Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-07-04
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Fiitmore,s Acceptance.
The long looked for acceptance by Mr..
Fillmore of his nomination for4President
by the Kuow,Nothings in Philadelphia,
on last February, has as we announced last
week, at. last been received.
His letter of acceptance is dated Paris,
May 21st. In it he says:
"This unsolicited and unexpected
nomination has imposed upon me a new
duty from which lacannot. shrink and
therefore, approving, as do. OF the gen
eral objects OF the party which has hon-
ored me with its confidence, cheerfully
accept its nomination without waiting to
enquire of its prospects of success or de-
feat. 5a
What the old line Wing friends of Mr..
Fillmore will say to this unqualified ap.
prevail of the Know-Nothing party, We
will not undertake to say. He says that
he accepts the nomination without wait
ing to inquire of its prospects of success
or defeat, and judging from the following
paragraph he has not waited to inquire
of the position his party now occupies be-
fore the country. " 6E ~" I'D
AS the proceedings Of this Conven>
ton have marked a new era in the histo-
ry of the country, by bringing new POI
litical organization into the approaching
Presidential canvass, l take the occasion
to reafrm my full confidence in the patri-
otto purposes of that organization. which
l regard as springiug out Of a public ne
cessity, forced upon the country, to a
large extent. by unfortunate sectional d..
visions, and the dangerous tendency OF
those divisions towards disunion. It
alone in my opinion, of all the political
agencies now existing, is possessed of the
power to silence this violent and disas-
trous agitation, and to restore harmony
by its own example OF moderation and for
bearanee. Ithas claim therefore, in my
judgement, upon every earnest friend oil
the integrity of'the Union"
AS. according to a Know Nothing pa
per of New York, Mr.. Fillmore has been
for some time travelling in Europe the bet
ter to qualify himself for the P residency,
he is probably not aware how supremely
ridiculous he ma K es himself by expressing
the opinion that the Know Not hing party
alone, of all the political agencies now
existing, is possessed of the power to 81
lencs oar unfortuaate sectional divisions.-
He here betrays an ignorance Of the poll
teal affairs of this cou ntry which would
scarcely be excusable in a school. boy
AS he stands about as much chance OF
being elected as the man in the moon.
we sympathise with him excessively. 1t
is pity that such unrelcnting efforts to
qualify for the office, and such success.
should go unrequitted. AS but two
States in the Union, so far as we are in
formed, have ratified the nomination of
Mr.. Fillmore-Virginia and Illinois, nei-
Their OF which will go for him-we are at
loss to understand where this tremen-
dous "power" which is to silence this
violent and disastrous agitation" is to
come from, Perhaps he knows. AS he
has been spending about year in foreign
lands qualifying for the Presidency un-
der the foreign hating party, and has
been. feted in France and England, lion
lied by sthe"P Pope, and we supposed yisi-
ted all the secret lodges Of the carbonari
of Europe. It's fair TO presume that he
knows more than one who has been in
the backwoods of America. earning his
daily bread by the sweat Of his brow, and
endeavoring to do his duty to his country
as good citizen. .~. ...... .. ...
But as we have no disposition to hit
fallen foe, we will at this time pass Mr.. Fill.
more by with the simple expression of our
surprise that he and his friends should
endeavor to throw the lection of the
President into the present House of Rep
resentatives. 1t has ele cted an abolition
Speaker, and may with equal ease elect an
abolition President. If such should be
the result, Mr.. Fillmore and his national
Americans will be held accountable by
the whole country.
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