Daily American organ., 1856-03-03
AMERICAN NOMINATIONS.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
From the Boston Advertiser.


What we have to observe with regard to the re-
cent nomination of Mr.. Fillmore for the Presidency
at Philadelphia, shall be said frankly and without
circumlocution. We entertain high respect for
him, and we have always maintained that bis ad
minstration was most creditable and statesmanlike
We should rejoice 10 politician of his abilities
returned to the Presidential chair
The Portland State of Maine says
|. 1t is impossible to predict what may be the eff
feet Of this nomination OH the political prospects Of
the country The high character Of Mr. Fillmore,
bis unquestionabie patriotism and the distinguish
ed ability which has marked his entire public Ga
reer, have placed him among the foremost men Of
his time Scarcely any man since the days of
Washington has retired from the Presidential chair
with more honor than did Mr.. Fillmore, and his re-
turn thereto is an event by no means improbable.
The Charleston Advertiser eulogi4es the nomi-
nation, and says:
ut is a strong ticket and carries with It the
prestige Of success The latter name has the solid
ring and memory Of Old Hickory; the former has
already won honor by prudent and sagacoGs states
manship. The American banner, with these names
inscribed, is full high advanced and the children
| Of the country are moving forward to sweep away
the petty spirits now in power, whose measures
have only tended to embroil the republic in inter
nal and external agitation and disquiet. The Ame.
rican cause is onward"
The Springfield American says.
| 80 far as qualification is concerned these gen
tlemen are sufficiently competent to give the ut
most satisfaction. The ability of Mr.. Fillmore is
well known to the citizens Of this country and his
administration, while President, elected great
commendation and approval 1t was signalized
as one remarkable for many things, and reflected
credit upon the government"
The New Bedford, Mass, Mercury (Whig) thinks
that Mr.. Fillmore should receive the general sup.
port Of the american party, and his election should
be insisted on as a national measure, irrespective
of sectional issues. 1t says
| We therefore regard Mr.. Fillmore's nomination
as a solid basis for the American party to rally
upon, however diminutive may be the prospects
| Of success. As to Mr.. Fillmore, their candidate
we think they might have gone fSrther and Jared
| worse.
| The Cincinnati Times says:
In these days of uncertainty Of ..errns and dae
nitions, treachery and sereversaticn, past actor
is better evidence OF character than present prom
ises for the future. Mr.. Fillmore must Kc iaker
on the credit Of his political career, and not on th,
assurances OF "platEorfns" about which, even /
men did sSree, they necessarily vary in the deini
\ iOn VI teruo anu COuSlFucllOu OI doctrines, ele
mentary and complex
The great American party of the United State,
can elect Mr.. FILLMORE, so let ma set about the
work at once. Mr.. Bonelsoh, Of Fennessee, wa,
educated in and hear the Hermitage" but stand
Ing FIRM ainid the corruptons of party, and depre
eating its want Of American nationality, he has raj
lied to the support Of Anercsnsti as the true ant
| appropriate antsgonssm of foreign civil and &c
elesiastical cosmopotanism, no less than African
foreignism in our midst. He would be first al
American Democrat, and then admit to the fran
chises of the American Democracy all who Low,
and will conform to its principles, Democrac,
must have root, it must have depth but Tho
evil has been, and Is now its shallowness and ex
teusive sapef6ees. Let us first place beyond dan
ger true American Democracy by encouraging its
roots to strike deeply into the mind and heart, and
then its spreading branches viii not break It down
and destroy the vital principle, the tree itself The
American party must necessarily be, to great
extent, Democratic as well as conservative; anG
men should not quarrel with name when restored
to its true meaning, although it may have beer
heretofore prostrated and frittered away into un
meaning generalites