Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-29

Mr. Rb1lG0ofesN Last Appea1sAs~A Rft60s
blr Spectnt1e.
Shrewd wives, II Ii said, have tkrce modes az
couqacring the ssnbbofnDess of fhsis ohdura,e
husbands, fret shey coas, tbsn Their seold, and
II both these fail. then thsy cry. Mr. Fillmore.
In hi. sotictssle 70 he President. has run rand.
" through aii these moods. First he coared for
votes by I, faislng the country Next, al Alba
ny and Rochester, he tried 70 scare the people
into voting for him by threatening them with
disunion, II they elected bis opponent And
now. finding the case Desperate he burn,s into
regular hyslerics and DECLARES that ii. after all
he las done and suffered for the people they re-
fuse to elect him. they NAV 60 further and do
better II they cant
Mr.. Filimores letter to J. W. N. Bcrrein, Of
South Carolina 4 on the whole the most re-
markabIs eice,ioneering document We have ever
seen. II "a the grand haIling sign Of distress.
A regular. earnest, despa;ring sappiieation for
goatbeyn votes DE- pYofuadis eiamaeit, s'JT
after all IAaae done, and all he saeyffees Thar
mad 10 matnfasa the yigLts of The SOUTH saws
Mr. Fillmore. ashe stiIl dis.r,,sts mc.s he can
only say he hopes she will find some one more
deserving of her votes and her yrattusIet Was
there ever candidate who 80 dcmeaaed him.
scif.--~ho went down 80 hufnatngIy on his
knees, and begged for Office with ouch earnest
and impor,unsie clamorf
for such an appeaI He has indeed made sacri-
Aces. for the South and done acts in her be-
half for WHICH he NAV well claim her gratitude.
He abandoned all the principles Of his early po-
Htical lif,.--tnrned his back nunn the North
wbict, had placed its confidence in him--betray.
ed the interests and RIGHTS OF freedorncntered
into A conspiracy with the slave mower In the
senate. through, hauuman Poo,e NJ Mississippi.
against tho free soil administration OF President
Taylor, through whose strength be had been
elected Vice President. and threw the whole
weight of his official influence, "a President into
the scale of slavery. He forfeited the re-
spect of his old constituents their
interests and sacrificed their rights, as well a.
lost irrecoycrably, their confidence and support.
This was service TO slavery which merits graf
itude And it naturally gals him little to find
that in spite Of Il all he stands no possible
chance of getting Southern votes He IL real
ixing in his own casc---ghat so many better
men have experienced before him--that the
South knows no such thing as gratitude---that
Il uses Northern men as tools for the accom-
pshmebt of its purposes, and then throws them
AWAY at il debauches then. and then turns
them into the streets to gain livelihood, If they
can by political prostitution--or TO drag Out a
miserable existence aA the objects of mingled
pity and political scorn The South looks to
the future-pot the past IL gratitude IA for
fayors erDecfe1 II will give its votes for Mr.
Buchanan lin suite of the rood intentions and
fair promises and fearful entreates OF Mr. Fill
more. II prefers the open endorser Of the Ne
brasha yiainy, and the author OF the Ostend
Manifesto, even to the signer Of the Fugitive
Slave Bill
Mr. Fillmore. il seems, Is determined to leave
no stone unturned He writes for the newspa
pers He pleads his own cause through the
press, and then franks his appeals through the
mail. He has written !i.hy article Tor the Buff
falo Commercial. urging the ilnpossibility OF
restoring the Missouri compromise, insisting that
nothing can be done TO remedy its repeal. and
that this question therefore, has nothing TO do
with the Presidential election. He is endorsing
th. article--"My sentiments; ". F."-and send
inv it as a personal appeal 10 the voters OF the
Southern States We do moi know which most