Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-12

Fe6. 81, 1851
HEAR FRANCIS ]. GRUND.
A month or two before Mr.. Fillmore retired
from the Presidential chair, the Washington DEM
ocratic correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, whose
letters under the signature of"X gained for him
responsible and lucrative Office under Pierce,s
administration, wrote in the following compliment
airy terms of the retiring President and his admin
stration u#
Mr. Fillmore will retire to private life with the
respect and good wishes of the country. He has,
as an Executive officer done his duty at period
when, but for his energy and fidelity to the Con-
stitution the harmony which now prevails between
different sections of the Union might have been
| seriously interrupted. y He restored peace and
quiet and thereby laid the foundation for further
advancement OF all commercial, manufacturing,
and agricultural pursuits. One may seriously differ
from Mr.. Fillmore in regard to some measures of
internal or external policy; but common sense and
candor compel one to admit that his administra-
tion has been eminently prosperous and many Of
his measures signalized by great moderation aud
wisdom. Iis not for morta.s to command sue
| cess let us determine to deserve it.
HEAR THE ALEXANDRIA SENTINEL.
The Alexandria Sentinel, more candid and honest
than most of its Democratic allies alluding to Mr..
Fillmore, in a late issue, says that, in consdera
ton Of his signing the fugitive slave law in 1850,
and pursuing conservative course generally while
President" it, willingly classed him among the
national men of the country !" and that il is will
ling to take the declarations contained in some of
his late Northern speeches that he still deserves
to be so classed!" sM .
HEAR GEORGE P. MORRIS.
This veteran editor of tho Home journal, one Of
tba oll ~
Gratis in New York, speaking Of Mr.. Fillmore,
says: .arr 4. ...H ... ..
Whatever may be said of the principles ofthe
party (American) there is no denying that thew
have selected noble standard bearer He "a n
man without reproach in his private relations, and
politician OF disnterested patriotism. Although
q sefInade man, he is possessed of varied learn
ing and profound skill in the science of statesman
ship. More than all, he has a sterling Romfn
hrmness, and is an honest man--such as the coun-
try needs in these times. His indifference to DO
litical preferment is admirably shown in his ab-
sence from petty manoeuverings, on tour of for
eign travel IN v hich he is gathering knowledge
for future usefulness to himself and country
HEAR JOHN w. STEVENSON.
Colonel John W. Stevenson, of Coyinrton.
Kentucky, one of the ablest Democrats of the
State, and the man selected to take Major Breck.
at large, made speech, short time ago, at Lex
ington, in which he administered a scathing re-
buke to those orators of his own party who 20
about denouncing Mr.. Fillmore as an Abolitonist.
The Observer and Reporter thus reports the sub
stance of his remarks upon this point ! r..
lie said it no part of his mission to abuse or
denounce Mr.. Fillmore that he did not intend to
initiate the example of some of the juvenile beard
px,nn IL
try; he frankly admitted that Mr.. Fillmore was
pure patriot-that he met the crisis through
which the country passed during his administers
tion like man and a lover of his country--and
that he was willing to go further and say that, in
his opinion, he would do it again should he be
elected. That, although Mr.. Fillmore, raised at
the North, and breathing an atmosphere not con-
genial to Southern rights, had, in his earlier years.
expressed opinions nimical to slavery, yet his adj
ministraton showed that, when called to the Ex-
ecutve chair of the nation he threw off all partisan
feelings, discarded all sectional views and showed
himself the friend of his whole country the Union
and the Constitution.
The same tone of remark seems to have been
adopted by Col. Stevenson, in his speech at Le-
banon. According to the Lebanon Post "a Bu-
chanan paper) the declared that if it could be
proved that Mr.. Fillmore could have any chance of
election, he would vote for him, believing him to
be an honest man." n .. ... wv.
HEAR THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION. ..
Hon. John L. Ward, who presided over the
Cincinnati Convention, addressed Mr.. Fillmore
on his arrival In Savannah in 1853 in the following
words: a.s ..... ..... .. .-...s. .s...
Mr. Fillmore--Wth unfeigned pleasure / per-
form the duty assigned me of welcoming you to \
the city of Savannah. Whilst the events which
mark your Administration of the Government are
of too recent date to be discussed without arous-
ing passions which, on this occasion, should be
hushed to rest, we must all remember that those
high and solemn trusts we're not assumed by you
in the sunshine of our prosperity. Ii was at q
dark and event.ul period in the history of our
Government when the brave began to fear the
power OF man, and the pious to doubt the favor OF
God" Dark and fearful were the clouds that
hung on our horizon, violent the factions that ag-
tated our land, and men seemed to reclS no. how
wildly ragged the storm, so that in it's fury. 1t up
turned the institutions Of the South
1t was your lot TO breast that storm and bid its
mutterngs cease and to do that you must turn away
from crowd Of atterers to tread the lonely path
OF duty. With your robes Of Office as with
panoply OF ice, you wrapped yourself from all the
prejudces OF earlier years, and from all the tempt
atoms which then surrounded you, ''unterrihed
by threats, unawed by clamors, you held on your
steady course" preserved the Constitution of your
country, gave peace to the land we love, and re-
pose to the institutions which cherish, illustra
ting to the world that peace has its victories no
less renowned than war" IL is fit and proper
now when you have laid aside place and power
and patronage that the affections Of a grateful
people should follow you to your home, and linger