Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-09

Line Whigs OF Maryland one Of the eblest
minds Of the z. S. Senate, and one who was re-
gnrdsd rs Mr. Filnore's organ in that body,
while lac lras President
SENATOR PEARCE'S LETTER,
or MARYLAND, On THE POL
TICS OF THE DAY
WAsHps1eE, Jniy 81, 1856.
NJ DEAR Sfk:-Yon ask what part nlean to
take in the coming Presidential election, and
what I4hink should Be done BY Old Wings who
have never been attached to any other party, and
vino desi-efo enter into new political connexions
N rel svEre OF the embarTassments 10
sneh persons which attend q choice among the
cnndidates for the Presidency now before the
country In nv own case this embarrassment
& EenSfblv felt. Ny ineinHti0ns point one way,
a eense q the d1ty arising from the present
danverurs condition Of domestic politics leads
IGe another way.
M t,aet 4elnfions political and personal, with
Mr. Fillmore. the confidence / have always re-
posed in his integrity ana ability, the wisdom Of
his administration, and the conviction enter
tain that he Is a just, national man. and tree
from sectional prejudice. would induce me 70
prefer him to his competitors. Neither do OBJ
iect 10 the sentiment Of American nationality,
properly limited and restrained. Indeed,
think our present system has made American
citizenship mo cheap. But do not apProve
the mysterious system under which the Amerl-
can party, Of which he Is now the representa-
tive, was organized; the oaths administered TO
members upon initiation, land the discipline OF
the order, by which secresy and obedience we're
secured. How far sli this has been dispensed
,ritilI do not know. The original plan OF their
or1nnization / could not but condemn, as do
the adoption of any principle which POUNDS
rule or any political exclusion upon diversity
Of religious fsi.I:. However modified IN these
,, & s1t MT
sary for Lne 70 inquire. The Northern wing VI
The party came into il, as think, with puTpo-
sea 7ery different from those entertained by the
rest. They adopted II as a cloak to schemes
which oil Of AS in Maryland condemn and detcst
The necessary affiiation Of that wing Of the
party were with the anti-slavery men; and accor-
Sfingiy sc find the mask now thrown OF by the
most of them, and sec the Development Of their
plans IN such measure as the personal liberty
bill of Massachusetts,, which nulliics Law Of
CONGRESS. violates the constitutional guarantee
for tile recovery Of the gitye slaves and creates
the 6sreest and most dangerous discord between
the North and the South. Their members OF
Congress have for the most part been consolidate
eh with the I1cznieiols party iniscalled Republic
car. and ,uai,y OF tile delegates 10 their Prcsi-
dental Convention h=vc deserted to that iaoteiy
alliance, whose triumph would be the saddeSt ca
laInity that ever beiel our Union. The compare
tiyelvsInall portion of the American party which
remained after this transfer 10 The Anh-s.nEery
men, aud which las nominated Mr.. Filniorei ID
without power 20 elect him, even with the assls-
lance of Southern Wings or National Northern
Wings These, however gTea; their personal re-
sDeet and confidence in Mr.. Fillmore, are under
no party obligations now TO give min their sup
port, seeing that he has become member and
accepted the nomination OF party which reI1u'
dates the Wings; and while they would be viii
ling In a contest with their old opponents TO
-fNN "a ma
they end ample reason in the present condition
OF parties in the political anarchy which prevails
and in tho fear Of sectional and anti.savey tri-
umph, leading to Interior consequences OF the
worst sort TO consider wether it is not their du-
" to sacrifice all personal feeling and party PREY
udices for the sake OF the Union, and to sustain
the nominations Of the Democrats as the only
means OF defeating the schemes of the mad agi-
tators who rule the Republican party.
The contest it seems to me, lies between Mr.
buchanan and Mr.. Fremont. Mr.. Fiilmores
friends indeed claim great Traction in his favor:
but have taken much pains 20 ascertain what
his strength is in the free States, and SO far
have not been able 70 satisfy myself that ne can
carry single one of them. His wise and patTl-
otie. conduct while President, which recommend
I'd him so strongly 10 the wings Of the South, is
regarded by the majority at the North as tata!
objection TO him. II is not moderation and con-
citation they desire; they think, as one Of their
le0OCf3 GHiCl. ttue SStA'k4 OA4AAsS 'At
passed They want, in tue President, an lnstru-
rnent to punish the South for what they fancy
or pretend TO be the aggressions OF the slave
Tuyvern upon the North. Mr.. Fillmore Is TOO
national for this purpose, and ne must indeed DC
credulous or sanguine III the extreme, VINO sup.
poses that the politicians who have misguided
and infamed the northern majority wlll abandon
their designs. and renounce the spoils for which
thew hunger aud thirst Just at the moment when,
for the hrst time. they are confident of the sue
cess Of the one and the enjoyment OF the other.
Mr. FilEnOre's strength lies III the wing states ot
the South. If all the southern states should
give him their votes, ewould fall IN the election
without such assistance from the free states as
IL would be vain TO look for. The choice, then
Il betrceu Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Fremont, and
what Maryland whig believing as do can hesitate
am not so unjust as TO charge all the north
ern men who Join in the support OF Sir. Fremont
with being abolitionists. Thereare men among
them whom hold in much respect, while de-
pIoring the error of judgment into which they
have ALLEN; but the most active aud in!iuen-
tial OF theiffleaderS are men who, from perver-
ted Judgment, or inAamed passion, or, what is
worse, fom deliberate calculation, have deter
mined 20 build IN sectional party, reckless OF
its peril to the Union, once so justly valued,
but now estimated far less at the North than at
the South Mr.. Greeley is at this moment more
potential With his party than any other Of its
knStuoeEe, 44S nus ttAS SSAASeas v %sA''
cooperation Gov. Chase, Mr.. Seward aud MIR.
Wilson are active and influential leaders.-
Their presses TEEN with the hercest abuse Of
Southern men and Southern institutions, with
the grossest peryersions Of the truth, wickedly
made TO infiame the Northern mind. Their
orators denounee us equally, and some do not
hesitate 70 say that they intend or desire not
only 70 restore Kansas to the operation of the
Missouri restriction, but TO repeal the fugitive
sIafc bill to abolish slavery in the District OF
Columbia, to the interstate slave trade,
20 as to prevent the owner from migration with
his tl6lnestics from one slave state to another,
TO prevent forever hereafter the admission Of
any new State which toleEates domestic Servi-
tude, and to hem in and contine slavery within
its present limits; thus continually Increasing
tho political power Of their section, until we