Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-27

ternoon OF the second day shall be devoted to +,
so.es.
The public are assured that they will see at
this Fair the best specimens OF the French Me-
rino sheep, many of them recent importatons,)
and all other kinds of Sheep-the best specimens
of Hereford, Short Horned Durham, Devon
shire, Ayrshire, native cattle and oxen-Black
Hawk Colts and their Sire lamiltonian Colts
aud their sire, and large variety OF Morgan
Stock and other kinds of Horses.
The publishers of papers in this State, favor
able to the object proposed. are requested to
give this notice an insertion in their respective
journals.
AliddIebury, May %, 1851.
lI-President FILLMORE has addressed the
following cordial and patriotic letter to the Pre-
sident of the Common Council of Boston, in re-
ply to the invitation Of the Authorities of that
City. There is no truer-hearted American
living than MiLLARD FILLMORE. He UNDER
stands and sympalhizes with the popular senti-
ment in relation to Slavery, and he correctly
ascrbes the faithful execution Of the Fugitive
Slave Law in Boston to the profound attach.
ment to the Union and the Constitution which
pervades the North, and especially New En-
gland. He knows, and does not attempt to
disguise the fact, that Slavery has no friends
among the Wing Party Of the North, while he
also knows that the Constitution and the Union
are universally respected and beloved by them.
We thank him for recognizing this distinction.
Free State Wings will never oppose Slavery
in the Slave States except by lawful and cons
stitutonal methods. They believe the Slare
is better off with the Union preserved and the
Constitution respected, ;han he would he in The
irresponsible Empire of South Carolina, for
instance, and they seek no Freedom nor Phi
lanthropy that cannot be secured under the
broad regis Of this glorious confederacy. Dis
union or Secession, has never been one OF their
remedies for existing evils - When the His
tory of this Republic comes to be written, the
impartial Historian will find the highest, the
strongest, and the most enduring evidences Of
fidelity TO the Union and to Constitutional Law
in the records of the revled and scandalized
NORTH.
The following is President FILLNoRE's
letter -
Washington, June 9, 1851.
Hon. Francis Brinley President Of the Com
mon Council ofhe Citp Of Bosion
SIR,-Whcn had the pleasure of meeting
You and your associates of the Committee from
Boston, in New York, and you did me the honor
of inviting me to visit your city, and kindly
rendered me on behalf o: the Common Council,
its hosp'GIties. fondIy hoped that should be
/. I,b Ia 1,r ba IN
invitation. But regret 10 say that find it in
consistent with what deem my public duty to
. indulge in this qualification and therefore,
while | am profoundly grateful for the dlstin-
tnguished honor implied by the invitation,
= feel reluctantly compelled to decline it.
> My personal acquaintance in your city is bu,
. slight but slight as it has been, it has left
. many pleasant recollections, and should have
g been extremely happy to have renewed and eX-
= tended it at this time. ! have long entertained
= high respect for the intelligence and patriot
n ism of the great mass of your citizens and re-
e cent events have not impaired that respect
/. on have been, and trust will ever be, law
= loving and law-abdng people. knew tha
r. yonr devotion TO this great principle has had I
a severe test, in your recent efforts to execut,
l. the law for the return of fugitive slaves. Slave
: ry, in any FORM is repugnant TO your feeling
and education, and the fugitive naturally anI
= inevitably eXcites your deepest sympathes
n Nothing but stern sense of duty, founded
@ upon rational, solemn conviction, that a con
:. stitutiona and legal obligation NUT be obeyed
II at any and every sacrifice, could have insured
Y tine execution of the law in case like this
s But Tor myself, | never doubted that the law
ir would ultimately triumph. Good faith is tn,
r. foundation Of all morality, and all social secu
@ rily. The free States had pledged themselvei
t by the Constitution to the performance of thi'
duty. The Slave States had right to insist
and did insist, upon its performance. Their
n was, then, no alternative but TO break our faith
h forfeit our word of honor, and thereby lramplt
the constitution OF our country in the dust, ant
run the hazards of a civil war; or else 20 ad
init the obligation like honest, true hearted
men, and do all in our power to comply will
lt--sll hoping and trusting that in due TINT
me mode would be devised by those who have
the constitutional power to abolish slavery, ant
who are most deeply interested in it's final ex
tlnction-to get rid of the evil without des
II troying the falrest fabric Of freedom that morta
m hands have ever raised, and in lis ruins ext.r
At gushing the last hope OF humanity for sci
re government Permit me 10 say, that this gov
re srnment has cost Boston too much to be giveT
p up or hazarded for slight or trivial causes
Some Of the patriots OF the Revolution sll