The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-30

Mr.. FuLMoRE's Albany SPEEcH.-We pub
llsh below the truly patriotic and national speech
of Mr. Fillmore. 1t utters the voice OF peace,
concord, fraternity, and broad and compre-
hensive patriotism that echoes and hnds re-
sponse in every heart in the nation that throbs
and warns with the strength, the truth. and
faith Of that fealty that stands with stern and
determined will By the Union Of these States:
awe see political party presenting candl-
dates for the presidency and vice presidency
selected for the first time from free States alone,
with the avowed purpose of electing these can
didates by suffrages OF one part of the Union
only, to rule over the whole United States
Can it be possible that those who are engaged
in such a.measure can have seriously reflected
upon the consequences which must inevitably
follow in case Of success? Cheers. Can they
have the madness or folly to believe that our
southern brethren would submit to be govern
ed by such chief magistrate? Cheers: +
Would he be required to follow the same rule
prescribed BY those who elected him in making
his appointments? If a man living south OF
Mason and Dixon's line be not worthy to be
president or vice president, would it be proper
to select one from the same quarter as one of
in foreign country? Or, indeed, to collect
the revenue or administer the laws Of the 2.
States? If not, what new rule is the president
to adopt in selecting men for Office that the
people themselves discard in selecting him?-
These are serious but practical questions, and
in order to appreciate them fully, it is only ne
cessary to turn the tables upon ourselves. Sup
pose that the south, having majority of the
! electoral votes, should declare that they would
only have Shareholders for president and vice
president. and should elect such by their ex-
elusive sufrages to rule over the north DO
you think we would submit to it? No, not for
a moment Cheers. And do you believe
that your southern brethren are less sensitive on
this subject than you are, OR less jealous Of
their right? Tremendous cheering. II you
do let me tell you that you are mistaken. And
therefore, you must see that if this sectional
party succeeds, it leads inevitably to the de-
struction OF this beautiful fabric reared by our
forefathers, cemented by their blood, and be-
queathed to us as Il priceless Inheritance.
tell you, my friends, that speak warmly
on this subject, for feel that wear in danger.
| am dctermided to make a clear breast Of it. |
will wash my hands of the consequences what
ever they NAV be; and tell YOU that we are
treading on the brink of a vulcano, that is La
Bile at any moment to burst forth and overwhelm
the nation. I might, by soft words, hold out
delusiye hopes. and thereby win votes. But
can never consent to be one thing to the north
and another to the south. should despise my
self if I could be guilty of such evasion. Tu-
multuous applause For my conscience would
still ask, with the dramatic poet
Ia
Some hidden thunder red with mortal wrath
Toblast the wretch who owes his greatness
I To his country's rulnE" lCheersl s~s
In the language Of the lamented immortal Clay,
Il had rather be right than be president - En-
thusiasc and prolonged cheers. G.r.
II seems to me impossible that those engag-
ed in this can have contemplated theawful con-
sequences of success. if it breaks asunder the
bonds of the Union, and spreads anarchy and
) civil war through the land, what is it less thar
moral treason? Law and common sense hole
} a man responsible for the natural consequence:
} Of his acts, and must not those whose acts tenC
to the destruction Of the governmentbe equal
" held responsible? Applause. And let me
also add, that when this Union is dissolved, il
will not be divided into two republics or two
monarches, but broken into fragments, and al
war with each other"
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i VIL1FY1SG PoL1ncAL OpPoNESTs--The vile
habit of sIanderng and vilifying political op-
ponents which is too much in vouge in this
country generally, but more especially during
presidential campaign, ought to be fro"ned
4 down by every decent man. Ii is degrading
to the nation, and to those who indulge in IT,
tmust be humiliating to every refined and hon
est mind to see the most eminent men in the
country held up as hypocrites and political
charlatans, if not something worse. In fact
an intelligent foreigner, travelling in the United
States during presidential canvass, and who
had not been inflated into the real state of the
case, would almost come to the conclusion that
the candidates of the different parties, if not
actually deserving to be sent to the penitentia-
~, at least would be unfit to associate with re-
spectacle people!
The hollow, hearless insincerty of this spe-
ces of political warfare is admirably ilustra-
ted by the course of certain slip-shod politi-
clan of this State previous to and during the
last national campaign. The individual a!lu-
ded to- violent vulgar party hack, some time
previous to the nomination of general Scott by
the wings, and when he thought Mr.. Fillmore
would certainly be the nominee, perambulated
his district, delivering himself of the most vlo-
lent, dirty diatribes against the latter gentle
man, representing him as an abolitionist Of the
vilest stamp. and heaping upon his devoted
head every defect, moral and political. that his
fertile brain could possibly coin. The conven-
ton met, general Scott was the candidate. and
10! the occupation of our slang whanger was
completely gone. The capital he had been in
dustriously laying in was in an instant swept
away ns
He discovered, as BY magic, that his views
of Mr.. Fillmore were entirely incorrect. With
perfect nonchalance he again appeared before
the people Of his section, and told them he was
mistaken. Mr.. Fillmore was now gentleman
and model president! in so many words. he
retracted all he had said in regard to him. His
abuse was, of course, now directed to general
Scott, whom he made out to be little less than
a shallow, vain smpleton, destitute Of any kind
of merit, and owing all his military renown to
the merit of others. We have not the slight
est doubt that the same redoubtable, just, fair,
honorable and high minded politician will now
retract his retraction with regard to Mr.. Fill