The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-13

this administration has been thwarted essentially
by dominant majorities in the legislative branch
Of the Government wherever the concurrence OF
Congress was necessary to the adoption OF sys-
tenn; yet the course Of the President in the man
agement OF relations with foreign powers, and
in the adjustment OF internal controversies under
such adverse circumstances has entitled him to the
confidence of the honest and true men OF all par
tics, and of all sections. lCheers.l have while
| a member of two different Congresses, watched
his course narrowly. have marked his personal
bearing in his high Office the calm dignity yet
easy aftability which distinguish his intercourse
with his fellow citizens. ! have examined his
| messages critically, and his administrative course,
and am convinced Of his prudence, integrity,
| and intellectual capacity. believe he ia u Ma
| tional Wing, in the true sense OF that term,
[Great applause believe that he Ia impartial
between all sections, and would listen TO no conn.
sells that should teach him to indulge In secuonal
prejudices, or to encourage sectional divisions. He
comes up TO my standard OF an accomplished
| sound Wing statesman, and ne Wing want no
better man, no better President, than we now have
in Willard Fillmore. [Cheers.l Kentucky has
had her model of a statesman Tor half n century
past, one in whom she found her true ideal Of a
Wing statesman. She has been brought up MS Il
were at the foot Of Gamaliel, and che now looked
| upon Willard Fillmore as the nearest approach to
the great statesman OF her own lGreat cheering
| l witnessed the hostile organization against the
| Administration of Mr.. Fillmore Immediately upon
the decease of General Taylor. All the artillery
of that organization is yet in line. All the bate
ries that opened then upon the friends OF the
Compromise and the Union are firing now against
| the nomination Of Willard Fillmore. The mana
/ gers of theso movements are active, adroit, and
interruptions They approach the point they
would carry, us an engineer who beseges hostile
fort, by zig gag lines that they may be protected
from the fire Of the batteries Of an honest public
opinion, and that their leaders may remain I'M
known until breach in the barriers to their pro-
| gross has been effected. Their declarations are
| as Inconsistent with each other as they are false
and jesuitical In one breath, through their afhl
l 6layehOdlpU
country, .the opponents Of the Compromise mea
sures do not wish further agitation" "Let us
dwell hereafter in peace and harmony, and let US
have silence on those distracting questions" In
the next, turning to the North, they cry ooh
verdant representatives from the slayehoding
States tell the seasons to cease their revolutions
turn day into night. You may compromise mo-
ney question land question, but you cannot
compromise the question Of human freedom" At
one moment they say, care we not abiding by the
law what now do you require! We are willing
to abide by il SO long il remains law" In the
mex moment they aver they will never consent TO
the Compromise measures as final settlement of
the questions they embrace, and they will repeal
| the Fugitive Slave law whenever they gain the
power to do so. From tho press of Boston, New
York, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, to say nothing of the country press OF
the free States, these and similar declarations have
| issued and are issuing weekly and daily. This Is
| potential organization, which no man who Is
true man should fail to observe
The most conspicuous men in public life who OPP
pose the Compromise measures OF 1851 are In public
life now, and opposing with all their highland main
| Willard Fillmore. These men and these friends
formerly acted together They work together
| now. The hostile organization, OF which have
spoken is also in the action of the State Legs
laturesin the public commttals Of representatives
who, by mnstering TO the prejudiccs OF classes,
reach important public trusts, and finally in the
actions Of private citizens. II cannot be said with
| truth that there is no agitation against the Com.
promise measures going on in the North. hap
pen TO know the contrary. Ii 10 true that the
| northern members OF Congress, who have been
elected under pledges to advocate the modification
| or repeal of the Fugitive Slave law have not ad.
dressed the House as yet, during the session OF
Congress, upon that subject; but they have pre-
scented petition after petition to that effect, and
| these have been referred by the House to the
committee Of which am a member. As lcgis-
iator, then. am already appealed to by thousands
of citizens of the Northern States to legslate upon
this subject and 20 legislate 20 repeal that
portion Of those Compromise measures which, re-
naming executory, is distasteful to the senti-
ments Of these people. What do you call agita-
ton? How do Aboitonists agitate the question
of slavery They send their petitions TO Congress
they demand legislation according to their views
| they address the prejudices and passions OF the
populace through the press-they organize Tor po'
litical action, md they make the question para
mount in the determination Of their suffrage Di-
rectly they hold the balance of power between the
old political philosophical merccnaries coalesce
with them for their votes at the ballot box-from
both parties and from various localities they thus
gather opponents Of their doctrines and add TO tho
force and influence OF their factou-volume TO the
| sentiment they seek TO enforce. This system Is
| nov in practice, and tho rcvcfberation from the
blows they infiict is felt at the Capitol-the echo
| sounds in the committee rooms OF Congress, and
| the soldiers who are 20 fight under the Anti Com
promise banner tread, by authority, the halls OF the
| Capitol. Their presses cry pence! peace. when
| they know full well they do not mean 90 keep the
peace Tell me, when ! sec the acts Of these men
producing such effects as these upon public opinion
tk.t,. 20 - a.. tall
| me TO doubt my own senses TO shut my eyes,
| and TO rcfuse the evidences which lie before me. /
do not believe the Union stand upon principle
other than that which one OF your resolutions pro-
| claim here TO night. What IL that principle We
do not ask any man whether he is in favor Of the
| Compromise measures or not. We only ask them
/ 10 accept them fnaty, and have end Of the
heart burnings and hard fcelngs between the two
| sections Of our country. The men who oppose the
CompfoInise--thc SeceAsionists Of South Carolina,
and the Abolitonists Of Massachusetts-have n COM
mon platform on which they may come up on. TO
oppose Northern Wings or Southern Wbigs who
stand by the Constitution md the Union. But
whether they do not, this question, tell you.
my fellow citzens, lies at the base Of the prosperity
OF this country. You will zee ON the 10th OF June
| next in BaitiIDore-no matter what you may be-
told by the sectionalists berc-you will with
what feeling the States south Of the Potomac will
rally 10 the cry you have noby raised here to-
night-the Union, the Compromise, and the Con
| stitution. tRenewcd applause The southern
States will there be represented IN solid column
tho whole Wing party from every Congressional
district will be there, and in solid column they will
throw their vote for Willard Fillmore. fChecrs. /
The design Of the clsss of tactcans 90 which have
alluded u nov % impress the North with the idea
that the Wbig States 81 tho South and West
rather indifferent as 70 the candidate who may be
named, and willing 10 support any Of those who
have been spoken of-at the same time 10 impress
the South aud West with the iJea that preference
for and effort in behalf Of Mr.. Fillmore would be
useless, because no IL utterly abandoned and politi
cally dead in the North. These tactics. | say.
were intended 10 paralyzc the South and West,
and TO inspirit the enemies while IL depressed the
fricnds 81 Mr. Fillmore in the North, and by these
means 10 throw the nomination Of n Wing candi-
date for the Presidency into the hands Of faction
II has been dcocption-a base deception from be-
ginning 10 end. fCheers.l IL has been deception
particularly az regards my own State In letter
which addressed some time since to the Buffalo
daily advertiser. the state Of feeling in Kentucky
was truthfolly described. And am happy 90
inform you now that have since heard. through
various and reliable channels, that my statement
Of the views and feelings Of tho Whig party there,
as therein set forth, empbatically and unequi.
, vocay true. From one county intelligent aud
Observing friend writes that there is not n cor.
pora's guard in the State but will go for Fill
| Inorc Auother tclis that there has meyer becn