The North-Carolina standard., 1848-09-20
THE REGIsTER-MR. F111.Mon~

MT rilInole, IN she year 1888, In which ieehb
necton herewith, several suggestions nroI lneo.
selves for our consideration. In the 'ent then
degenerate conduct of the Loco Foco D.. place, As
has demonstrated that no language is too Of late
for their distortions of trnth.no invent;oU Powe6
for dissemination among the people, WJtoo oo gros
then, have we TO assume that this is os. hight
ment! But, we do not intend, at presemt dOcu.
the genuineness of the letter. We are "n % deny
admit, for the sake of concession, its vencn
The same old game-deny in one b,s.n
nit in the next. Who, we ask, has deOoa nd ad-
uineness of this letter. The New York WIZ ~s Gen.
Not one of them. Has Mr.. Fillmore pteSs
No-and he will not. How unfair is it. tbon 1t!
Register to charge the Democratic presses r';O tie
crime of forgery, and then turn round and s.r %
all imaginable cooness- -k"o'cing the letter toh
thentic-that "we do not intend, at present ~ '%
its genuineness If not sat preseutn "Ga
When Fillmore admits the truth of it-as h. ~~A'
by his silence-and when the weight of t.. %%
sentiments are about to crush him? Is tbo nN ""N
reserving its denials for that eventl Win asss
come forward and declare that Fillmore is M, "~A
and that Democratic papers have committed f.
upon him! Week after week, as the eriI. S%S
Fillmore's Abolitionism breaks and spreado
country-and day after day, as lame, rdicp,oPrs P~%
contradictory letters from Gen. Taylor are
light-Whig Editors and orators, Startled s%sn
gerous revelations in regard to the former, and a
to the quick by the blunders of the latter f.,
out forgeries forgeries forgeries and then r,
the truth is made manifest, they rush forra,a ~,
one accord to demonstrate to an intelligent and I
est people, that what they once denounced as f.~
ries, calculated and designed to iniure their c,n%
dates, facts sentiments, and arguments. of vbl
the Wings every where ought to be proud!
But the Register has made a wonderful discor.-.
A letter from Mr.. Fillmore to Gov. Gayle of Al.
bama, is paraded, while FiIlmore's letter of 1910;
suppressed, for the purpose of proving him Sound
the Slavery question. The Gayle letter is as follow.
''ALBANY, N. Y, July 81, lSB,
Hon. JOHN GAYLE: Dear Sir-I have your less
of the 18th instant, but my official duties have bp
so pressing that l have been compelled to neglectm
private correspondents. l have also determined n
write letters for publication bearing upon the con-
test in the approaching canvass. But as you desin
some information for your own satisfaction in regard
to the charge brought against from the South, op
the slave question, have concluded to state brief
my position.
ton on the right of petition. My votes will doubt
less be found recorded uniformly in favor of it, The
rule upon which l acted was, that every citizen pre-
sentlng respectful petition to the body that by &
constitution had the power to grant or refuse &
prayer of it, entitled to be heard; and thenfn
the petition ought to be received and considered n
right and reasonable, the prayer of it should
granted; but if wrong or unreasonable, it shOuhk
denied. l think all my votes, whether on the nj
ception of petit ons or the consideration of tsdt
tons will be found consistent with this rule.
have none of my Congressional documents haR
they being at my former residence In Buffalo, norhn
access to any papers memoranda to refresh my R
collection; but think at some time while in Con
gress took occasion TO state In substance my view
on the subject of slavery in the States. Whetherd
remarks were reported not am unable to say, but
the substance was, that regarded slavery evil
but one with which the national government has moth.
ing to do. That by the constitution of the UniM
States, the whole power over that question was vest
ed in the several States where the institution was
Grated. If they regarded it as blessing they hai
constitutional right to enjoy it, and if they REGARDED
it as an evil they had the power, and knew beSthV
to apply the remedy. / did not conceive that Con
gress had any power over it or was in any way
ponsible for its continuance in the several States
where it existed. / have entertained no other sen
timents this subject, since examined it sufficient
ly to form an opinion, and l doubt not, that alm
acts, public and private, will be found in accOrds
with this view. l have the honor to be, your ObeF
ent servant, MILLARD FILLMORE"
And now, what does all that amount to! What's
it worth! Does Mr.. Fillmore deny that he WrORb
the Erie Anti-Slavery Society in 1885, expressnghr
self in favor of immediate Legislation for the abOdn
of slavery in the District of Columbia -! DOss
say to Gov. Gayle, that in the same letter he took
ground in favor of abolishing the internal slsyead
between the States, and that he now abandOnS that
ground? Does he disavow all connection with the
Abolitionists, and declare himself opposed, as Gen.
Cass does, to the WiImot Proviso! By no means
He only says what Giddings, and Hale, and COVn
say, and what the Buffalo Convention said; andn
that makes him sound and safe on the question
slavery, then are those men and the Buffalo COnVsF
ton, SAFE AND SOUND ALSO. The following Red@
ton was advocated by Mr.. Giddings, and unanimous
ly adopted by that Convention:
's 'sResolved, That slavery in the several States
this Union which recognise its existence, dePenS
upon State laws alone, which cannot be repealed
modified by the federal government and for WhNI
laws that government is not responsible. We, ner
ore. propose no interference by Congress with saVW
within the limits of any State
So said the Buffalo Convention, so say all ~
Northern Abolitionists, and so says Millard Fillmore
But do they stop herei Far from it. They ycOns%
that the power of Congress over the District Ol w
lumbia is exclusive and supreme, and they adVoCaS
the abolition, by that body, of slavery in that p'
trict; and Mr.. Fillmore under the grant in the Cor
stltution which empowers Congress to reggala"
commerce with foreign nations and among the S'
eral States" holds it to be the duty of that BODY
abolish the internal save-trade between the SnOS
What! Millard Fillmore. after all this no AbOln0r
ist! The Register might as we'll attempt to prov %
that black is white or that the sun rises in the ~
and sets at the North pole.
Now that Millard Fillmore has been proved " ~
yond all question to be an Abolitionist, and now v"
Wing Editors and orators kno,0 the fact, but ''a'