The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-09-10
CHARLES c. FULTON,
WILLIAM SCHLEY,
WILLIAM n. YOUNG,
JOHN r. KENLY,
CHARLES w. LENfZ.
nqle, August %. 1856.
From the Savannah Republican.
THE ONLY NATIONAL PARTY.


We entered upon this canvass in behalf Of
Mr.. Fillmore, for the Presidency, with no
selfish or partizan feelings, as the laekey and
exponent Of no national party convention,
and with no motive save the security Of the
South in her constitutional rights, and the
best interests and peace OF the whole country.
We believe him to be honest, capable and
faithful man who would make the will Of
no party the rule of his conduct. but as the
rulfr Of a great nation, would look to the
constitution, and their best interests, as his
councillors and guides.
II is not time when parties should be
allowed to influence the conduct Of the yir-
tuuus and loyal citizen; and when we see
candidate urged for the Chief Magistracy Of
this great country, on the ground thathe j. the
o.iy man tnat has the endorsement 81 party
convention, we cannot but lament how Car
we have departed from the republican prin'
ciples Of our fathers, who maintained that il
was tie great Distinguishing feature Of our
government that The people had no masters.
but were competent, and had the right from
natures Gid to govern themselves. Under
the new dispensation which has been pro-
mulgaied BY their degenerate sons. this glo-
rious principle Of popular sovereignty has been
abolished, and the j0urneyman President
makers Of the present day have the impuhence
10 rise up and tell the freeman Of this coun-
try that they should vote for no man who has
not been auihOritatiyeiy dictated to them by
their self.constituted masters at Baltimore
or Cincinnati How long are We TO submit
To this bondage: II Is an outrage upon our
free institutions; d disgusting mockery Of
rcpublicanism. and disgrace to the people
who tolerate it. Let them rise in their might
and resist the vile usurpation =" Now's the
day and now's the hour" to do L.
However irregular il may appear TO the
politicians and political hacks Of the present
day-howeyer ominous Of the downfall Of
cherished systems Of party management, we
confess there is something sublime 10 the
general uprising Of the people Of oil parties.
and In every section Of the country, against
thisfoul domination. Mr.. Fillmore can hardly
be said 10 have received the nomination IL
party. The very body that first suggested
his name Tor the Presidency had first lost its
integrity as a mass and split into numberless
factions, The laiihf1l Few that remained TO
consummate the good work, represented no
well organized party IN any 81 the States.
but the scattered and dsembodied fragments
of once powerful but SHIRT lived party. WIN
It'll ciung to the Constitution aud the Uniun
through the storm uf fanatieism that had
ssept over their ranks and thrown them into
hopeless confusion. Their nomination ear
ried with II little weight OF authority beyond
. that which il received from the personal char
aeter and influence Of the men ubo made IL.
Il j. not the American party that il destined
ID carry Mr.. Fillmore into the Presidency,
should the election result III his choice. It
il tie good and ifne mtn Of all parties, the
friends Of constitutional liberty and peace.
fol Union, the enemies of ultraism in all it,
forms, those who would put down agitation
and strife, and the men who hape 70 be
thrown to tie surface IN the boiling and bub.
bling &c sectional agimosiiie.. WIN have be-
come Disguised with the triekery and man.
agement of parties. who would proclaim an
end TO the reign d political demagngucs aud
Tie restoration u tie people e power these
are tie men upon whOm we rely for The elrc.
tiun IL Fillmore aud the salvation Of tie
country. Thar mission is . high one--to
restore the government TO its original purity
aud the yirtuous landmarks 81 our fathers,
and tie instrument selected Tor The work is
worthy ~ ~ noble cause---a man who has
been tried IN TIE furnace and came forth with.
ont the smell Of FIRE upon his garments; be.
fore whom the whole county. wings and de.
noersts, Southern Rights aud Union men.
all bowed down ard offered the homage ~
their gratitude and praise. lie i j. whon