Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-03-12
From the Phiiatielphia North Ame,isan am
Mr.. Fillmore's Nomination.

this city. As we are, TO some extent repre-
! sentative of public opinion, we Lave paused
until VIC could at least have glimpse OF what,
in this respect, that opinion Is. Although
| there is certain " kind feeling entertained
towards Mr.. Fillmore, personally. his nomlna-
ton, under the circumstances attending 1t.
falls coldly and unimpressiycly on the public
mind. The conservative men of this commu-
nifty. at least, with whom we have so long ac-
ted. stand off in distrust of the new associa-
tions that encompass Mr. Fillmore. and which,
if they do not veil him entirely, make him an
underlined and mysterious icing. How was
the Convention by which he is presented as
candidate organized? How were its members
chosen? What is the constituent body? I'm
der what obligations, secret or avowed, do
either the constituents or the representatives
act? Was this body. the creation of secret
lodges? Is it under the obligation of oaths?
Are those who belong to it bound together by
ties and duties on which the law and the Con-
stitution frown? Is Mr.. Fillmore-the Mil
lard Fillmore of lS4S, an Ex-President of
the United Statcs-is he, can he be. mem
Der of n secret society, sworn to religious
test. and to exclusveness of the strictest kind
To all these questions and for all these doubts,
there is but one answer, and in that answer
there is cold comfort This is not WhIg
nomination. is not conservative nomlna-
tion-it is not an American nomination, III
the high and true sense of that much abused
name 1t is Know-Nothing nomination,
with all its pecuiarities and. at the very mo-
ment at which it is made, it is proclaimed, By
authority, and as if in vindicatlon from as
PERSON, that Mr.. Fillmore was. and is, a
member of a Know-Nothng lodge, in good
standing, having taken all three oaths, and7
that but for that, he would not. and could
not, have been nominated and, on the ticket
with him, is placed a gentleman who was Mr..
Fillmore's most virulent assailant in lS50, and
who if our memory does not mislead US, IN
1914 was one of the loudest in denunciation
of Henry Clay and Theodore FrelinghuySen.
Mr. Frelinghuysen being supposed to be the
especial representative of these forms OF reli-
gious belief about which there is SO much out
cry now. .sOur opponents" wrote Mr.. Fill
more to Mr. Clay, in 1914, ''by pointing to
the Native Americans and to Mr. Frelinghuy
sen. drove votes from us, and lost US the day"
A leader of those opponents, who thus cried
Down It the Native Americans and Mr.. Fre-
linshuysen," is now Mr. Fillmnre's compan-
ion on this strange ticket. Well may consid
crate men hold back. when, hy such processes
such results produced.
The public, thus puzzled as to the origin !
and results of this strange Convention, have
looked to its report, and find little there to
reconcile them to its action. That scenes OF
disorder and confusion will arise in all large
political bodies every one knows, and no one |
wonders at But it is only when underneath |
the frothy surface, there are at work secret ell |
ements, and those elements of the most acrid
kind, that turmoil and disturbance become Sc
rious Who can read the proceedings of this
Convention, without feeling that its vital and
only cohesive principle was some form of re-
ligious intolerance; and from religious pro-
scription and sectarian jargon the true Amer
ican heart always has and always will revolt. |
One hardly knows what sentiment predomi-
mates, on looking at this painful and grotesque |
record. We have read it anew, and make our
extract from the revised report of the National
Intelligencer, paper certainly not addicted
to unkind caricature. and which seems to Jus
tify its very doubtful acquiescence IN Mr.
Fillmores nomination by publishing the
strange doings of his new friends. Our cita-
tions are few, but significant:
Mr. Small, of Pennsylvania, obtained |
leave to say that he would accord with the
views of Gov Call, for the sake of harmony
and would, if. the latter would abide by it.
strike out all in his resolutions, after the |
words Bible and Constitution gApplansef' |
'sGov Call again stated his determination
to retire He had come to battle against the |
innovations of the foreign party in the United |
States and the influence of the Pope of Rome
Gov. Call now said, g Farewell" !"
On the next day we read:
'' a recess was then taken. AT the after
noon session there were several amusing scenes.
The Reverend Mr. BroEnlow arose and |
proposed to receive into .hechurch Gen Call, |
of Florida, Percy Walker, of Alabama, and |
all others who haa gone astray.
" Mr.. Brownlow, amid great applause, ad- |
vanced toward Gen. Call and embraced him,
causing a deal Of merriment
* Gen Call said he had given his hand to |
his brother, and he now gave his heart to the
Convention" &C., &c. -
Our last brief excerpts relate to those near
er home. the representatives of Pennsylvania /
lodges, and gentlemen who have Slowly come |
to the conclusion that the doctrine of reserve is
no longer polite or comfortable.
s' 'Mr. I. Hazlehurst, of Philadelphia, said |
he was from the district and the ward in which |
independence was declared in 1776 He ap-
pealed to the South not to leave the American
party, but to remain with it in its opposition
to foreign foe. He urged compromise, and
he cared for no platform but Americanism
and opposition to foreign foes. Mr. H. made
a strong speech for Sam !" ;"
:" Mr. j. Williamson, of Huntingdon, Pa. t
could not be transubstantiated into freesoil
abolitionist by St. Hildebrand. or all the rest
of the saints in the calender. In his district |
they did not know an abolitionist from a spav-
ined horse. He counselled union and har-
,nony.o