Washington telegraph., 1852-06-16
Reasons for FreesOil Opposition to
Elr. Fillmore.

The Tribune and other malignant Abolition pa
pers of New York have the shameless impudence
to pretend that their envenomed opposition to Mr..
FILLMORE had its ori gin in the fact that he took
occasion to remove certain SEWARD officeholders,
not because he signed, and afterwards enforced to
the full extent of his official power, the measures
of Adjustment! This is, certainly, as cool as an
iceberg. The Baltimore Patriot. referring to this
subject, shows up the Sewardites admirably as
follows: trI..-
"The delegate election in New York State
shows vengeance and spite, upon the part of the
Seward managers there, worth noting. 1t will
be remembered that under the administration of
Gen. Taylor things were so managed that Mr..
Fillmore was cut off by Gov. Seward from having
voice. even in his own town of Buffalo, in the
appointment of postmaster collector. In
deed, he and his friends We're utterly prescribed.
To restore things, and invariably for cause, am
told, Mr. Fillmore withheld from the Senate about
dozen of Gen. Taylors nominees; and of this doz-
en-, for spite only, the Seward managers. through
the canal lettings (jlst declared unconstitutional
and the canal deposit funds, have returned four as
delegates:
"No L. The T. S. Marshall of Western New
York. Kellogg, removed because he kept depu-
ties under him, who publicly said they would never
execute the Fugitive Slave law.)
"No g The Postmaster of Albany, Benedict
name withheld,) appointed over and against Gen
Solomon Van Rensselaer,, now dead but the APP
pontee of Gen. Harrison when President
"No g. Thompson, a removed Postmaster in
the Genesee district.
mo 4. Knox, a removed Postmaster at Water
loo.
s'These removed Office holders are now all sent
as delegates to Baltimore to drive Mr.. Fillmore
off the track: among them is the anti-fugitive-
sIave-law executing Marshall of Western New
York! wish Mr. Botts OF Richmond, much Joy
in his embrace of him."
This disguise is so tlimsy, and is, withal worn
so shabbily, that every one who has eyes, will at
once see through it. No man will be deceived
by it unless he is willing and anxious to be deceiv-
ed The idea that the opposition of the abolition
presses of New York to the President is founded
upon the removal of some four treesoil Office hold
ers who were unfit for the places they occupied,
from the fact that they all denounced law of the
land as unchristian and unconstitutional. and that
one of them had openly proclaimed his determin-
alton not to execute it. is sublimely ridiculous
The subterfuge is as paltry as it is contemplate
and it partakes of both meanesses in superlative
degree.
| No. no-the hate of the Abolitonists to M1L-
LARD FILLMORE did not originate in the removal
of the individuals referred to- Nothing of the SORT
1t had its beginning in the favor shown by the
Executive to the Compromise measures, pending
| their passage through Congress. 1t increased in
strength when he affixed his official signature to
| the great plan of Cancellation. The accumulated
lava of personal hate and vindictive fanaticism,
broke out revengefuly and frriously when he en-
forced the fugitive slave law according to its spirit
and letter. overlapping the barriers OF truth, honor,
| decency Justice.
These are the true reasons for the bitter oppo-
sition to the President, no matter what or how
many, disguises may be assumed Envenomed
hostility to the Compromise constitutes the basis
of the hatred towards its executor whose faithful
enforcement of the laws has alone made him obi
Gus in the eyes of depraved fanatics, unprncipled
demagogues, and detestable wire workers, who
have shown themselves to be wholly unscrupuous
as to the employment of means to effect his po-
| litical ruin.
And yet men like these preslmptuously ask the
Wings of the South to go into National Conven-
ton with them, and permit them to designate a
candidate for the Presidency. Could brazen I'M
pudence go further! As far as we are concerned,
we would sooner enter into a partnership with
disease, and covenant with death, than allow
them to make choice in the premises. Anything
is preferable to their predominance.
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