Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-05-30
The Chronicle.
FRIDAY, MAY 80, 1856.
THE HONEST TRUTH.

a good President; true TO his party, ant
TO The country, the whole country. We di,
hope that the opposition 10 him, manifested a
the time of his nomination, would subsIde
and that he would be supported by the whole
American parry, North as well as Southland
by the Republicans also; but We have been
disappointed. Every day renders IL more aud
more apparent thai there can be 10 united ac
ton between the North and the South, until The
question of Slavery extension shall have beer
settled; that this is 10 be the great issue al The
presidential election, and all others subordl
nate; that Mr. Fillmore can not get the Repub
ican vote at the North (nor majority of the
American. eIherD without pledging himself
to the cause of Free Territories, in which case
he would be dropped by his Southern friends
"lIke a hot dumpllng; consequently he could
scarcely receive the electoral vote of a single
Free State; and as TO the Slave States, II is
well understood that where concessions Ia
that institution are required TO insure success,
moderI. Democracy will go down deeper in The
valley of humiliation than any other party can.
OF course there can he no hope for Fillmore,
: or any body else hut the Democratic, Slavery
extension candidate IN that section.
We regret that these things are so; hui
there is no use in attempting To disguise the
real situation of affairs. Let the truth be told
of successful resistance 10 Nebraska Democ-
racy, seems now To centre upon the Conven-
tionS To- assemble on the 18th and i7th prox-
imo.-Nluch Chunk Gaz.
Bay-Tbe writer of the foregoing, We
know personally to be man of good in
formation, political sagaciiy, and firm de-
yOtion to the American movement. We
doubt not he speaks the views Of many
others who hastily endorsed that ill-advi-
sed ticket
WHY does not Ex-President FILL
MoRE's nomination "take p Not because
the man himself is not personally affable,
geutlemauly, friendly, generous, and pos
sessed Of every element Of popularity. In
this particular, however, President PIERCE
is no wise his inferior. But the principles
and the measures of the men, render them
unacceptable to the mass of our people,
notwithstanding their personal attractive
ness
Mr.. Fillmore is opposed, at the outset,
by the advocates of the One Term princl
pie for President leading principle of
the Wing party, just as binding aud eflec-
tive, now, as ever. Mr.. F. held, virtually
though accidentally, one term. In his
case, as in the case of Mr.. Pierce, it was
evident that he desired a second term, and
shaped his course with reference to such
result. No man, We think, can believe,
that Mr.. L. would have pursued the course
be did if be had not been looking for
reelection. Nor en- any one believe
that Pres p. wonld have gone for the vio-
latiou of the Missouri Compromise, were
he not in mad race with Douglas to Sc
cure the Presidential chair IN 1886. One
Term will operate we'll in restraining un-
reasonable ambition.
Mr.. f. is looked upon as being as much
a traitor to the cause of Liberty, as JOHN
Tyler was to the Wing party. To prove
this, it will be necessary to refer to his
antecedents Witness the following Cor
respondence between Mr. Fillmore, when a
candidate for Congress, and the Abolition
lists of Erie county. New York:
BUFFALO. October II. 1898.
SIa: Your communication of the 18th
inst as Chairman OF a committee appointed
BY the Anti Slavery Society of the county of
Erie," has Just come TO hand You solicit
nv answer TO the following interrogatories
lst Do vol believe that petitions to Congress on the
subject Of slavery the slave trade ought to be- received
rcad and respectfully considered by the representatives,
of the people,
"a Are YOU opposed to the annexation of Texas to
this Union, under any circumstance so long sa7es
are held therein!
Sd Are you favor of Congress exercising all the
power it possesses TO abolish the internal
slave trad. between the states
4th you in favor Of Immediate Legislation for the
Abolition of slavery in the district Of Columbia,
am much engaged, and have no time to
enter into an argument, or 10 explain at length
nv reasons for my opinion. | shall therefore
content myself for the present by answering
ALL your interrugatories in the AFFIRNsrIvE,
and leave for some future occasion a more
extended discussion of the subject.
am, respectfully, your most obdt servt,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
w. MrILs, Esq, Chairman.
When a Member of Congress, Mr. F. .
uniformly voted with the Freemen of the .
North. When Taylor was nominated for
President, he being slave holder, Fill
more was selected for Vice President, as a
man likely to guard the cause of Freedom
against encroachment, and he contributed
much to Taylors success. But, alas he
could not bear his promotion to power,
and when seated in the Presidential chair,
performed everything Slavery required
He approved the fugitive slave law
and although the Consultation provides
that persons held to service shall be deliv-
cred up, it does not say by US. authority,
nor does it warrant the gross violations of
fundamental law aud justice which mark
the existing act-au act secuted by the
universal sense of humanity, denounced
by most of the churches of the north, and
almost totally imperative because of its
'Ileness. Had Mr.. T. signed a just, hu-
name, and constitutional law-or had be