The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-12-08
Letter from Mr. lunar

The Buffalo Advertiser of November 10
says, in publishing the following extract from
a letter received Yesterday attcrnoon from the
Vice Presidentelect, we plead guilty to trench
ing somewhat upon the invlolobility of private
correspondence: but the sentiments avowed
by Nr Fillmore are so honorable and Just, so
truly patriotic and national, and will every
where be read with so much pleasure. that we
feel we are justified aud rendering a service in
making ihcm public;
= 10 me there is no manifesto
tinn Of popular sentiment which calls up such
deep feelings Of gratitude as that generous
vot4 Of my old friends and early constituents
of the county Of Erie. It is now twenty
years since they first elected me to the Assem-
biz, aud from that day to this they have stood
by ME through good and through evil report,
and sustained me under all circumstance with
a zeal and fidelity almost unknown in this
country and the last browning act Of their
continued kindness and confidence awaken
ed the deepest emotions Of q grateful heart.
trust, too, that YOU will not blame me for
expressing the ratification and pride which l
feel in receiving 50 aaltering a vote in my na-
tive State. But these things are in a measure
personal to myself, and therefore Of little imr-
potance. But thecordiality and nnanimity with
which the " hig part has been sustained every
where, North and Souta, East and West is a
Just cause Of national fellcitation. II proves
that the great Wing party is truly a national
party taat il occupies that safe and conserva.
tive ground which aecuIes to every section or
, the country all that II has a right to claim un-
+ der lhe guarautees Of the conslilution-tbut
: such rights are invi9laie-and rs 70 all other
/; questions OF mere policy, where congress has
| the constitutional righi to leglslate, the will OF
/ the people, as expressed through their repre-,
: sentatives in Congress, is to control, and tina
: will notbe defeatedby the arbitrary interpostiol
: Of the veto power, This simple rule, which
holds sacred all constitutional guarantees
: and'leOros tue law makingpower whertrhe con
i s~li,utlon placed il in Congress, relieves the par
8 ty alonce from all the embarrassing questions
!. that arse out Of sectional differences OF opin
Z lous, and cnablps il "a tct tremendously for the
c untry Whsn the President ceases 10 con.
} ifdl the law.making power, his individual opiu'
1 ions Of what TINT law ought 10 be, become
a comparatively un;mportant. Hence we hav,
5 seen Gen. Tayl though attacked as q slave
G holder, and a pro.siayery man at the North
{ cordially supported and triumphantly %electe'
c BY men opposed 10 slavery in all its forms, am
d though have been charged at the South, il
the most gross aud wanton manner, with be
y ing an abolitionist and an incendiary, vet TN
$ Wings Of the South have cast tho calumnie
= to the winds, and without asking or expect
n ing any any thing more than what the consti
q futon guarantees to taem on the subject, the,
< have yielded to moa most hearty and enthusias
tic support. This was particularly 50 il
New Orleans, where the attack was most VIC
h lent.
. Really these S%outAern Wings are noble
h fellows. Would Won MT lament TO see The
e Union dissolved, If for no other cause thai
! that il separated us from such trur, noble and
d high minded associates? But regard thi'
v election as quitting an end to all ideas Of dis
q union. 1t raises up national party, occu
!. plying a middle ground, and leaves the fanatic
" and disuuionists, North and South without hop
OF destroying the fair fabric Of our %constitu
ton. MAY it be perpetual.