The North-Carolina standard., 1848-08-02
= e. IMoRELTHE REGIsTER.


putabe trick Of suppressing the truth, for the Pur
nose of deceiving it's readers - in regard to the Po-
sition of Mr.. Fillmore the question of slavery.
This is grave charge, and the writer ought to have
been well convinced of the truth of it before he made
it, We propose to show that this charge is untrue,
and we do SO in this plain way: We copied, as '0e
stated at the tinae MI. Athertons Resolutions with
Mr.. Fimore's votes upon them, from the Richmond
Enquirer; and that paper, it appears omitted to pub
sh the first of the series of Resolutions simply be-
cause we presume, it did not consider the truisn7
for which Mr.. Fillmore and the whole House voted,
as at all important to the question in hand e had
no means of knowing that this Resolution existed,
or what it was; and did not pretend, therefore,
as we have already said, to look beyond the Enqul-
er's article. We can assure the Register, whether
that paper shall have the disposition to do US Justice
in this matter hereafter not that we had no desire
to suppress" this Resolution, for which Mr.. Fill
more voted and in proof of this assertion we now
come forward to lay the Resolution, in all its length
and breadth, before readers. Here it is: '1z'
"Resolved, That this government is government
of limited powers, and that by the constitution OF the
United States, Congress has no Jurisdiction whatev-
the institution OF slavery In the seSera Cde
of the confederacy." ............ 81 i.;-.
And now what credit does Mr.. Fillmore deserve
for this vote Had he voted to the contrary, he
would have declared in favor of the abolition by Con-
gress of slavery in the States, at least in favor of
the YisAt.of c1Agress SO to do; declaration, we
venture to say, which neither Gddings, nor Greedy,
nor Palfrey nor Corwin will dare to make. No one
has ever charged that Mr.. Fillmore was In favor OF
aboishing, through the action of Congress, the In
stituton of slavery in the States but we do CHARGE
and we have heretofore proued, that he IS not only
Wilmot Provsoist, but that in 1885 he spoke In
Congress of the " interest - which he felt In the
claim - to PROPERTY MAN in the District of
Columbia, and advocated the abolition of slavery In
that District. This is the charge, and here Is the
speech which Mr.. Fillmore made at that time
This speech was delivered on the occasion of pre-
senng. for the consideration of the House, petl-
ton to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia
and SO dangerous to Mr.. Fimore's prospects in this
State is this very speech considered by the Register,
that it first arbed it for its readers, and weeks elaps-
ed before we could force that pafer to publish it at
length: " "
Mr.. Fillmore said 1t was not unreasonable that
the memorial should be printed and preserved among
the documents of the House. He disavowed most
unequivocally, now and forever, any desire on his
part interfere with the rights, what was termed
the property of the citizens of other States. While
he did this he conceived that citizen of the State
of New York, and a member of this House, he was
interested claim 70 properly man WlLtn Ine
District of Columbia. He referred the effect which
produced in the North by the advertisements In
the papers of this city connected with the purchase
and transportation of slaves The people of that
ton of the country believed slavery be improper
and that II should not be tolerated. This great
national question. There was nothing in the memo
rial which should prevent its being printed and placed
the files of the House for future reference. When
ever petitions should be presented here from the
Slaveholding States of different tenor, and which
might advocata the establishment continuance of
Stare markets in this District and city, they could
satisfy the people of other sections that this was pro-
per, he should treat their petitions with respect He
willing that each party should be fully heard,
and that each party should have the privilege of
spreading their views before the people generally
The above is conclusive to Mr.. Fillmore's opin-
ions the question of slavery in the District Of Co
lumbia and entertain doubt, that if he
were Vice President, and the Senate should tie on
this question-as it did upon the present Tarif-he
,ooud Uote to destroy the claim to property in man.
in that District. ..... @ ..
On the Gath day of June, 1s4s, Mr.. Hale of New
Hampshire, moved in the Senate of the United States
to instruct the Committee the District of Column
bia to bring in bill aboshing slavery in said Dis
trct and the vote was taken this motion by yeas
and nays. Sir Wing Senators-Messrs. Clarke, Cor
win, Davis of Massachusetts, Hale, Miller, and Up
ham-roted in the G6rnatire and thirty-six Senators
voted in the negative, of whom Mirty-One were De-
mocrats These six Wing Senators-and among
them "honest'' John Davis and Tom Corwin, whose
patriotism has been often eulogized by the Regis
ter-no doubt felt interested" with Mr.. Fillmore in
the " claim to property in man" in the District of
Columbia; and believing, with him, that slavery
'sshould not be tolerated. in said District they voted
instruct the Committee to bring in bill to abolish
it. The Register would do well to remember, and
ought in all fairness and candor to inform its read
ers that there are three distinct classes of Abolition
lists in the free States, witt One class, composed
of mere handful of fools and madmen, who advo-
cate the instant abolition of slavery, not in the
District but in the States; another class, who advo
cate its abolition in the District Of Columbia, but
who dare touch it in the States, because the Con-
stitution, which they sworn to support, is too
clear and plain against them and third class, who
seek indirectly to destroy the institution by prevent
ing its extension, and by agitating Proyisos, &C..
until the Southern people shall be driven, as they
hope to take steps among themselves to abolish it.
Mr. FILLMORE belongs to the second and third classes,
and his election the Vice Presidency would there
fore be the severest blow which the South has
received We might pile proof on proof as to the
truth of statements but must content ourselves
with only one more extract this week. We quote
as follows from Speech delivered in Miedgeville,
Georgia, on the 2Ist of last June, by M. Hall Nc
Allister, Esq: 80. +. .~'. - .. --t%
Should any southern man support him Look to