Washington telegraph., 1856-10-22
Noble Sentiment.

.hose elastic pOlltlclanS, WHo IeCoShiLe dS q
trGI t:nc;-,Ie and rule of conduct, the maxim
Pr, ..all is fair in politics." to carry this
.n u-Is into practice, when the subjects they
IT, Irs to deal with, are of that calibre that
inar can be hoodwinked and deceived by
r,s3ply .ne stating, and, if necessary, solemnly
a,.serrerating as fact what never has had
Nv existence But when these same
ansskers attempt to impose their crudities
I'D rumancing upon those who are equally
. ;n.ellioent and as well informed as
.Iemselyes. it assumes degree Of impu-
Ia,ce q little too much for patient endu-
1Snce. And vet, we hear honorable men,
f,r the purpose of deceiving the ignorant
and eredulous, gravely assert that Mr..
Fillmore is tainted with Freesoilism; when
+bev know, or should know, that MIR. Fill
more is regarded by the Aboiitionists of
the North as their most bitter and indomi-
table foe.
For the edifcation of those jealous
Champions, we would commend them to
the speech of Gov. Floyd of Virginia, re-
Gently delivered to the merchants of New
York. We will first, before making an
extract from that speech, tell them who
Gov. Floyd is He is a Yirginian, and at
one time Governor of that Commonwealth,
and IS now candidate on the Democratic
electoral ticket He is moreover State
RIGHTS nan of the strictest order of that
se6ool. and was regarded as orthodox in
that particular faith, that South Carolina
once cast her vote for him as President
Such being the status of Gov. Floyd, his
sentiments will be duly appreciated by all
Of the faithful. To the subjoined extract
We particularly invite the attention of the
reyilers and slanderers of Mr. Fillmore,
whom they represent as but little better
than Seward, or Chase, or Sumner This
bigh-minded Virginian, who should know
him full as well as they do, does not so
estimate Millard Fillmore. In the first
Place, we are told by the veracious press,
AZ the corners of the streets, and by coffee
house speakers, that Mr. Fillmore is no
where; that he can't be elected, that be
viii not get over one Or two States, and
some of the most unreasonable of them
even say he will not get single State
tloy Floyd does not so regard him. He
counts him as the staunchest and most
tormida1le adversary
The Democrats in New Orleans and Gov
Floyd differ in another particular-in their
estimate, respectively, of the American
party Senator Benjamin, when he de-
CARED in his speech at Odd Fellows Hall,
that Mr. Fillmore ''degraded himself by
his association with the American party
expressed the opinion of the Democrats in
this city generally Gov Floyd thinks
that the American party is not quite so
infamous. In enc respect he claims affinity
with them. He says ''there are bonds of
union between the Democracy and the
American party, and these bonds of union
are the bonds of justice, truth, patriotism
and right-thc bonds of the Constitution
and the Union"
Of }lr- FIllmOre's merits as man and
statesman, Gov Floyd has an exalted
opinion, and in a certain contingency
would most freely vote for him as Presi-
dent The man whom the small fry poll
tieans of this meridian denounce as an
AbolitiOnist, worse even than Fremont, the
Virginia Democratic Elector is willing to
take as an instrument to save the Union.
Hear this noble-minded man and honest
Tatriot:
If yOu can show me-" says Gov Floyd,
that the candidate of the Black Republi-
can party can only be beaten by my vote
for Hr. Fillmore, why then L will give my
vote for him, if the ground should open
and swallow me- (Applause.) will tell
YOU something more Virginia, Demo
cratic Virginia, that never failed, never
i4ltered, and never tired. In the most cfiti-
cal times, will come out and stand at my
blck In that crisis.
These are sentiments worthy the man
aud the patriot Contrast them, we beg
or readers, with the wishy-washy and
grandiloquent trash they are daily hearing
t'Om the mushroom politicians who assume
tie office of instructing and leading the
people The entire extract Is worthy of
Unqualified c0mmendatiOn
n. o. Bulletin.
i have one word of explanation to Of
Ter Of what did say in Lynchburg, when
spoke there, when [ carried ON the can
vaSs in Virginia, and when visited every
mountain peak l could reach, and every
green valley where there were free citi-
1ens 20 whom l could speak, then l be-
Leved, fellOw-citizens, that the danger to
the Democracy was from the American
party. That was my judgment then, and
singled out my adversary. l singled
hin out, not because thought he was the
Weakest, but because thought he was the
.tuTdlest and most formidable. (Applause }
dld it in Lynchburg, where l thought
the Democracy should be arrayed against
the American party. l do not wish to re-
tact any words In the speech which l
then made But 1 find, upon considera-
aon, after one wesk's stay in New York,
hat the enemy of Democracy is not the
American party There are bonds of union
0etEecn the Democracy and the American
prty, (voices, ''That's true,'') and 1 will
ill You, fellow-citizens, what those bonds
union are They are the bonds of jus
ice, truth, patriotism and right (Cries
u @.Bravo-") They are the bonds Of the
institution and the Union. applause.
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