The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-22

The TesIEniSnE ofan h0aeSt
Man.


Ths TestLni2nF 81 IN h0aeSt
Man.
Fs.ry llav 81. n ll.r smnEnl .of eFi-
a.rre n E.ar a. Mr. Fsllmnre's snna.i
s..-rrt alive prinriplss. anl esiailisllrs
90, rsrerlhly mr. mallgnily and unsrru-
.,,ossness q Ms enfnsseE new wn
Is maamss ne stand % day. aud anr
"a i knawn and hnnaEel Il.E0nghasll
=. .erlina nf raanlFy in 9hirh NJ rvsldes.
:. IN upright. intelligent and irnlh-lasing
,;t;r-a. We nler 10 lsrn. Joseph NJ.
TlrmandrK. Il Flarids-ane af lhe largest
Sl.sr-llslaers - Illai youlhfuI STATE. and
. maa ~ high sllnding and character.
Al Iale mrrliag of uie Ra.gh and
Re,Ay Club .f 81. Aagusiinr. il having
h,ea undersigned thai Gen. Hernandez was
,,,r.nnaIly acquainted with Mr.. Fillmore.
l. was called upnn b stale what he knew
A Inc character and qualification. az that
gru,lenan cor the Vice Presidency. and
wbal uf NJ. sentiments in regard 10 The
saaGh. Whepnp0n Zen. Hernandez
rose and sad. thai he had had The honor.
and ne would add. the pleasure Of max
ing Nc. Fillmnrrs acquaintance IN Wasll-
inglon--lhal having lodged in The same
house with M. Fillmore, during lie period
ofthe Iwa lat sessions in which he mir.
Fillmore) was in Congress, and being one
al the same mess. he had ass0rialed with
MT. Fillmore IN The mosl intimate and So
cal manner; that he had also enjoyed the
whites Of Mr.. Fillmore. al The residence
If tie latter in BuiTalu, N. u. which he
mentioned only 10 show The opportunities
he had Of knowing him.
Gen. Hernandez then went on 10 state.
that Mr.. Fillmore was. al the time allud-
edlo. Chainnaiof the Commute Of Ways
and Means in the House OF Representa-
lyes-perhaps the most laboriOus AMI re-
sponsibls situation in the House, the dB-
,ies OF which he discharged with great
shiliiy and advantage 10 the country. his
efficiency in that caparily being The sub
jeci of universal commentator in the city
of Washington. That he believed Mr..
Fillmore 10 be Invested. as . public man,
al all sectional views or interests. and was
persuaded that in The event Of his slerIion.
he wsuld be found advocating and pro-
noting, not the mere objects Of any one
Of the great divisions Of the rounlry. but
81 all-ihat the North. the South. The
East and the West, would share Ill alike
in his elTnrls TO advance their welfare.
Gen. Hernandez further remarked. that
when he heard of Mr.. Fillmere's nomi-
nation by The Wing Convention al Phila-
delphia, he rrjoiced al ii-thal he thought
he knew. either personally or by ppula-
ton. most Of The individuals on whom the
people &c ihe country were likely TO con-
centraie Cor the office in question. and the
conviction rested upon his mind. that a
more judicious selection could not have
been made.
Gen. ~. proceeded to state that he had
visile,l the aerll,ern States. and lately ma
nv Of The Southern, and with a full know
ledge Of all that had been said on the vrx.
cd question Of Abolilionism, (of which he
had heard more in Congress and al the
South, than any where else.) and with the
consciousness that himself. as a slave
holder. had deep and vital interest, in
common with those present, in sustaining
Southern institutions, he fully believed and
openly declared tina. better choice could
mol have been made than that Of Willard
Fillmore. lie concluded BY saying. that
should Mr.. Fillmore be elected. no inju-
~ would result 10 the South. for that the
conduc, Of ,ha, distinguished gentleman
would justify all that he (Gen. H. had
uttered in his behalf. ...'..
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Martin Durable. - Respecting this