Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-11-29
raoM TIE BUFFALO coaMERcIAL ADsE2rIsEa.
LETTER FROM MIR. FILLMORE.

In publishing the following extract from a letter
received Yesterday afternoon from the Vice Presi-
dent elect, we plead guilty to trenching somewhat
upon the inviulability of private correspondence;
but the sentiments avowed by Mr.. Fillmore arc SO
honorable and just, truly patriotic and national,
and will every where he read with so much pleas
ure, tina, we feel we justified and rendering
service in making them public.
y '.To me there Is no manifestation OF pop
ular sentiment which calls up such deep feelings OF
gratitude as that generous vote OF my old friends
and early constituents OF the county OF Erie. Ii is
now twenty years since they hrst eiecteu me 10 '"e
Assembly and from that day to this they have
stood by me through good and through evil report,
and sustained me under all circumstances with
zeal and fidelity almost unknown IN this coantry
and the last crownlng act OF their continued kinu
ness and confidence awakens the deepest emotions
Of grateful heart.
81 trust too, that You will no. blame ME for ex-
pressing the qualification and pride which feel in
receiving so hitterIng vote III my native State
But these things in a measure personal 10 my
SELF and therefore Of very little Importance. Bn.
the cOrdiaty and uRanimI;y with which the w mig
ticket has been sustained every where North and
South, East and West, is a just cause OF national
feliciiation. /, proves that the great Wing party
:is truly nationa! partythat 1t occupies that safe
and conservative ground which secures 10 every sec
,tion of the country all that 1t has right to claim
under the guaranty Uf the consttuiion-that such
rights are IDvloate--an0 as 10 all othcf questions
ofinere policy, where Congress has the constitu-
-Gional right TO legslae the will of the people, as
expressed through their Representatives in Con
press is TO control; and that will is not to be de-
feated by the arbitrary interppstion Of the veto
power. THIS simple rule, which holds sacred all
constitutional guarantees, and leaves the law-ma-
king power where the constitution placed II, III
Congress, relieves the party at once from all the
embarrassing questions that arise out Of sectional
differences Of apinion, and enables it TO act harmo
nionsly for the good Of tho country.
"When the President ceases To- control the law
making power, his individual opinions Of what the
law ought to be become comparatively unimpor-
.ant Hence we have seen General Taylor, though
attacked as a Shareholder and pro slavery man
at the North, cordially supported and triumphanty
elected by men opposed TO slavery in all its forms
and though have been charged al the South in
the most gross and wanton manner, with being an
aboli,ionist and an incendlary, yet the Wings Of
the Sonth have cast these caumnIes to the winds
and without asking or expecting anything more
than the constitution guarantees to them on this
an Niect they have yielded to me most hearty and
en,hus 'aelic support. This particularly 80 in
No,r O,leans where the attack was most violent
"Reallv these Sputefn Whlgsare noble fellows
Wonld Won not laurent 70 see the Union dissolved
If for no other cause than that il separated from
such ,rne. noble and high minded associates But
regard this election putting an end 20 all ideas
Of disUgi0n. II raises up a national party, occupy
inc middle ground, and leaves the fanatics and
disunionis,s North and South, without the hope OF
destroying the fair fabric Of our constitution. May
i, be perpetual"