Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-09-18
AsfE-DELUyIaxs.

The UaisE az. kindred prints are giving ther-
selves vast dss; Of unnecessary labor 10 hunsing
up old documtpS and exploded charges to prove
Mr.. FiIlatoEsl aa Abolitisnistg Now, II these
presses were cbaaucted BY apprentices Or awkward
youths from 'ifs country who had never read any
thing of pSiii9al history furtbeg back han The rear
1913 ther- m}ss be some excuse FOR them, 10 heir
rsrdases 81 Atsir want of opportunity tokeep pace
with ms +ptastrsss Of TIE age
Bat the .rer4aeiors arc kaekncyea potitieiass who
ecriainly 2fnk hey can make large drafts aponthe
eFsdalisy j. agapranre Of ihefrre4den They quose.
xhens yer hara run. a letter from MI Fillmore
9fiaee Ia 1913 10 which 1nti-sarery sentiments
are ascwta but eyeu In that letter. h. declines TO
pisag'' sslflhroagh all rime. He expressly r.
ssFte' the right 10 aei according 10 lhe sfsamaaee,
cad condition II Lae e0nasry. lie refuses 10 be a
saete aHtsstatea, Ia 1850 state Of things exists
which requires Rim, a an honest mai and a pa
triotss Chief Magistrate or the Naiionso discard
Ali mere seesiossl views. and 90 for the peace and
segbsyfd 5Ifaiaa 81 he VAole Country He signed
tas Fagiive Slave bilI--a measure smperaliveIy
demanded BY t1s Constitution, and b. the exfgen-
elaAos the umsta-and in his Annual Message or
80 he elinyhes The nail, BY decaringthat be con
siaefs The Csmfromise Measures i 6nal settle
,nentn OF lhe dangerous and agiiaiing question
which had SO long distracted the coantryand calls
apon his oounEynen TO g rally Spaa and maintain
fIat gSosad = And YET, with ~,hsse fixed facts
before the Nation, Mr. Fillmore'4 opponents are so
hard run thar they are obliged to rake up the old
letter Of 1888 as the only eeapen with which they
can assaii him Cd
Did ever Folly present itself in a more piiiabe
plight Did ever L6poiency exhibit greater feeble
ness or manly
Why, il these rakersup Of exploded matter really
want something substantial from the history ct the
I'aa, why don't they so baekto Mr.. Pplk's Oregon
bill There they can discover something like
rsaliiy-therelhey can The Wiaot Pforiso in
al It's vitality.
Il is provided tn sbe iiih section OF the aaet TO
establish the Territorial Government Of Oregon"
that ihe inhabitants Of said Territory shall be en-
titled toenj6y a and singular the rights privileges
and advantages granted and secured ID the people
of the territory Of the United States, northwest Of
the River Ohio, by the articles ofcompact contained
in the ordinAace for the government Of said terri
tory on the ash day of July, 1851; and shall be
subject to al The conditions and resrietoas, and pro
Aibaionsffu sail articles Of compact imposed upon
the people Of said territory"
Now, whist were the restrictions and prohibitions
VI outu 0DAhAA4~S3+ tNOsSAitSth itHtH Ane drt
ITSELF
Art. G Thefe shall be NEITHER adrery l.or iarolRn-
tary sceritn in the said territory Otherwise thaa in
The punishment Of crimes, whereof the party shall
have been day convicted 4
Were reader, is Ahe identical Wilnot Proviso
about which you have heard 50 mueh--embodied
in the Oregon bill signed BY James K. Polk en- the
iath Of August 1913. Here is sa5stastiai. paeoa-
trorutsd fact submitted to BY the Southern nemoc.
,racy Wfihods mufmur--G surrender ef he tvsols
qasstioR Of jurisdiction By Congress opsr e iastif.-
lien Of tslarseg And YET Democratic writer's and
speakers have the sIfrontery to talk about about
Mr.. FimoTc's Abolilonisml
Impotence neyerppton amore brazeg front even
when the Devil himself offered TO give the Saviour
of Mankind lands, tenements, and possessions,
szrhich did bot belong 10 him.
Why The ASSISTANTS Of the Administration are
really so extremely hardTun for materials, that if
Mr. Fillmore don't seon commit some Personal or
political pedeadilio there will be nothing let for
the Deufbcratic seribhiels 10 exercise their wits
upon. The President is absolutely uncharitable
He walks altogether too suaghe for mortal en-
dnrance de must either balk 6rs blunder. else
"othello's occupation viii be-+goae foreYer.