The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-23

The Buffalo Commereisl .adssrtissr. Of No
vember 18th, lS46, ooatsins the following eX-
tract from private letter written from Albany
by Mr.. FMLMoRE, then comptroller Of tho
State Of New York, Immediately after the To-
suit of the elections had shown thar he was
chosen Woe President, The letter not being
intended for publication, the editor Of the I'd
vertiser pretaoed il with the following remarks,
which sufficiently explain our reasons tog nav
reproducing it;
sin publishing the following extract from letter
received yesterday afternoon from the Vice Presi-
dent elect, we plead guilty 10 trsnching somewhat
upon the inviolahiity Of private correspondence;
but tho sentiments avowed by Mr.. Fillmore are
honorable and just, 50 truly patriotic and national.
and will everywhere be read with 30 much plea.
sure. that we feel we are justified, aud rendering
service, in making them public
lBs6a'o Com. Adu~a'~.
= ITO me there il no manifestation of popu.
lar sentiment which calls up such deep feelings Of
gratitude that generous vote Of my old friends
and carly constituents Of the county Of Erie. is
now twenty years since they first elected me to the
Assembly, and from that day To this they have
and sustained me under all circumstances with q
zeal and fidelity almost unknown in this country;
aud the last crowning act Of their continued kind
ness and confidence awakcns the deepest emotions
Of y grateful heart.
al trust, too, that you will not blame for
pressing the qualification and pride which feel in
| receiving 80 fattcring vote in my native State.
But these things are, in measure, personal To my
self, and therefore Of little importance. But the
cordially and unanimity with which the Wing
ticket has been sustained everywhere. North,
South, East and West, is q just cause Of national
felcitaton. 1t proves that the great Wing party
is truly national partythat it occupies that safe
and conservative ground which secures to every
section Of the country all that it has right TO
claim under the guaranty Of the Constitution
that such rights inviolate and "a to all other
questions Of mere policy, where Congress has the
constitutional right to lcgslate, the will of the peo
pie, as expressed through their representatives in
Congress, is to control, and that will is not TO be
defeated by the arbitrary interposition of the veto
power. This simple rule, which holds sacred all
constitutional guarantees, and leaves the law max
ing power where the Constitution placed it, in Con-
gress relieves the party at once from all the cmbar
RAISING questions that arise out of sectional differ
ences of opinion and enables to act harmoniousy
for the good of the country. When the President
ceases to control the law.making power, his indi-
vidual opinions, of what the law ought to be, be-
come comparatively unimportant. Hence we have
seen General Taylor, though attacked slave
holder and pro-slavery man at the North,
daily supported and triumphantly elected by men
opposedsto slavery in all its forms; and though
have been charged at the South, in the most gross
and wanton manner, with being an Abolitionist and
an incendiary, yet the Wings of the South have
cast these calumnes to the winds, and without ask
ing or expecting any thing more than what the
Constitution them this subject, they
have yielded to me most hearty and enthusiastic
support. This was particularly 30 in New Orleans
(and Georgia. where the attack was most violent.
'Really, these southern Wings are noble fellows.
Would you not lament to see the Union dissolved,
if for other than that it separated US from
such true, noble, and high minded associates? But
regard this election putting an end TO all ideas
Of disunion. II raises up national party, occupy
ing middle ground. and leaves the fanatics and
dsunionsts, North and South without the fair fab
rio of the Constitution. May it be perpetual"