Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-29
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MI3 BROOKS.
TIE REPLY.
ALBlNY.S Sep. II, ISIS.

ALBANY, Sepi. Is, 1919.
james Brooki ,,s.
Dear Sir: stped This morning from the
West and h,vtJtuts OF The Dlh, in which you
say thai II h's cen charged in the Richmond
Enquirer thai thud i TO be within The power oil
Congress 10 nktes with, or break of, the ,rans'
pofaliun, reno al, Or disposal OF persons held
a. Slaves irtnf ne Saycholdng Sale 10 ano-
ther
am not dSre thai this question has ever
been discussed Cigress, or was ever presented
Tor n. consd ei ipl OF IN, Supreme Court OF
The Unite. Sdt, Islo,c 1914. In that year lhe
celebrated c;sk Mississippi was decided, and
sir. Justice We IN CAV. an elaborate opinion
on ,als ,.o.n,kr tich lie CLicf Justice concur
rel. He cdrf the conclusion that The consii>
!uioral po,6 IT mis- natter was vested in The
several Sta3, Il no, il Congress. 81 far as
my knowledge ents, us opinion carried con-
vic,on to enc unprjudiced mind; and The
question WIS ea>iderd settled Al any ra!e
mis- was m,dw ,piniu then. and have seen
40 cause 10 ha.e II sice Should | do 50,
shouii Eol ,sil. 10 delare II"
You will hea,ore PtceiTc, that you did me
10 injuslicin pfesenns 10 your friends Ina
these are m,se,menls
write inhj.s, ami The pressure OF official
duties, but eIfin, Truly yours,
MlLARD FILLMORE.
We have ,trng cyithcc above that the Fill.
morcnes, frightened, the havoc which the
avowcd ultr, sFRlitl opinions Of their Vice
Presidential ca4ida were making in the rank
and file .. sorl err Wings, felt compelled to
make some it,A so;cssion TO the South, so as
to ease the consies OF Southern Wings, and
to gid the bitten which party forces them
10 swallow. We . 10 the Wings the whole
benefit OF the Ea,s,' editorial, and :hc cum
ming letter of NJ Crooks and reply Of MIR.
Fillmore. We IRE to do no man an injury
and as we have ,slsingied out as having orr
ginated This act ,ilesSl injustice to Mr. Fill.
more. we take ss0cel, to congratulate
ourselves that ", aye forced Mr. Fillmore 10
Tecan, some Of sodious doctrines, and TO
ayow our ,,etern.iion 10 continue our blows,
until he shall ca a all of his dark abolition
sentiments. or bI;ne silence Of himself and his
otIicious friends iait 10 the world that he is
still an Abolition fnasnuch as he is still, BY
us uncontradic,e ,sowals, in favor Of imme.
date legislation rhe abolition Of slavery in
the District OF "a 5bia, in favor Of abolishing
The internal slave tide between The District Of
Columbia and ths ne States, and is publicly
admitted by his II us here IN The South to De
an advocate q ,tYilmot Proviso
We shall no, sc TO notice the coarse Ian
rlar. of The Neyiork Express, which, BY its
miserable tergivesion, has lost the respect Of
its opn party. Esthat paper which involved
itself in the ridiGus and absurd position of
first denouncing iaeral Taylors Lippard and
Charleston letter. "Locofoco forgeresr
aud then when thai genuineness was admitted
eycaiming call n:.-they are the very thing,
ard in exact haraay with his whole character
and all his acts! paper which shows such
gross subservienc,@party, and TO its "no'party'
/, Heaven save III, ark!) idol, and which makes
itself the laughl. took of the whole country
By its clownish a,2a2ts to represent Old Jack,
whom il mol long ,acc ridlculcd as Presiden
ti1l candidate, ~, Tow auds to the skies as a
perfect Washinsta-s paper cannot ez
cite our feelings in the least, however harsh lis
viiupera,ion. But We deem II DIE 10 our own
self rcspec, Ia cite facts, 10 show that we were
fully justified il icncunclng Fillmore, in the
language of Henry Cly, as 'real ultra Abo.
litionist.'
10 his letter of Odoter, 1888, Fillmore says
that he was "in favor Congress ersrcising all
The constitutions. pows it possesses to abolish
the slars trade strseen y States.' On the llth
December, ISIS, he wed in minority with
Adams, Giddirgs and side, against the follow.
ing The Sd d 9Th of IL Anterior resolutions
Resolved. That Coo:ess has NO right 10 20
that indirectly wnrh il mot d. directly; and
that the agitation The :. jcct Of slavery in the
Eis'Ticto; Columbia, d, he Territories, as a
means, an nth tic IL. # disturbing or orcr
trostn2 ta9. ina,uliOx IN he sersrat Stats
: aga'n'i nc Ifu. spit and meaning OF the
Z Constitution ah lninser o. d The rights o. the
sa'eS alice and ab.a:h q. ne pnhl'c Tain
u7,o waie. aes er.e.cj ~ he Coaieteracy.
Resolve, iae'ei,re, Tn all auemp's on ne uaf'
81 Gensie's 10 abo,ss slqryin he Dis'ricf u ca
1H'lg'a o. ~ Territories. d topodtbt Ms Ttmora
Of siarcs tom STAT. - SIRE Of 10 discriminate
between ihs institutions i one potion OF the
Conteieracy AID abo,he, with the views atoie
said, are in violation ~ ,bs Constitution des,ruc
tive OF III inudaui.n,ai n,ncipe on which Ia.
Union 81 these Sa;,s ra,.l I'd bsynnd The iuri,.
diction OF Congress ami H., svery reii-ion, NC
moria!, resolution, p,nnns;.on ar p,per touch
ins or relating in aay wa, - - any e1,ent uhat
ever, 10 slavery as af0rts,;I ~ The aboIii,,
thereof, shall on tn Preservation hereof wi,hou
any further action thereon he aid npon lie ia biz
WITHOUT eeins ceoatsd, printed or referred.
Can any candid nan examine the above facts
40 deny the inevitable inference, that Fillmore
he'd ii ''io be within The norer of Congress /,