Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-18
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FRIDAY. JULY Is. 1856.
Fillmore VS.. Fact.

Oue Vi tue most ldmeutaDIe eXnloltlonS
of human infrmity, is to see men in the
decline OK life make desperate attempts to
gain or TO retain high station. Returning 2
from a years bowiug to and hob-nobbing Q
with the Pope and the Aristocracy of the
Old World, but not finding our free people
ready to elevate him to the post from which
be was once elected, Mr.. FILLMORE shows
soured and disappointed spirit, mortify-
ing to his true friends, but proving the
real character of the mau. Uaion saring
was the burden of his 'one idea cantings,
from bis first Sunday night speech in New
York all along to his home at Buffalo. At
every point, be labored pathetically-with
tears in his eyes and onions in his pockets
to persuade his hearers that sectional"
Presidential nominations were never before
known-that the success of party North
or South of Mason's L. Dixons line would
endaDger the Union, and cause or justify
regarded as Southern or Slave ticket, and
FremoD,'s as North or Liberty ticket
while be blessed, snufiiiDg Fillmore y is
willing to run all sides and be committed
to none he'll do what's right, but-like
the Cowboys of the Revolution-thinks it
all folly and treason to quarrel about such
a trifing question as Liberty, but will
make all be can from both parties-was
rather sorry they disturbed the Missouri
Compromise, but, rather than have any
fuss, let Slavery keep all it has, and get
all it can This is our Saxon translation
Of his roundabout, lawyer-like speeches.
Now the fact is, that the first PURELY
"sectionaf' nomination, since the day that
Mr.. F. and the writer lived on opposite
sides Of Skaneateles Lake, was in 1923,
when Jackson 4 Calhoun were Gas claimed)
the regular Democratic nominees; both
Southerners and Shareholders, their res
pective States (Tenn. and S. c. almost
touching each other. But although thus
truly sectional" the ticket was elected,
and Disuuion did not follow, tho Fillmore
says such poua be the result! At ;ha,
same election, Adams of Mass and Rush
Of Pa. run together on another ticket, and
supported BY Mr.. Fillmore, hose innocen.
heart did not even dream that he was
eudangering the Union! A third ticket
IN 1886, Harrison of o. and Granger of
NY, instead of being denounced By Mr.
+. was heartily supported by him, and
would have been elected if the party had
known its strength. In 1910, TalImadge
of n. Y. was offered the Vice Presidency
with Harrison, ard had be accepted our
real bond Of Union would doubtless now
be stronger than it is, for the Texas and
Kansas conspiracies would not have been
encouraged.-Tbe truth then is, Fillmore
has himself supported two Northern .'sec-
tionar tickets, and Southern sectional
ticket was once elected-yet, in spite of
prophet Fillmore, the Union stands
Dayton is a Northern man, but Fremont
isa SOutherner by birth and education yet
his residence is far ih the free Southwest,
below the meridian Of Mason's and Dixon's
line. Our ticket, then,is not sectional"
one is an Atlantic and Eastern mae, the
other Western and Pacific man most
widely separated as to distance, II is more
"nstionar' than any other ticket.
live consider the smallness of the body
that nominated him, We find that while the !
Republicans had honest Delegates repres-
ent'ng over 200 Electoral Votes, the false |
trump" Of the Council which nominated
Fillmore did not represent 100 Electoral
Votes, the balance being straw delegates.
His is therefore the most "sectionar, Of
the three Tickets.
Fremont and Dayton are not tainted
with the 'sectioualism' Of Slavery, but in |
love Of Freedom accord with nationality;
while both the other tickets, infected with
that 'sectionalism,' should be rejected. !!
The Constitution says the Pres and V. |
r. shall not Be both from the same State
but it docs NOT require that either Of them
should own the bodies and souls of fellow
men! Ifthsy bave the majority Of votes,
aspiring opponents viii rail against their
s's:tion in vain.