Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-30
m. FillmoreI. IN Euro,Ipe.

Mr.. Niimore's quiet, transformations and digni
fed delneanor during his entire tour in Europe
seems to have won for him the attachment anS
regard Of all persons, whether Americans or for
eigners, withwhom he has been thrown in con
tact. The Rome correspondent of the New Yorl
Herald writes as follows concerning him and his
nomination for the Presidency:
Mr.. Millard Fillmore has returned from Naples
and is now again sojourning among us, He j:
quite an object of veneraton among the Ameri
cans here, and universal .fayorite. Our Minis,
ter here, the Hon. Lewis Cass, Jr., has a large
party for him on Monday next, to which all the
Americans and the dignitaries of the Church 0,
Rome are invited. The news that Mr. Fillmore
has been nominated by the Know Nothing Coun.
Gil has reached here, from London by telegraph
and seems to have given general satisfaction
There are those who find plenty of other things
to respect in Mr.. Fillmore than his real or I'M
puted Know Nothingism They know that he
knows something, and that he made a most ex-
cellent President His position on the slavery
question is very much liked, being mezzo ter
mine between the ignorant abolitionists of the
North and the impetuous and inexperienced fire.
eaters of the South, neither one or the other of
which may be classified with the national men
of the country. Even among the Democrats
here, there is but one opinion, namely, that any
thing is better than the continuation of the pres
ent rule of Pierce and Forney and that, unless
some good national Democrat, (not a man pledged
all around to political loafers,) is nominated,
Willard Fillmore is sure to be our next President
Yesterday party of Americans-Q do not
mean to use the word as party distinction-it
will be a sad spectacle when any portion of A
mericans will have ceased to think ard feel and
act as Americans communicated to Mr.. Fill
more the fact of his nomination; but he remain
ed as calm as q summers morning, and seemed
to be quite Indifferent as to the honor intended
to be showered upon him. He leaves here on
Tuesday next for Florence, Milan and Venice,
and will visit Venice, Munich, Stuttgart and
Strasburg on his way home. The north of Eu-
rope he visited last summer, and there is proba-
bly, now no man living in the United States SO.
well posted up in our foreign affairs, and thor
oughly acquainted with the position of the differ
ent States of Europe as Mr.. Fillmore, and none
who has more judgment to make the proper use
of his knowledge. ~
While Mr.. Fillmore, on his way from Mar
settles to Nice was passing through Cannes,
as you well know, in the ancient
times by the battle which julius Caesar won over
the Gauls, but celebrated in latter days as most
delightful residence for Englishmen in search of
country life, retirement and health, he made a
short visit to Lord Brougham, who had shown
him some attention in London, and was not a
little astonished when, on leaving the place he
found his Lordship (who is now in q very nd
vanced age) waiting for him near the carriage
with splendid copy of q new edition of his
Lives of Eminent Men of the reign of George
III. His Lordship had come down nearly two
miles from his beautiful palace. on foot, to watt
on our ex-President to present him with this tes-
timonial of his high regard. Of the special IA
yor shown Mr.. Fillmore by the Pope, have
spoken in previous letter, where stated
that his Holiness bestowed on him more than
princely honor when he invited Mr. Fillmore to
take seat by his side. The King of Naples had
an extra train in readiness to convey Mr.. Fill |
more to the royal residence !, and wherever else
Mr.. Fillmore has set foot he was received, not
only with the honors due to the exalted station
he once occupied but with that respect for the
innate dignity of the man which no official posi- !
lion, however high, can ensure unless coupled
with personal dignity and evidence of a high in.
lividual character.