The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-03-22
SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA SATURDAY MARCH % 1856
Mr.. Fillmore. Nomina.ion.

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| e. ot, Mr.. Fillmore,s Nominaiion.
All the leading journals of New. York Cit
except the Journal of Commerce and th
Coihmercial Advertiser, have reviewed tn
action of the late Philadelphia Convention
with great severity, though with moderation
The Times says: "Ws do not suppose th
Southern States expect to elect him alone
and yet it is not easy to see. what Northern
State will come to their. aid." The Tribun,
says: l!"sThe Know Nothing candidate, ha,
he been the right man, stood chance o
carrying this State in the Presidential elec
ton. But Mr.. Fillmore stands no chance Al
all" Again it says: "Not only is Mr.. Fill
more notoriouslya Southern and sectiona
candidate, nominated on a Southern and sec
tional platform; he is notoriously nominated
not with any expectation to elect him, bu,
as mere bob to the tail of another sectional
kite, and as q means of heIping in that ca
pacity to elevate Wise, Pierce, Douglas, OF
whoever the nominee of the Cincinnati con-
vention may be, to the Presidential chair. d
The Journal of Commerce is enraptured but
dubious: ,"He will command large vote,
but whether sufficient to carry him in re-
mains to be SEEN" The Herald considers
'the Americon party demolished and the
Whig party galvanized" and thinks Mr.. Fill
more "has no chance, from present appear
ances, of a solitary Northern State, and but
sorry show for more than three States in
the South" The Courier & Enquirer says
" The party that dares not go into battle un-
der leader and with standard Of it's own,
is no longer party-it is a mere collection
of mercenaries. It. no longer fights for q
cause; spoils are its only object" Again it
says: s.ss.--,- --.-.. So
"Not even his strongest friends can count
securely upon his receiving the electoral vote
of amy particular State in the Union, for the
good reason that they cannot rely securely
upon the position he may finally take in ref
erence to the great issues which Will inevi-
tably divide the two sections Of the country
during the canvass. Millard Fillmore's hor-
oscope would be the very last one any scnsi-
BILE seer in the Know Nothing party would
undertake to calculate" The Evening Post
says: "The nomination made yesterday at
Philadelphia does not in the least change the
nature of the great strife Of opinion which is
going on in this country. There are but two
great parties in the United States-those
who seek the extension of slavery and those
who resist it. The friends of extension are
now divided into two factions-those who
support the Administrator, and those who
support Mr.. Fillmore. 1t remains for the
enemies of that policy to prepare themselves
for a contest with BOTH"
There can now be no reasonable doubt that
Mr.. Fillmore did join the Know Nothings
before going to Europe. Since his nomina-
ton, meeting of the New York State Coun-
Gil has been held, and in that meeting the
President of Council III, of Buffalo, declar-
ed "that he himself was present when the OBJ
legation of each of the degrees was admins
tered to Mr.. Fillmore" 1851
This being the fact, the Boston Adverti-
ser, one of the Oldest and most respectable
Wing journals, refuses to support Mr.. Fill
more for the Presidency. 1t says:
eff therefore it shall prove true, as we re-
gret to find it is very confidently stated, that
Mr. Fillmore las entered a Know Nothing
lodge, and passed through the three degrees
Of the s>cret order, taking the incident oaths
and obligations, We submit that he has for
feited the respect of the intelligent and hon
est people of the United States to an extent
that will make his election impossible. We are
reluctant, however, to believe that this is the
case; but until this point is settled, we can
form no opinion and propose no line of con-
duct for the campaign. 1t would give us great
pleasure to support Mr.. Fillmore; but we
must know what has become of his Whig
principles before we can agree to support
him. If he has lost his principles, we have
not lost ours"
It wanted but the nomination of such a
doughface as. Fillmore to give proscriptive
Know Nothingism its death blow, at least in
the Free States.