Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-06-27
Connare Theu.

The following is copy of an article which. with
lis staring capitals is going the rounds of the Fill
more press -.
of April, 1926, says the American Organ, James
Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, the champion of South
ern rights, CD who received the unanimous nomi-
nation of the Cincinnati Convention for the Presid-
ency, said as follows
s'Permit me here, Mr. Chairman for moment,
to speak upon this subject, to which have never
before adverted upon this floor and to which, trust.
may never again have occasion to advert. mean
the subject of slavery. | BELIEVE 1T o BE A
GREAT POLITICAL AND A GREAT MORAL
EVIL, | THANK GOD MY LOT HAS BEEN CAST
IN A STATE WHERE 1T DOES NOT EXIST :
X 1T HAS BEEN A CURSE EN-
TAILED UPON US BY THAT NATION WHICH
MAKES 1T A SUBJECT OF REPROACH TO OUR
INSTITUTIONS"
[See Gales and Seaton's Register OF Debates, page
| 2,18O, vol. 2, part 81
| The above speech was made in the House of Rep
resentaiives eleven years after his 4th of July
ton, and six years after his famous Lancaster anti
slavery resolutions Will cod Buck put in the
n ca of infancy to this charge, he does TO the
charge of Federalism ?
We have no disposition to assail MIR. Fillmore, and
cert ainly none to 90 behind his recent public
life in search of the weapons. But if the papers in
his interest explore the records of 1915, and 1919
and 1926, to find accusations to found suspicious
against MIR. Buchanan and if they parade, with
such an air Of horror and to excite horror, ab
stract opinions held by Mr.. B. in 1926, we
PEELED 10 ask their attention to the following from
their own candidate 1t is not mere y sentiment
that he aVOws, hui it is action, and immediate action
that he declares himself in favor of. And it is &C.
ton that extends beyond the scope of the present
Black Republican platform, and which would vio
lently explode this Union.
And this letter is the language of Mr.. Fillmore
not in 1915, 1919, or 1826--but taceIve years
later than The last date Yet the who claim to
be his friends pass over The pr gmatical and fanat-
cal doctrines which he therein declares his purpose
to embody into lars, and laws that look outside of
his o1un State for their operaton,--hey pass welre
gears behind this 10 an isolated sentence in speech
of Mr.. Buchanan, simply expressing his pleasure
that he lived in free State because he thought
slavery an evil! If, on these premises they call on
the South 10 beware OF Mr.. Buchanan in what tones
of earnest warning anu vehement expostuIaton
should they not deprecate pr. Fllnore's election If
the merest whisper of dstrust is justified against Mr.
Buchanan for the sentiment OF 1926, the tmiG &C
cents should swell into the loud thunder of indignant
denunciation, when the letter of Mr. Fillmore in
| 1898 is brought under review.
| Mr.. Fillmore has reason to ask to be saved from
the friends, who by their folly in attack have thus
exposed him 10 most cruel contrast; and who have
used and thereby sanctioned argument that utter
| ly overwhelms themselves and him Such consum-
mate folly,--such absolute madness,--can only be
accounted for on The suppostlon that they fight
! ing without feeling any hope and having nothing
therefore to lose, merely seeking to infct what
damage they may on the adversary, at whatever ex-
posure of themselves. But their present effort is
that of him who stands before the fortress of Gibra-
tar and provokes its guns by firing his pocket pistol
! Here is Mr.. Fimores letter.
| Letter of Mr. Fillmore to the Erie Abolitionist
BUFFALO, October II, 1888.
| SIR:-Your communication of the 18th instant as
chairman of a committee appointed by the Anti
Slavery Society of the county of Erie" has just come
to hand. You solicit my answer to the following in
terrogatores:
1st Do you believe that petitions to Congress on
the subject of slavery the slave trade ought to be
received read and respectfully considered by the re-
presentatives of the people ?
End. Are you opposed to the annexation OF Texas
TO this Union, under any circumstances, so long as
slaves are held therein!
Sd. Are you in favor of Congress exercising all
the constitutional power it possesses abolish the in
ternal slave trade between the States?
4th: Are you in favor of immediate legislation for
the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
am much engaged, and have no time 10 enter in.
to an argument, or to explain at length my reasons
for my opinion. shall therefore content myself for
the present by answering ALL your Undergraduates in
the a0irmat, land leave for some future OCCASION
more extended discussion Of the subject.
am, respectfully,
Your most obedent servt,
WILLARD FILLMORE.
L'nr Nhosr