The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-09-18

| its duties win slngle-healted determination
to promote the good Of the whole country,
and TO direct solely to This end all the power
of the Government, irrespective of party is
sues and regardless of sectional strfos."
Does any one but Mr.. Fillmore see section
alism in that?
Now what did the convention that nomina-
ted Fremont do that indicated n sectional
spirit ? Not thing. Read the first reso-
luton in their platform
Resoived, That the maintenance of the
principles promulgated in the Declaration of
Independence, and embodied in the Federal
| Constitution, are essential the preservation
of our r. publican Institutions, and that the
Federal Constitution, the rights of the States,
and the union oi the States, must and shall
be preserved.
Is that sectionalism ? Fer from it. The
truth is, Fillmore must have made his asser-
ton under the belief that slavery is national
and freedom sectional, or he has disgraced
his position by stopping TO falsehoods SO pal
pable that the veriest political demagogue
would be ashamed to repeat them. The ex-
tension of slavery is the question at issue,
and for Mr.. Fillmore, or any other man, to
say that 10 prohibit its extension is treason,
is nothing more nor less than silly nonsense.
The south are interested in its extension, and
the north are not The south love the nst-
ton, the north loathe and detest it, Mr.. Fill
mere is the candidate Of one or the other of
these parties, end therefore he is sectional
man. There is no evading the issue-there
is no middle ground. Slavery will be extend
ed, OF it will remain within its present limits,
just as the people decide next November.
This is not the only question that has agi-
tated the country, and that has been Of a Sec
tional character. The tariff was just as en-
phatically sectional measure as is the ox-
tension OF slavery, and it was the relinquish-
ment Of the protective tariff that caused the
dissolution of the old whig party. Free trade
is southern measur.. The people of the
South are consumers, and it was to their ad-
vantage to reduce the price of the manufac-
tured fabrics of American labor to a level
with the products Of the pauper and slave la
Dor Of the old world. On the contrary, it
was the interest of the North, being pro-
ducing people, TO have sufficient barrier be-
tween the free labor of America and the serf
labor Of Europe to insure the former against
falling into the hopeless position of the labor
ing classes of other countries. The south
triumphed on this question, to the great in
jury of the free labor of the entire north.-
Mr.. Fillmore professed to be friend TO pro-
tectiye tariff, and yet he did not suppose
that he thus became sectional man, in the
sense in which he uses that term.
The interests of the North and South are
distinctly opposed to each other-just as
much as freedom and slsve,y-and there al
ways will be measures presented which are
of advantage to one party and Objectionable
to the other. In such cases the majority
must rule, IS their rights in our government
are superior. Thus far, and no farther, FIRE.
mont is a sectional candidate and Just thus
far is Mr.. Fillmore a sectional candidate. It
Iay be said that Fremont was nominated by
men flom one section of the country, but
such is not the case. Maryland, Virginia.
Kentucky, Missouri, California, and perhaps
other southern states, had delegates in the
convention that nominated Fremont We
have not the facts before us, but from recol-
lection we will venture the opinion that as
many states, embracing much greater vo-
ting population, were represented in tie Re-
publican convention as there were in the body
that nominated this Mortified sectional hater.
Taking into consideration the above facts,
and others which they naturally suggest to
the mil /, we can but look with contempt up
on the course pursued by Mr.. Fillmore to-
wards competitor. Ii is the first time we
have ever known candidate for the presi-
dency to declare that the union would be dis
solved if he was rot elected, and we trust
the rebuke which he will receive in Novem-
Der next, will be warning to all who may
hereafter occupy his honorable position.
The following, which we clip from one oi
our exchange papers, will show what man
can do by his own industry and perseverance