The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-07-10
Important Speech of MIR. Fillmore.

tx President Fillmore was handsomely
received last week at all the towns along
the North River. en- bis route from New
York city to Buflaio. At Albany he made
speech Of considerable significance in re-
ply 10 an address from the Mavor. We
make the following extracts.
We see political party presepting car.
didates for the presidency and vice pres
dency selected for the first time from the
free States alone, with the avowed purpose
Of elcciing those candidates by sufFrages of
one part of tho Union only, 10 rule over
tie whole United States Can IL be posi-.
bie that those who are engaged in such y
measure can have seriously reflected upon
tho consequences which must inevitably
follow IN case Of success2 (Cheers) Can
they have the madness or the folly to be.
Ileve that onr Southern brethren would sub.
mt to be governed by such Chief Magis-
trates (Checrs) Wou'I he be required
to follow the same rule prescribed by those
who elected him In making his appoint.
mentsl II a man living south Of Mason and
D'xon's Line be not worthy to be president
or vice president, would it be proper to se
lect one from the same quarter ms ore Of
h's cabinet council, or to represent the ma
ton IN foreign country? Or, indeed, To
collect the revenue, or administer the laws
of the United Statesl Ii not. what new
rule Is the President TO adopt in selecting
mon for office that the people themselves
discard in selecting him3 These are seriou,
but practical questions, and in order 10 ap-
Precime them fully it is only necessary to
turn the tables upon ourselves. Suppose
that the South, having a majority of the
electoral votes, should declare that they
would not only have shareholders for presi-
dent and vice.president, and should eiec,
such by their exclusive sufffages TO rule
over the North. Do you think We would
submit to il3 No, not for moment. (Ar-
plause) And do you believe that your
Southern brethren are less sensitive on this
subject than you are, or less jealous of their
rights! tremendous cheering) II you
do, let me tell you that you are mistaken.
And therefore you must see that If this Sec
tional party succeeds, it leads inevitably to
the destruction of this beautiful fabric rear.
ed by our forefathers, cemented by their
blood, and bequeathed TO us as priceless
inheritance.
| tell you, my friends, that speak warm
ly on this subject, for feel that we are in
danger. am determined to make clean
breast Of it. will wash my hands of the
consequences, whatever they may be; and
tell you that we are treading upon the
brink OF a volcano, that is liable at any mo-
ment 10 burst forth and overwhelm the ma.
ton. | might, by soft words, hold out de-,
lusive hopes, and thereby win votes. But /
can never consent TO be one thing to the
North aud another 10 the South. i should
despise myself if could be guilty of such
evasion. lTumultuous applause.] For my
conscience would still ask, with the drama.
tic poet
rs there not some secret curse
Some hidden thunder red with mortal wrath
10 blast the wretch who OWES his greatness
10 his couniry's runi'' fChecrs.
In the language of the lamented, immortal
Clay: Il had rather be right than be Presi.
dent Enthusiastic and prolonged cheers
1t ssems to me impossible that those en-
gagged in this can have contemplated the
awful consequences Of success Ii i. breaks
asunder the bonds OF our Union, aud spreads
anarchy and civil war through the land,
what is ii less than moral treasonl Law
and common sense hold man responsible
for the natural consequences of his acts, and
mus: not those whose acts tend to the des-
Euction of the government be equally held
responsible? applause. And let me also
add, that when this Union is dissolved, it
will not be divided into two republics or
two mona,chies, but broken into fragments,
and at war with each other.
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REMEMBERING SOMETHING OF A SER.
MoS.--Went 10 dine one of these DAYS
at Hughea's at Devices Was taken by
reverend neighbor Money in his gig, aud
returned with him at night Our chief
guest, DIR. Thackeray, the Provost or Kings.
An apecdote Of DR.. Barnes, who is now
about ninety five years of age, rather anu.
sed me. Being sometimes las even Young
er men might be) inclined TO sleep litlc
during the sermon, friend who was with
hitn in his pew one Sunday lately having
joked with him on his having nodded now
and then, Barnes insisted that he had been
wide awake all the time. "Well, them"
said his friend, "can you tell me what the
sermon was a5ou:l" "Yes," can," he an.
swercd, ut was about half an hour too
long."-Didry of Thomas Moore.
The most remarkable dogma in the jew
ish creed is undoubtedly the belief of the
coming and redeeming Messiah. This be.
lief whether derived from the early prophe.
cy of Moses, or from any other source, is
most frmly fixed in the Jewish mind, aud
has been most infiexibly adhered to through
all the fortunes Of the race. 1t still makes
the hope and consolation of the deseen-
dants Of AbrSham, and it is remarkable
that asimiiar belief was entertained by lhe
Persaps. The Jewish doctrine oflhe crea.
ton, and Of tho fall OF man by the instru-
mentality Of an evil spirit, corresponds TO
the Persian doctrine-the two principles cf