Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-11-25
TIE PRESIDENTS LETTER.

Grst Of December
TIE PRESIDENTS LETTER.
The letter OF the President, which will be
found IN our columns this morning must com
nand genrlal attention. aud exort the admira-
ton oil all who love the Union, aud q for the
supremacy OF the laws. We have read II with
great pleasure. We entertained not the slightest
doub, OF Mr. FlIlmore's conscientious determine
lion 10 execute the Fugitive Slave Law. We
were assured of the sonndness Of his views, pot
/ more bv the limitations given through the press
of the tenor ofhis conversations on this poni,th
by the idea of his character, inspired by his whole
public career and especially by his admirable
conduct since his accession, at most momen'onS
crisis, 10 the Presidency. The letter IN question,
therefore, was not necessary to convince us thai
Mr. Fillmore would do his duty and come up
boldly 10 the requirements OF his high Office Our
particular satisfaction AT the appearance Of the
letter il based upon the fact, tina, il is calculated
to dspel misapprehensions which have existed as
10 the nature Of the proceedings at Boston,
Whilst il cannot be denied that the conduct Of
the AbolitionisiS and symplthisrrS, upon the oc-
cason was such AZ to atllX a stain upon the cs-
cuichean of that city, and that the treatment Of
Mcesrs. Hughes & kngh, was outrageous, and
such as entities them 10 yindictlvc damages IN
an action at law, we think all dispasSlonate men
must adpit that there was nothing in the clrcum-
stances 10 warrant the inierpoStIon OF the Fede-
raj Executive. This view of the case is strength
cncd by the publication, by Mr.. Knight, in the
Macon ga. Messenger, of A Detailed statement
orall that bpfell him and Mr. Hughes in the city
Still less reason do we see-rithcr IN the Boston
proceedings, or in the excitement which has man
Tested itself elsewhere in the North and West,
inrcgard totais Law-for the Proclamation, which
some have thought The President was bound 10
issue The analogy between the present state
of affairs and that which led to the famous pro-
camafion of Washington, at the time ofthe Wits
key instruction, cannot be nude out. The op
position 10 the laws at the two periods, differs
not only in degree hui kind.
MI Fillmore has vast responsible tiles resting
upon him. II is not using cXtrayagan, Ian
gulge, 10 say that he holds the dcStines OF the
Union IN his hands. The present is one of the
rare occasions on which the personal character,
views and action, of single individual influence
the fate of nations. Ii is real crisis IN the his
tory of the country. In this belief, ii is eonso-
lation To know that the President is actuaed by
the loilest and most patriotic mohves,-that he
is elevated far above party and sectional feelings
that he is truly national IN his arms and policy
that he knows neither North nor South, nor
East nor Vest but is resolved to maintain the
Constitution IN all It's vgor, and thereby preserve
the Union. It's also consolation, that, in such
nm emergency, he has about him official advisers
IN whose patriotism, nationality of feeling, Ster-
linz sense and ability the people at large rrposC
the Grmest confidence. Though not extinct
party Spilt has been in some measure rebukct
by the straigh,-f forward and manly course OF the
Administration, Here aud there a fachons and
unScrupnlouS Journal or partizan may indulge II
the old sicrcotypcd party Slang--but we .hlnl
the Administration has, on the whole, no cause
| to complain of the course of the mass of the Dem
ocratic party, especially of the South. Demo
cratic leaders have not generally declared war II
advance They have manifested a disposition t,
Judge the Administration by ITS acts. This is al
its friends ask assured that their torbearance anC
their own confidence, will be amply justified b,
the future.
Tur CLAYTON FEsrlvAL.-Thc compliment
tary dinner given to the Hon. John Nj. Clayton
by his friends, at Wilmington, Delaware, on Thu
10th inst. was altogether brilliant affair. The
remarks of MIR. Clayton, as reported in the Ma
tonal lnteligencer occupy six columns of thai
paper. The most of the leading questions of tn,
day are alluded TO, and the late Executive de
Tended from the aSpcrsions. which have been ST
unjustly hcapcd upon his Administration by thu
opposition press and spcakcrs-nroving to tn
satisfaction of every candid and impartial readc
that the main principles which characterized III
policy of Gen. TAYLOR, in relation to the Terrific
~ acquired from Mexico were idcntically thos
sanctioned and entorcedb his predecessor. Tn
address closes with glowing and eloquent til
butte to the patriotism, honesty Of purpose an
cherished memory of the depalcd hero.
TIE CuLpEPER CAsE.-A writer in III
Alexandria Gazette, of the 18th inst, under tn
signature of "Iidt .jastifia," defends Judg
Field, of the Culpeper Circuit, from the reAec
tons of the Fredericksburg News upon his off
! cial conduct IN the recent investigation hcfor