Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

man. and the p'ous to doubt the tayo,
OF God.' Dark and fearful were tn.
clouds that hung ou our horizon, violent
the factions that agita,ed our Iand, and
men SCENE to reck no. how Wild,
ragged the storm, so that ii its fury it
uplurnrd tue institutions of the South.
1t was Your lot to breast that storm
ana D'd It's 'nutterIngs cease, and TO do
't'"t You must iuru away from The crowd
~ h"t,erers TO tread the lonely path OF
duty. With yuur robrs of office. as
with a psnopIy OF ice, you wrapped
Yourself from all the wtjutices Of earlier
years, aud rom all the temptations
when then surrounded YOU; uu,erri
led by threats, unawed by c!amors,
you held on your steady course" pre-
served The constitution Of your country,
gave peace to the land we love, and
repose TO the institutions which we
cherish, illustrating to the world that
peace has its victories no less now
ed than war; |, is ii, aud PROPER now,
when you have lad aside place and
power aud patronage that The affections
OF " grateful pe"p,o should follow you
To your home. and liNger around you in
your 'eilre,ueut. As tie constituted
authorities of the city Of Savannah We
welcome vou within her Ilm!ts-as tue
representatives Of the people,, We wei
come You to our ho>pl1aIilivs-as a
Hortl II OF her citizens. "e welcome You
10 ouc homes and our hearts.
The Democratic Reptem, has always
ben standard authority with the Bu-
chanan leaders. The Reric'c, speaking
OF Mr.. F!Imore's conduct during the
troublous times that marked the COM
mencomen. Of his administration, pays
him this noble and well-deserved tribute:
Momentous events were lranspirinr.
The agitation O. tue Question OF slavery
WAS paramount in tie public mind. Ii.
this crisis, 1t Was well. that So reliable
IA nan as Mr.. Fillmore was found III
the Presidential chair. The safety ami
perpetuiiy % the Union was Threatened.
Already had tanat'ci>m raj sed its hydra
head. Schemes and "I>iuS leaIed
from a thousand ambu>cades. I'LL.
enemies Of the Union started forth on
every side aboIitioni>m here; secces.
slonlsln there; acquisition and flibustrr
ism elsewhere. These are the forruiI.
able elements Of misrule with which,
the executive had to cope. How vel.
he met, and how entirely he, tor the
time, oyerca'ne these enemies Of the
peace Of the republic, We. leave the
historian to relate; bu, our retrospect
would be incomplete and di>Iugsnuous,
did We not ahcord the need Of praise
justly due TO high moral excellence,
and intellectual and administrative hon
es'y and talent, as developed III the aI-
mini>lration Of Mr.. Fillmore.
The Courier des Etats Unis, II French
journal printed i'll New York, bitterly
aserse to the American patty and its
principles. says:
We have already expressed our opin-
ion and persona! preference for Mr.. Fill
more. Notwithstanding our profound
an'ipathy for the party Of which he is
the standard bearer, We are more than
ever convinced that he is the man whom
the people Of the Uuitc'l States should,
by ac%cI-lnatiop, call to the Presidential
chair. He is the only one on VIII IN
any reliance can be placed for a firm,
moderate, and What the country most
needs. y tra',qnIIiziny administration.
He is the only one sbo,t whose poli,i-
cal creed there can BE- no doubt or sus-
picious ambiguity, as it rests not on vague
''lusory formulas, but on a practical
asst.
In September, 1s4s, the Hon. II. A.
Stephens, Of Georgia, now a democrat,
addressed a meeting Of Citizens at Gr'fi"
on the questions Of the day. After dis.
cussing, at considerable length, the vari-
Gus questions that agitated the public
mind, during which he told the people
Gen. Cass's squatter sovereignty !
y was worse, if anything, than the VII.
mot proviso," he endorsed Mr.. FiIlmore's
on the slavery question, in
the fol, wing decided aud emphatic
But i. has been eailhv the supporters
Of Gen. Cass that Mr.. Fillmore was an
abolit;onist. He (Nr. S. mad for him.
self examined into the matter, both from