Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-05-30


Compromise were striving their best to
preserve it, where was Millard Fillmore
Silent as the grave! Not a word, not a
line, from him or any of his bosom friends,
against the outrage!
And now, how does he stand on the
question of restoring Freedom to Kansas !?
Who can tell Like the Cowboys" of
the Revolution, he is neither for it nor
against it. Some of his friends advocate it,
some oppose it. Some denounce the theft,
but say the thing stolen shall not be re-
stored. At the South, Mr. f. is claimed
to be their best friend, as we might show
by numerous public speeches and public
journals. At the North, some join with
the South in denouncing every friend Of
Freedom in Kansas, while others claim
MIR. +. as friend of Kansas and of Lib
erty! Between the two, his case is clearly
desperate, for as Slavery is the question
and as neither the South nor the North
intend to be deceived by their candidates
-no halfway man will answer either side;
and the neutrals" are not sufficient to
carry the day any more than they were in
1776.
Aside from these objections on the
part of voters in general; Of the Wings,
who constitute the main body of the Op-
position ; and Of the Republicans: who de-
mand Freedom for Kansas-there are
other considerations, which cause large
Plumbers of the American party to repudi-
ate Mr. Fillmore's nomination The wri
ter of this article never belonged to that
or to any other secret association, of any
name or nature whatever; but the knowl-
edge of the principles and feelings of that
organization are public property.
In the first place, very many honest,
sober, Independent members, do not want
old party hacks at their head they do not
choose inveterate office hunters; they want
the office to seek the man.
1t is asserted that he was never work
ing member of the order, but was initiated
in his own parlor, as special favor. He
is but nominal member, for the sake Of
influence and power towards the Presiden-
cy, and has written letters with the same
end in view.
Instead of remaining at home to assist
the order, and to be questioned as to his
views of the Kansas issue, Mr. F. has been
for many months in Europe-visiting the
crowned heads and the nobility; cultivat-
ing the "good society" abounding there
enjoying a social time with His Holiness
the Pope, who was highly pleased with
HIS ex-Excellency; paying his respects to
the Gar of all the Russias (not including
Turkey j and basking in the sunshine Of
Royalty generally. Now, all these things
may be "poitic" and proper enough; but
many plain, sincere Pro,estants imagine
they have "foreign" aspect, and that
''the Pope" and Fillmore can not be bad
friends on such cCmpanionable terms. In
short, they suspect his Anti Romanism to
be the sheerest political humbug, and that
he laughs at their credulity!
"Americans should rule America" no
doubt but Washington and other great
men contrived to rule we'll with never a
sight of the trappiugs of monarchy. Am
orleans do rule America for there is not
a Member of the Cabinet or either House
of Congress who is not American born, yet
about three millions of our population are
of foreign birth. The food of immigration
which long rolled over our country, has
ebbed, and that cause of uneasiness has
measurably ceased.
1t is also urged, we believe with truth,
that Mr. Fillmore never received major /
ity of the nominating Councils votes; that
the votes which nominated him we're from
States which the Americans had no hope
of carrying; that the States which had the
strength of the order, were opposed to any
nomination at the time, or to him in q
word, that the nomination was fraud and
not binding upon the order.
The large majority of Delegates from
Pennsy ylvania, New York, the New Eng
land States, Ohio, Michigan, and nearly
everv Northern State, either receded from
the Convention, or voted against Fillmore.
By giving those who remained, chance
to vote for those who were absent, NOM
inal majority was obtained; but it was
not real, nor did it represent the Ameri-
can strength.
And now, how stands the case There
is not single Northern State which Fill
more can carry. In many of them, he
has not a paper to sustain him, and the
American Councils have unanimously re-
iected him. In others he has the Pro-
Slavery Wing strength, aud also that Of
members who think that
because nominated they must support him: