Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-06-21
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE Is, 1856.
MIR rILLMoRE's ACCEPTANCE.

We feel quite sure that Mt the time Mr.. Fill
more was rendered the nomination Of the Ameri-
can party, had he known the present state of
feeling in this country, he would mast certainly
have declined that animation. He is man of
too much sense to allow himself to be inundated
on the altar of few ignorant bigots, whose
whole aim is to distract people and embroil
them in Il religious war. At the time Mr.. Fill
more left for Europe, Know NothingiSm was at
its height. Shrewd men, ut. least some who
thought themselves shrewi, slipped glibly into
the ranks Of the f,lSey STYLED American party,
and taking advantage OF the excitement of the
moment, were in hopes to ride into Office and
power on the waves of prescription: but the tide
ehbcd, and the poor devils are now struggling in
the water in order to get b ck TO the scenes of
their early hopes ana ambitions. They are OBJ
iects of pty-they ritifu objects repre-
scnta,i,es of one idea, walled in by narrow and
contracted views, at variance with the Declara-
ton of Independence and the Constitution of our
country. Mr.. Fillmore, we are sorry 10 say.
leads this small band OF oiI-shoots. He has set
himself up the target to be shot at both by the
Republicans, the Democrats. ana the foreigners.
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the knee to the Slave power and tips his hat to
the Lagrees of Uncle Toms Cabin notoriety.
Reveling in the idea, while partaking of the hos
FATALITIES Of the Pope of Rome. that Know
Nothngism would sweep all political parties in
this country out Of existence. he - tax IS the
cison to re-airm his full conf fence in the patri-
otto principles of th,t organization, which he
regards public ,tv, forced upon the
country, to 4 large extent, by unfortunate sec
tional divisions Poor NJ. Fillmore! he is
certainly demented. Ole, oice, Ito ITS before
vision. Verify, s. when tn binI lead the blind,
they will both fall into tn, ditch: AMI if tn
does not prove the case with Mr.. Fillmore and
his :. corpora's gu,rl," it will be great devia-
zion from the oil AMI truthful maxim.
Mr.. Fillmore closes his lengthy acc eptance in
the following manner:
g Having the experience of past service in the
administration of the government, may he per-
mitted to refer 10 that the exponent of the
future, and should the choc. of the Convention
be sanctioned by the people, shall act with the
same scrupulous regard for the rights of every
section of the Union which then influenced my
conduct, and endeayOr to perform every duty
coniilcd by the constitution and laws to the EX-
ecutvc. As the proceedings of the Convention
have marked new era in the history of the
country, by giving new pol teal organization
to the approaching Presidential canvass, take
occasion to affirm my full confidence in the
patriotic principles Of that organization, which
regard as spring out OF \ public necessity,
forced upon the country. to II large extent, lay
unfortunate sectional divisions, and the danger
tendency OF those VISIONS towards diSunion.
| expect shortly to sail for America, and with the
blessings of Divin, Providence hope soon to
tread my native soil. / shall return to it with
out even a desire to cross tn, Atlantic again"
Mr.. Fillmore's doughface speech at our Capt.
t'l, at the time Of the visit of the great excursion
party to this city, sufficient t. disgust every
lover OF humanity. W, shrl not support Mr..
Fillmore for the Presidency.