Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-04-11
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0Flfthe following is correct, the design
Of the South in putting forward Mr. Fillmore
to divide the North will become a plague to
its inventors. We hore it is true;
From The n. Y. Courier aud Enquirer
The Next Presidency.---Day-
light ahead.
Two weeks ago, 1t was Impossible for any
person. however great his political acume1,
10 form any reasonable conjecture AS Co the
probable character of t.ie next Presidential
contest; but now, thanks 10 the friends Of
Mr. Fillmore. the political horizon is becom.
ug clear ADD be who runs mty read what IS
TO be the character Of the next Presidential
contest
The nomination Of Mr. Fillmore was an
unexpected movement; and Tor sume weeks
at least, threw all political calculations and
combinations into the greatest coulusion.--
The consequences nobody could loresee;
but just ~ The ratio that 1t lost nvor with the
Know Nohiugs of the North the friends of
the nomination sought tn propullte the
Southern wing Of the American Party. And
1t is TO this fact that we are indebted for the
clearing away of the political fog which OBJ
scured the future Within few days the
friends Of Fillmore at Washington, have
gwen the most emphltc assurances 20 the
Southern know-Noihlogs, that ~ the event
OF ms election TO the Presidency, he rW not,
uider any contingency, com'cnunce, or be
pUty 10 any iegN'diion iobich shall disturb
INIT portion Qf The hr1sns-.Ncbrnska act
rfch rspeas the Missouri Compromise -
rms declaration has been received M good
a. al.
ialth by the southern wing oi the American
party m Congress; aud thef have put It
iorth to their constituents ln Ike good faith;
and they now publicly proclaim and have
the best reason tor believing, th.t on this
platform which Is 10 fact as much the
Nebraska-kansas platform AS that which will
be pu, forth by the Democracy under the
advsement OF Mr.. D1uglass-they can carry
all, or nearly all the Wing States of the
south. And in TINS opinion we concur
With hls assurance of support at the South
all prospect OF Mr. FtNm1.e's being with
drawn from the next contest necessarily
ceases; ami consequently u becomes mat
Ter oi absolute certainty, that there VIII be
three candidates in the field for the next
Presidency, VIZ: the Democratic candidate
90 be- nominated at Cincinnati in lune. upon
the basis of the kansas- Nebraska blll and
the extension OF Slavery into the Territories;
Willard FhIm0re. nominated by the Know
Nothngs, pledged 10 sustun the action of
the Democracy no the repeal of the Missouri
COMPROMISE To the same extent as the De-
mocracy itself;-and the nominee of the Re-
publican party.
Such is the programme Of the next Presj-
dental campalrn; and we are free to con-
fess that we are most thankful to Mr. Fill
more and his friends for having produced
this result. Ofcourse. nobody viii vote for
Mr Fillmore. who would not mn the existlup
state OF affairs. have voted for the Democrat.
ic instead of the Republican ticket; and
therefore. 1t necessarily follows. that the
third pgrty will draw votes only from the
Democratic party. The only question of
principle involved in the next contest Is the
extension Of slavery by direct legislation of
Congress into Territory now free through
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise made
m good faith 10 go, and resistance to that
act of bad fact; and consequently, resistance
to legislation by Congress in behalf Of or
against Slavery -resistance to Slavery agi-
utlon-reslstance TO the deliberate repuda-
"-" 81. romPso'n'so made by our fathers ~
so'u i'''h Ia lhe most solemn manner thirty
SIX years ago-and resistance, now and for
c'c'' !" inc extension OF SIhVery INTO The
"ee territories oi the OnIon, except by ihe
ac.Uh OF 'ne people themselves
we very lhcerey oeheVe, mat large
"''J '''y ol the peop'e OF lhe United States
a'e opPoseu 10 slavery agitation IN every
'of'ni ana mat IL never would nave revived,
i" "S 40, '' NJ ieasl il an eVh hour, the
'''''i "'n nUt i"oi'snIy Iuaheu llseil 10 the
t'Poa' u, "V Coulp' 1'nise OF 700 We
ueNe'ei 'ooi tlai WINE nlne'ienlhs Of the
Peopo Vi t'e Nul'h uIe peHec'y willing to
s'' o'''ery d" te plo'ec''o'i ana all the I'M
.nu'i"e7 suAian'eeu 10 IL oy 'ho con-ututlon,
'"ey are unaHefaoly determined not 10 per-
mlt lls extension mo lae Tree territories Of
'1e Vhi'n except oy Tie action of the people
oi tnose terriones' instead ol the legislation
OF Congress based upon violation OF plight
ed ianh' or The lawless acts of the Border
Rutiiins, VINO nave put at defiance every
principle OF civli aud religious liberty upon
which our institutions are based. THIS de-
termination we hrnly believe, very gener-
ally pervades all classes OF the people a, the
North ana SO believing, we cannot doubt
but there Is, and time will prove Il, very
large majority of the people who are alike
opposed to the Pro-Slavery Platform which
will be proclaimed from Cincinnati, and to
that upon which the friends of Mr. Fillmore
have placed him Aud consequently, we
believe that the Republican candidate, be he
whom he may, will pol. more votes in the
Northern States, than both the other eandl-
dates combined OF course, with three
tickets in the field, the triumph Of those who |
oppose SlhNtfy cNteHSsoH ny tue btUeful {
Government oppose The violation of plight /