Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-14
WHOLE NO. 499.
+. From the Mobile Advertiser, Of September 1898.
Another LOcofoco Gun spiked ~
VA, IsapoysGwt Letter from M FILLMORE. y -

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We take peculiar pleasure in laying before the
public the subjoined letter from Mr.. Fillmore, on
the subject Of Abolition, which has been furnished
ma by Gov Gayle for publication. 1t win be found
frank and explicit, and al that any Southe, man
could expect from citizen Of free State. Ir-
deed, IL R perfectly sound-all that the South
could asx--&nd stamps indelbly with falsehood the
charge Of AbqliHoHism, which the Locofoco press
OF The South have been sfdeavosipg to nx upon
.,he distinguished and patriotjc writer. There is
not prominent man OF any party north Of the Pc
tom &C, who is freer from all taint or suspicion Of
Abol, ,don--none who, in feeling or principle, b
further removed from fanaticism, none enteItain-
inc SCUM der or more conservative views, and none
more ready to stand by the Constitution, and tie
rights of the South guaranteed BY the Constitr-
ton, than M.llard Fillmore. Read, Southerners,
read
Governor Gayle, in transmitting US The letter,
MOBILE, s0th August, Is4s.
| Dean Sin: I will thank you to publish the en-,
!. y letter In the Advertiser
'Iss, pse, "a Washington, saw that the South.
ern Democratic pa, the slightest founds.
and, as believed, witho. >>iiiol,ist ad.
tlon' tnat Mr Fillmore was an "a. received
dressed him a letter on that subject. a,.
the reply now sent you.
Inough this charge Is made with blindness in
ne ooutn, 4 VIII venture to affirm that no re-
spec1aoic man OF either party in the North would
endorse ~. Upon this subject no man is sounder
than Mr.. Fillmore, and as between him and Gene.
made. oo''1 o ' T.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN GAYLE.
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ALBANY, N. Y, July 81, 1s4s.
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letter Of the 18th instant, but INV official diIties
have been 80 pressing that have been compelled
TO neglect my private correspondence had also
determined to write no letters for publication
bearing upon the contest In the approaching can
vass. But as you desire some information for your
own satisfaction In regard to the charges brought
against me from the South, ON the slave question,
| have concluded to state briefly my position.
While was in Congress- there was much aeita.
tion on the right Of petition. Ny votes will doubt
less be found recorded uniformly in favor of it,
The rule upon which acted was, that every citi-
zen presenting respectful petition to the body
that BY the constitution had the power to grant
or refuse the prayer Of it. was entitled to be heard
and therefore the petition ought to be received
and considered. II right and reasonable. the
prayer of it should be granted but II wrong or
unreasonable, 1t should be denied. think all nv
votes, whether on the reception of petitions or the
consideration of resolutions, win be found to be
consistent with this rule. ~ fa
have none of my Congressional documents
here, they being at my former residence In Buffalo,
nor have access to any papers or me,noranda 10
refresh my recollection but think at some time
while In Congress took occasion to state in sub
stance my views on the subject of slavery in the
States. Whether the remarks were reported or
not, ! am unable to say, but the substance was,
that regarded slavery as an evil, but one with
which the national government has nothing to do:
That by the Constitution of the United States the
whole power over that question was vested in
the several States where the institution was toll
Grated. If they regarded 1t as a blessing they had
constitutional right to enjoy it, and II they re-
garded It as an evil they had the power and knew
best how to apply tn remedy / did not conceive
that Congress had any power over II or was In any
way responsible for Its continuance in the several
States where it existed. / have entertained no
other sentiments on this subject, since examined
it sufficiently to form an opinion, and doubt not
that all my acts, public and private, will be found
In accordance with this view. have the honor to
be your obedient servant, i5HM
MILLARD FILLMORE iE
FILLMORE OR BUcHANAs.--No one laying any /,
to being well informed will dispute that
he next President will be either Mllard Fillmore
,r James Buchanan. There il not the shadow Of
chance for the candidate of the so-called Rupub-
ican party. To succeed he must carry the entire
free State vote, which the widest range of posi-
blity does not embrace. Between the two the
people must decide, and it becomes the duty Of
every man to regulate his own judgment and say
whether Millard Fillmore the safe man, the tried
and true, or James Buchanan, the flibuster and
the ancient Federast and modern
Democrat, the continuation of Pierce, shall be
chosen President of this Republic
The country, with this Pierce administration on
The one hand, and the fierce and reasonable as
saults of sectionalists on the other has been and
q still drifting towards death-dealing breakers at
fearful rate. With Buchanan at the helm wreck
ind destruction would be certain as with Pierce.
With both the policy is the same Pierce was
Buchanan was taken up because with fairer char
cter he could push forward the policy to which
le was equally committed with Pierce.
Between Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.. Buchanan there
worldwide difference. They are opposites.
Having drawn picture Of Buchanan, we lave in
he reverse, 90 far commitments associations,
md habits of thought are concerned, picture OF
Mr. Fillmore. II is for the people to say which
hey will choose Aibany Sfate1nan. .t hai
Buchanan in Alabama. e4l g3i
The Montgomery Mail thus refers TO the nomi- ta
nation of Mr.. Buchanan: ..rz.,ss, ! al !,
This result, we believe, is unacceptable TO the
here, although il is beyond cavil, that
Mr.. Buchanan was the only sfatesman before the
His success, before that Convention,
shall not prevent US from saying that he is
who has given eminent services to the
country, and, in all moral intellectual and politi-
,a points, is vastly superior to his competitors,
Pierce and Douglas. The former will be thrown
nto the lumber-room with the rest of the discard
ID political rubbish; while the latter is said to
,ave secured the Presidential reversion
Mr.. Buchanan's views on the tariff and on slavery
Will not suit the South. He has always been con-
dered more favorable to the principle Of protection
han any other Democratic lesder-perhaps he was
deeply imbued with the. idea, while he was one OF