Daily American organ., 1856-03-11

ioduged in against me for the last eight yeats that
may excite my indignation and contempt but can
not change my principles nor influence my acton.
viii not be so uncandid as 20 pretend that
was one of those who believed Mr.. Fillmore vas
the strongest man that could DO selected, bQt 40
the Convention has thought otherwise, and nave
presented him to the party as the most suitable |
and available candidate, and be 10 Ia Other res
poets altogether acceptable TO me, willingly ac
quiesce in their decision, and humbly bow to their
better Judgment.
OF Mr.. Fillmores qualifications need not say
much few men however have had a better oppor-
tunity Of forming accurate estimate of Mr. Fill
more, as s,ubhc man, than has fallen to my lot.
served With him not ony on the Committee Of
Ways and Means during the arduous sessions ol
III and 42--but we were together for nearly seven
months, In q committee room. ON the celebrated
New Jersey contested election in 'S9 and 40; we
were on the same committees during the whole
time We served in Congress together; and com
Inlttee room is no bad place TO find out of what
material man is made. ~ s
win therefore bear my testimony in his behalf
t, the effect, that he is in my belief safe sound,
Conservative, Union man, in whose hands, both
the foreign and domestic interests Of the country
may be con6ded without detriment: man that
win not forget in the administration Of the govern
ment, that there is NORTH as well as South !;
aud South as well as North a man who will
secure to us the incstimable and inappreciable
blessings Of peace 30 long as the integrity of the
country can be preserved without an appeal to
a ms, but if war should come would accomplish
something more creditable to our fame and more
ALTERING to the pride of tho nation, than soas the
bombardment of Greytown: man who would not
surround himself nor nll the public offices with
those who had borne the reproach Of seeking the
dissolution Of the Union: man, who, when fully
committed, before his country and his God to a
measure ofpeace, would not for the enlargement
OF his own fame, or to prop up the declining for
tunes of bis party, have opened Pandoras box of
evils, that wo1ld agitate the nation, endanger the
Union, and involve our people in civil strife man
who is incapable of protesting what he does not
p-actice, and Of practicing what he constantly and
d. lily disclaims.l He 10 man, who If he accom-
pishes nothing very great is quite sure to do mo-
thing very bad; and it will be day s3or rejoicing
when we can have another President of whom
that much may be said. fisti
To speculate on the chances of success would be
lille and unnecessary. He is a far sighted man,
who san tell nfhe months in advance, what will be
the result of Presidential election. / have seen
great many that couldn't tell up to the time Of
voting, and more than once I've been of that class
myself; but II the chances were decidedly against
us in the general result, there is much to inspire
US with energy and determination In Virginia -
fany one thing was clearly demonstrated in the
last Gubcrnatorial election, it was, that any mar
who could command the American vote, and the
Whig vote outside of the American party, could
carry this State. That Mr.. Fillmore can do this
think far more than probable. Mr.. Wise was
elected by rather less than ten thousand majority
hs confessed i'm his speech in Washington immedi-
a.ely after the election that he had received ten
thousand Wing votes q believe he got nearer
IL nnn but 10000 taken from his poll and added
=. MT Mr. rlournoy,s would have given him the same
10000 majority that elected Mr.. Wise.
But il we lose all the rcsts and cs, ,o.o,,, ~
oid Dominion from the hands of that spuriou.
party, that has rested like a nightmare upon hc,
heaving bosom and paralyzed her vitality and re-
tirded her onward march to power, and influence
and wealth; If we can hold In check that self
styled Democracy--which recognises no equality
o. rignm except among those of their own faith,
ana which by system of unfair, intolersnt, op.
pressivc and tyrannical legislation has in violation
OF every principle Of Democracy and equality.
ooastingly and by design efectualy disfi anchised
and trampled on every Whig and American in the
Commonwealth, by SO shaping the legislation Of
the State as to allow them no participation in the
counclls OF the General Government and none that
they could control in the State, il by any human
excrtions we can teach them lesson and set them
an example OF paying proper respect to minorities
We shall have accomplished task that win entitle
W TO the thanks of posterity, and Justify US "a We
wipe the sweat from our wearied brows at the close
OF the polls, in exclaiming with exulting hearts.
"1his Is glory enough for e,,e dayr
As TAR as the general politics of our national gov
srnmen. are concerned we Americans Of virginia)
should te far bettcr off if we were not enumerated
10 the ratio Of representation a. we only serve to
swell the numerical strength Of those who are our
hlrdest task-masters, and who not only withhold
from US our just weight and influence in making
oar own laws, but have extended their unhallowed
system Of prescription to every officer which their
own intolerant legislation would enable them to
reach--and yet, they boast Of their Democracy in
oae breath, and complain Of our prescription IA the
next go TIL - 80. ~
With what grace can the Democracy OF Virginia
complain OF tyranny and oppression on the part Of
the North, when they reflect upon the iiliheral
spirit. and the grinding tyranny with which thew
exercise their own power at homeg If they so far
disregard the rights Of minorities here do they not
furnish an example, and invite the same measure
ot injustice on their own heads, If they should be
In minority elsewhere, Who am /. and Who
are you, with your $4,000 American and 90, 900
wing votes in the State, constituting fully one
half OF the whole,) and what voice have we IN
washington on question Of peace or war. of tax
alton or revenue, currency or Improvement? Xf
we are worse than mere cyphers in the govern.
ment-we are in truth the hewers of wood and
jority, under the Aimsy but seductive dlsvrss -
democracy. Less serious cause Of complaint than
we have submitted to with patience, and almost
without a murmur, would produce 4 revolution
either In England or France; for it must be borne
in mind that this is not the result Of accident nor
Is it consequent on the state Of parties which are
equally divided or nearly 50, but the effect Of un.
constitutional and oppressive Legislation in laying
on the districts, in disregard of the popular viii,
without respect to neighborhood convenience, ge.
ographica shape, or size and In direct violation of
sworn constitutional obligations
A vigorous and manly struggle for supremacy is
both natural and legitimate, but the history OF
party warfare in the United States furnisbes no
example in which victory was attended with such
total disregard OF the rights of the minority as il
furnished by the democracy of Virginia, and yet