The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-30
B,om The Lo,,isnna Courier.

PRESIDENT FILLMoRE.--The Wings and, we
are sorry to say, handful Of restless and dis
satisfied Democrats, have lately been shouting the
praises of President Fillmore in very loud key,
and proclamng on all sides that he is behaving
well on the slavery question. Knowing his previ-
Gus hostility to slavery, and that he is now
playing his cards for a reelection to the Presi-
dency, we never have had the slightest conf
dence in the good faith and patriotism imputed
to him. 1t so happens that we have conclusive
evidence on tie subject During the late can
vass in New York there were number of Alb
olitonists on the Wing ticket for Congress /;
and on the Democratic ticket there were num-
Der of candidates opposed to abolition. A ru-
NOR got. afoat that President Fillmore, having
sanctioned the Compromise felt bound to carry
| it out, and therefore preferred the election of
Compromise Democrats to abolition Wings
This rumor occasioned tremendous excitement
among his old anti-slavery associates, and they
threatened rebellion. To quiet the matter
few days before the election, the Albany Eve
ming Journal, the special organ of the President
put forth the following: ."
"THE VIEWS OF THE PREsIDENT.-Those who
profess to speak for President Fillmore have not
hesitated to say that he would rather see Loco
focos elected to Congress than such Wings as
these persons choose to call 'Abolitionists.'
brought to his knowledge on Monday last. In
reply Mr. Fillmore authorized gentleman to
say, that so far from having said any such thing
he had no secret wish that such should be the
result; and that he had uniformly expressed his
opinion freely and strongly in favor of the cleo
tion of every Wing nominee.
This we have no doubt is true; and it is to
be hoped that those who really wish to consult
the views of the President will give Jealous
support to all Wing nominees"
Here we find the President of the United
States not only directly interfering with the
State elections but expressing the deepest inter-
est in the success of the enemies Of The South,
declaring his opinion freely and strongly" and
ca influence to vote for Abolitionists!
We have likewise heard much recently about
the Great Union Meeting" in New York, a
meeting got up, in the main, by men who were
afraid Of losing their profitable trade with the
South, if they pushed their encroachments any
farther. The Commercial Advertiser, a semi
official organ of Daniel Webster, took an active
part in getting up that monster meeting. Yet
this same journal supported Wing Abolitionists
for Congress, in preference to Compromise Dem
ocrats, and when the above announcement from
Albany reached the city of New York, the Com
mcrcial endorsed it as follows:
awe are glad to publish the above. Not a
few Wings in this city have been led to believe
that the President approved of the opposition
which has been manifested to certain persons in
the Wing ranks, and this probably has not been
without its influence upon the party nominations.
Wealways thought it strauge-incompreh
and incredible--that Wing Of such long tried
fidelity rs President Filmore--one having from
his present position no small interest in the tri-
umphant success of the Wing ticket In this State
one known to be as liberal in sentiment as he
is conservative in principle-should be induced
to lend his influence to any such extent to the
minority in regular party convention; and very
difficult we found it to believe that he had made
any such declaration as that attributed to him.
We are happy that the President has authorized
a denial of such sentiments on his part"
The North is playing two games against us.
One is open and extermnatng war on our insti-
tutions certain to end by the arbitration Of the
sword the other is by hypocritical professions of
fraternity and union, to keep tributary to them
in commerce, to lull us into fatal security,
until the time comes to strike an overpowering
blow. SEWARD leads the first faction, FILLMORE
the last, and each are alike perfdious and dam
gerous.