The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-03-11
WESTERN DEMOCRAT.
40 CHARLOTTE 90"
Tuesday Morning, March Ii, 1856
FILLMORE AND DoNELsoN.

The nomination Of these two political an
tipodes, on the same ticket, creates no little
surprise. The Richmond Examiner says:
1T is droll result, indeed: misery ac-
quaints q man with strange bed-fellows.-
We should like to know on what single prin-
ciple of public policy that has divided men
during the last thirty years Nessrs. Fillmore
and Donelson are not the notorious anti
podes of each other! Is it bank, is it tariff,
is it internal Improvements, is it the public
lands-is there any question which has dis
tinguished parties or divided politicians
during the present generation, on which the
two men are not antipodeS of each other by
a thousand committals and the most solemn
iterations Of conflicting sentiment Why,
Mr.. Qonelson was the proprietor and editor
of the Union newspaper during the grea-
ter portion OF the Fillmore administration,
and this Philadelphia fragmentary Conven-
ton has committed the blunder, the stupi-
dity, the intense stolidity, Of selecting as
the companion of Mr.. Fillmore on their tick
ct, the very man who was the foremost, the
most constant, and the most mdiscrlmlnat-
ing assailant of all others in the Union, OF
the whole policy Of Mr.. FillmOre's admins
tration ana every part and parcel OF that
policy. But, the american party" claims
to have erected itself ''out of the ruins Of
the old and corrupt parties" which proceed
ed it in the control of the affairs of this
Union. Well, formed of debris and diIapi-
dation, we cannot imagine a more appro-
PIRATE brace of men that could have been
chosen for its standard bearers than the
resurrection Mr.. Fillmore and the defunct
Mr. Donclson.i
The Washington City Star" says: ''He
(Donelson) resided here for many years,
and is well remembered, especially on ac-
count of General JacksOn's memorable say
ing, that every body had his pest; for his
part, if it were not for Donelson, he should
have nothing in the world to trouble him.
The truth is, Donelson was his Monsieur
NaLapropoS. Being a family connection of
his wife, the General was forced to tolerate
him about him. and to grin and bear with all
pllllo@Op AS SC"'|t iii|7tNhf wv rs
and difficulties into which DOneison was
constantly getting him. Donelson's most
remarkable trait is an abiding want of COM
mon sense, which has prevented him, not
withstanding the prestige of his relationship
to the wife of Jackson, from having the least
political weight where personally known.
He rated from the Democratic party be-
cause President Pierce refused to take him
and certain members of his family for office,
at his own valuation. For months before
| he turned up "a Know Nothing, the locofocos
of Nashville were cracking jokes about his
lamentations over his failure to get what he
asked of the Administration and the undig-
nified and impotent personal abuse shower
ed by him at the street corners for the ben
eft of street corner audiences, on the Pre-
sident. His nomination is worth to the
Know Nothing cause in Tennessee, at least
clear loss of some $500 votes; for the
mental and political calbre of Major An
drew jackson Donelson, is we'll known
throughout all portions of that State