Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-08
MIR. Fillmore and his Traducers.

Mr.. Fillmore and his Traducers.
The war now waging against Mr.. Fillmore by the
Buehanantcs aud the Black Republicans is Of tn.
most reckless and shameless description. At the
South he is denounced Aboliuouist of the worst
stripe-at the North he is assaied with viruenceas
holder and more ardent champion of slavery than
John &. Calhoun. Between these two desperate and
unprnciped factions he is thus subjected to n
unual cross-fre, which promises to he kept up with
something like endish pertinscity during the entire
campaign
We confess that, for the first time in lives, We
are almost amazed the course Of the Democratic
press n the South. Why they should attempt
break down and destroy the nobeSt and most gallant
champions Of Southern rights and interests al ;he
North, rally passes comprehension and startlcs
our wonder. 1t would seem to he alike the duty and
the pleasure Of all Southern men, Of all parties, TO
sustain and encourage those true and determined
patriots at the North who striving to roll hack
The desoating tide OF Abolition fanaticism, and who
are unsclfShly and magnanimously stalking their
popularity and all their hopes of political preerment
upon the single die OF trying preserve unimpared
the constitutional rights and equality of the south
If they borne down before the storm that is rag
ing at the North where then would he the hope OF
the Union and the South? Have we here in the
South any bnlwark against aggression and insult az
ter they stricken to the earth and rendered
nerveesS and poweriess? What resort have we. in
that event, but tn seek protection out Of the Union
And is this what these nadmen arc driving at
whether nor Is this what they desire snd
what they struggling for, even though OF
easy prevention by pursuing mild, conciliatory,
Just and generous course toward those at The
North who ready and willing to lend
helping hand in this crisis Of our fate: 1t indeed
looks So hut il that is their unhallowed and despe
rate object, the peoples sympathies not witt
them. Ii that be their scheme, it is the scheme o.
fatally bent mischief, and they will be me.
n the Threshold with a whitening popular rebuk,
Tho detor'ninaii and desire OF the Jeops il tia
tie Union shall he preserved just long its pre-
ser7atinn is consistent with sef-respect and honor
They not yet ~ far gone in depravity and mad
ness be willing sacrifice it the mere nj
umph Of party. Aud yet they not submission.
ISIS. There is nothing Of the spaniel or the coNar
IN them. When the dread alternative comes Of a.
quiesccnce in wrong and outrage, resistance la
bitter end, they will be bold enough and pron,.
enough 90 take the nitiatory steps. and command
severance OF the links which bind the two section,
together. But they do not mean In act unadvisri,
snu in the dark. Of that, be assured. If your Oh
Iect therefore, be to precipitate dissolution OF H.
Union, with or without cause, a. il TO be inlerre
from yonr nalevalent and ceaseless denunciatious
those true and trusty the North, whose hsret
breasts even courageousy resisting the storm
Of Abolition fanaticism for our sakes- then,
again repeat the peoples of right and ustic,
and fair play-their generous instincts, their mag
nanimity, their chvsry their hOnor-will all riS.
mp IN blast your dark foul scheme, and overwhelu
you utterly.
We trust such is not the object of these Southeri
Democrats but confess inability 10 conceiv
OF any other motive that ca7 adequately account To
their persistent and violent assaults upon MllarC
Fillmore man, by the acknowledgment oi
many Of those who thus upon him, that is ana
has been true 10 all his constitutional obligations 10
the South and the Union. But showed on yester.
day what manner Of warfare our neighbors of the
Examiner and Enquirer waging upon INN in
the present canvass-how notwithstanding the his
tory before them of his glorious Washington-lEe ."
administration, and the noble and patriotic senti-
ments expressed in his speeches right in the
teeth Of the Aboltioniss they still continue to cha
ractsrize and denounce him as no better than Gid
diugs and Seward, and Sumner aud Fremont We
now wish to show what Black Republicans think and
say Of him-who hate him with intense and consirn.
ing hatred and whose warfare upon him is even
more bitter than that of those who are engaged in
The same business with them at the South We
quote from the New York Times, we'll known a, a
leading Seward organ, and We beg our readers to
marx it, language. II says
We have already alluded to the extraordinary
" language used by the Ex-Prcsident at Albany
" 81 f'ir fran eOascnfiRg stand rs q candiJat,
" Pi,dgcd n the restoration Of ne Missouri Com.
mise" -(recolect the Examiner and other Southern
Democratic papers say he is pledged)-"h kas ds.
" oiared that steh odHdidate dcscrpes IN Bede,saL
cd in the and that il elected tho Southern
tstes will he justified in refusing to submit and in
d" seeding from the Union. PRo-sLAvEPY y,~,r.
Z" cIsN rvrs ~ SorrH C,EoLiSs vryrR rRorrrnrD r,
ruIs HvOLruoyAB uriwNE The maddest organ.
Of Calhounism have not ventured To hint dis.oln
ton As the consequence Of defeat Al the ballot box
" Mr. Fillmore hes hsrcCorc adroncod bevond M,
" Siiiest ssecssioHist oC The South. Not only doc,
he Join in the crusade against the most solemn o
% the post constitutional compromises but menace
those who adopt the only means that can reinstat
=" u, with a dissolution Of the Union TA,re co
b 10 g,istotc IN hh sort Of tall. IL con oni
mem that W. Fillmore. II slecred, IL ple,igsd
sus,ain the siare Staies IN the posttion MeV bqs
" assumod that the peace his friends have prot,
iscd the result Of his administration IS 10 b. oh
tanned by forcibly sitting Northern indignation an
layishly indulgiog Southern cupidty and presuinr
ton and elat his whole policy uW be square,
by re d>siaHas 81 ~ Pro-siatsry party"
We sppcal 10 the just aud generous people
Virginia and the South, and ask them 10 tell d
whether they find II In their conscienoes or
COED policy 20 see Willard FillmorO-the stern 40
noble champion Of the constitution, the Union "a
the rights Of the Soutb-proStrated aud crushed b
ths perpetual cross-hring OF the uaitorOus Bar
Republicans snd the uusuuPulous, sPoils-loving d
mocrsey. Can you DIT down 10 apathy and ndi6o
sDcs ard So hp made a toartyr Of insrcly "a graft
the partisan ~aliguiy Of either Of tbces Peruicio
s~esui VIII you coldly and ungsteNully turn 20
hsoks upon The truest sud best friend you have
~ The isnJ Bot why ash ~ cruel aud unnatoI