North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-06-21
,.,nl,.,arnon ppEs,nENT FILLMORE.

LETTER from PRESIDENT FILLMoRE:~k
The President of The United States, Millard Fill; +
more. has written the following letter 20 Boston
Cannon Council, which was read before mat body
on the 18th instant. We have printed ceF'aln por-
lions Of this letter aies in order e draw 70
portions the particular attention Of
letter is as follows:
WASHINGTON, jane 9, 1851.
H.. E..:. Rr;,,t,,. President Of The Common Coun-
cal of The City Of Boston:
S,D. When T had the pleasure of meeting you and
your associates of the committee from Dostoh' I'D
New ork and you did me the honor OF IhV"ng .ne
"a visit vour city and kindly rendered me, on oena
M the Common Council its hospitaities, 1 fonoiy
hoped that should be able, during the present mon
to accept your invitation. But regret 10 say lhat
ndi With what hessn an5 pthefeors
while am profoundly grateful for the
honor implied by the invitation, feel reluctantly
compelled 10 decline it. Ia. d
but slight as has been, has left many pleasant
recollections, and should have been nap
py to have renewed and extended II at TINS uine.
have long entertained high respect tor the lnte!i-
gence and patriotism of the great mass OF your CHI.
zeps and recent have not impaired that res
pect You have been, and trust sriH BE- La'o-
loving and Lalc- abiding people, know that your
devotion to this great principle has had severe test
in your efforts to execute the law ior ine re-
turn of fugitive slaves. Slavery in any form as re-
! feeLtnGS eQucQItOU,
ire naturally and inevitably eeites yor deepest SYM
p1thes. Nothing but stern OF duty, founoeo
upon rational, solemn conviction, that consufn-
tional and legal obligation must be obeYed, at any
and every sacrifice, could have insured the execution
of law in case like this. But, for myself, never
doubted that the law would ultimately triumph. Good
faith is the foundation of all morality and all social
security
The free States had pledged themselves by the
constitution the performance of this duty. The
slave States had right to insist, and did insist, up
,IforFo no
but break faith, forfeit word of honor, and
thereby trample the constitution of country in the
dust, and run the hazard of civil war; else to
admit the obligation like honest, true-heared men,
and do all in our power to comply with ft-stiH hop
ing and trusting that in due time mode Mould be
devised by those who have the constitutional
abolish slavery, and who deeply interested
in its final eXtincuon-o get rid of the euI without
destroying the farest fabric of freedom mortal hands
have raised-and in its ruins extinguishing the
last hope of humanity for sefgovernment. Permit
me to say, that this government has Boston
much to be given up hazarded for slight and trivi-
al causes. Some of the patriots of the Revolution
still linger among you-and the monumental pillar OF
your grateful recollection of the heroes who fell al
Bunker Bill, would seem to be mockery. if their
sons could so soon forget that this constitution cost
the hearts blood Of their sons.
That your citiZons have acted wisely and patroti
cally in sustaining the law, cannot doubt. Their
: conduct has been governed by the highest sense OF
moral and political obligation; and for this noble
s ample feel constrained, as the Chief Magistrate
whose especial duty it is to that the laws are
faithfully executed, return the citizens of Boston
3 my warmest acknowl edgements-and should have
been most happy TO have done this in person. were
it consistent with my official engagements to leave
this city. .. -.... ......-. ..-s -... .-...
With many thanks to you and through you to the
citizens of Boston, for this kind vation, have the
honor to be your friend and fellow citizen,
WILLARD FILLMORE.
. Here have the President of the United States
: excusing the sympathies of the people of Bos-
in favor of escaped slaves, and speaking of Sla-
very itself 6 eUir' of which it is the duty Of
the Southern people to rid themselves in due time
Nay more, he thanks the people of Boston because
T they did not uample the Constitution and the laws
under foot, and withhold from Southern his
property by force!! si-. ..- ....-
Does citizen of this country deserve credit and
consideration because he re(rans from committing
the crime of treason! Mr.. Fillmore seems to think
The President Of the United States declares SlaUe-
ry to be an eui, and steps beyond the limits of
his duty by expressing the hope" and the trust''
that the people of the South WILL in due time, abolish
this 50 EMIL" We regard this letter signif-
and extraordinary This cant about the ''evs''
of Slavery has length reached the Executive Chair
of the United States and this letter of Pments to
notorious Abolition City has been made the medium
for conveying it the whole country. We say cant
aye, hypocrisy, Pharisaisn-tha spirit which is
pure itself that it perceive all kinds of sins
and moral bernishes in others, and which thanks
God that it is " not other ''-that spirit
: now speaks from the of Washington!
Mr.. Fillmore is the choice of the Raleigh Regis
ter for the next Presidency of the United States.
Will that paper tell its readers and tell u.s. what right
Mr.. Fillmore has, President of the United States
to express the opinion that Slavery is ''evil - :
Is he not in so doing, throwing the moral power of
his high position against it, and giving aid and en-
couragement those fanatics who brand Slavery as
a sin and crime? ~'-.
1t is gratifying to observe that in Mississippi the
name, even, of Disunionst has become so unpopular
n that none but the most daring it. The hand
S bill announcing that Senator Jefferson Davis would
: speak in Columbus, was headed, ga Rally for the
r, Union. - Richmond ENQUIRER
We know of no public man, of South Caroli-
ma, who is for dissolution of the Union as matter
Of choice. The people of this State, we know, are
for the Union but not at all hazards and to the last
, extremity" They are for Constitutional Union