Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-10-04

fict with the will of the peoples representa-
tiyes ty an arbitrary eUefctse ot tie Get
Ipo}ser," ..,, 49,.
If this will not pass current, we propos
the following, which may in some sort b,
regarded judicial a,.thorit}si Judge ,Conkil
of New York, friend Of Millard Fillmore,
and his minister to Mexico, in late speech
made the following apology forhm for sign.
ing the fagitiyc-slaTe law:
"Of this gentlemarf,I havo to- say a few
words that are due alike to him and to my
self. The friendly relations that have long
subsisted between is; the high opinion |
entertain of his Patriotism integrityand tai
ents; the confidence he saw fit to rcpose in
me, and the graat personal kindness / re-
ceived at his lands while,A he filed the Presi-
Dental office, all consisiHe to resder it pain
full to me to withhold idy support f 2ta lin
and had he been brought forward under 9TH
er auspices, as | cherished vain hope he
might be, it would have afforded me cor
responding degree Of satisfaction to yield
him that support.
Il am aware Of lie persistent, and /
try with which for years he has been exhib-
tied by those who had formed different es-
innate of his character, in an attitude that,
| if had believed it to be just, would have
rendered it incon sistent in me, holding the
principles | do relative to slavery, to favor
his elevation to the Presidency under any
circumstances. But inputing to him viii
lingness 70 extend and fortify slavery, T IN,
persuaded htis assajiants hare done him an
justice"
- believe, On The contrary, that he st1
hol9s slavery in the abstract, as he is known
formerly to fave done, in IS greet abhcyTene.
as they do. The evidence constantly cited
to justify this charge is the fact of his having
yed his signature to the fugitive slave bill
the alternative was to irterpose his veto. -
eus - one had aIightt to expect him 10 dc
tais5 t1r he had no right himself to do it.
Either from @oa5t about its con>titutionality
N fFeau defeczaee u the opinion of those
9ho questioned 1t, he did appoint the usu.
al preauton of submitting the bill to the ex.
animation Of the Attorney General, and ask
ing LIS optnioss. Of its eonstitetionality."
ssTo have vetoed it under the very extra
ordinary circumstances of the case woulc
have been, to say the least, apalpable viola.
ton of the constitution. No enlightened
man who understands the subject can doubt
this, an no such man can have been sincere
in casting eenspre. upon Mr.. Fillmore fol
adopting tie opposite alternative
! We have no comments 70 make, but sim
ply request fairminded men, to examine Nj
Fillmore's Legislative course, his reasons TO
signing the. Compromise of 1850, as shown
by his avovbd construction Of il recently to
gether with his acknowledgements, and tn.
testimony Of his friends, and without TIL
influence of party, and in view of the dut,
they owe to the country to say whether o.
not they viii trust Linn. iIe all have en-
barked in one com-1om bottom, and mus
meet one destiny. How mad tlien is it i
us, to suffer our prcjudices to blind us :
The strength of the South is in union, an(
and yet we are divided. 0, that the gde;
mon party, could be crushed, that we nigh
stand together phalanx, and do battle lik
men against the assaults of free-soilers