The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-08-29
ExnedianoY -Our Duty.


With contemporary we believe, and we have
more than once SO said, there is no doubt,
there can be no doubt that a majority Of the
people of the United States this day prefer
Willard Fillmore as President to any man
living. Yet says the N. A. Tribune, every
day you can hear men exclaiming, that al
though they prefer Mr.. Fillmore to any other
man, they will not vote for him, because me
cannot be elected" From all such friends
Mr. Fillmore may well pray to be delivered.
They are more injurious than open, avowed
enemies If we know Mr.. Fillmore truly, we
believe he would scorn to receive votes that
were not given to him upon principle. He,
"would rather be right, than be President"
and yet he is to be sacrificed by hundreds and
thousands of his "friends'' on the doubtful
ground of erpedie1cy. While our candidate
takes such noble stand, does it not become
every true Ameriean--aff who believe that he
is the best man for the position-that he is
honest, impartial and eminently qualified-to
give him their support without stopping to
enquire into any question of erpediency9 We
think it does, and shall therefore vote for Mr..
Fillmore and appeal to every true hearted
patriot to vote for him. What claims have
any other party upon as, that we should de-
liberately sacrifice Mr.. Fillmore for poliey?-
He was first in the field. His name was pre-
people, and ON strictly national platform, be-
| fore it was dreamed that Fremont or Buchan-
an were even prominent candidates for the
nominations of other parties. Seward, Mclean,
Chase, &C.. strict representatives of Republican
principles, and Pierce, Douglas, &c. represen-
tatives of latter day Democratic principles,
were the prominent names spoken of by these
parties at the time Fillmore's name was for
mally presented to the people. We had some
right to believe, that if the Republican party
did not nominate 2aaR whose political life
could be regarded as an exposition of Republi-
can principles, such a man as one of those
whose names we have mentioned, this party
might so far drop its sectionalism for the time,
as to take up Fillmore, and with him punish
and hurl from power that party which has
studiously trampled upon the rights of free
dom. But the Republican party nominated q
man who had positively in no manner been
identified with the principles of that party, and
who could not be regarded as the representa-
tive of these principles, further than he was SC
made by the act of the party conyention which
nominated him. For availability he was Sc
lected-yet if.this availability had as promi-
nent object the defeat of the Democratic party
why did they lnot.choose a man already before
the people as an opponent of whatever man the
Democracy might nominate, and with whom
, they could certainly defeat the party they sc
heartily hate? Did they then expect the
American party would drop the tried states
man Of their choice, and cast their Votes il
mere expedieney for the untried man when
for mere availability the Republicans nominal
ed? Expediency had no call to make upon
US then, nor can it Aave now. We are right
Our cause is Just. Our candidate is utterly
aaogectionabIe. He has been tried, and before
the country, and by the admission of all par
sties, he has proved himself a statesman and a
true patriot Shall we sacrifice this man and
tourcause, for Fremont--or for Buchanan, the
man who was nominated simply because he
had NOT been identified with the latter day ac-
tons and principles Of the Democratic party
yet who has since endorsed the Pierce admin
; istration and all its acts? No. The friends
of Fillmore will abide with him. They will
work for him, and if after all their lsbers, the
! results defeat, no one can throw up to us thai
we have not acted as good citizens and patri-