Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-08-06

COIIupt paftyY anu, lnat every opllhcS VI Up
probrium and disgrace had been applied to
him and the Wing party by that Democratic
party he now proposes to support, and yet he
cannot forget-whatf Why, that, in a plat
form that has been annulled and superseded,
the obnoxious language to which he refers soGs
contained And what is a little remarkable in
this connexion, the author Of that Uery 18th
section, in which this language is found, the
gentleman who penned that language, and who
was formerly prominent Whig has gone over
to the support of Mr. Buchanan because that
18th section was annulled!
We would like to hear discussion between
these two very able and worthy gentlemen, on
the point raised by Senator Pearcs! Here,
then, we have one of the true reasons why
Senator Pearce would not feel an "unalloyed
qualification" even il Mr.. Fillmore should be
elected It is, that the American party once
assumed, that this party had arisen upon the
ruins" of the Wing and Democratic parties /;
and 10 may be Senator Pearce thinks 1t was
designed to bury him beneath the ruins Of
the Wing party How this is, we know not,
but our judgment is, that any true Wing
should prefer burial in the ruins of his own
camp, rather than in the ruins Of the camp of
his ancient enemy
We have thus found one sound reason why
Senator Pearce entertains dislike towards the
American party, to wit this party had form
erly assumed that it had "arisen upon the
ruins" of has psrty-and perhaps, as this gen
tlcman was a prominent and leading Wing,
with high hopes and aspirations, this assump-
ton gave him offence However this may be,
we here commend to him the perusal of the
present American platform, in the hope that
the absence therefrom of any such assumption,
will tend to soothe his exasperatea feelings
And we make this accommodation for fur
Their reason, that Mr.. Pearce solemnly protests
against the mysterious system under which
the American party was organized" get de-
clares that "he does not know how far all this
has been dispensed with" 1t is generally wise
for gentlemen who assail party upon any
special grounds, to understand how far their
assaults are justified by facts and truth, and a
perusal of the American platform may afford
him some light on this point
1t has been, perhaps mischievously, intima-
ted that Senator Pearces ambition received a
check, in the refusal of Mr.. Fillmore, when
President, to nominate him to vacancy which
existed on the bench of the Supreme Court
1t is very possible, that, whilst Mr.. Fillmore's
election might rejoice Senator Pearce in some
respects, he would not feel unalloyed gratifi-
cation at such an event, for other reasons
than those which arise from the language of a
platform which no longer has an existence If
Senator Peace allows his course or his feelings
to be influenced by the language of 6y-gone
platforms, might he not be slightly affected, by
the 6y-gone decisions of Willard Fillmore?
Human nature is pretty much the same
among all the people sand the rest of man
kind" and talented, prominent, ambitious men
are no moro, if as much, exempt from its inn
PROJECTIONS, as are those of more moderate or
limited aspirations, Now, granting to Senator
Pearce all the qualities which his friends can
claim for him, and which we shall by no means
seek to disparage-he is but a man, with hui
man in6rmities mixed up with the noblest i'm
pulses, and it is possible, that despite his own
efforts to the contrary, he is not quite as par
tial to Mr.. Fillmare as he would have been
under other circumstances. We do not say
that Senator Pearce has been influenced in his
course by the circumstances to which we re-
fer--we pass no opinion on the subject.
Having thus n,odestly, as we think, and GER
tainly in no unkind spirit, alluded to matter
which is publicly talked of and discussed here
abouts, we deem it just to both ex-President
Fillmore and to Senator Pearce, to say, that we
have never understood, do not now understand,
and do not intend to intimate, that Mr.. Fill
more declined yielding to the wishes of the
friends of Senator Pearce on any ground of
exception to this gentleman, or for any cause
other than that, in his judgment, it would be
indicate in him to fill a vacancy in the high
est judicial tribunal of the country, almost at
the moment his own term Of Office was about
to expire.
The country must decide land not aoe) upon
the motives which have governed Senator
Pearce. We say, however, (and we have
rlght 10 say iS) as our OPINION, THAT MS rea-
soning is weak and illogical-his opinions are
not founded upon just view of the relative
prospects of Messrs. Fillmore and Buchanan
his fears of the possible election of Fremont
by the House of Representatives are ground
less, as we have shown by undeniable arith-
metical calculations-his published letter was
unnecessary for any purpose of personal vim
dication, and could only have been intended as
an instrument of party warfare, and we here