Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09
Mr.. Fillmore charged with melting to
treason,

terests involved in this important canvass.
Mr.. Fillmore charged with melting "a
Treason.
The National Era, the central organ
of the Black Republicans, says
Mr.. Fillmore, on his way home, was receiy-
ed by his friends st Albany, and made them O
speech, in which be took occasion GROSSLY "a
dsperSe the people Of tie free States opposed ID
the domination Of the SLaUe POuer, and d
stimulate tie Stare holding population of the
South TO the commission Of Treason. Mr.. b.
chGnGn has ne0cr been guilty Of anything hay
90 bad as this.
The ". Y Courier and Enquirer copies
extracts from the Albany and Rochester
speeches, and remarks
This is nothing more or less than melting TO
treason. And pretty doctrine 10 is to be 6rOach-
ed by a man whO hds been President Of tie
United States If you want the Federal Gov
eminent preserved, you must let the South,
right or wrong, name its man, and have it's
way! Does Mr.. Fillmore imagine that we have
come TO THAR Does he expect Us to sllow
that sectional aggression is only TO be met by
sectional submission The South svailed itself
of the venality of few politicians Of the
North to break q solemn compact upon which
sectional peace had been preserved for more
than generation. The North are determined
that the object Of that bad faith shall not be
realized; and that the measures which our
fathers established, and the principles which
they recognized, shall be abided by. The
North adhere to whSa was the national policy,
while the South unite upon new policy,
which is altogether sectional Mr.. Fillmore
tells the North that it must yield, for that the
South will not, and, without humiliation, can
not. If Brutus would be at peace with CAS-
sius he must not hedge Cassius in, but observe
his Etching palm" and crouch under his testy
humor.
The n. Y. Tribune says
Virtuous achievements are not the only
passports to distinction. Great crimes often
make men notorious. Our readers will bear
us witness that during the present Presidential
canvass we have hardly mentioned the name
of Mlllard Fillmore. We have regarded his un-
Importance as too utter 10 waste words upon
him. Suddenly, however, he has loomed up
into q position, not more important, to be
sure, but far more extraordinary than any
which he has before occupied. He has sud-
denly distinguished himself by the open and
public avowsl of such reasonable doctrines
as have never before fallen from any man who
had occupied, either otherwise or by accident
the high official position 10 which Fillmore
succeeded on the death of Gen. Taylor. Nay
more-such clear aud distinct notification
never fell in the hottest and stOrIniest times
from the bps of Calhoun, Hayne, or McDufie
To resist in the peculiar manner suggested by
Mr.. Fillmore, the authority of a Chief Magis
trate on the ground that he was elected only
by the Svotes Of a part of the States, al
though he received majority of the whole
number of Electors appointed" would be
plainly and equivocally tresson-the very
highest crime known to the law. Mr.. Fillmore
Is thus by bis own deliberate avOwsl, at heart
and in intention-ln all bat the overt act,
which yet remains to be committed-a trai4
tor. This is no exaggerstion, no extravaganza
OF Language. We refer to the very words of
Mr.. Fillmore to sustain lis, incontrovertibly, in
this Position-words uttered, too, when his
parrot-like prsting about the Union was hard
ly cold from bis lips.
Well, from present appearances, Col. Free
mont is very likely TO be elected, and by votes
OF the Free States exclusively, although he is
Is reliable protector of all the constitutional
rights of the Slave States as Mr.. Fillmore
himself. lu that event, let Mr.. Fillmore try
on his treason. Ii the Southern States do
nothing else for Us in this campaign, they yet
produce hemp. at is rather an awkward
business" said Mr.. Webster in his reply to
Mr.. Hsyne, this dying without touching the
ground" Does our hitherto calm and compla-
cent EX-President wish to try the experiment.
Thus, fellow-citizenS of the South, is
Mr.. Fillmore traduced, villifed, and mis-
represented by your enemies and his enc
mics for the indignant rebuke which he ad-
ministered TO the spirit of sectionalism
which prevails in that portion of the Union
which gave him birth, and which is making
desperate efforts TO effect objects tending
to subvert the government under which we
live. And whilst these denunciations of
Mr. Fillmore characterize the presses of
the Black Republicans North, here, in the
South, presses and party speakers are en-
gagged in unjust and cruel attempts to hunt
him down as an abolitionist and despoil
him Of his well-earned reputation as a
conservative national statesman. DO not
these things call for the SterDest rebuke Of
a free and intelligent people? Should they
not prompt every just and honorable man
to rally to bis standard and join in his de-
Tense!
You've MExs' FILLMORE AND DoSELsoS
CLUB.-The young men of Nashville faVors-
be to the election of Fillmore aud Donelson,
FL. rEaf