Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-05-08
ha. FILLmOR U,s POSITION.

We d9ust 20, ever honest mao IL faliy css-
ytneed hat Ar. FiLtAosE - resireasIy nailouzi,
and would maa'ai9 the eoEsiiiuiion nader all cip-
esDs'aEsss and at all times. Bar We are net lea
10 differences from his asis;-lAosrA deed, are
stronger Than wosds ., the pFesen, Democratic Al
miaisraiiOa has dsmoa,iIaied--wrk have AIR. Fin.
na0tes aVewal, honestly and oPsuiy given. when
be had 10 inisrest 70 sub,ervs, no ambition TO
crafty, no hopcs TO siIsngthrp.
In 1851 u wiil Be Remembered Mr Fillmore
tcCk tour To the Western ana Southern STATE. =
lie Vas svery ukerr received viIh every nantes.
tsiion u respect. ard entertained with heartfelt
Hospitality. AtI.oOi,Tille he made q spxeth from
Which ne make The following extracts as sppro-
psiais TO The present time.
% 5ss .sst & Geas.ai Ia 80, :. &. ain LIE M. ma,
here Of his Cabine, rrcstutsd 10 une heir re,rpa
iton. drelined Ia look st ihem Lsst because /
teenet h respectful 10 the hoaorsd dad that A
sAoals aoi CONSIDER by what means . should ear
~ on The snvernneht until he vas irirntd AMI
,eooedis, psesu,e this avalanche of res pansIbiity
haffslca uPon me unprsparel. desired al least
lea keors - Irhset % What " Vas my dutr 10
60. Here wir aCatnei selected by General Tay.
lor ssvefh Of taen nv personal fTicats, whom I
weud ta anything IN nv power 10 serve short OF
tbdaneeFing the peace Of my country. knew,
loS,ve', that thsir gollcy was no, such ~ could
HfroTc. saw that the cNfcatiTe plarT ui tkc
government and the legislative Wrte in oppo.Gioa
u eseh ether, and that, while thf. state 1T thiags
continued. peace coult never te restored
The question therefore presented it-e,i 10 M,
shall Ieiain this CAbintt or select nsw one
The latter course sdop;rt bot you ear ,-arre-
ly cugcsIve the difculIe> q The pCsi icn Ia When
Iais dec isish placed me. Wnea our Pfe,itenis are
elected they have three four rn1n'hs before tax.
ios their tih,ers TO select mea suited u at a.
heads nj departments. bat III sBiy came apOn me
in haifa day irrggsslel tsr me nlhsrs II iAs Tay.
i'r Cabinr; IA say thirty dave anu 10 give
opportunity 70 lock afsrnd aud select ihsif
sars bat they respectfully declined. Th1s W &c
the storm was coming up In the North spd Ia the
South, vaN snlteniy calsd . atmihis:e! the gov
ernmcri, without Csbia-i ana without lin. 10
I-lre; ca; TAT ihaas Gc;. vas Nc, lo.- L. ibis
s!tui iion. was 50 fJstuas;c - 20 obtain Casi.
net the N -msrTs Of which aal rny.eif, c5n,vrreG
IN opisien aud IN all its scts VIC astSt t,ycih-r
SUI, ,aid Nc Fillmore, ,se great officially re-
uatari ne question arose " hat was % he cuner
In Teras and New Merico a civil war threat
sacd. TersS had made Preparations TO take pos
session Of portion Ct New MEXICO. lie Eel, it
bis duty % maintain the laws Of kiscounirv One
OF the laws required that the people Of the Teri.
tory Of New heIico should te protected Asa
means Of ptoiectiug, he Immediately ordered a
portion Of be army srd muaiIioas 81 ~ar 10 the
frontier OF Texas u 10 Jaty there The army vas
pat in moiion. ADD then. and nottill lhsr al Goa
Efess act UPON The subject. Texas ani Sry. Mex
leo acqpi,scsd in The action Of Congress. Mr.
Fillmore spoke Of ths adoption o. The csm7somise
measures Of 1850 especially Il the fugitive slave
law. Thl, Law, h sait, had some provisions in
u 70 which he hat otjeciionS lie regretted III
necessity Of i,' hsins passed 60 all but ~ C0sr-
.-t.fs -itss.- ~ @asErS 80
= AHS s'cgra Z lGtEIil q. .sd AZ t-sl4 DO %
Rs last hJgr.
Whea the bill came 10 him from the two IIousss,
IN the mist Of hurry and confusion and di,icul-
Hss' be examined 81, and dOuh, came u in his
mi1d whether II was no; unconsliiutionai a. de-
nying The night Of hsbsas corpu. TO the f.sitivc
slave. lie referred The question 70 lis Attorney
Grneral, Who fave bis opinion that the Law vas
not violation % The constitution ard th.geun1p
'ail Mr. Fillmore, I gave "a signature 10 The till
bot Ia doing 80, drew down Up1u my devoted
head, a. kncw should, the vials &C wrath from
aboliiinSIsTn AMI ifccSoglism. hT. Fillmore Ts-
GREETED that is had leii called on q say 80 much
OF himself AMI went on 10 speak 81 hnse rho stood
by him 10 the great struggle of 1850 He said
thaihe would gladly rsme In that couneciion " any
liying psrssss, no. Whis. merely, buI Dcmorta,s
as tue Fa-i1'S az ever lived This work of rarif.
cation, 'sd he, was ~ 10 means the work Of one
man. or Ave men or ten mcn.--the crisis was oas
In which the true patriots Of the ration no matter
what they had been called. WliCs or Democrats
or any oiheT hsns, rose above all personal and
Psnizln eon'lftraiions, and locked ouly 10 the
good Of the eoanuy.