Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-07-19


| spectng the character of the new Presi-
dent, will be read with interest and graft
| fcation
The New York Courier says
Mr.. FILLMORE is man in whom the whole
| Union may repose firm and just conhdenee'
! His life has been, less conspicuously thah Geh
| TAYLOR's, devoted to the service oi the whoio
| Union, aud he is no less thoroughly than he Is
national in all his feelings in all his principles
| and in all his conduct. He Is iamlllar win Puo-
/ lie affairs and has discharged the duties OF every
station which he has been summoned TO I'LL, with
! ahiI,v dignity and success. We feel the utmost
! confidence that, so far as may depend upon him,
/ the highest duties of the great Office into which
/ he has been so solemnly inducted, will be dis
| charged with the most entire faithfulness and
the most patriotic devotion to the preservation
and the welfare Of our glorious Union.
The New York Globe (Dem.) says
The talents and business qualifications of Mr..
FILLMORE are of high order, and we believe
that they who hope or fear that he may manifest
any sectional bias, will be disappointed. Such
is our information of his opinions, indeed such
our knowledge Of the man that we do not hesi-
tate to predict that he will give no cause for the
South to continue its reproaches against the
North, and afford no countenance to the fanati-
cal agtators of the North. He will have go-
TlOuS Vi ms IliSil OH
the list of our patriots, if he but follows the
course which they who know him best are con-
fdent he will pursue-viZ that which shall
soonest and most ctieetually tranquilize the pub
lie mind, and insure the Perpetaity Of The Union.
The annexed quotation is from the New
York Express:
Mr.. FILLMORE win prove a man equal TO the
times. He is a statesman of the old school,
free from preludices, passions, extreme opinions
end high eXcltements. He is q conservative, a
! national and true man, one who has no sectional
| biases, will indulge in no ultra acts and give
utterance to no offensive opinions. He WILL if
aided by the Congress of the United States and
the American people, as he should be, so ad
minister the Government to bring honor TO
the Administration, peace TO the country, and
! blessings upon the people. We hope devoutly
| that he may receive such aid, and that counsels
! Of wisdom, of prudence, of moderation of jus
! tice, and of patriotism may be found equally in
the Executive and Legislative branches OF the
Government Never was there moro occasion
for guidance from Omnscience, and for forbcar-
ance and kindness among all our people.
Mr.. Fillmore has large experience, great
tolerance and true and noble heart to aid him
! in the discharge of his duties. He will be found
true to the people of the whole country, and if
there is any failure in conciliating the country,
and in restoring order out of confusion and
We hope that Congress will harmonic with
him, and cooperate with him in settling the
many perpleXed questions which now so unhap-
PLY divide the country and disturb its peace and
prosperity.
In regard to Mr.. FILLMoRE's opinions
on slavery, we find them stated in a cor
respondence that took place between Mr..
GAYLE, of Mobile, and himself, in the
year l84S. He avows himself in favor of
the right Of petition, and says -
1.-The rule upon which acted was, that every
citizen presenting respectful petition to the
body that, by the Constitution, had the power to
grant or refuse the prayer of II, was entitled TO
be heard and therefore the petition ought to be
received and considered. If right, and reason
able, the prayer of it should be granted but if
wrong or unreasonable, it should be denied"
He further says
"While in Congress, / took occasion to state
| in substance my views the subject of Slavery
in the States. Whether the remarks were re-
ported or not, am unable TO say y but the sub
stance was that regarded slavery as an evil,
| but one with which the National Government
| had nothing TO do. That by the Constitution Of
/ the United States, the whole power over that
! question was vested in the several States where
/
! it as blessing, they had Constitutional right
| to enjoy il, and if they regarded it as an evil,
/ they had the power, and knew best how 70 ap-
! ply the remedy. did not conceive that Con-
/! gress had any power over it, or was in anv way
| responsible for its continuance in the several
States whore it existed"
On the subject of the slave trade be-
tween the States, he says in a subsequent
| letter -
"I am not aware that this question has ever
/ been discussed in Congress, or was ever pre-
/ sented for the consideration of the Supreme
Court Of the United States before l84I In that
! year the celebrated case from Mississippi was
decided, when Mr.. Justice Mclean gave an
/ elaborate opinion on this point in which the
/ Chief Justice concurred. He came TO the con-
| clusiOn that the constitutional power over this
matter was vested in the several States, and not
| in Congress. So far as my knowledge extends,
! this opinion carried conviction to every unprc-
/ JUDGED mind, and the question was considered
/ settled. At any rate this was my own opinion
/ then, and | have seen no cause to change il
/ since"