Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-10

Falsffyfny the Rseerds.
We would put our friends upon thek guard
against certain tricks Of the sasnies e hillasl
Fillmore, in remote districts, which ars nov
beginning to come TO our knowledge For a.
ample, we learn that, in Tennesses, Buchan-
an candidate for elector 10 charging, IN pubic
speeches, that Mr.. Fillmore, when in Congress
in 1912, voted to extend the naturalization
laws 30 as to embrace free persons Of color !"
and that this champion of Buchanan then goes
on to argue that Mr.. Fillmore, h0cing voted to
eStsnd tho privilege Of citizenship to persons
Of color, is dangerous exponent Of the views
of party who would curtail the privileges Of
white foreigners. hofFs1 el % nasfga
This is bold Islander, but, to give it plausi-
bility, we understood that this Buchanan ora
tor fearlessly quotes the House Journal of 21st
January, 1912, and the Congressional Globe
Of the same date, it being rare, in that portion
of the State, that any ono can have access TO
the House Journal or to the Congressional
Globe. We have turned to the record, and
find, Of course, that the charge is a Deliberate
classification. The Journal Of the HOUSE, at
page 25s, and the Globe, at page lbs, gives
the proceedings of the 21st January, 1S42, and
the vote alluded TO- and they both show that,
instead of it being vote to extend the privi-
lege Of citizenship to persons Of color, it was
merely vote against laying on the table
motion to receivs a petition praying for such
extension. Southern as well as Northern men
ootsd s0ith him, and, among the latter, is Mr..
Pierce's Attorney General, Mr.. Oushing.
No man contended more earnestly for this
same right Of petition, nay, for rsceioing o6o-
Etion petitions, than did JAMES BUCHAN-
AN, the present Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. He not only voted to receive,
but pressntsd to the Senate sundry petitions
to abolish Slavery in tho District Of Column
6ia (See, for example, the Register of De-
bates in Congress" for 1866, p. p. 80, 679,
.779.) But, Gas Mr.. Buchanan contended,) the
receiving and laying these petitions on the Ia
bic is very different thing from sanctioning
the objects Of the petitioners. On the I'd
March, 1886, Mr.. Buchanan, having presented
a petition to abolish slavery in the District Of
Columbia, complained of the view certain
Southern men took of it, and said is8
Let it once be understood that the saoysd
right of petition and the cause of the a6olitioniss
must rise or must fall together and the consequsn-
ces may be fatal. would, therefore, scarn South
gentlemen to reflect seriously in what situation
they place their friends to the North by insisting
that this petition shall not be yeceivedn Register
Of De6ates, 1886, p. 68l.(
On the 7th January, 1885, he said that shs
could not vote for the motion Of the Senator
from South Carolina, (Mr Calhoun, not to rs-
csiye these memorials" to abolish slavery in
the District Of Columbia-(see p. So, Reg. of
Debates.) 5a ala AZ
And on the 18th February, same year, the
Pennsylvania memorial, for the abolition Of
slavery in the District Of Columbia, being call
ed up, Mr.. Buchanan said: gs.ta
-"He believed that the Senate had not the
po,0er to refuse to receive the petition" - Reg
of Debates. p 1867
But enough of this. Mr. Fillmore and Mr..
Buchanan, with many southern men, alike
voted to receive petitions, merely to sustain
the right Of petition, the sentiments Of which
petitions they utterly repudiated. But here is
a southern orator talsitying the record against
Mr.. Fillmore, in order to create the false i'm
preston that he voted to confer citizenship on
persons Of colorl Shame upon the southern
man who would thus stab him while he is he
roically bringing the moral force Of his position
and character to bear to sustain the constitu-
tional rights Of the South 0, shame that
those who should thank him for his manly and
courageous stand against the Abolitionists, are
actually classifying tho public records, in order
to try to tarnish his bright and glorious name,
Let the South rebukc such ingratitude and in
justice Esq