Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-10-27

Shareholders OF North Carolina, can You
Vote the Ticket ON which the name Of the
AhOL1TIONIST. Fillmore, appearsS
Ohce more we appeal to you as the citizens
OF southern State, and ask you if you can,
with clear consiences, vote the Presidential
ticket on which the name of Fillmore-the
Wilnnot ProUisionist and ABoLrr1oNIsr-ap
pears! We appeal to you as Southern men
and ask you if you are willing to place in the
Vice Presidential chair, man who has ayow.
in subsequent portion of this article,-espe-
ciaIly when you consider that it is the duty OF
the Vice President, under the provisions of
the constitution, to preside over the Senate of
| the United States, and whenever a tie occurs,
TO give the casting vote; and when you fur
Their consider that the slareholding and non
slaveholding States are equally balanced in
that body and that, as a matter of course,
should the slavery question come up before
that body this ABoLITIoNIsT- Fillmore-would
as surely as night succeeds day, give that cas-
ing vote in favor of the North. Have you,
Wings of N. Carolina, reflected upon this mat
Ter? Most certainly it behooves you as South
ern men, & lovers of the Union, to give to this
important point the gravest reflection before
casting your votes. In all human probability,
if you do not, you will live 10 mourn in sack
cloth and ashes, your blind adherence to The
mandates of party. We put it TO you, right
up and down, If you, as Southern men, can
lend your aid to place in the second office in
the Republic, man who has avowed the fol-
lowing ABOLITION sentiments.
. When Mr. Fillmore was a candidate for
Congress, in the year 1888, the chairman Of
"rHE ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY
OF ERIE" one of the counties that composed
the Congressional district in which re was a
candidate, addressed him (Mr. F. letter, in
which the following queries were propoun-
ded, and TO which Mr. Fillmore was requested
to give an answer. The following were the
four queries:
1st DO you belisrs that petitions to Congress
on the subject Of Slavery and the slare-frade
ought TO be received, read, and respectfully
considered by the representatives Of the people?
I'd. Are you opposed to the annexation of
Texas to this Union, under any circumstances,
so long as slures are held therein?
81. Are you in ,farOr of Congress exercising
all the constitutional poarer 1t possesses, to a
JokiM the internal slare trade between the
States
4M. Dire you in .furor Of Immediate tegisla-
ton for the abolition Of slavery in the District
of Columbia ?
To this letter of "Me Chairman ofMeanti-
s!auery Society of the county Of Erie" Mr.
Fillmore did reply, and what think you, slave
holders of North Carolina, was the nature of
that reply? Did the Wing candidate for the
Vice Presidency disapprove of the abolition
propositions contained in these four queries ,
No; on the other hand he APPROVED OF ALL
OF THEM! Here are his OWN WORDS, under
date Buffalo, Oct. 18th, 1888:
lam much engaged, and hare no time to en-
ter into an argument, or to captain at length
my reasons for my opinion. l shall therefore
content myself, for the present, by answering
ALL your i1aterrOgatories in the AFFIRMA-
TIVE, and leare for some future occasion a
more extended discussion on the subject
WILLARD FILLMORE.
Now, Shareholders of North Carolina, does
not the above prove Mr.. Fillmore an ADOLF
ZIONIST? If you do not believe our testimo-
ny on this point We will call 10 the stand
HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky. In one of his
celebrated speeches, made in the Senate of the
United States in 1889, Mr. Clay held the fol-
lowing language:
"There are three classes of persons oppo-
sed, or apparently opposed, to the continued
existence of slavery in the United States
The first are those who, from sentiments of
philanthropy and humanity, are Conscientious
ly opposed to the existence of slavery, but
who are no less opposed, at the same time, to
any disturbance of the peace and tranquility
of the Union, or the infringement of the pow
ers of the States composing the confederacy.
In this class may be comprehended that peace
full and exemplary society of " Frends,' one
of whose established maxms, is an adherence
of war in all its forms, and the cultivation OF
peace and goodwill among mankind. The
next class consists OF apparent aboitionists-
that is, those who, having been persuaded thai
the right of petition has been violated by Con.
gress, cooperate with the aholiionists for the
!, sole purpose OF asserting and indicating tina,
right. And the third class are the real ultra
aboIitionists, who are resolved to persevere in
, the pursuit of their object at all hazards
and without regard to any consequences
however calamitous they may be. With then
the right of property is nothing: the defcien.
2 cy of the powers of the general government i.
nothing; the acknowledged and incontestible
powers of the States are nothing; civil war
dissolution of the Union, and the overthrow
, of government in which are concentrated the
fondest hopes of the civilized world. are no
thing. A single idea has taken possession o.
Their minds, and onward they pursue it, over
looking all barriers, and regardless of all con
t sequences. With this class, the immediate ab
D clifton of Slavery in the District of Columbia
and IN the territory Of Florida, the prohibition
of the removal Of slaUes from State to State
and the refusal to admit any neac State, com
prising aU!thin its limits the institution of do
nestle Slavery, are but so many means condu
cling to the accomplishment of the ultimate Lu
per'tous end at ,ch'ch they avoacedly and bold
ly aim are but so many short stages in tn
long and bloody road to the distant goal a
: arhich they would finally arrive.
"Ihave said that the immediate abolition o.
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