Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-17
Millard Fillmore.

The person whom divine Providence once
placed in the Presidential Chair, and who is now
seeking an election to that place, has caused
very little excitement in the country until quite
recently when he made, among Others, the fol
lowing remarks, at Albany. We leave them for
the comments of our readers.
" But this is not all, sir We see political
purity presenting candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency selected, for the first time,
from the free states alone, with the avowed pur-
pose of eec'ing those candidates by sullarses of
one part of the Union only, TO rule over the
whole United States. Can it be possible that
those who are engaged in such measure can
have seriously reflected upon the consequences
which must inevitably follow in case of success
IChe rs.l Can they have The madness or The jolly
10 J.fieoe that our southern brethern acond SUB
nsn 10 be governed by such Chief Magistrate!
[Cheers. Would he be required to follow the
same rule by those who elected HIM III making
his appointments! If man living south OF
Mason and Dtxon's line be not worthy to he
President and Vice, President, would 1t be pro-
per to select one from the Same quarter as one OF
his cabinet council, or to represent the nation IN
n foreign country or, indeed, 10 collect me rev.
enue or administer the laws of the United
States If not, whit new rule is the President
to adopt in selecting men for Office, that the peo-
pie themselves discard in selecting him
" These are serious but practical questions !;
and in order to appreciate them fully |, is only
necessary to turn the tables upon ourselves,
Suppose that the South, having majority of The
electoral votes, should declare that they would
only have Shareholders for President, aud should
cleo, such BY their exclusive suffrages 10 rule
over us at the North: do you think you
wouM submit to IT, No, not for moment
Applause And do you b.lleve that your
southern brethren are less sensitive on this sub
ject than you are, or less jealous of their rights
Tremendous cheering.] If you do, LEI me tell
you that you are mistaken; and therefore, you
must see that if this sectional party succeeds, !,
leads ineuiably to the obstruction Of this beauti
fM fabric reared by our forefa'hers, cemented
by their blood, and bequeathed to US as a price
less inheritance.
II tell YOU, my friends, that speak warmly
on this subject, for feel that we are in danger.
am determind to make clean breast OF It,
will wash my hands of the consequences, what
ever they may be; and | tell you that we are
treadng upon the brink of volcano, that Is
liable at any moment to burst forth and over
whem the nation might, by soft words, hole
out delusiye hopes, and thereby win votes but
can never consent TO be one thing tci the Norll
and another to the South. ! shoLld despise my
self if could be guilty of such evasion IRE
mendous applause For my conscience viii
ask, with the dramatic poet
{" is there not some secret
Some hidden thunder red with immortal wrath
To blast the wretch who his greatness
To his country's ruin ~ lCheers.l
In thu l,nouaoe of the lamented mortal Cla,