The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-09-10
The following candid and patriotic letter IS IN

| Virginia. accepting him as their canaioa'e
| for president Il is just like every tt'l.iS e'ias
proceeds from the same source, not q Noiu w
much, nor too little; no eGulroca'ion, no SUP,
crfage, nothing but simple. straightforward
| tru.h, and good sense. Such a man IS wanted
at the head OF the government AT the present
! time. and such a man the people will support
"BuFFALo. n Y Aug. 9th, 1856 MIND
HAM ROBINSON, SIR:-l have the honor
to acknowledge the receipt OF your letter OF .he
Esd ult., transmitting copy OF the preamble
and resolutions adopted by the wing conNen-
ton of Virginia lately assembled at Richmond,
BY which that intelligent and patriotic bod re-
| commended to their brethren throughout the
State to Weld to my nomination tor tie pres-
| dency their active and Jealous support
! Standing as ! do, as the known candidate OF
another party. | vet receive this recommends
lion with gratitude and pride. / feel thatit is
made, not because the principles of the two
parties are identical. nor with view of merg-
ling them in each other--for such an object is
expressly discIaimed by the conventlon--but
because the principles which my nomination
represents approach more nearly tothose main
tanned by the wings of Virginia than those Of
any otSr candidate; and because, as the con
,
in my late administration of The government
Whatever may be our differences on minor
subjects, l am sure there is one On which we
agree-and that one at this moment is para
mount to al! others aIiude to the preserva-
ton of the Union of these States, and the res
cuing the country from sectional strife. The
question is not SO much, how shall the govern
ment be administered, as how 1t shall be pre-
served, on this great vital question, national
wings, national democrats, and nlon-lovlng
Americans may well act in concert On this
basis, [ shall with great pleasure receive the
votes of all who have confidence in my lntcgrl-
ty and ability, and all who ask no other pledge
than my past services for my future conduct.
This position seem alike honorable to all No
principle is sacrificed. No deception is prac-
ticed; and | trust that noone casting his vote
for me on this ground, will ever have cause TO
regret it.
With many thanks for the fattering manner
in which you have been pleased to communi-
cate the result of the convention, | have the
honor Is be, your friend and fellow citizen,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
Differing in their views of everything else,
the democrats Of the south and the aboItionists
of the north are perfectly agreed in one thing
they each unite in hating and denounclng that
incorruptble patriot and statesman, Willard
Fillmore But while they are agreed that Mr..
Fillmore should be traduced and illuminated,
they have not entirely harmonised as to points
ofattack. The southern gentlemen ofthe press
tell US that Mr.. FIJI more is on the same platform
with Fremont, ana that, if he be elected, the
Missouri compromise will be restored. But the
freesoil gentry take justine opposite course, and
swear by all that is holy that he is the plant
tool Of the Slaveocracy, and that, if elected Ibis
whole policy will be squared by the demands
of the pro-slavery party
Hear what the New York Times, leading
Sewarl organ, says;
1--WE have already alluded to the extraordi-
nary language used by the ex president at Al
bany. So far from conserving 10 stand as
candidate pledged to the restoration Of the Mis-
souri, compromise, he has declared that such a
candidate deserves to be defeated in the can
vass, AMI that, If elected, the southern States
will be justified in refusing to submit and in Sc
ccdng from the Union. llo-sIavery ianaticlsm, /
even in South Carolina, never proceeded TO this
revolutionary extreme. The maddest organs /
Of CalhUunISm have not vcuturCd to hint dis
solution as the consequence ot defeat at tie bal /
lot box. Mr.. Fillmore has, therefore, advanced (
beyond the widest Secessionist Of the south
Not only does he join in the crusade against
the most solemn of The past constitutional COM
promises, but menaces those who adopt the on
" means that can rtinsate it, with dissolu-
ton Of the Union. There can be 10 mistake
in this sort of talk. It can only mean that Mr..
Fillmore if elected, is pledged to sustain the
slave States in the position they have assumed,
that the peace his friends haze promised rs the
result Of his administration, is to be obtained
by forciby sitting northern Indignation and lay
SHY INDUCING southern cupidity and presunp-
ion. and that his whole policy will be squared
oy the demands of the pro-slavery party.
In the face Of thee contradictory charges.
IAN honest men hesitate as TO what duty re-
1uires them to do? We think not, and the an
wer of ali must be, vote for Fillmore
THE School OF BrcHANAH On the 18th
lay of May, 1855, the Washington Union, in
IN editorial article concerning the redoubtable {
governor 4. H. Reeder, Of Kansas, termed Z
,im "a northern citizen, Of PENNSYLVANIA, af-
er the school Of Buchanan and Dalas',-'.for
hirty years leading and consistent member {
If the democratic party
This euIogy of governor Reeder was pub {
ished after the delivery Of his first Easton {
peech, in which he denounced the Missouri t
ms for their interference in Kansas matters. E
nd in the course of which he declared Kan {
as had been invaded, conquered, subiugated !
y an armed force from beyond the borders, |
ed on by fanatical spirit, trampIing under
DOT the principles of the Kansas bill and the
ight of suffrage" Notwithstanding this anti c
lavery attitude, the Washington Union en- 5
orsed him leading and consistent demo t
rat 'of the Buchanan school," b
Time has rolled on since then Reeder has d
ccome the head of the Kansas freesoil move
oent. This pupil ''of the Buchanan school, s
las turned out SO badly, that the people of the a
outh are placing very lttle confidence in the :
choo or its conductor. They certainly can t
arIlIy be prepared to endorse TIE head of the c
choo, which graduates, after thirty years Il
npage,. SO heretical politician as Reeder. n
he school had better be abandoned Creole. $
At the late great rally of the friends of Fill h
,Ira in anhfa tIa ko,0r,,lo 4 II