The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1856-07-25

we have hiihorio said nothing for or
against this ca idt,e, noi regarding him
Of sufficient ibportAnce r. this portion Of
Ohio to reqeiso n0sics. Il is perhpps
due to the phblic p adfsft to bis hisio-
ry and and present position.
There is no question thas ihe admin
istralion Of FILLMORE was an able and
cfedisabls one. when compared Wlth that
of Tyler and Pierce. SO far as bis ap.
proyal Of the fugitive law is concerned, it
twas 4 grave errof., but yet il has itsmit'
igatiug circumstances. His party repu-
dated the exercise Of the veto-PoWer.
The bill was passed not because in it.
selfright, but as a UaiOn sasing meas
ure,,;--as compromss, and those were
days when Wholesale perjury had not
yet sunk the pro-slayery party beneath
the confidence Of tho people. Reliance
was had in their ohiyalry-4-lheir honor
and their patriotism; and it was sup.
posed by many that this great copces-
sion. agreed to BY The entire North would
be honorablY rewarded by 6delity 70 che
rights Of the North. and 70 the cOpsii-
tuition and It's compromises. So far, we
have no serious objection to Mr.. Fiji.
more. tfl
But when tho law became established,
Fillmore Ear transcended his constitution.
al authority by enforcing IL, and display
cd a recklessness in his slayeh hunts which
astonished and eEasperat6d every free
mar. 10 the North, and surprised even the
South itself For period Of seventy
years the constitution, with the judi
cial diota and laws based upon it---enfor-
oed by the police aud the people, was
considered sufficient for the capture Of
fugitive slaves. Fillmore, however, call.
ed out the force Of the U s, army and
navy. aud set the first example Of the
kind on record. This was not al, but
contrary to the constitution and laws, he
invaded free States, placed cities under
marshal law, and expended thousands Of
American treasures in hunting down fu-
gitives over the plRinsof Ohio and Penn
sylvania. These Unprecedented and out
rageous acts we're the iirst Of the bold
strokes aimed at State sovereignty. and
liberty, now practiced so recklessly by
Pierce. 8Ht
However, Fillmore went out Of Office
an eminently respectable President, and
aftera scjourn. Of four years, partly at
home aud partly in Europe, where he
received hattering attention from The SOW
ereighs and nobility, returns to the arena
of politics, and his frst act is to over
step the utmost limits of his former ex-
ecrable and unconstitutional policy In
his reception speech he says We see a
lpoliticat parry presenting eandidotes Jor
lAe Presidency and Vies Presidency 80.
ieotsd for Ms first time from free States
alone, ,0ith hs avobsd purpose of sleetia0
these eandidatss By sU6rggss Of one part Of
he Union only, 10 ruis over Ae phole
United Statss. Can il be possible shat
those who are engaged in such meas
ure can have seriously reflected upon the
consequences which must inevitably fol.
low in case Of success (Cheers. y
Can they have the madness or the folly
to believe that oar Southern brethren
''ou'd submit to b governed By sucA a
ekief magistrate %
Mr. Fillmore approves Of this senti
mont, which he claims prevails at the
South. He says; "These are serious,
but practical questions, and in order to
appreciate them fully. il is only necessa-
ry to turn the tables upon ourselves
Suppose MGttAe South, AGving a major
ity ofhe eleetorial votes, shOuld declare
that they ,OOuld only lave Shareholders for
President AID Vles President; aud should
elect such By Msir srelUsiys sgGrogss 10
rUls over as at hs North. Do you 6ink
Te aOOuld su5ma IOat No. not for
moNsvt" ]"
Mr.. Fillmore has forgotten that we
did submit to il in le9e-heyer dream,
ing Of disuniou, 10, Adams aud Rich
ard Rush, Of the North. ran against
Andrew jackson and ]. O. Calhoun. Of
the South, and the south succeeded
This miserable new tangled apology Tor
disuuiOn then had no existence. Il is
the offspring Of slavery and lust for plum
der and is shared by looofoooism and
Pro.slayery Amegicanism alone. We
have no hesitation in declaring that the
RsPubicdR party, almost 70 man. SOuld
vote for slapskoldsrs for President and
Wee PresidsRt. Il they were satisfied
thev yvonid Githh,iiv onForco tba A.