The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-26
COLLIDE FILLMoRES PILGRIMAGE"


the public with letter from Rome, written, presume
by the attentive scribe who has been appointed his
Photographer to the President past and prospective and
who time since gave such graphic sketch of the
dancing scene which the President and his party Off
ciated in the streets of Naples
If we are to believe this industrious and attentive SCRIBE
the ex-President is, fashionable phrase, in high
feather He sits side by side with the Sovereign Pon
his visit Lord Brougham at Cannes is actually andc
pated by his lordshp coming nearly miles to meet
him. and who presented him with splendid copy OF
new edition of the Lives of Eminent Men OF the Reign of
George the Third 1t is think greatly to be regretted
by the exPresdents friends that he did up little
sooner and who but he might have figured in his
lordships catalogue
The incident in the ex-presdents progressive do
not pretend however 10 give them in SUGGESTIONS thus
recorded " Yesterday party of Americans do not
to use the word as party acknowledgements
Gated Mr. Fillmore the fact of his nomination but be
remained calm as summer morning, and seemed to be
quite indifferent to the honors intended to be showered
upon him" This expression, "cam summer morn
ing" is, think somewhat omnous of the ultimate
suit Of this shower of honos 1t will be recoeced that
FIRST used in the Senate of the United States by Mr.
Frelinghuysen in reference to Nicholas Bdde and the
great struggle between the indomabe "Od Hickory" and
the money dynasty imboded in the Rank of the United
States The calm morning ended in terrible
storm in which the whole went to the bottom.
Possibly it may be so with the ex-President
The chronicer then proceeds follows; Gwen among
the democrats here there is but opinonnamey that
thing better than continuation of the present rule
of Pierce and Forney and that unless good national
all tn
is nominated Willard Fillmore is be Pres
ident7
1t WILL doubtless, be great consolation to those Amer
lean democrats residing abroad to find that Colonel For
ney no longer associated with the President in the adj
mnstrton of the government and ia understood to prefer
another candidate for the succession The ex-Presiden
too, it appears is determined to avoid the mpuatiou of
"pedguG himself all round to political Iosfers by pru-
IDENTIFY keeping of the way Of all impernent questions
He to appeal TO his aneceden" ale leaves here
continues the chIoncer con Tuesday for Florence
Milan, and Venice and will Witt Vienna Munich, Slut
gardt and Strasburgh, his way home. The north of
Europe be visited last summer and there is probably
man living in the United States well posted up in for
egn affairs and thoroughly acquainted with the position
OF the different States of Europe, Mr. Fillmore and
who has Judgment to make the proper Of his
knowledge"
This extensive knowledge Of "the position" meanng
presume the geographical poston of the different States
Of Europe acquired by passing from city to another
railroad, and stopping few days at each, without
doubt has emnonty qualified the exPresdent for the gov
eminent Of this republic aud given him decided advan-
tagc over all his hundred compeors Having had the
honor too of an interview with that model Of legitimacy,
the King OF Naples who stated by the chronce "had
an extra train in readiness TO convey Mr. Fillmore TO the
royal residence and having been hand and glove with d.
vers other wise rulers he cannot bat have received vaua
bic lessons in the science Of government which win aid
him in correcting The OF democracy At all events
be will be enabled introduce important Improvements in
the etiquette Of the White House. which all Welbred for
eigaers consider very defective.
Considering the pre-emiueut advantages of foreign
travel exemp6ed by the erPresdent and most especially
our American ladies' in qualifying them for the fulfment
Of their domestic duties and initiating them into republ-
can habits and principles follow in accordance
with the theory Of ohronce that in future
should be held eligible to the presidency until he has made
the grand tour and visited the oya residence Of the
nowned King Of Naples There can be no reasonable
doubt that Washington and Jackson would have been
much better qualified in the science Of government had
they visited Home Florence cnice VIENNA ana naples
(al good legitimate modes) and received few lessons
from the Emperor Of France. It seems equally certain
that President Pierce and Col Forney would have been
all tho better for the preceps aud examples Of real bona
fde legitimate rulers, who not deporaby hem
PICKED by the sovereign people.
Bot seriously sHd 10 sober sadness think that neither
the United States their exPresdeuts Gao gsin either
honor or advantage from this recent practice Of
deriDg about Europe picking mp the crumbs that
fall from the great mems tables and rumpeting forth
to the four winds every little attention bey happen TO re-
ceive from crowned heads hereditary dgnitaries To
be vain Of these is the indeble brand Of conscious nr
orty and ii is remark OF every intelligent foreigner that
in country of the world Is such gnobc difference paid
to those distinctions Of rank and those hereditary honors
which have been repudiaed here unworthy Of freemsn
This is especially the case among what called the
enlightened class and the fashionable ladies' Moth
ing is more than TO Of hereses throw
ing herself away beggary sdvcnturer with title and
barorpg her youth her beauty her fortune and her hap
piness for the empty distinction Of being called my lady
the baroness But these are what Mr. Webster
called obsolete ideas and doubt Willard Fillmore
who ms the chronieler says be our next Pres
dent win give the benefit Of his travelled experience
and correct these vulgar homebred notions OF republican
simplicity, and all that sort or democratic nonsense We
think however, on the whole he had better come home
and all round to the political loafers