Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-24
LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
Interesting Disclosure

sippi in 1851. expressed desire 10 hahg J"nh
P. Hale with grape vine,for the crime OF Aho-
ton. is now lawyer in California. and recently
made a .peech at harysville, in which he gave
this remarkable account Of certain political ope
rations, to which he was party at Washington,
pending the last Slavery Compromise
The patriotic portion of the old Wing party.
which adhered to Clnv. Webster and Fillmore,
was. day by day. diminishing both in numbers
and courage and were openly complaining of being
made the victims of most RELENTLESS persecution
on account of their national atiuities II was dis
covered BY several persons. who had the honor
FLEEING then in the Senate. hat il had become
necessary to put an end to this great and growing
evil: and the humble individual who now addres
ses YOU one day rose in bis place in that body.
and declared for himself and other Senators with
whom he had consulted, that they had resolved
to tear up the evils alluded 20 bv the roots, by
refusing in all cases to confirm the nominations
which could be traced TO q certain official person
age. (pointing, at the moment, to the chair oeeu-
pied hv the celebrated Senator from New York;
and expressing the belief that the politicalh ercsy
Of Free Soil would be eaectuay extirpaied
soon as the aspiring young men of the North
could be taught the saiutary lesson that the path
way To- official elevation did not lie over the ruins
of the Federal Constitution
II had not long taken my seat before Dir. Bad
ger at North Carolina one oi the purest and most
patriotic men that has ever occupied place IN
the National councils, came tame and stated That
Vice President Fillmore, then presiding officer
ia the Senate, had requested him to make known
to me that he perfectly concurred in the views
which had just expressed. aud that he would
be pleased To have an interview with mo on the
subject in his official room in the Capitol. nj the
hour of q clock next morning. | promised 10
attend upon him at the time and place specified
/ did so.
without going fully into particulars at present
It is sufficient for to say that obtained by the
direction of MIR. Fillmore, from the hands Of
accredited friend of his n list of the nominees
subject to the objection FLEEING violent agitaiors
of the question Of slavery. This whole catalogue
of worthless WAS disposed of in tue Senate; in
other words, fbeyw sacrificed the peace OF
the country, snye one or two, whose nominations
remained 10 be acted upon on the last night of
that session of Congress
They were disposed of by Mr.. Fillmore him
self on the same night; for just before the clock
ofthe Senate struck twelve, this gentleman being
then President sent in special message with.
drawing all the offensive nominations and subst-
tuting others in their stead
Mr.. Fillmore is known TO have acted during
has administration OF the government on the prin-
ciple embraced in the foregoing narrative. It's
first official act WAS TO construct Cabinet Of
sound conservative and national men-men who
had never connected themselves with tho eA-
IRENE sentiments of either section, counted
the cost of the Union. In his appointments to
Office he scrupulously observed the same line of
action, not only refusing to dignity with the
bonors of public trust all h. gher.law men, Seward.
ties. abolitionists, and d,sunonists, but remoy-
ing them from office wherever found.and treating
them always as public criminals and eonsprators.
His policy was to mark these as unworthy
of public confidence as bad citizens, to be shun-
ned and ignored; he sought to disgrace abolition
ism, TO destroy il and cast il out pntrld car
cass, from the arena of political contests 1t re
CURED nerve to pursue such u course ms this, for
MIR. Fillmore well knew the strength of the mon
ster with which he WIS graphing, and that his
own sacrifice would be the almost inevitable con
sequence OF the struggle in which he had engag
ed, But he did not quail or falter He made
emies by thousands in the North he encountered
. storm of the foulest obloquy and abuse; he lost
the support of former friends in Congress, and
destroyed the possibility of a denomination for
the Presidency, but these things did not deter him
from the firm and faithful discharge of what he
conceived to be due TO the peace Of the country
and the preservation of the constitution. In
this high effort Mr.. +. fell martyr, but not till
he had well nigh accomplished the object of his
hopes. Abotionsm was in the last stage of vi.
tality;it hadbecome gangrenous and stenehy, and
men were shrinking from it from something
leprous and deadly. Mr.. Fillmore was consigned
to private life. and Democratic successor took
his seat. Then all was changed. The scattered
and flying forces of aboltionism that had taken
refuge in the locofoco camp were invited to join
in the banquet of victory, and unite in the distri
button of the spoils The odds and ends of eve
ny faction were brought and held together by the
cohesive power Of public plumber. jeff Davis
and Marcy were made to shake hands from
the opposite ends of slavery, aud Purtansm
and Papacy kissed and cursed each other in the
persons of Dobbin and Campbell Aboltionism
again raised its head. Its followers were taken
into fellowship by the administration-th only
question asked being: Ibid you vote the Pierce
ticket" Dickinson, the truest and best man of
the party, who could have been President if he
would have accepted the nomination, was in
suited by the offer ola relationship Bronson,
who refused to consort with and confde in aboli-
tionists was whirled neck and heels out of office
Friends of the administration voted for the re-
election of Seward and others congratulated him
openly in Washington, on his success. The
Kansas bill was coantenanced by the President
on the score. that it established squatter sover
eighty, was proposition in behalf of freedom,
and that under it no new slave State would ever
be admitted into the Union. though we should ac-
quire the whole Of Mexico. A Northern man,
since convicted of conspiring with the abolition
lists to make Kansas free State was appointed
Governor of that territory, and when public in