Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-09-16

whether ~ was III taFUr Oh thh tFEht Ut pc
titiDn, whether be was opp1sed u The at=
npvatiun q TesHa while slavery exists
therein, whether he waa IN favor uftiH
exercise Of whatever constitutional p0,yet
Congress may possess 10 abolish slave
trade between The States. 10 these gttps-
lions Mr. Fillmore replies that In n tttttth
engaged, hut That he will answer them
afiitmaiively, leaving fF some future occH-
sion n more extended discussion Of The
subject. and refuses to pledge hiihself 10
carry nit The views Of Those inteirogattng
him He Gays II nm opposed 10 give any
pledge that shall deprive the hereafter Of
any discretionary power. Oh every sHl'-
iect | ali bound III deliberate before | oct,
hence the absurjity IN my view u giving a
pledge" II appears then that TEN geurs
ago Mr. Fillmore was IN favor Uf the right
II petition-well what NJ that : MIR. Polk
hitnselfwas In favor Of II f6Hf years ago.
and one Of the first arts aller his election
was The repeal Of The rule which prevented
the exercise ofthe right Of tietitibn, II
appears also by that letter that FILLMORE
was opposed to the annexation Of Texas.
well. hundreds If Suutleft men were at
that time Of the sRtne opinion, and The
whole Northern whigs and democrats were
Of the same opinion but what has been
Mr.. Fillmnre's course In Congress, what
ere his views aud sentiments at this lime
Il matters moi 10 us what we're hia crude
o%piniona ten years ago, especially uttered
without pledge OF thorough examination.
We know what his course has been IN
Congress aud what his opinions are now,
they are beautifully expressed IN bis late
letter addressed 10 Coy. Gayle, and pub
lished by us two weeks ago. Iiis course
IN Congress on The subject Of %RlBvety has
been In accordance With hin present views
that slavery In an evil, but "olp with
which the national government has meth
ing 10 do" this II his opinion now, and has
been ior %aevefal years, which show clear
ly that the impressions he might have had
ten years ago have given way IN mature
aud cool reflection, in that letter he %autiti-
patcd a change for he refused 10 pledge
himselfin any manner whatever oh that
subject, and moreover II was written be-
fire Mr. Fillmore had fairly entered In
political life. hence his hesitation in Civ
Ing a positive pledge. I'LL he had maturely
delibetated Oh The matter.
Hut the beet IF all IL that The locofocea
are elated At finding n letter written ten
years ago, containing certain opinions
different from those now held by Mr.. Fill
more, but they aay nothing about Mr..
Cass who but eighteen months ago, support
cd the Wilmot prevtso, aud while senator
presented abolition petitions tftm The lp=
g~tslature Of Michigan. and whose whole
life has been devoted 10 anti. ala avery doc
trines, who pAid that abe deprecated
slavery and prayed tor In abolition evcty
where" aud who now claims 10 be par
srcelIsnce the beat friend Of the South.
Such humbug will not do. the South ARE
well aware that those very locoiocos Sup
ported that pink Of abolitiontstn, Martin
Van Buren, eight years ago, he aIso pre-
tended 20 be a greater friend Of The South
than Gen, llerrisou-whete IL he now1
just whore Gen. Cas- very likely will he IN
few yeara-his opinions on slavery are
subject To sudden reversions. The pno~
pie also know that President Polk, him
sclta southerner, and the present head of
the democratic party, signed the first and
only law Incorporating the principles ofthe
Wtlmot proviso that has yet been adopted
by Congress. Let the locos rant as they
may, they cannot gull The people on that
question, the Aimsey veil that covers them
Ia too thin to hide their detortnity.
CttNroN Mass MEEr1Ne The meet.
ing on the 9th at Clinton was "a glorio us
day for the cause of Taylor and Fillmore.
The Rough and Ready Club at that place
invited the Democratic Association TO
have a political discussion, but all their
etfo'ts proved aborttve, aud though The
AJAX of Democracy was there, on that day,
for the purpose oil making a speech 10 The
democrats, aud was invited to participate
In the discussion or even 10 come on The
stand for reasons best known 10 himself
Col. Preston declined the invitation ten
dered him, and as young Demosthenes had
lett the town few days previously, the
wings had TO do all the talking '~'alone.
although listened TO by d large number Of
democrats. We do moi wonder at Col.
Preston refusing to enter 10 a political
discussion so soon after receiving the
severe defeat he had received at Baton
Rouge on the md. The meeting was
ably addressed by James Muse, Esq,
Col. Battle Payton, and Z. Jones Stewart,
ESQ. ofWilkiuson Co, Mississippi.
Died in New Orleans. on Sunday after.
noon last at 8 o'clock, David Sanger, Esq.