present strait is like the act Of Y downing
man catching NJ a companion in the water;
he not opiy sinks himself but cslti-s bis
| comiade along with him TO rDavy Jlne's
! locker. II there was such a thing now
as the original Wing, and if had not dis.
credited itself by completely with Know
Nothingism and If il were not para'yzed
by the sorry tactics Of fastening broken
down, dsgtun,led Democrats like Doncl-
son, to its own meh still having some res
mains Of consistency and Vitality
there might have been shadow of
strength IN this denomination Of Mr.. Fill
more As i, is, we have the declared nona-
valuable ola Frustrated party, and galvan2
lied By sundered, feeble and desperate
faction, itself on lis last legs, in the feeble
hope Of eking out lsngushing existence
by melancholy sxpedient. 1t 10
more ali ting than the sight of the
blind sleadng the blind. 1t is the
dead trying 10 raise the dead. 1t il
as il two corpses were attempting to lift
each other cat ola common grave. 1t is
as if two voyagers hey ond the Styx were
endeavoring to ferry each other from the
other bank of that impossible stream. and
to get baok from the bourne Whence no
traveller returns.
But what shall we say Of the nomina.
lion of Andrew jackson Doneson? Here
IS renegadism accepted and welcomed
without show of appreciation, while yet
ranking and fresh upon the delinquent
The decent period allotted TO the mourning
weeds has hot been allowed to the berrav-
ed and partyless Donelson, but the old
adage has been pursued:
If a meden you would win,
1lumor, fawn and fatter; but
Ii a widow you would win
Why. mastery inactivity won't do.
1t is amusing TO witness tie taray fond
ness of Federalism for the name and mem
ory of Andrew Jackson. Alas it is only
at long intervals tina, Nature produces reai
jackson, seeming then "to rest for PEE
iiod, as il to recover from the magnitude
+ her labor" And it is ever the lortunete
OF great men of the old heIo's stamp to be
the most abused during life by the very
men who after death make the most eiaB-
crate efforts 10 affect reverence Cor thelij
memories. What a confession have we.
in this nomination of the name and the
counterfeit presentmentr Of Jackson, Of the
crocodile contribution OF EedraldCm fer
the injury and wrong they did that great
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