The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-14

hrst appearance OF the celebrated Fillmore letter ' bs
southern wings digest FiIlmore's letter of October
1885, they have the stomach of the ostrich" But strange
to say the wing presses OF Richmond Petersburg Mobile
New Orleans, &c, &c, making this very desperate
effort Fredericksburg whig paper exeaims after see
ing his two letters, The South We AFFIRM is perfectly
safe IN Zachary Taylor and Maard Fillmore for tcho,
there should be one sealous and united effort"
so help me God | will not vote for him, unless he
has changed his views the pledge (says the New
York True Sum of James Lyons, the chairman of the
Wing State Committee OF Virginia, against Fillmore
/ The course OF Mr. Lyons exces our admiraton-that
OF the southern wing press, our disgust,
what! because MlllarI Fillmore says to Governor
Gayle 81 did not conceive that Congress had any power
over slavery, in any way responsible for its con-
inuance IN the several States uhere existed there
TORE the South is safe with him spite of the hereses
OF his letter of October, 1888! There could not be a
stronger proof of the desperation and reckessness of the
southern wings Suppose bill pending at the first
session OF the next Congress for the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia-t is tie vote in the Sen
atewho doubts that Mr. Fillmore would give his casting
vote for it because here his solemn declaration that he
is sin favor of immediate legislation" Another bill is
pending for aboshng the internal slave trade between
the States" Fillmore pledged by his letter of 1898 to-
vote for it So, also, is he committed TO the Wmot
Proviso for in this very letter he expressly says he is
opposed to the annexation of Texas under any crcum
stances, so long Slaves held therein" Now what
shall be thought OF party Who because Fillmore attempts
to escape from the Indignation of the South under the
preext that he would NEEDLE with slavery in the States
would actually make him Vice President in which capacity
he will be to give his casting vote for the Wmo,
Drpyia fora -, - f.
erdcton OF slaves being carried from State to another
Either OF these measures is calculated to disturb the
country-perhaps to shake the Union and yet 80 devo-
ted the southern wings TO their miserable party
ticket, that they attempting thrust him down the
threats of the South! What confidence can the South,
the friends OF the compromises Of the constitutions re-
pose in party maddened by faction, reckless in
their purposes!
Why does the New Orleans Bulletin produce letter
from Albany denying that Mr. Fillmore an abolitonist
when here is his letter proclaming him, to all mme-
date practical purposes, aboonist'
We happy see, however, that there are pre- sses
in the South which are unmaskng the sophistry of the
whig champions, with their Gayle letter One Of these
is the Charleston Mercury, which thus speaks Of the
wing sophists
After such Communications, surely had right to
pect nat leer WOud contain some
reference and give reliable pledge, the practical
issues which abolition has made against the South APP
pears. however, that in the opinion of these southern
wings, all that the South ask" is that candidate
for the vice presidency shall admit that Congress has
power abolish slavery within the States Have the
aboonsts themselves ever maintained the contrary
Have not Mr. Adams Mr.. Giddings and Mr. Hale all adj
med and often, that Congress possesses such power
This is which abolition has made lis projects
PRACTICAL and it aims its weapons at vulnerable
invulherable points
Now let us sum up Mr. Fmores qualifications to repre-
the southern whig party in the second office in the
government
He is known to be of the reception and consider
aon without limit restriction of abolition petitions in
Congress.
He is known to be in favor of excluding the South from
all SHIRE in the recently acquired Territories
He is known be in favof of the suppression by Con
ess the extent of its power fhc free transfer of slaves
from southern State to another
He known be favor OF the abolition, by Congress,
of slavery in the District of Columbia.
Do do not these opinions all the practical issues o!
abolition constitute Mr. Fillmore abolitonist For
selves, believing that they do, we have pronounced him
such Any that thinks they harmless opinions,
offensive the South, is quite right to differ from us
and vindcae Mr.. Fillmore, and to say that the
charge is SANDER and that southern bound
love- and honor, and vote for unexceptonable pot
clan who is all that the South could ask" for, and
who is in fact according the respectable Gov Gayle,
sound upon the subject of abolition, that no is
soundcr than Mr.. Fillmore"
So fearful indeed are the southern wings OF the rresst
ible effect of Fmore's letter upon an impartial commu-
nty that many of their whg presses refuse to publish
it:
We call upon souhern wing editors Says the Savannah
Geogian) publish Fimore's letter written in 1885, they
dare to inform their readers who Mr.. Fillmore is.
Mr. Fillmore, who would if in Congress, not only have
voted for the Oregon BILL with the northern wings in
body but would have opposed all compromise bills and
have supported the Wmo Proviso in bill to organize
the Territories of California and New Mexico, is praised
for whatl
For writing letter John Gayle, OF Alabama, in which
not word is said of the Wimot Provisono word
about abolition of slavery in the District and yet "no
is sounder than MIR. Flmorehe is ''a that the South
ask"
Men of the South, is it time for you weigh such
false counsel, emanang from those in whom you repose
confidence
If the southern wings sound in earnest in oppo
sing the Wmo Provso, they bound by every consd
GRAFTON which binds his home, to reject Willard
Fillmore
fhese southern wing, believe that the District of Co
lumbia ground and that the southern represent
alive has much right to attend Congress with his do
,nesc servant the northern representative with his
favorite servant they bound oppose Fillmore for he
acknowledges right in Congress abolish slavery in that
District, coded by southern States, Maryland and Vi
gna for the of government of these United States
and with abolition in that District, the rights of the south
citizen will be the mercy of congressional major
ity.
Will not such encroachmen, those ghts the
value OF this happy Union be calculated which
the fanatics of the North desire, and which union the