The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-03-06
The Real Platform.

. The Real Platform.
The New York Express under the above
head, makes some sensible remarks as to Mr..
Fillmore's principles 1t truly says Mr. Fill
more is presented to US as a candidate for the
Presidency upon no other platform than, that
on which, with Clay, Webster, Cass, Houston,
Crittenden, Corwin-and others,-he stood as
President of the United States from 1850 to
1853 The platform is a faithful execution of
all the Laws of Congress- devoted attach
ment to the Union Of the States,-an enmity
to all sectional schemes and organizations
and strict adherence to the Federal Consti-
tuition in principle and in substance. His ad-
ministration from 1850 to 1858 was, in no
sense a party administration,-and hence,
while it had the support Of such Wings as
Clay and Webster it had no less the support
of such Democrats as Cass and Houston.
After Milllard Fillmore left the Presidency,
and the great settlement" of 1850 to
which he was pledged, was broken up, under
the Pierce administration, through contest
between him and Douglas for the Southern
Democratic vote, the bitter waters of section
passion, and sectional strife were again let
loose. The sections are now in arms in the
distant Territory of Kansas,-and if President
Pierce does not use the military authority of
the United States--as a third interposng par
ty,--to protect these sections from civil strife
civil war there is inevitable,-with conse-
that quencesmay reach and fatally influence the
whole Union. President Pierce, however as a
party to the rupture of the settlement of 1850
has ceased to have the confidence of the
Northern People. Whatever he does, or may
do to alleviate the horrors'his policy has ex-
cited, he will be suspected, and therefore I'M
influential as pacifcator.
Not so, however, with Mr.. Fillmore As a
Northern man, true and just, and fearless in
the discharge of all his duties, he has the con-
fidence of the North, and his equitable admin
istration of the government from 1851 to 1854,
won for him the confidence of the South
Nevertheless, under his administration then,
the great State of California came into the
Union, Free State--and New Mexico and
Utah were organized practically as free Terri
t0rleS-anu ali LnlS, IN Ine emu, 10 Cue SaClSaC-
ton Of nine tenths Of the people of the Union,
South as well as North. His administration,
while it was Just, right, constitutional and fair
in all respects, and satisfactory to the South,
yet practically won more for the North than
did any administration we ever had, except
that of the old confederation, under which the
great Northwest was declared to be free Ter
ritory. The fruits of the California war, in the
iwaybf territorial conquest, were 'frec' fruits.
While Louisiana, and Florida, and Texas, came
to us ''slave," under preceding administrations,
California, Utah and New Mexico came tous
free under Willard Fillmore. But notwith-
standing all this, The men who would make a
North Republic, distinct from the Union as a
whole, and their Republican Journals are 60
ing to paint Mr. Fillmore as Southern North
ern man, without backbone" and "a face Of
dough, "-under whose administration Kansas
is certain to be doomed to slavery, &C., &c.
We have no idea that they can be any more
successful than they were in 1650,-when
these Northern States, by general acclaim, sus-
tained Mr.. Fillmore in the settlement of the
compromise Bills, with the exception only Of
few Abolitionists.