The Republic

Mississippi.
From the Vicksburg Whig:
Being satisfied with the platform and the candidates, we hoist the names of General Winfield Scott and WM. A. Graham as the candidates of the Whig party; and in so doing we believe we are consulting the best interests of the country, and especially the Whig party of the South. We know that many of our Whig friends were so determined in their zeal in behalf of Mr. Fillmore, that it will require time to allay the feelings embittered by the failure to secure the nomination; but we feel assured that upon reflection, and the examination of causes which led to the present nomination, that they will be satisfied. The name of Winfield Scott is known, and spoken of in praise, throughout the length and breadth of this land; and eulogy or a commendation of his character and brilliant services would be as useless as an attempt to gild refined gold. The engines and batteries of detraction will be opened upon him, but they will fail to injure the reputation of the patriot hero whose name and deeds are indelibly stamped upon every brilliant page of his country's history.

From the Mississippi Flag of the Union.
Our Position.—In placing the names of the distinguished men who have been put in nomination as candidates for the office of President and Vice President of this great Republic by the National Whig Convention at the head of our columns, we realize that, as Union men, we take no new position.
The Democratic Convention, after they had made their nominations, and in the midst of confusion and uproar, adopted a platform, in which were embodied the Compromise measures of the last Congress. The Whig Convention, as a preliminary step, and before the name of any gentleman was submitted, adopted, calmly and deliberately, a platform, embracing the Compromise as a final settlement, in principle and substance, of all the questions which had disturbed the peace of the country. On this firm foundation our candidates now stand, as conservators of the public tranquility; and the veteran chief, who never skulked from an enemy, or wrapped an opinion in equivocation, stands before the country pledged to sustain those measures of pacification which have been endorsed and ratified by the National Whig Convention.

From the Vicksburg Whig
There is not a Democrat in this city who has lived here for any length of time who does not know that the present Whig nominations are received with more favor than any within the last fifteen years—with the exception of Mr. Clay's in '44.) When General Harrison was nominated, no one recognised the nomination—even the Whig refused publicly to support it at first; and yet General Harrison carried the State by more than twenty-five hundred majority. When General Taylor the good man and true-hearted old soldier, was nominated in '48, there could not be found a corporal's guard in our city ready to respond to the nomination when the news arrived, and yet he came within a few hundred votes of carrying the State. Now, however, although the whole body of Whigs here had expressed such a decided preference for Mr. Fillmore, they manifest a fixed and earnest determination to support General Scott—and this determination will be made manifest to-night at the ratification meeting.
[The Natchez Courier copies the above, and endorses the nominations heartily.]

From the Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier—[Democratic.]
President Fillmore will retire with honor from the proud station he occupies, and in which we sincerely believe he has striven to do his duty to his country. His Administration has been a partisan one, but we respect him none the less for that. When a man of decided political opinions and attachments, on being raised to office, resorts to the miserable policy of rewarding his enemies, that man will be found to administer the Government corruptly. Mr. Fillmore is, and always has been, a Whig of the straightest sect, and Democrats never expected, nor had a right to expect, any thing more at his hands than an honest and vigorous Administration; and we believe his has been nearer that mark than any previous Whig President ever came, and as near as one possibly could come.
We can say of Mr. Fillmore this: He has respected the Constitution and maintained the peace, and has therefore the gratitude and confidence of the great mass of the people throughout the Union.

General Scott's Strength with the masses of the people is constantly developing itself in every quarter. The prospects of his triumphant election are every day brightening. The party, with some trivial exceptions, is thoroughly and harmoniously united upon him. There will be a full vote, and that is always equivalent to a Whig victory. The opposition manifested in some quarters is as nothing when compared with the extent and character of that manifested on the occasion of the nomination of General Taylor. Yet then it all soon disappeared, as it will now, and General Taylor was elected, as General Scott will be.—Albany (N. Y.) Register.

It is no matter of astonishment that by the cries of "bargain," "intrigue," "cheat," &c., those whose daily effort it has been to misrepresent all the Northern Whigs as hostile to the just rights of the South and the repose of the country, should seek to do away with the impression made by the action of the late Whig Convention. The platform, as well as the manner of its adoption, is intact, and the contrast in both these respects with the action of the Democratic Convention is bold and striking. There is not a Whig who has not good reason to be proud of the one—not a Democrat who has not ample and satisfactory reason to be ashamed of the other.—Tallahassee (Fla.) Sentinel

BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE—Committees from several counties were in session yesterday to perfect the arrangements for a Mass Convention at Niagara Falls on the 27th, in honor of the battle of Lundy's Lane. It will be a grand rally of the friends of the old soldier. They will flock to the battle-field by thousands and tens of thousands, and from all quarters of the State. Arrangements have been made to reduce the fare by all means of public conveyance to and from the meeting. The battle was fought on the 25th of July, 1814. As that day this year falls on Sunday, the meeting will be held on Tuesday, the 27th.
[Albany (N. Y.) Register.]