Daily American organ., 1856-02-28

we are less qualified to speak. lie Is man oil tai
ents and of some experience in public affairs, hay
ing represented the country abroad both at Berlin
and Frankfort. He was member of Gen. Jack
sons family, and once leading member of the
Democratic party, but his career has been marked
by great political independence, evncing integrity
and patriotism.
From the Baltimore American Democrat
WILLARD FILLMORE.
At the head of our columns this mernng we
hoist the name of Millard Fillmore as a candidate
for the office of President of these United States
We do not say Millard Fillmore of New York, be.
cause he has shown that he belongs to the Union
We are sure that we but anticipate the sentiment
that stirs the heart OF every well-wisher of this
country, when we say that his nomination will be
hailed with acclamation. It is a work almost OF
superfuity to mention his precedents His life oi
rectitude; his ability and uaequalled industry when
member of the popular branch of Congress, and
the chairman of its principal committee; his Sc
lection unsolicited under the most complimentary
circumstances to fill an office which required a
presdence over the Senate, yet, who by the dis
position of an inscrutable Providence was called
to preside over the destinies of his country the
distrust with which he approached the office OF
President, and the eminent ability with which he
discharged its high responsibilities these things
are in the memory of every one. 1t is recollected
how he directed the course of the ship of State,
under circumstances trying and fearful; how he
true to his oath, the constitution and his duty
the man who never failed in time of need who
never left the field Of law and order when the guns
began to smoke, and illustrated his high position
of doing justice and enforcing right though the
heavens fell. BY his nomination, party malice and
yituperation is hushed and the mouth Of political
slander shut.
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who, like the air, are seldom heard save when they
speak in voice of thunder, will send back shout
of approval and joy to the selection of the National
American Convention, and mere politicians and
spoil seekers who would utter a word of dissent
will be crushed before them, as an elephant tram
Piles down cane brake.
1t is the people of the Union who, with the in
stinctive perceptions common TO honesty, know
the high qualities of the Presidential nominee
They know that this man, Millard Fillmore, admin
istered the government with moderation, a JUS
tice, conservatism, nationality, a purity, an
honesty, to which the history of former Presidents
furnishes no parallel, or furnishes parallel In
Washington alone They bear in mind that the
robes of the highest Office that it was ever vouched
safe for man to hold on earth, never sat more
gracefully on any shoulders than they did on his
and that when, with all the honor of Cincinnatus
he laid down the power of his high position, he
went into retirement without leaving behind him
even the smell of smoke on his official garments !;
and the sentiment that issued spontaneously from
every lip, and welled up in every honest heart in
the land, with more than ordinary fervor, was !:
Well done, thou good and fuithful servant They
know that this man, Millard Fillmore, (" bore his
faculties SO meek, and was 80 clear in his great of
fce" that the universal sentiment Of the country
will demand his return to it in November
A contemporary, during the sitting of the Ma
tonal American Convention, said:
81 man is wanted whose character, history, an
tecedents, principles, and associates are known,
fixed, and universally popular; a man who will
inspire confidence and win support, with or with
out platform; sensible, matter.offact, conser-
vative, practical, go-ahead man."
Such man is Milard Fillmore. With his name
on our banner, no man can doubt of success With
him the day Of battle is the day Of victory. His
supporters, the people of the country, viii march
forward like the phalanxes of Macedonia, shield
locked in shield because they have found their
leader competent and know him; and that he has
been tried in the scales and never found wanting.
In Andrew jackson Doneson of TENNESSEE the
nominee for Vice President, of the National Con-
vention, the people of the country have man well
fitted in every particular to fill the second high
office of the nation and of unquestoned integrity
and ability. He will discharge its duties without
dissent from any. Enjoying the high appreciation
and full confidence of the old hero Of New Orleans
he long discharged the duties of his private secre
tary, and stood high in the estimation of the party
that placed Old Hickory in the Presidential chair
After the terms Of office of General jackson he
still continued his bosom friend, and upon terms
of close intimacy, which the death of the propri-
etor Of the Hermitage alone terminated Having
satisfied himself that the party with which he
had so long acted, departing from the faith of its
founders had degenerated into the present Sag
NIGHTS" party of the present day-a mere parcel
of spoil plunderers, with the honesty and boldness
which has always distinguished him, he had the
courage to come out from among the horde of
political plunderers and array himself on the side of
patriotism and country His selection, under these
circumstances, must be universally popular.
Let the names of Fillmore and Donelson be run
up to the masthead. Under them no American
can doubt of success.
The contest is afoot. Follow your spirit, and
upon the charge, cry" God for our candidates
America and our Cause !"
From the Baltimore Patriot.
The nomination OF Mr.. Fillmore, when taken in
connexion with the notifications introduced into
the platform of principles lately put forth by the
American party, shows that the latter has gained
wisdom by experience, and is disposed to take a
strong middle ground in opposition TO the more
secuonai stanu-pointS occupied Dy lts pontlcai IL
vals In this the party has done we'll We have
repeatedly expressed the opinion that, underlying
the surface agitation, which has raised in timd
minds so intense a fear for the integrity Of the
Union, there reposed sturdy spirit of conserva-
tism which would prove ITSELF in the end, capable
Of controlling this superficial commotion, and of
subduing its elements TO quetnde and peace.
That the nomination Of Mr.. Fillmore win appeal
strongly to the support of that large class of voters
which inclnes neither to the views Of the extreme
North nor tbe extreme South, there can be no pos
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