Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-08-18


Edwards, Ferris, Fessenden, Fillmore, For
nance, Foster, Gates, Gerry, Giddings, Gil-
mer, Goggin, Go,den, GwiD, HabeFshaln, Hsr-
RS, Hastings, H. Hays, Holmes, Hol rs
| Houck, Houston, Hubbard, Hunter, o. J. Ia
gersoll. j. r. .Jngersoll, w. W. Irwin, James,
4 CAVE JOHNSON O Klein, A. Kennedy,
ItLane, Linn, ABRAHAM MCCLELLAN, Nc.
Kay, Mallory, Marchand, J. T. Mason, Mat
tiews, Mattock, Midell, Miller, Moore, Nor
I gan, Morris, Newland, Oliver, Owsly. PICK
Z S, of S. c., Plumer, Profit. Randall, Red
[ Ing, Reynolds, RHErT, Ridgway, Riggs,
Rogers. Roosevelt, Russell, Shepherd. SHIELDS,
Siade, VIM. Smith, Snyder, Steenrod, Stoksly,
l q. H.. II. Stuart, Summers, Sumpter, Sweny,
~. B. Thompson, r. w. Thompson, jacob
|; Thompson, Triplett, HOPKINS L. TURNEYc)
! Van Rensselaer,, Ward, Warren, HARVEY
u. WATTFRSON O Weller, White, CHRIS
WisEG- 1875.
Read that roll again! Is it possible that
LINN BoYD, late an aspirant for the demo-
cratic nomination to the Presidency is an
! abOlitionist? Can AARON V. Brown, whose
heart had well nigh broke, that the com
promise measures of 1850, had triumphed
over the reasonable doctrines Of the Nash
! vile Convention, be an aboltionist? Can
WV. 0. BUTLER, late democratic candidate
for Vice President, be an abolitioniSt? Is
CAVE JOHNSON an abolitionist? Is HOP
TuRNEY, who was ambitious to out-calhoun
Calhoun in his zeal for extreme measures.
al aboltionst? Is HARVEY NJ. WAITER
son, once editor of the Nashville Union,
an abolitionSt? Are RHETT and PICKENs,
! of South Carolina, abolitionists? If so,
then this nGgatire vote of Mr.. Fillmore
proves him an aboltionst. "Giddings,
Fillmore e. Co." says Gov. Johnson, aye
and what a glorious Co." Aaron ".
Brown, Cave Johnson, Hop Turney and
Harvey NJ. Watterson !!
This is the species of warfare waged
against Mr. Fillmore to prove him an abo-
litlonist. Will not the people rise in their
strength and rebuke snch malicious at
tempts to defame pure and unspotted
patriot?
But this is not all the connection which
Mr.. Fillmore had with these resolutions.
After the above vote was taken, and be-
fore the resolutions were disposed of, we
fad on page 343 Of the same volume that
g Mr.. Fillmore rose and said he had never
asked to be excused from voting, and he
never would But he acished to inquire
arhether Il t0as IN order for him to ask the gen.
Heman from Ohio (IIr. Giddings) to aoih-
draw the resolutions 2" (Cries of no, no.
Mr.. Fillmore wished the resolutions with
drawn, and the agitating subject baniShed
from the table of the House, and the
minds of the members.
So far from wishing to act upon the re-
solutions, much less to adopt them, as is
charged by implication, he desired that
they should be withdrawn, and made an
attempt to have it done. Did any Of his
Jrother abolitioniSts, Aaron v Brown, Cave
johnson, Hop Turney and Harvey NJ Wat
tcrson desire or do as much If they did
where is the evidence Why did they not
second the request of Mr.. Fillmore, and
drive the demon of agitation from their
midst Without a solitary voice to sus-
tain him from among the Southern negatiUe
voters on Everett's motion, does this much
abused and slandered patriot rise in his
place and make the only effort that was
made, either by Northern or Southern
men, to quell and quiet this rising storm.
And yet, with souls soaked in the acrid wa
terS Of party hate and malignity, these four
TannesSeans sit silently by and see NIL
LARD FILLMORE for the same vote which they
gave, slandered and villifed as an aboli-
ZIONIST, and raise 70 voice to shield him from
such attacks. Is not this the extreme of
partyiSm? Can they not be brought to
do a simple act of justice? Will they suf- |
fer their party ScavengerS thus unjustly and |
without cause to deceive the people and |
a great name, for an act which |
they themselves have committed?
Mr. Fillmore sought to effect a with
drawal of the offensive resolutions of Gid
diugs. Is it reasonable to suppose he |
would have done so, had he shared their
Had he been the fanatical |
agitator which they represent him to be,
would he not rather have eXerted an inhu-
cmce to keep them before the House, and |
dashed, instead of pouring oil upon the
troubled waters? But not so. Mr.. Fill |
more manifested, at that early stage of the |
slavery agitation, the spirit which has con-
trolled his whole course on the subject. He
resisted its agitation then, and he does it |
now, and has done so consistently. The
great body of the people are with him, and
by the trickery and fraud and man
agement and deception Of the pestilent
crew of Northern and Southern sectional
lists, nullfers, disunionists, abolitionistS and
of all grades and hues, he
would be by an overwhelming majority,
their choice as Chief Ruler of the Repub-
lie Oh, if all the men in this Union who
have more confidence in him than either
Buchanan or Fremont, should vote for
him, how soon would the tumult Of the Ma
tional heart be stilled!
There are other points in this Creole case
to which we have not time to refer to-day.
Gen. Haskell Tn the Field
l., 90. c,1,,,r sc ,roab;no. o,no;oa r,op4s