Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-08-09
THE NORTH.

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Congyssses all su5seqxeat to tho date ct tie Erie
letter IN isss-Ae iauafsa6l, and soitsout one in-
stance of e1eeption ootea the opinlds g t1at testeF
ON euerv sectional luestian that came before him as
q member of Congress. Here, then, are the acts
to which the Republic appeals President f'stnors
adds M,ior Donelson6yet plants himself on his od
PLATFORM" ...uu
Fillmore was very strong at the South Major Dom
elson crushes out the idea in few words, as foi'
lows:
"There has been an idea that Mr. Fillmore was
strong before the people of the South; but the idea
is fast fading away In fact Mr.. Fllmores strength
at the South never had any root in the public mind
He was bitter pill-a very bitter pl-to the
South in ls4s; and they took him only for the sake
of Gen. Taylor; and snce then he has done literal
ly nothing specially to commend himself TO SOUTH
ern favor"
Major Donelson welded very prolific pen, and
was untiring in his pursuit of his object. he be-
leved, and asserted more times than he had fingers
and toes that Mr.. Fillmore was an abolItlonst IN
1888, and all the way down to April, 1852, when
Major Doneson's retirement from the Union took
place. and he felt it his duty to the country to prove
his assertions Just often he made them; and 1t
must be admitted that his resources were wonder
full, as he proved that Mr.. Fillmore was an aboli-
zionist according to every species Of evidence known
to the law books. We have only culled few va.
| riegated flowers from his wide field of rhetorical
discussion as we have passed through, and couio
readily fill all of twenty-four broad columns
What we have thrown together will serve for short
head Of answers to the know nothing orators in the
South who are trying to convince the people there
that Mr.. Buchanan is abolitionist, and that Mr.
Fillmore has none of the smell of fanaticsm on his
garments. To make such answers irresistible we
Introduce Major Donslson's strong endorsement OF
Mr.. Buchanan true friend OF the Compromise
of 1850, in June a. 1851 as follows:
SHOW, every one at all acquainted with the pub
lie conduct Of Mr. Buchanan knows that there is not
man in the Union, not even Mr.. Clay or MIR. w eb-
ster, who is thoroughly committed to the sup
port of the Compromise than he is, or who would
be further from insnuating the idea that resistance
to that is either necessary, expedient or
patriotic Mr.. Buchanan is not only committed IN
this manner by his written declaration to the Union
meeting of the people of Philadelphia after the pas
sage of the Compromise, but by his known sane
ton of the proceedings of the late democratic con-
vention of the State of Pennsylvania, here the ex-
ecuton Of that measure made party watch
word without dissenting voice in the body"
AS most Of the supporters of Fillmore and Don
elson were wings until lately, We may be pardonco
for one two choice flowers from Major Don.
clsons pen illustrative of southern wings in 1851.
The following will suffice:
| "During the whole time that the wing party was
engaged in giving strength and volume to the anti
slavery current the wings Of the south acted with
them, and labored with them in the same political
! organization This southern sympathy and
"'''"iS> "1'iHi III 'AS'o pau u'PoS"b .'"'
power to the iactionsts of the North enabled them
to shake the very foundations of the republic, is
now claiming all credit and praise because their
foundations are not upturned and overthrown, and
the coniedcracy shattered to pieces. The wing par
ty of the South determined to learn nothing
! from the past. If it not blind it would sec-if
it was not deaf it would hear and understand how
it has aided and sustained, and is now aiding and
sustaining, that spirit Of wrongful aggression which
has driven portion of the southern people we'll
nigh to madness and insanity, so to shake the
Union by reactive blow"
That is enough. We need not add that Major
Donelson did not neglect to prove most conclusive
ly, and almost daily, that the democratic party was
the only sound, national, and reliable political
ganzation for the safety and preservation of the
constitution and the Union. 1t may be necessary
for US to devote another column hereafter to
further notice of Mr.. Fillmores claims to the title Of
The Model President" as found in the diary made
up by the Vice Presidential associate on the Amer-
can ticket. Washington Union.