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WILLARD FILLMORE TRiUmpuaSrLY DEFENDED,

or ny striking al nm through Willard Fillmore. bv
af me most prominent IS the charge: that during
aided and allotted Gddings, the Abotionist. in hi,
infamous attempt To Justify, by solemn resolution.
me mutiny and murder perpctrated by number Of
Virginia slaves on board OF the brig Creole. Tho
charge is false from beginning to end-it is founded
On ia!sehood, sustained by ingenious and dishonest
sa'ui'hS OF the Congressional Records, and wan
'on.y Pa'med upon the people of Louisiana by
parry whose solitary chance Of success rests upon
inc possibility of deluding and misleading tho pub.
TIC "'no' we have taken some pdins TO itiyesN-
gate tins atrocous libel. and an examination of tho
Journals o me louise OF Representatives will con-
claslvely establish Mr. Fillmore's innoc ence, and
expose The unscrupulousness and malice of his adj
versarcS.
The authors of the Creole SANDER ASSET in the
first place, that when Giddngs presented hi, incen
diary resolutions a motion made to Law them
Oh the table, and that Mr.. Fillmore voted in thd
negative leaving the bare aud naked inference. by
inserting Fillmore and negatiuc in large letters that
the Wing candidate for Vice President was, there
lore, I'm iavor of the resolutions. This falsehood:
by Implication, may at once be denuded Of its film
sy covering. The Journal Of the House shows
that ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
Fly f. MEMBERS voted with Mr.. Fillmore a
galnsi laying the resolutions on the table; and a.
mong these names we find those of JOHN b,
DAWSON, JOHN MOORE and EDWARR
ID. WHITE, being the entire delegation from
Louisiana, together with large number of men,
bers from the slaveholding States.
This statement proves incontrOyertibly that Mr.
Fillmore went with the South on the memorable
occasion, and that in common with a large majority
OF the members he would not consent to treat the
neiarous resolutions with the usual parliamentary
courtesy but was in favor of compelling Giddings
TO sue Tor permission to withdraw them And vet.
ms vote OF Fillmore, which is TO be found in con-
junction with that of the whole louisiana delepa
ton Is -eckeSsly and nagitiously distorted by To-
coiocOism and represented vote Of aid and com
fort TO Giddings. We wish the people of the State
to remember that Locoiocosm reviles Willard Fill
more tor voting side by side with John Moore and
the lamen'ed Dawson and White.
This, however, is only part of the evidence wa
shall present of the rickery and duplcity of Loco
iocosm-Nluch remains 10 be added The Cass
and Butler press designedly omts all reference to
another vote Of Mr.. Fillmore, in reference to the
resolutions of Gddings. Before the latter with
drew his resolutions, another question came before
the House, to wit: 'Shall the main question be
now putP' Mr.. Fillmore, with a MAJORITY of the
House, voted NO, thereby refusing to entertain tho
main question, which was, ''that the House do n
gree TO the resolutions" See Journal House of
Representatives, I'd Session 9th Congress, pages
567-S9 and SO
1t is true that Mr.. Fillmore voted AGAINST tho
preamble and resolutions offered by Mr. Weller
Ills object was 10 treat Giddngs with wtherinp
contempt, as a bralnless, crazy fanatic not to ele-
Va'e MN INTO consequence by appea of per-
secutlon He wished TO see the resolutions kicked
out OF the House, as the effuson of a madman and
besotted bigot. Mr. Fillmore voted AGAINST all nro
ceedings, on the subject, deeminC il as much be-
meath The dignity of the House to discuss Mr.. Gid
dngs's insane folly, as it would have been gravcIy
10 oebale proposition TO Dissolve the Union or TO
change the form of Government That these
were the motives which influenced Willard Fill
more, Is evIneed by fact carefully kept from vie,c
a.,
thing in his power to deny 10 Giddings an opporuI
n"J ct making speech in his own defence for
having presenting the obnoxious resolutions. An
extract from the journals will sufficiently sustain
lls iac' and make still more manifest the gross and
garng injustice Of the Locofoco press
Ertract from the Journal Of The House or Repre-
sentatires, I'd Session 9th Congress, March %
1912, page SIS.
pending the motion Of Mr. Weller for tho p,o-
vious question. Mr. Giddings inquired of the chair
Wheiher Inc elect OF that question, if sustained
would be to exclude him from giving his reasons
why the resolutions should not pass =?
The Speaker decided that if Mr. Giddinos de-
sired 10 be heard IN his defence, and claimed it as
matter of privilege. he would not entertain the nTe-
vious question at this time, as i, would cut him off
from his right Of defence
MT Giddings then moved that the further con-
sideratIon OF this subject be postponed until Fburs
Day week next, 10 the end that he might prepare.
his defence.
debate arising on this motion, Mr.. Fillmore
submitted that debate was not in order. and
tnat me motion Tor the previous question (by Mr.
Neller) should be now entertained by the Speaker
lhe Speaker then decided that, in his iudo
ment, The matter before the House was question
OF privilege; and that on question involving the
privilege OF a member of the House, the previous
question could not be applied and consequently
,haI TIE motion for postPonement was open for de-
bate.
"From this decision Mr.. Fillmore took appeal To
the House, and after debate
me previous question on the appeal was mov-
ed by Mr.. Hopkins, and was demanded and nut.
VIZ: Shall the main question be now put2''
And passed in the affirmative
On the next day the question was put, viz:
"Shall the decision of the chair stand as the iudo
ment OF the tiouseW And it was determined in
the negative: Yeas Ga, nays l1S.
So that Mr.. FrUmorc's uie,cs ,,ere maintained
by the House, and Mr.. Giddings ,cas therein ;e
fused the privilege Of speaking IL, defence of his o.
dious resolutions
And now, Wings and Democrats we have laid
bare to you the dsreputabe Juggling of that partv
which seeks to retain power by fraud and falssbood
beaten at all points, baied and fDiled in every ef-
oIt 10 oeceive The people, and to traduce the fair
fafne OF Taylor and Fillmore, il has no other re-
source than to persist in the desperate game i'm
winch 1t is engaged. Its fl;nsy pretences have
| oeeh Torn away; Its caIumnes have been nailed to
tne counter It's wlltuI garbling its false assump-
.'ohs' It's deliberate Perversion OF truth, have all
been exposed. Let it 90 on in the miserable ca
reer II has chosen. The hngs Of the rattlesnaRe
nave been extracted and its bite is now harmless
The Philadelphia papers bring news Of the dealt,
Of Commodore JamEs BIDDLE, OF which we have
at present only to say that this event is one which
will be lamented by all who knew this hipblv dis