Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-03-11

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Unwilling to utterly destroy their credit with the
people by charging Abotionism upon Mr.. Fillmore,
the Democratic press nevertheless, with the Rich.
niond Enquirer at their head, are beginning TO in
dulge in their usual insinuations and inuendoeS
against the American ticket This course N con
duet will surprise no familiar with the wreched
instincts, hsbts, and tactics-and who is noty-of
the called Southern Democracy. The surprise OF
NIL would have been excited, however, if they had
manifested the slightest purpose TO do justice to
their political opponents in this particular. But Mr.
Fillmore and his associate respects their tested
and we'll known devotion TO the constitutional rights
Of each aud every section Of the country, above
and beyond the reach of any assault which may, in
spirit Of factious partisanism, be made upon them
by the presses and of the Democratic party
at the South. We repeat that the man who had the
frmness and patriotism to atfix his signature to the
Fugitive Slave Lava law violently opposed To
the preudices of large proportion of the people oi
his section and who thus gave the highest pos
sibc evidence Of his determination 10 sacrifice him,
self in order fulds his duty TO the constitution
and the South such man, we say, so bold AMI
true in the discharge Of grave and unpleasant pull
lie duty, stands in need of defence from the vile
and unworthy insinuation of unsOundness on the
slavery question. The acts of his administration
administration which Gov. Wise proclaimed to lie
" Washington like sufficiently refute an assertion
utterly stupid and groundlesS And We now tell
these Democratic flglemen that any attempt to dis
parage and inure Mr.. Fillmore by representing him
in the slightest degree tainted with unSound
ness the questions at issue between the North aud
the South Will only recoi upon their miscellane
Gus, hybrid, hypocritical party
With its usual felicity in selecting captions for its
pointless criticisms upon the American party the
Enquirer of yesterday contains dull, leaden, um
bering article headed thus" Southern Know No
things suecumbing to Abolition And this flaming
heading appears to have been considered proof
enough OF the charge which is made in it-as the
article which follows contains nothing additional
Leaving out of view the fact tina, Mr. Fillmore
signed the Fugitive Slave law and enforced its 60
ecuton in good faith aud that of course lac
will never yield his assent TO bill tor
its repeal and emitting entirely to mcaton the iu
ther face that the very convention which nomna ted
him voted down Overwhelmingly proposition to
restore the Missouri Compromise the Eng ,LireY pro-
ceeds to argue gravely that the American party of
the onion "ehdOrse taiiy and VnegHicocaIy tie
Abolition principks" Nor is even the Southern,
wing of the party excepted by the Enquirer from
this sweeping, wholesale, unfounded accusation
The Southern supporters Of Mr. Fillmore, equally
with his Northern supporters, thus charged by
the central organ of Virginia LGcooco juntosm with
"succunbing TO Abolition with endorsing fully
and unequivocally the Abolition principle" And
this charge, too, is made by paper which recently
devoted its columns to the defoneg or excuse of the
Abolition Soft Shell Democracy of New York, who
have for their leaders Martin and John Van Buren,
paper which declared in the presence of the who'll
Southern people, that these Soft Shell Free Soil gen
temen, whose separate organization is based upon
the principle Of anti-slavery extension had been
more sinned against than SHINING 4 paper, too,
which has not yet uttered solitary word in disap-
proyal of the votes of thirteen members of its own
party in the Virginia House of Delegates, a week
ago against bill to provide for the protection of
the slave property of the State "a bill voted against
by those immortal thirteen Virginia Democrats upon
the same identical ground upon which the execution
OF the Fugitive Slave Law is opposed by the mad
cap AbolItionists of the North That is upon the
ground, As openly and shamelessly avowed by some
Of these patriotic "thirteen in debate that the nom
shareholders Of Virginia should not be- taxed for the
benefit Of the slave-ooaers ia other words that
the sou reward offered in the bill for the detection
and conviction Of Abolition kidnappers should n,t
be paid out Of the State Treasury, for the reason
HoRslaveholding Constituents of those "thirieen" ia
nous DemOcratic members Of the Virginia Legisla-
ture An argurnsut we hesitate not to characterize
aud to denounce a miserable and despicabe Abo
iition argument; and which, we understanl was
haracterizel aud denounced as such. at the time
both by GOV. Floyd and Mr.. Rlmunds. who are ais,
members Of the Democratic party we understand
further that Mr. Johnson Of Harrison had the frank
In aeLu vt.l,r. ia,
between himself anl Gov. Floyd that his constitu.
ents-the Democrats who sent him u the L.sisl,.
ture We supposcwcre not sound to the core on IN,
slavery question And this declaration we take T.,
be the literal truth, the name Of his colleague up
the hill referred %, stands conspicuous in th.
Black List Of Thirteen" And yet the Eaguirer.
while railing at Wings aud Americans. aud charsin,
them with "succumbing to Abolition has no word
Of condemnation Tor those thirteen recreant mem.
berPof it, own party in the House Of Delegates
men, who, in the position thus publicly taken, aud
in the argument employed 10 sustain it, have amj,t
outierodel the rankest Of Northern Abolition.t s
themselves who. in short, have successfully emula
ted the real Of Abolition fanatics in doprecating the
imposition Of any burden upon the observation-disclosures
Of the State for the protection Of slave property
Ia conclusion suggest to the Ea7uirer. before
IL renews its assaults upon Fillmore aud Doneson.
or before IL chides the Abolition fanatcisrn OF
Seward or Greeley, Fred. Douglas to turn it, At
tention awhile TO the Hos-slavehoding occentrcitics
OF portion Of its party here in Virginia
When il shall have duly denounced the conduct Of
the Immortal thirteen, We shall have more respect
Cor It's sincerity in the denunciations habtually e
wells At the alleged unsoundness Of Wings and A,n.-
rcans TIL IL does. however we shall be compel,,J
in Jasuce and truth, 10 regard IL a. an accompice
Of the Thirteen Immortals"
The Southern Planter
The March number Of this valuable periodical contains
electorate, weiconsdcred and weltned article by Tho
Editor w. Rufn, the subject Of Inspections No man
o'intcgenee can peruse IT, aud subscribe TO 10 conc
500" that the Inspection laws are in syey respect uur
Gus 70 every body except the inspectors theaseye. E
establishes BY figures What We asserted some week AGO
that would DO good economy the people the farmers
IN particular 20 paw the Inspectors d they NUT b. sup
ported by the pabc Of their pockets or directly