Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1848-10-26
FlLLMORE'S ABOLITIONISM.
\ FEW EXTRACTS "FRoM THE RECORD" II
ANSWER TO THE CHARGE.

ANSWER TO THE CHANGE.
The first objection to Mr.. Fillmore is,
that he voted against certain resolutions,
known as the Anterior Resolutions"
which passed in the House of Representa-
tives, the 18th and the 18th of December,
1885, at the Sd session of the 25lh Con.
gress. What is the history of these reso.
lutions3 They were prepared in a eau.
Gus of the democratic members, $50 said
the Charleston Is. Co. Mercury of,he l4th,)
the 9Th of December, 1898, and Mr.. A,h
erton, of New Hampshire, was selected to
offer them in the House. He did offer
them on the nth, and after making q speech
explanatory of his course, concluded by
demanding the previous question. Thus
were party resolutions concocted in par
,y caucus, forced on the House by party
vote, and southern Wings as well as north.
ern Wings prevented from saying a word
or proposing an amendment. AT the close
of Mr.. Atherton's speech the following
proceedings took place: ...t
"Mr. Wise, of Virginia, said, l ask the
gentlemen in the North, as the North has
been heard, that the South shall be heard
also. These are NOT Southern resolu-
ttons and 1 REPUDIATE THEM as
such. wish to offer an amendment"
"The Chair decided that no amendment
would be in order" .-.
"Mr Wise IL is plot sprung upon,
the South" Congressional Globe, Sd SEES.
sion, 25h Congress, page "a.
Mr.. Williams of Tenn, and MIR. Under
wood of KY, asked TO be excused from 90.
ting on The ground that they had not had
an opportunity to look at the resolutions
also Mr.. Stanley Of N. Carolina who ad.
ded "hat like all things rhich came from
the Palace. they toere Of a party compiler
ion. They ,Uere refused:
Mr.. Jenfer said: 1--WE of the South
cannot be heard in defence of our rights
I, therefore, (sad Mr.. J.,) do not intend to
vote upon question, sprung upon US with
out notice, coming from source which we
should distrust. denied the right TO examine,
the privilege of seeing in print, a matter
which may, negatively or affirmatvely, af.
frmatively, affect our most important in.
terests, and we cannot be heard. decline
to vote for another reason, which is, thai
these resolutions are now forced upon us
not for the purpose of alloying the ercite
ment Upon this important question:, as re-
CARDS Southern interests. But for POLITE
CAL PURPOSES Congressional Globe
Sd session, 25lh Congress, page 25.
The question was then taken on the frs
resolution, as follows:
"Resolued, That this government is +;
government of limited powers, and that
by the Constitution of the United States
Congress has no jurisdiction whatever ove
the institution Of slavery in the States o
the Confederacy."
For this resolution, which was carried b,
vote of 1913 in the affirmative, TO in the
negative, Mr.. Fillmore voted. A fact which
his southern opponents carefully omit tc
note. 1t was the most important of the
series.
The I'd, Sd and 4th, resolutions were
mere distractions. and entirely unnecessa
ry, after the adoption of the first. Agains
these Mr.. Fillmore voted in Company with
Caleb Gushing, William Parmenter, anc
others Of those "natural allies" of the
south known as northern democrats. The
9Th resolution was as follows:
Resolved, therefore, That all the attempt:
on the part of Congress to abolish slavery
in the District of Columbia, or the Terri
tories, or 10 prohibit the removal of slaves
| from State to State, or TO discriminate be-
tween the institutions Of one portion OF
the Confederacy and another, ,cih The
rieUS aforesaid, are in violation of the Con.
stiiution, destructive of the Fundamental
principles on which the Union of these
States rests, and beyond the jurisdiction Of
Congress; and that every petition, memo
rial, resolution, proposition or paper, touch
ing or relating in any way, or 10 any ex.
tent whatever, TO slavery as aforesaid, or
the abolition thereof, shall, on the presen-
alton thereof, without any further action
thereon, be laid upon the table, without be-
ing debated, printed or REFEREED Con.
gressional Globe, p. %.
"Mr. Wise, after division Of the reso.
luton had been ordered at the word Con-
gress, in the 9Th line, TO test the sense OF
House on all the resolutions, moved sus.
pension of the rules with view of offer.
ing an amendment TO this proposition, SO
as 10 strike out the the words, With The
U,ecs aforesaid He pledged himself 10
vote for the resolution if those words were
stricken oui."
The Chair could not entertain the mo.
ton TO suspend the rules.
| mr. Wieo Wall tho, ILL .....l