Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-08


ton is matter of the frs. ;s' have said this
.ne pe0Ple Oh Inc mean St 10 keep on saying it. 1t
-Oe sc ST grave and important matter with the
South, to be made fully acquainted with the
principles of man who is aspiring to the Sc
cond political Office in the republic, on the
subject of slavery.
Is WILLARD FILLMORE AN ABoMTIoNIsT !?
AND IF HE IS, WILL THE PEOPLE OF NORTH
CAROLINA CONTRIBUTE BY THEIR VOTES TO
MAKE HIM VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES?
Wings Of North Carolina, we appeal to
you've ask you-if you will permit your
selves TO be trepanned into the support of a
man who is your deadly enemy on aquestIon
of such vital importance 10 you as slave-own-
ers-as citizens of slaveholding State-as
that of slavery-hy the presses and leaders
who are only binding you TO your true IN
terests We assert that your leaders and pa
pers are binding you to the true character OF
Willard Fillmore. We assert that he is an
aboliionist. We produce the proofs, and ask
YOU if your papers are pursuing a fair and
honest course in keeping these proofs from
you? Will the whig papers Of North Caro-
lima dare to publish Willard FilImore's votes
on the Anterior resolutions, when he voted
throughout against the South, and with such
abolilionists as John @. Adams, Joshua +.
Giddings, Peck, Parmenter, &C.? No, they
will not. We charge them with concealing
the truth from you But with the help of
Heaven, and a willing mind, we shall do our
duty in informing the people of North Caro-
lima on this point. 1t shall not be our fault if
they do not knop with reasonable certainty
| that Willard Fillmore, the federal candidate
for the Vice Presidency, is an abolitionist.-
This week we present the readers Of tie Jour
nal with document which brings the charge
of abolitionism home to Mr. Fillmore beyond
the possibility of escape We will see if the
federal papers of North Carolina will have
the candor TO give ii place in their columns,
We call upon the people of North Carolina
matter we'll and carefully. We beseech them
if they value their inestmable rights, to pause
and conside the vastness of the stake at issue
before casting their votes for AN ABoLITIoNIs7
10 fill an office of such extraordinary impor
lance at the present moment. Will they
can they-even the most rabid wings in North
Carolina-ind it in their consciences to aid r
placing in the Vice Presidential chair, at thi.
crisis, man who, as matter of course, vii
sacrifice their interests and their honor: Thi:
is the question and it is much better to look
at it in all its aspects nOw, than at some flu
ture time, when too late.
AS early as 1888, Willard Fillmore ap
trines Of the abolitionists =! Then he wen
for the abolition of slavery in the District O
Columbia :! Then he went for Congress ex
ercising all its powers to prevent the citizens
of one slave State from carrying his slave!
into another slave State J! In 1888 Mr. Fill
more was opposed to the annexation of Tex
as, so long as slaves are held therein Ant
I this is the man, fellow citizens of the South
that the whig leaders call upon you to sup
portM Will you do it? Can you, with clea
consciences, do it No, you will spurn hin
as he deserves 10 be spurned.
But we will not longer detain the reader
from the document. 1t is plain and needs nc
heightened comments OF ours to ensure it:
careful perusal. We only beg that the read
er, whether whig or democrat, so soon as h,
has read it, will ask himself this simple ques
ton Is WILLARD FILLMORE AN ABoLITIoNIsT
We are sure that the answer must be, YES, h
is, and that OF the RANKEsT KIND:
| BUFFAho, August 20, ls4s.
: To the Editor of the Union:
DEAR SIR: In 1888 Mr.. Fillmore was the viii
candidate for Congress in this district; and, a
such, was addressed by committee of the anti
slavery society Of this county. l send you &C
Ply of his letter in reply, which was published i
! the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, October sc
1888. think in it Mr.. F. dis inctIy defines hi
position, and he has not changed in the least fror
= what he then
] The publication of this letter may be useful &
anv rate, the country through it can become POI
sessed of Mr.. F.s views
Very truly, your obedient servant.