Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-14
Letter from Mr. FILLMORE.
The following letter has been addressed to the Hon
r. w. NJ Berrien, of Charleston, South Carolina:


J. w. NJ. Berrien, of Charleston, South Carolina;
BUFFALO N. u. Sept 30, 1885,
Your two favors of the 25th instant have Just come
TO hand and furnish additional evidence that am
constantly msrepresented both North and South
In the North am charged with being pro-slavery
man. seeking to extend slavery over free territory
and in the South am accused of being an Abolition
ist But am neither, and as have invariably re-
fused to give any pledges, other than such might
be inferred from my known character and previous
official conduct have not answered to the public
any of these charges. If after all have DONE and
all the sacrifices have made TO maintain the consti-
tutional rights of the South she still distspists me
then can only say that hope she may find one
more Just and more fearless and selfsacri6cng than
have been, and that when found, she may show her
gratitude by her confidence.
And so of the North--if after all / have done to
maintain her constitutional rights and advance her
interest she distrusts me, hope she may find one
more worthy of her confidence and bestow it accord
ingly shall have no regrets for myself in either
case. am On GaIt0uS that the country should be
aOeU governed, and that tbs unfortunate sectional
tr0persy betaoeen the North and tie South S0d be set
ted and fraterndl feeling restored But IGpprshend
title difficulty is that the erremes on each SIDE aOant
President fav0rin9 their peculiar 0iea0s against
their opponents. CANNOT CONSENT TO Blk SUCH CAN
DIDATB ron EITHER SIDE. / AN FOR THE WHOLE UNION
NoRrH AID SouTH, EAST AND WEST, AND If MY CoUN-
rRYMKN WILL NOR ACCEPT Mr. on THOSE CONDITIONS,
SHALL NOT COMPLAIN.
The enclosed Particle copied into the Richmond
timents on the Missouri Compromise II may or may
not suit your latitude; but IkaUe not one thing for tie
South and another fer The North, and therefore
send It,
In conclusion, permit me TO express my sincere
thanks for the kind interest you have manifested in
my success as the candidate Of the Union. remem-
Der your lamented brother well, and was proud to
call him my friend. wish his valuable life could
have been spared TO aid in this struggle to save
our country.
With sentiments Of respect, am truly and sincere
ly yours, WILLARD FILLMORE.
p ST. write in haste, without time to copy or
correct.
We do not covet, says the New York Commercial
Advertiser the head or heart of the who can sec
in the above letter anything else than manly ssser
ton Of the writer's determination not TO sacrifice, in
the slightest any one of his long-cherished princi
pies for the sake Of obtaining the votes of either sec
ton of the country. If Willard Fillmore had never
written line more than the above, he would have
entitled himself TO the confidence and respect Of the
whole country both North and South. The letter
places Mr.. Fillmore on platform UNNECESSARILY ele-
waited above that of either Of his competitors of
whom transformed himself into platform TO obtain
sufrages and the other relies only upon the support
Of the Northern States, as his own party journals
have repeatedly affirmed, From this day forth every
friend of Mr. Fillmore must feel proudeF Of him than
ever. If ever there was man for the times,H Mr.
Fillmore in the most emphatic sense Of the phrase
the man for the present crisis in national af
fairs, and every who loves bis country should
forego every minor consideration and vote for him.
The letter is the more valuable because il ia evil
IDENTIFY not written in coldly measured and diplomat
&c phraseology, but is the prompt and natural out
burst Of warmly patriotic heart Mr.. Fillmore
audes, Il will be seen, to editorial in the Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser Of September II, as contain
ing bis sentiments on the subject Of the Missouri
Compromise.
The article from the Buffalo Commercial Advert
ser has already been published in the organ.