New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-21
Mr.. Fillmore and Abolition.

whom the South has no reason 20 denounce and
prescribe that man is MILLARD FILLMORE. We
do not say this to commend him, nor yet TO depre-
cate Southern hostility II the slaveholding in
terest shall see fl deliberately 10 put Us brand
on Mr.. Fillmore it could do nothing that would
please rs better All that we desire IS that the
facts shall be fairly set forth that there shall be
no room for a plea that the act was done under
misspprehension Of Mr. Fillmore's real position
Assure Us OF that and nothing would SUIT rs better
than 10 see the South put him under ITS ban. C
should hail bis defeat through such feeling as no
iniury % him and glorious thing for the countr!
in costrainina the North - stand the defensive
Mr.. Fillmore is not and never pretended to be
q Northern man with Southern principles. He
thinks and feels rs Northern freeman but he
never did nor said a thing which the South can
reasonably object to. He was so adverse to any
action in Congress which could provoke sectional
animosities that The Chronotype, in announcing
his nomination, stigmatized him as one Of those
cold blooded calculating Yankees who would sell
his grandmother hide for dollar, and who,
when leader Of the House, (XXVllth Congressl
never had time 10 allow the consideration Of any
question Of Humanity. And it was doubtless true
that 50 much real and important work devolved
upon that Congress as to leave little time for dis
cussing distractions. Mr. Fillmore is eminently
Conservative in his views-careiul, discreet
painstaking, and ndisposed 70 give offence or ex-
cite oomrnotion II the South cannot trust him 10
preside over the Senate. We shall gladly record
the fact and act in view Of it.
We find the following, with good deal more
Of the same sort, aaoat in the Southern Cass jour.
nails II pprports to be extracted from the account
oftbe late Loco Foco State Convention in Georgia,
originally published in the Millegeyille Federai
Un,oa Of June %, and thence copied into The
F1or.diqa Of the lst inst. NJ. II McAllster the
spokesman is a very active and conspicuous Cassie
IN Georgia. and would have been Governor several
years since but for lack Of the requisite votes
Hear
During the sitting of the Convention Hon N II Nc
Allsier one OF ts members and Of the delegates
10 the late Baltimore Convention, was called upon for
en- address He responded in his usually able and elo
Guent manner We will not attempt 10 give an
outline Of his speech There is one part OF IT, however
to which we will sllude. He UHeqnio0cdly pronounced
Maiord Fillmore Abolhi0Hif-nay, more he de
cared that he would swear he was an Aboltonist and
that b. had no other evidence OF the fact he could DO
this on the authority Of speech made by that gentle
man in his hearing, at Mass Meeting IN New
York in lsii. He then gave an account OF that spesch
and that should deter any Southern man from hsz
srding his rights and interests by placing them at the
disposal Of such a man
Now what are the facts Mr.. FILLMORE ad-
dressed but one mass meeting in the Park in l544,
and that was held May ., at O'Clock P. NJ. In
The Tribune Of May 7, we published report Of
the meeting, which occupies four columns. Had
Mr. Fillmore there avowed Abolition sentiments,
we should not have failed to record the fact. No
body, either North or South, believes that re
would have suppressed that part of his speech,
had he so spoken The following is our entire re
port of his remarks, word for word, including his
reference even 10 The Coon;
Mr. President and you fellow-citizens 1t lie to
most gratifying and unexpected sight 10 see so many
intelligent Wing heads around me. II reminds me Of
the contest of 1910 realize that the feeling is again
revived which four years ago won us so glorious vic
tory the fruits of which partially derauded Of
was not fortunate enough to participate in the stir
ring of the last few days at Baltimore, do
come here 10 make speech, but 10 sympathize with
your Joy Here the Coon Of which we have spoken
before. having made himself conspicuous. Mr.. FILL
MORE, by some allusiOn 10 il and the Sub-Treasury
which we not fortunate enough 10 hear, elected
bursts OF laughter from the audience These nomina
tons must be of great satisfaction 10 the peO
pie Of the United States. For the nomination OF HENRY
CLAY we had waited patiently for years. We had con-
hdently awaited the time when the People would do
Justice to him. They have done So and we have the
satisfaction of knowing that in the whole Wing party
there will be no dissenting voice.
You have the best man that could have been chosen
as the candidate for VicePresden Loud and reiter-
ated applause He was a nj person 10 be associated
with the great of the West have not as said
before been 20 Baltimore but know that this nOmina-
ton will be acceptable 10 the people that they will
cheeriuy respond to IT, For the people Of the Western
part of this State had the honor long 30 speak think
know them, and may you that it will respond
to the nomination keep up its old majority, and engage
In the contest with might resistless as its own
Niagara
You have made the nomination, Wings Of New York :
and the State expects you TO lead the way in the con
test and then the time will when you will see
upon that broad banner the device OF HENRY CLAY
Applause long and continued after which the band
played an air from II CrOcidto IN Egtt0.
There, reader You have the whole sub
stance of Mr.. Fillmores abolition Speech. What
do YOU think of it We were on the stand very
near him throughout, and recolect distinctly that
he spoke but a few minutes, aud entirely in the
spirit and to the purpose chroncled above If Mr..
McAlister can make the South repudiate him be-
cause of that Speech, we certainly shall not cry
about it, nor we think will Mr.. Fillmore.