Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-05-30

appointed by Gen. Taylor. In this respect,
he pursued course directly contrary to
Gen. Taylor, who appointed to Office alike
pro slavery and anti-slavery men. Fill
more chose, however, to prescribe anti.
slavery Wings, and he thereby made pow.
erful enemies whose just opposition he can
never appease or resist.
While President, those enormous pecu-
lations upon the U. s Treasury, known as
"Galphinism" and 20 Gardnerism frauds
equal to Swartwoutism" accom-
plished We do not undertake to say that
these sums were not in one respect " lie.
gally" drawn; we do not believe Mr. F.
was personally sharer Of those gains, or
corrupt in any sense in respect to them.
But those best acquainted with him say
that he lacks frmness and patriotism in
such cases that he does not inform him
self personally of those matters as he
should; easy, confding, indulgent, acts
were accomplished which render his ad-
minstration obnoxious, and which cause
the people to be mistrustful of him.
The same class of politicians who engi-
neered Galphinism aud the fugitive slave
law-men of the most abandoned political
character, and desperate in purse and in
eputation-were the procurers of Fill
more's nomination, and would again
rule and riot if he should chance to be
again in the Presidential chair
Before his administration closed, MIR.
T. was rejected by his own party. Like
his prototype John Tyler, he had prostitu.
led the powers Of Government to secure q
denomination. He had all the Wings of
the SoDth, and all the cotton, slaveocratic
silver-grey strength Of the North, except
The North, however, would not trust him.
They had tried him, and found him want
ing.
The friends of WEBSTER then besought
the Fillmore men to JOIN with them, where
by they could secure the nomination of
the Defender Of the Constitution. While
Fillmore couid not secure his own eleva-
ton, he scouId not aid Webster. The
friends of Daniel Webster do not forget
this ungenerous, this exclusive, this mon
opolizlng, rule-or-ruin course.
SCOTT Was selected as the standard bea.
rer, but went down under the weight Of
Fillmore's fugitive slave law and Galphn-
ism. The Admiuistration-eleete as
Wing, by Wing votes-was at best cold
and feeble in its support of the Wing cause;
hundreds and thousands Of Silver Greys-
Fillmore men-came out openly and op-
posed it and it lis believed by very many
that Fillmore himself exerted his influence
privately against Scott Under the cir
cumstauces, Fillmore can not expect aid
from any true Whig-from any true friend
of the noble chleftain, Winfield Scott
Upon the close of his administration,
Mr.. Fillmore took triumphant tour
through the South. He was everywhere
received with open arms, by all parties,
for his devotion to the interests of
Slavery, and his opposition to Freedom.
His own speeches were fulsomely eulogis-
tic Of his sacrifices" to "save the Union,"
and stating that he pursued a different
course from Gen. Taylor. (There is no
doubt, had Gen. Taylor lived, he would
have managed differently. Notification
ism he would have treated as Gen. jackson
treated it, and the Union. saving" cant
he would have secuted as he did while
living) 1t was stated at the time, that
Fillmore's tour was to arrange matters for
the Presidency in 1856.
President Fillmore was the FIRST to
give executive assent to the fatal heresy
of Slave Power in the Territories In the
days of Washington and Jefferson, Congress
not only prohidited Slavery in the Terrific
tories, but abolished it where it actually
existed. Jackson, Van Buren,, Tyler, Polk,
all endorsed laws prohibiting the existence
or extension of Slavery in the Territories.
Itwas left for Filmore-elected as Free
State man-to sanction laws leaving pre-.
viously free New Mexico, Utah, &c, open
to the incursions of Slavery; he thereby
laid the foundation upon which Pierce,
Douglass, &c, have erected their batteries
to overthrow the Missouri restriction, and
to send slavery like desolating scourge
over the plains of Kansas and Nebraska.
Yes, the compromise acts Of 1851 are the
very acts upon which the whole Kansas
outrage is based they are appealed to as
authority; and for those acts, MIR. Fillmore
claims to be elected President by the low
ers of homer, of good faith, and of Liber-
ty! He it was who opened this "Pan
dora's box" of evil, and challenges our
support for the unfortunate-the Infamous
decd!