The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-07-05

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lis Frlsurd n ~ rHera Rhirh 80 70
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= - ruI.ers af shis rily faanrrisd uih
The purrAase Hna lsansporssinn &C siasss,
IL penpir e thai seriioa of he eoaniry
heliered s'<sefy - e impr0per. ana lhzl
i should mo- ~ iuierzlrd. Tia was !
greal naiinaAl enrsiioa. There uaz No
lhing - he memorial Ehirh shoald pre.
Eenl ~ being pTinled and plsred en ne
hles Of Ihe House for Iuiuse Fkfrrnre.
Whenefsr petitions should Be psesrnied
here flom lie slase-holding ssslrs II CT.
frrrni tenor. and whirh might adsorais
llie establishment ~ roniinuanee q slave
markets IN IN. DislricI and cry, IT. they
could satisfy the people Of other sections
that this Was proper. he would iTeai their
pelilinns with resperi. He Vas willing
Thar each party rhnuld be fully heard. and
that each should haze me privilege II
spreading their views before The peolle
generally"
Il will be ohstrvcd fhai Mr. fillmoss has here
diasowed, unequisoeally snl forrssr. sny De-
sire on his psn 10 interfere with he nights. o.
what b iernra The property o. he citizens q 9th
- ssalesi" yes this extract has been puhli.hed IN
several Democra,ie papers. he Standard and Rs-
iOOn among lhem. arifuly introduced. and fol-
lO2ea " an extract from speech u Mr.. wise.
iOr The purpose q creating an impression in The
sOush unfavOrahls 10 Mr. Fillmore. Aswe we're
about 10 take up our pen 70 make few remlrks
upOn The subject, the Lynrhburg yirginisn came
70 hand, from which We copy the following. IS
perhaps better lhan any ding Of our own would
be-: ..~
We copied. in our last. the extract
frnm speech Of Mr.. Fillmore. delivered
in the House of Representatives. in 1895,
upon printing n petition which he had
presented lum ciliEens Ol Rochester, pray.
ing for The abolition Of slavery in The Dis
lriel Of Columbia, upon which The Enqui-
rer relies 10 subslaniiaie lis charge Of aho-
lilionism against The hhig candidate for
the Vice Presidency. Most assnrrdly d
greater non scqniier was never seen. So
FAR from proving him an ahnlilionisl. IL
prove. just the reverse. What abolition.
~ ever rose in his seat in Congress, or
elsewhere, 10 disavow, uneqni,orally
and forever. any design on his part TO in
irrlere with the rights. or what was term
ed the property, Of citizens ofolher slales!"
Mr.. Fillmore, in common with ninety
nine hunirrdihs oi the people Of The IRE
states, believes that Congress has the Con-
sliluiianal authority 10 legIslaie upon the
subject Of slavery in the District OF Co
lumbia, and that 10 pclilion, in favor oil
abolition. 10 but the exercise Of legiIi-
mate right. aud that the memorials upon
the subject should be treated with the usu.
al marks of respect. If this constitutes
him an abelitionisi, the South is 10 a bad
way, for a large majority OF his country
men hold The very same opinion.
"Bui we ask the Enquirer, in The most
respeciln manner, 10 poiih OUt wherein
Mr.. Fillmore differs in this respect with
Mr.. Van Burenf Did not Mr.. Van Bu-
rem, though he was "NorIhern man with
Southern principles" boldly asow that,
in his opinion, Congress had full power
to legislale upon slavery in the District!
Did lie not, with tirmness highly credit.
able u him, resist every importantly, or
Establishment. prscIised TO extract from
him some re,raciaiion, or modification, Of
this opinionl And, with a full knowledge
Of these views, did no, the Enquirer sup
port him twice for the Presidency, with
the ardnr of youth and the sagaciiy Of old
age! IG Mr.. Fillmore be an abolilionist-
which he is not--ihen has the Enquirer,
the leading journal Of the South, on two
occasions, been false 10 the interests Of
the sIave.hoiding States, in advocating the
election of an abnliiionis,. We venture
10 say that Gen. Cass holds exactly the
same views of the constitutional compe-
iency Of Congress over the question ct
slavery in the District, as those Of Mr..
Van Buren, aud Mr.. Fillmore"
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