Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-06-27
rbe Humors of the Canvass.

soma stale accusations-the same oICleP0"'0 ~
aor. the same slang phrases, all pointing away pack
some thirty to forty years 1t Is sao 'na' he wac
=, - +ho war Of 1812-admltted; but when MS
-, ,os invaded he took up arms IN her deience
noorobed at The head of his company to the pro-
'-u - baltimore when menaced by British force
~ al. ,vore Bue Light Federalism, we should Ike
to know it.
IN 1926. thirty years ago, he expressed ABSTRACT
o;r;ors IN opposition 10 slavery, at the same Tune
+b+ he counled their expression with full ackno"I
,ot If the obligations of the Northern States under
,bo Constitutions as also the rights OF the Southern
Ctotos under the same instrument. The ridiculous
charge Of his having said that if he had drop of Dem
ro,;c blood in his veins, he would let 1t OUT has
time and again been proved to be unrue' puts hon0
tho less reiterated on that account But Lei II De IT,
collected that in 1885, abstract opinions upon Tue Suo
oct If slavery differed materially from thoSe eA'
y,o.sod in 1856 Let it he remembered that as IaCe
- ,eAO and even since, the tone OF the South was
onolooetic rather than sef.justifying. The people
g +bo Sontb themselves, have not, until recently
t the right view of this matter, and have tac1tly
ossanted to the position assigned to their institutions
m an evil but one for which they are not TO De heo
rosrons;hle It is only within few years that the
co,,b drvon TO the wall, has boldly assumed Inc
,O. o.ior. that slavery is not an evil morally or
..1;t;nor1v We will venture to say that In 1926
P -s-od. leading Southern men admitted the same
,h;no that Mr. Buchanan says, and these men were
".e 9,o1 % ,rue to their section. Bringing this up
-.e; .at Mr. Buchanan now is humbug Of the most
disngcniOus kind
c,rorc indeed must be the record OF that man whose
In boc
ors n TRUMP IN some sort of charges against nm.
Clear and bright does the political history OF James
p,,bonar shine out in contrast with Mlllard Fill
more, When the said Fillmore was saying aye TO
tn every abolition question propounued TO him by Inc
Erie County aholitionists, James Buchanan was ex
onc himself in favour of the measure tor preventing
~ circulation through the United States Mails OF
;ncordiary documents calculated 10 excite the slaves
Of the South.
IN 1s44 while Mr.. Buchanan went for the anneXa-
ton Of Texas in spite of any objections he as north
avn man might have TO extend the area of different
s,staD MIR, Fillmore emphatcally said 4" am oppos'
81 70 tho annexation of Texas to this Union, under
anu circumstances so long as slaves are held therein"
Subseouently when the question of the disposal OF
tho new territory acquired from Mexico came up
n1;,lord F;lImo,e was known Wilmot Provisoist-
MIR Buchanans known opponent of that measure
Indeed 50 notorious was Fillmores aboliuonsm that
II was hardly pretended to be denied in the canvass
of 1848, but the South was told 10 rest satisfied with
the guarantee afforded by General 1aylors negroes
and Mississippi or Louisiana plantation. SO tar, up
70 his being accidentally President, when we are told
that he immortalzed himself by his support OF the
compromise measures. Now what one OF these
Measures was it that used to sugar-coat the com
nrorise pill so as TO induce the South 10 swallow 1t ?
The Fugitive Slave Law; and what was the result
of MIR Fllmore's efforts in behalf of this How far
did he aid in its passage? How much influence did
he exert in it's favor Enough TO prevent ats
ing the support Of single one Of Dir. FHl'nore'S
friends in the Senate, and to cause oil but three Of his
friends m the House to go against 1t. This is the
sort of influence exerted by Mr.. Fillmore with re-
ference TO the only act of justice to the South, and
this is the way the record tells the tale of him. He
tried to have it defeated in Congress so as to escape
the responsibility Of signing or Vetong 1t, and
the history of the times farther goes to say how
he lodged under the mantle of the Attorney General,
whose certificate to its consttutionality he had to
obtain before he would sign it in accordance with his
pledge to sign any constitutional measure passed by
houses and all his friends with the exceptin of three
voted against it, He tried 10 get his Attorney General
10 say something against It's constutonalty, but it
wouldn't do, and so, he reluctantly signed the Fugl-
tive Slave Law and became devoted friend of the
South, and statesman and patriot Isn't all this
precious CANNON?
But about Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Buchanan's friends
there was no doubt either regarded their opposition
to the Wmot Proviso or their support of the Fugi-
tive Slave Law, and many one of them got stricken
down by the Wings of Pennsylvania for their support
ofthe compromise, and again many an one got srick
en- down by Know Nothngs for their support of the
Kanzas Bill But they will rise again and triumph
again.
Mr.. Buchanan inconsistent! Mr.. Buchanan a
new member of the Democratic party Pray how
old members of the Know Nothing party are John
Adams Gilmore and Willard Fillmore! They say Mr.
Buchanan has been a Democrat less than forty years
1t is not than two years since Mr.. Fillmore and
heap of small fry called themselves wings. 1t is
great world.
GG- This has been said to be the age of a goot
many things, but of all the things that peculiarly ap
pertain unto it, we think conventions take the lead
There are conventions for every imaginable and every
unmaginable purpose. There are Guano conventions
and shortly we expect to hear of convention o
the birds employedin the manufacture of said "gwan
ny" The Kanzas Emigrant Aid Societies are hav
ing convention at Cleaveland, Ohio, Gov Reeder il
the Chair, and they open with prayer, and thel
pledge themselves 10 do every thing to make KAMA
Free State, by the contribution of material aid
etc, meaning Sharpe's rifles. Who sneaks next q