The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-10-02

the general government, looked for some
expression ofthe sentiments which perva-
ded the whole North-sentiments that
Mr.. Fillmore had ever professed-in bis
letter of acceptance. But in this expec-
tation was disappointed. There was a
studied and significant avoidance, in that
letter, ofthe questionupon which he knew,
as we all know, the Presidential election
is to be decided, either in favor of, or
against slavery extension. Nor was !
less disappointed in finding the friends OF
Mr.. Fillmore in Congress, voting steadily,
throughout protracted session, with the
supporters of aggression and outrage in
Kansas, and persisting in such votes, af-
ter, by the report ofthe Kansas Congress
sional Committee, it had been irretragably
proved that the election in Kansas had
been carried by armed bodies of men from
Missouri; that an Infamous code of Ter
ritorial laws had been enacted in Kansas
by Missourians; that free presses in Kan
sas had been destroyed by Missourians;
that settlers in Kansas had been robbed
and murdered by Missourians; that organ
Il lied and armed bodies Of men from Mis-
souri, and other slave States had sworn,
in secret societies, that Kansas shall be-
come slave State; and finally, that all
these outrages were perpetrated with the
aid and appreciation of the United States
Judge and Marshal, and in the presence
of United States troops. But these great
wrongs, though arousing the just ndlg-
nation of freemen, have elected no word
of reproof from Mr.. Fillmore. On the
contrary, in his speech at Albany, he as
founded, the country in declaring that
the election of Col. Fremont, by the spon-
taneous suffrages of majority of the
citizens of the republic, would occasion
dissolution of the Union. And to the
last vote in the called session of Congress,
when the friends of freedom endeavored,
in the Army Appropriation bill, to pro-
tect the citizens of Kansas by the adop-
ton of conservative proviso, Hon. Mr.
Haven, the confidential partner and par
tizan of Mr. Fillmore, voted with the pro-
slavery majority. Indeed, since the com
mencement of the just closed session oi
Congress, slavery has not obtained an ad-
vantage that it did not owe to the votes
Of Mr.. Fllmore's friends; nor has free
dom encountered defeat that did moi
come from the same quarter ofthe House
of Representatives His friends, holding
the balance of power, turned the scale.
when it would turn in favor of slavery.
And where, or in what respect, has
Mr. Fillmore profted, politically, by al
these sacrifices of principle-all these vi
olations of duty-all these surrenders o
independence---all this self-abasement
What has been gained by bartering free
dom for slavery
His nomination, as you know, was de
manded by our Southern brethren, wht
would only consent, even to his nomlna
ton, upon terms that drove most of th'
Northern delegates out of the Conven
ton. It was painfully apparent in th'
deliberations of our Convention, tina
Americanism was but secondary object
Slavery was with them the paramount
consideration. While, for the sake o
the broad American principles that ha,
taken deep hold of the public mind, w
were prepared to ignore the slavery ques
ton, they insisted in making it, and dit
make it, the primary article of faith il
our platform.
+ And how, after imposing terms whicl
have shorn the American party of it
Northern strength, do the South Amerl
cans act? Have they kept or broker
faith with US? In North Carolina, who's
election is just over, the American part
is virtually dsbanded. The Hon. MI
Pury ear, an American member of Con
oress from that State, comedies the Stat
to Mr.. Buchanan, though aside fror
slavery, there is an acknowledged politics
majority against him.
| In Kentucky, where was one year ag
triumphant American majority, OF
t party is beaten, if not annihilated. Co
Humphrey Marshal, a gallant leade
/. seems to have nailed his colors to tt
mast; but that only proves that he
n faithful among the faithless."
The Hon. Mr.. Walker, of Alabama,
/ member of our Convention, who wa
2 among the most Jealous advocates of M
: Fillmore's nomination, has from his Sc
i. in Congress, proclaimed his abandon
! ment of Mr.. Fillmore and his adhesion
b Mr.. Buchanan; Senator Jones, of Tenn'
O see, with Senators Pratt and Pearce,
Y Maryland, lifelong opponents of the Den
i ocratic party, have proclaimed themselve
| in favor of Mr.. Buchanan. and now star
e along with Senators Cass, Douglas, Ate
ison, &c, upon the Cincinnati platforl
l. There has been, within three months, al
n since the issue which is to give freedo
Y to or force slavery into Kansas was ma
4, up, a regular stampede from the Southe