Washington telegraph., 1856-10-22
The Presidepcv.

|
able results of the election OF Mr. FILL
MORE, regarded in connection with the ef-
feet which it would produce upon the un-
happily distracted condition Of the public
mind
We have so frequently and at such
length, adverted to the public services OF
Mr.. FILLMORE, and to the pre-eminent
and honorable position which he occupies
in the public estimation, that We feel 1t
unnecessary to great extent, to set forth
his claims in this regard at the present
time And even if we were disposed to re-
sort to the language of eulogy, we find SO
clear and comprehensive summary OF the
public virtues which endear Mr. FILL
MORE to the Union, and fit him for the
post, to which the people would elevate
him, in the following article from the
Philadelphia Inquirer, which we have
known for very many years as one OF the
ablest, most reliable and thoroughly con-
servative Journals in the United States,
that we cannot do our candidate more
complete Justice than to reproduce it
here.
| THE RESPONSE OF THE PEOPLE AND
THE PREss.-The action of the Whlg
National Convention at Baltimore, is al
ready beginning to tell In various por-
tious of the Union The Old-Line wings
are preparing for the great struggle
Heretofore many have hesitated. But
now, the vast majority will rally for the
cause and the candidates, and with the
old enthusiasm. The ratification meet
ing as held in Baltimore, Immediately
after the adjournment of the Convention,
was perhaps, the most significant popular
demonstration that ever took place In that
city. According to one of the journals,
fifty thousand persons were In attendance
The ratification meeting as held in this
city on Saturday evening last, was also
very satisfactory. Despite the storm
which prevailed throughout the day, and
the shortness of the call, the National
Hall was thronged; the speaking was ex-
ceIlent, and the enthusiasm was all that
the most sanguine friend of the cause
could have desired. 1t was then deter
mined to sustain Millard Fillmore for the
Presidency, for the following among other
reasons
First-Because he is honest and capa-
bic.
Second-Because he has been tried,
and has been found faithful to the Consti-
tuition and Union.
Third-Because he is emInently practI-
cal, enlightened and conservative as a
Statesman, and every way qualified to up
hold the national honor and sustain the
national prosperity
Fourth the Wing name and
the Wing character were justly elevated
during the administration-an admins
tration that reflected undying lustre upon
the American name.
Fifth-Because he is pure, patriotic and
disinterested, and, like the illustrious
Henry Clay, would rather be right than
President.
| Sixth-Because he is opposed to all
geographical distinctions or sectional pre-
=. dilectiOns: he is an American in the most
lofty and comprehensive sense, of the
word and is in favor of the Union as it is,
with all its benefits and blessings
Seventh-Because he knows no East
no West, no North, no South, except as
component parts of our beloved and glori-
Gus country, and as entitled alike to all
the privileges that are guaranteed under
: the Constitution.
Eight-Because his election would
calm the troubled waters of sectional
prejudice, restore harmony and peace to
the land; and render the American people
one united patriotic band of brothers.
Ninth-Because, in the language of the
immortal Washington, the Father of his
Country, he has Indignantly frowned upon
the first dawning of every attempt to all
enate one portion ofthe Republic from the
rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which
link together its various parts, and hold
the name of an American above all local
and sectional distinctions
, At Boston, too, five hundred guns were
fired on Saturday, in honor of the nomina-
ton, and at Charleston, an immense rati-
fication meeting was held. The response
On the part of the press is equally decided.
There is no one individual in this
Union, who is not blinded by prejudice,
or whose judgment is not warped by in
temperate partizan zeal, who will not be
willing to acknowledge the correctness OF
the reasons given above, why Mr.. FILL
MORE should be chosen President
All of the admirable attributes of char
acter so worthily ascribed to our great
chieftain, are demanded by the times
their possession by an individuals is neccs-
sary to qualify him for the proper dis
charge of the responsible and delicate du-
{ ties of the station
We endeavored, in our issues of the
Sth and 18th instants, to set before our
, readers the dangers which menace the
perpetuity of our free institutions. We
sought to impress them with the convic-
ton which a knowledge of the existing