The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-12-15
From the BdfI,,lo Commercial Advertiser.
LETTER FROM MlLLARD FILLMORE

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LETTER FROM MiLLARD FILLMORE
La publishing the following extract from
letter received yesterday afternoon from
inc wee President elect, We plead guilty
10 irenching somewhat upon the ipyiola.
ohity Of private correspondence bu, the
sentiments avowed by Mr.. Fillmore arc so
nonofaGie and just so truly PATRIOTIC aud
national, and will every where be read
wan so much pleasure, that we feel we are
Jus''iied aud rendering a service in making
II public:
"To me there is no NANTES.
'a'ion OF popular sentiment which calls M
such deep feelings Of gratitude as that
generous vote OF my old friends and early
constituents Of the country Of Ere II
Is now twenty years since they frs, elected
me to The Assembly, and from that day TO
TINS they have stood by me through good
ana through evil report, aud sustained me
under all circumstances with a zeal and
hdeIIty almost unknown ia this country
ana the last GROWING act Of their con.
'inued Kindness and confidence, awakens he
deepest emotions Of grateful heart.
rast too, that you will no, blame ne
Tor expressing The gra, fication and prde
"nich ieei IN receiving so hallering a
vote IN my native Safe. Bu, these .hinus
are IN measure personal to my self, and,
therefore Of Ii:ile importance. Bu, the
coIdialny and unaniaity with which The
hig ticket has been sustained every
where, North and South Eas, aud West.
is Just cause Of National lel.ci,atlon. II
proves that the great Wing party is truly
a National pafiy-that il occupies the safe
ana Conservative ground which secures 10
every section of the countf, all tina, il has
a right to claim under the guaranty Of the
such rights are inyiola,e
and as 10 all other questions Of mere
policy, where Congress has the consiitu
Iiohai ngh' to legisle'e, the Will Of the
people, as expressed through their repre-.
'enial''es IN Congress. is to coulr and
hat will IS DO, TO be defeated by The arbi.
fnry n'erposi,ion Of the veto power. This
0mple rule, which holds sacred all cons,i.
u'i"nal guarantees, and leaves the law.
naking power where the Constitution
laced u, in Congress, relieves the rarty
i once from all the embarrassing olps.
ions that arise out &c sectional Differences
y opinion and enables /, to act fot the good
! The Country. When the Pfesden, a
eases 10 control the law.makng power, T
- individual opiaions Of what the law !
ush' TO be, bccomes comparatively unim. !
ondn'. Hence We haze seen Gen. ray. a
", though attacked as a STAKEHOLDER ana I
slavery man al the North CORDIALLY !
Imported and ,riumphauily elected by y
zen opposed 10 slavery ia al its forms; P
ma though ! have been charged, al the .
outh, IN The mos. gross and wsn,on man. "a
er, with being an a5Jii,lonlsl and an IN. u
'n1'ary, yet the Wings Of the South have 81
'st these calumnles to the winds. and o.
"houi asking or expccln. any thing more "
ian what the Constitution guarantees 10 Of
en- on Ibis subject, they have yicdell 10 Z
G most hearty and enthusiastic supput.
ms was particularly SO ~ New Or.caus.
here the attack was most violent. :,
Really these Iuthefn Wings arc noble >,
lows. Would YOU not lament 10 sce :,
Union dissolved, if Tor no other cause 8,
an that II separated US from such true, ~. :,
and high.mluded ss9oiates J But re. :,
I'd Ilis election as putting an end to all .,
cas- OF disunion. 1t raises up a National ,o
Hy, occupying middle ground mad :.
ives the fanatics aad dl-uoionists. North r.
d South, without DESTROYING the Eair !.
1nc OF our Constitution. May il be per. ~
iual." y