Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-13
RICHMOND, VA.
Morning, october IL, ls4s.
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TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
The Flmorenc papers of Richmond CONTINUE 70
defend the "sound conservative Opinions" OF their
candidate for Vice President, and that must De
o,r excuse for touching the subject again ana
presenrins in their true eOlOrs the Ete an'i-siaVeis
man. whom the South are insulney ashea "
iuves, with The second offceini the GoVeihtheuI
On Monday the Times introduces with nout'sn
an article signed AZ" from The Florida Sennhei
We publish this morning communication io"
The Fl,ridian which utterly reiuieS from me re-
cord the Measurements of III.
But the Wing Central Committee have thought
nrooer 10 come into the field in defence oil Fill
mofe-and Yesterdays Wing contains "a second
address" without name, which the wing pro-
pounces a "brilliant paper" "a most triumphant
vipdca,ion" OF Fillmore. This address, worthy
NJ ,rhe sole author" OF the FIRST address which is
repudiaied by some OF the members o! the Com
muee from which il processes TO proceed, COM
meuces BY assai!ins Gen. Cass as "ot all pubic
men. of any mark or distinction, the most 'ntm'cat
to her he Sou,hs) interests, her feelings ana hef
rieh,s.n This is all declamaiion-an nehher
The author of The address nor any Of The Fill
morenes can produce particle OF ertasnee 10
prove their empty assertion. We challenge them
10 the proof
The address then proceeds 10 justify the Phia-
delphia Convention for giving the South "com-
promise" viz Southern candidate for Presi-
dent and for Vice President Mr.. Fillmore, "a
Statesman OF sound conservative views oil public
policy" "upon slavery as on all other subjects"
This strikes US as The most earing attempt 10
humbug the South, that we have ever known
for The records OF Congress shew Fillmore 10
have been consistently opposed 10 The South, on
questions affecting her rights and safely. As TO
the charge in The address, probably intended Tor
us, of 'garbling and suppressing an essential
and qualifying part" of Fillmores letter OF 1888,
we deny The assertion, for we have published The
whoe-and in return we charge the author OF
the Wing address with the same offence, in
giving the substance merely (strongly diluted) in
slead of the true language OF the offensive por.
tioH of the same letter.
Mr. Fi!lmore's votes against The Anterior Re-
solutions are next examined al length and an ella
borate argument is gone into 10 shew that This
'souud, conservative" Statesman voted against
SAID resolutions because they did moi go lar
enough for The South! Mr.. Wises language
ON the occasion is quoted to justify Fillmore -
We upset this fimsy and ridiculous pretext by
referring to late letter IRON Mr.. Wise in another
column. Ii will there be seen how Mr.. Wise,
the witness OF the Wings, regards this consistent
friend OF the South.
Giddings' Creole resolutions are next discussed,
aud an atenp! made TO prove that Fillmore was
10 favor of refusing 10 Giddings The privilege OF
speaking in defence OF his odious resolutions. =
humbug, and shows that, while Fillmore was for
denying to others the right TO speak, he was in
favor OF allowing the privilege 10 Giddings in
his own case. Blu, on This point the Floridian
produces new evidence 10 convict Fillmore OF
sympathy with the infamous Giddinss. Tire
Congressional Globe I'd session, 9th Congress,
pages 43S ard 439, furnishes The following facts:
Ga lhe 22i April, 1912, Mr.. Boris Of Virginia,
brought matter 10 the notice OF the House, which
is an imporlan, item in tais business. M. GooDE,
of Ohio, had slipped on TO the Clerks table Ger
tain resolutions adopted by a meeting OF GID
Dlnas' Abolition constituents, which censure9 The
proceedings of the House in GIDpINas' infamous
course, and these resolutions had been duly en-
tered by The Clerk on The Journal. Mr.. BoTT,
said they had never been presented, and he OF tci
ed TO any such sneaking way of casting censuie
on the House, for vindicaiins itself by promptly
Furnishing one OF lis members for an alemp' II
insult the Sou!h, in the case OF the Creole. MIR.
BORIS therefore moved to amend the journal by
striking out tina, portion OF the journal which con
tanned the notice OF the presentation OF The Abe
lilion resolutions from Ohio.
Mr.. EVERETT moved that the moiion 10 strike
out be laid on the table. Lost-years H-FlLL-
MORE Adams, Gates and WINTHROP voting AYE
mays SO.
The question was then put on the motion 10
strike out, aud it was carried by yeas 90, nays
75-FlLLMoRE, Adams, Gates, Sade and WIN
rHRop voting NO.
Now thee inconuover,ible facts selle the mai
ter beyon d Inc possibility OF dispute, and they
show that Throughout. the whole business connect
ed win Giddngs' Creole resolutions, Miiiard
Fillmore siood shoulder 10 shoulder with Gid
dings-hai he did every thing he could 10 shield
him from Tie usl Indignation ufthe South, and
finally, when his efforts failed he voted 10 ecnsure
tia, peru South which had darcd 10 rebuke an alb.
clifton iacendiary Tor his bold and cold-blooded
efforts to insult her, through the channel afforded
him as a mrmaef Of The Congress OF the United
States!
Bui, says In, Wing Address, in 1872 Mr.. Fill
more, from the Committee of Ways and Means,
reported and voted for bill 10 pay io7 the loss oi
slaves from IN, Gomez and Eucomium--and,
therefore, is 10 be rewarded by the South for this
"clear recognition OF the principle OF PROPERTY
in slaves not is resting on the authority OF local
institutions, bot as upheld and established under
the Constitution and laws of the Union" SC -
The facts, as set forth in the Savannah Georgian
OF the i4th Sep,embe: show what lille reason
they afford the Wings to sustain their advocacy
of Fillmore:
1, seems that during the Administration of
Genera, Jackson. the Comet and the Encomium,
Two American vessels, freiShcd in pau will
slaves, were driven by distress Of weather into
Nassau, Bahamas, on. Of the British Wesl In
dies, aud The slaves were SCI at liberty General
Jackson, through Mr.. Van Buren,, his Sec,elary
demanded OF the British Government an ntrm.
nily Tor the slaves thus lost to their owuers Great
Britain paid 10 the American Government, The
sum ri Sli5,l78 60, which Mr.. Van Buren, re-
ceived in trust for The owners Of The slaves, and
during his Administration, paid it ali gu, 10
claimants, except the sum OF 1885 %. On
leaving The Executive Chair, Mr.. Van Buren,
caused The sum to be deposited with the Treasu-
rer OF the United States. Under Mr.. Tyler's
Administration olher claimants presented Them
selves, and demanded their share OF this fund
held by The United States in trust Tor Them But
lis Mr. Van Buren, hal put il into the Treasury,
It was found that il could aol be paid on, without
m act for that purpose. That the subject may
be fully understood, will give the act AS it was
reported and passed:
IAN Act Tor the relief of the owners of the fund
celved from the British Government as nm indemnity
for the loss slaves LOST from nm hna-d The Coms. II