Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-06-11

ofthe Committee apprizing him oi
the proceedings Of. the Philadelphia
Convention, and soon after q dupli.
cate. 1 have a. yet received no com.
manication from him in reply. at
tribute this to the fact of his having
set ont for the north of Europe, and
the delay incident to the transporta.
ltion Of letters to him. on his route o!
travel. ] have no doubt, however, oil
lhisacceptance, and have no hesitation
IinIrepeating to you what l. said a few
weeks ago to some members of the
AlnericanSta G Convention at Greens.
borough, North Carolina, that a for.
NAL letter Of unqualified acceptance
may be confidently expected at an
early day. !.
It may be, indeed, that Mr.. Fill.
more, having received the announce
ment of the committee at the moment
Of his returns from the Continent3t to
England, may defer his answer until
he arrives here himself; but upon the
question of his acceptance, you may
Assure your friends there is NO reason
to doubt that twill certainly be given.
Mr.. Fillmore is too deeply impressed
with sense of his duty to the coun-
try TO shrink at such a time as this
from high responsibility cast upon his
political position. He is aware that
his past services, in a period Of great
embarrassment and danger, in the
domestic affairs of the Union, has
formed the principal inducement to
the call which has lately been made
upon him by the Convention in Phil
adelphia. He would not be the man
he has proved himself to be, if from
any fear Of contest or consideration
of personal ease, should hedecline a
summons which sostrongly addresses
itself to his patriotism. MI.
4 know, and so do you, soith soAat
profound regret Mr.. Fillmore noted
Ms action IF tile present adm;ni;s-
tration and cts friends IN opening
ansc that angry and dangerous dis
eussion on skarery, blythe abrogatton
Of the compronsiseof 1850, and w;th
1t Ne repeal IF the, Missouri Com
promise. Hetorsaso, IN 1t ecAat has
beep so sadly realized, a more eras-
oe,tated agitation Of sectional strife
aaa increased difficulty IN the scay
Of peaceful settlement; and mono,
ac7srtks rtschssf has, been done, I
kbesfhat he looks acfth strong .faitA
to The american party as tie only
efeetire centre upon achich tie a.
tezligent and patriotic friends Of
Me Union may berullied and organ
aze9 NTH a good hope Of bringing
back this country to Its old eonser-
cqtire position soith reference to
this unhappy dissension. He con
fidssIin the loyalty of that party to
the Onion, its true estimate of the
national sentiments of the people
and its determination to maintain a
position which shall enable it to check
the excess of faction in both extremes
of North and South; he confides in
these as presenting basis upon which
all sound and earnest friends of peace
and constitutional supremacy may be
united in the administration of the
government :
The virulence with which this par
ty is assailed just now by the two an
tagonistic organizations which have
entered the field against it, is, an ac-
acknowledgements of its strength and
a proof of its fears. Each of them
have their own serious reasons for
thinking it expedient to spread the
opinion that Mr.. Fillmore means to
decline, or ought to be drawn from
the canvass. ~
His prospects, nevertheless, are bet
ter than any man who can be brought
against him. Inthe South give him
Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina,
Kentucky and Tennessee, as certain !;
Louisiana and Missouri, l think, will
also give him their votes. Virginia
and Georgia he may carry, and even
Mississippi, though | do not count
on them. You, can estimate his
strength in the South better than l
can. OF the West I cannot speak,
since $50 much depends there upon
future developments. .-... r.
II 1 recently returned from ajourney
through several Of the Southern
States, and with pleasure observed,
while there, that the American party
have wisely called into their service,
as candidates for their electoral tickets
and for other responsible trusts, the
worthiest and most distinguished cit
zens, known and approved for their
conservatism, without respect to their
connections with the party through
any form. but looking only to their
conservatism, without respect to their
afinities with the party in sentiment
and more just foundation to their
own power as . political body.
ID hope that this course will be
adopted generally, and the objections
Of enemies silenced, BY showing that
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