Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-14
Fillmore nnd his Cabinet-Testi.
mony OF distinguished Demo-

Wing reader, as often as you hear Fill
more and the members OF his cabinet char
ged with being Abolitonists or free.sol Ag-
itators. cast into the teeth Of those who
would do them such rank injustice, the fol.
lowing high testimony from distinguished
Democratic sources, north and south.
Gen. Cass, upon his responsibility as
sworn Senator ia Congress, said:
This Administration has placed itself
high in the great work of pdcifyiag the
country, and they have received the need
Of appreciation from political friends and
political foes, l pariakc Of the same
sentiment. ! do them justice. But am
democrat, and, God willing, mean to
die one. This is wing enthusiastically
that is no reason i should not do them JUS
tlcc; and do it with pleasure, in this great
matter Of the safration oftAis country, if l
may say so. | have done so. and shall CON
llnue to do so, whatever snccrs their papers
may contain; for / do il not for their sake
but for the sake of truth and the country"
Speech IF lh. Cass in he u. $. Senate,
lIarch 10, 1881.
Is Willard Fillmore or Nathan X. Hall
charged with being aboliiionist, or FREQ
soil agitator! Nathan X. Hall is n mem
Der oithis administration, of which Fillmore
is the head. And Gen Cass, the Magnus
Apollo OF Democracy, says ''this admins
trutlon has placed itself high in the great
work Of rACIPyiNG ruE couNrny"---that
this administration is laboring for "the SAL
WALTON or THIS COUNTRY" Are Thomas
Corwin and Daniel Webster branded as
aboltlonlsts rlrce-soilagitators, remember,
Corwn and Webster are prominent mem
bcrs Of that Administration, which, Gen,
Cass says, upon his own responsibility as
a sworn Senator in Congress, is laboring to
rAciFY TnE couNTnY-laborinS for the
SALVATION or THE couNTRy!'
Need VIC add another word IN vindica-
! fionl "Ont Of their own mouths we con
denim them" The teachers Of Dcmocra-
ey, the chief rulers and fathers of their par.
~. rise up IN testimony against them. But
is it said Cassis from thcNoRTnl Aye, so hs
was from the north in lS4S, when southern
Democrats supported him with enthusiasm
for President. Then hear distinguished
democratic Senators from the south. Sena
tor Clemens (dem.) of Alabama, an ardent
champion Of southern rights, says:
"Sir, | honor him far Ills course, and il
the appreciation of a political opponent
who has in times past done him some wrong
be at all grateful TO him, let him be assured
that nat | oaiy, but thousands Of others o.
my political friends, Aeartiiy thanh him fos
what he has done, and fcrvcntly ihanp
God that we have in this crisis a patrio
and a stateman at the head Of alFairs, uh,
hnoaes tbs duty and dayes topey/0m a.
9ir. Clemens speeeh IN Mc T. s., Senate.
Febaary %, 1851. :
Are you not yet convinced Then heal
the voice Of South Carolina herself, speak.
ing in the person of her own Butler, upo,,
his responsibility as Senator in Congrcs.d
"Jasttcc and Mc occasion require me l.
say, that do not believe the power Gale,
for, would be abused by the present execrn
tive. The precedent for the direction d.
rise and just President might be the 70 p !,
ofpower fora military despot-" Mr.. Bu.,.
ler's repo,t upoa Me Pyeadeat's Messas
asking additional poueysto crecufe he +,
gttire STARE Lam. to
Must Cass, and Clemens, and Butler, n |.
speaking upon their responsibility as swona
Senators IN Congress, all be discrcdted, 70
ordcrio brand Fillmore and Webster, Hal
and Corwin, as Aboltionisis and agitatoron
Alas, for the shameless excess Of parta-
Democracy itself should blush at such r.
implication Of its own boosted defenderanr
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