The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18
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founded reputation for being destitute Of in.
tegrity, to make statements as facts which
are void of truth, and to elaborately reason
from false premises, assuming them TO be
true. But candidate for the Presidency is
generally supposed to be a peg higher than
this, and he is expected, if he says anything,
to confne his assertions 10 facls either hsto-
real or clearly demonstrable. In brief, he
is expected to lie statesman, sincere in his
labors for principle, and incapable of stoop-
ing to the depths of pot-house politician
There are said to be exceptions to all gener-
al rules, and Fillmore is an exception TO the
ore above cited. Af,er bis acceptance of the
southern platform, and his consequent rtjec-
liJn at the hands Of the fries of Freedom, nd
ne mndly precipilated himself into The quag-
hires of extreme folly, and made it nee
essary for the honest portion Of his friends to
either pass by his silly remarks in silence, or
administer to him severe rebuke.
All Of his speeches, since his arrival in
New York, hayerbeen marked by venom.
GUS and retaliatory spirit, to such an extent as
to do himself great injury and his opponents
no little BENEFIT. We shall allude to but one
instance in which he has made himself ex-
tremel ely ridiculous in the eyes Of all honest
and well informed persons. Here is an. tx-
tract from his speech at Albany 3'' .-...a '''.,
.' "Weisee q political party presenting candi.
dates for The Presidency and the Vice Presi.
,dency, selected for the first time from the rrse
Stats alone, with the ayoBed purpose Of
eleclirg these candidates by suffrages Of cne
part OF the Union only, TO rule over the whole
United States. Can it be possible that those
who are engaged in such measure can have
seriously reflected upon the cons quences
which must inevitably follow, 10 case Of sue
cess? Can they have The madness or the
|, folly TO believe. that our Southern brethren
would submit to be governed by such Chief
! Magistrate Would he be required TO fol-
low the same rule prescribed by those who
elected him in making his appointments? If
a man living south of Mason and Dixon's
line Je not worthy to be President or Vice
President would it be proper to select one
from the same quarter, as one Of his Cabinet
Council, or to represent the nation in for
eign country Or indeed, to collect the rev.
enue, or TO administer the laws Of the United
States If not, what new rule is the Presi-
dent TO adopt in selecting men for office, tha.
the people themselves discard in selecting
him These are serious but practical ques.
tons, and, in order to appreciate them fully,
| it is only necessary to turn the tables upon
ourselves. Suppose that the South, having
a major ty of the electoral votes, should de-
clare that they would Gnly have slavehold-
ers for President and Vice President, and
should elect such by their exclusive sufFrages
to rule over us at the North. Do you think
we ould submit to it No, not for mo.
ment. And do you balieve that your South
ern brethren are less sensitive on this subject
than you are, or less jealous of their rights ?
If you do, let me tell you that you are mis-
taken, And, therefore, you must see that il
this sectional party succeeds, it leads inevi-
tably to the destruction of this beautiful fab
ric, reared by our forefathers, cemented bI
their blood, and hequea,hed to us as price
less inheritance"
To say nothing about the bully Brooks fea-
ture of his remarks, and to pass over the din
| gy pot-house appearance which it so obvious
ly exhibits to every mind, we will assume
that the utterer Of the above was sincere,
for respect for his position leads us to give
attention to what he says. Take the simple
assertion that this is the first time political
parties have ever had two candidates from
one division of the Union, and see how ig-
norant he was of the facts or how unscrupu-
lous he was in giving utterance to known
falsehood. Did he not know that, in 1928
Gen. Jackson, of Tennessee, was candidate
for the Presidency, and that John G. Cal
houn, of South Carolina, was candidate or
the same ticket for Vice Presdent-bott
southern men ?-and that the 9th party, il
the same contest, voted for Mr. Adams, o
Mass, and Mr.. Rush, of Pa.-both north
ern men In 1886, Gen. Harrison, Of Ohio
was the Wing candidate for President, anc
Mr. Granger, of New York, was run on tn,
same ticket for Vice President-both north
crn men. Southern states at the same elec
tion, voted for southern men for the same of
fees. AT present we have a northern maj
(heaven spare the mark for President, anc
Mr.. Bright, of Indiana, for Vice Presi
dent, Other facts, of similar nature, coult
be presented, but these are quite sufficient &
show that Mr., Fillmore's assumption is utter
ly at variance with the truth.
1t is true that ii has commonly been tn
r practice with presidential dominating cohyen
tions to select one Of their candidates from
the north and the OF er from the south. Blu
why was this done? Every intelligent poll
tcian knows that it was mere matter {
policy among political wireworkers, thinLin
that by so doing they were adding shengt