Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-03-03
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MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1856,
Willard FIIlmore's Record.

: -SASs v as AlS slShatuIe Otne L u
gitive Slave Bill, after the exertions he had
put forth to induce its passage through both
Houses of Congress. But an examination of
has official record. from the period of his as
sumption of the functions of the Chief Ma
gistracy, (yea, further back to the time Of his
accession to the Vice Presdency,) exhibits
one long catalogue of acts, on parallel with
that of breathing the breath of life into the
most infamous and inhuman statute that has
disgraced the legislation of modern times.
Waited into power on the strength of the
military eclat, earned by his associate on the
ticket, on which Mr. was put as a makeweight,
from his anti-slavery autecedents, to an own
er of two hundred human chattels, Willard
Fillmore disappointed all expectation, and
traitorously violated all confidence reposed in
him, by going further in his tracking subser-
vieney to the slave holding interest, than any
southern President had dared to go. 1t is
hnmilating circumstance to look back upon,
that during the administration of General
Taylor, Mr.. Fillmore S influence, as Vice Pres
ident, was always cast in the pro slavery scale,
even to the extent of siding with the ultra
South, against the position assumed by slave
holding President This was peculiarly the
case in reference to the celebrated ''Compro-
mise Measures" of 1850, and various nominal
tons proposed to the Senate.
1t is well known that President Taylor held
out firm to the last against that bill of abom-
nations. yclept the Omnibus Bill, !" in face of
all the inducements and all the threats which
could be conjured up to shake or frghten him
from his course. He looked upon the policy
he recommended as the literal carrying out of
the popular sovereignty" doctrine, on which
the Southern democracy united in the support
of G en-. Cass, and as that was considered, dur.
ing the campaign. as the ultra Southern ulti-
matum of policy on the Territorial question,
Gen. Taylor, more honest than most others in
his section, was for making them adhere, UNI
der the new circumstances, to their own doc
trine.
In this he was opposed, not only by the
fre-eaters of the South, led on by Hangman
Foote, but by a crouching race of servile dirt
eaters at the North, led on and countenanced
in their schemes by that meanest and most
AFFECT specimen of political services and dough-
faces, Willard Fillmore.
During the lifetime of President Taylor, but
slow progress was made in the schemes of
this infamous Foote and Fillmore coalition,
but on the sudden demise Of the old chieftain,
Vice President Fillmore succeeded to the first
office, and then the ultra-slavery propagan-
dists got all they asked. With his concur
renee and recommendation, las a nakeweightto
The admission of California, with constitu.
ton framed in the fullest accordance with the
so much Wanted doctrine of popular SOW
eighty" an odious, inhuman, and uncongti-
Congress as the only condition of assent to
that admission, and received his signature
| And his other acts were in consistency there
with.
From a speech delivered by Mr.. Foote in
California, last fall, previous to the campaign
in that State, we have further insight into
the intrigues eoncocted in the Senate, during
the session of lS49-5O, between those two
present twin champions of g Americanism.'
the then Mississippi fire. eater and New York
dirt eater. Mr. Foote has since emigrated to
that same California against whose admission
as free State, he fought SO hard, and is the
"American" candidate for United States SEN
ator from that State. OF course, what he has
| 10 say in regard to his co operation with his
coadjutor in the Senate, in 1850, must be by
the book. 1t seems that certain nominations
which President Taylor sent into that BODY.
for confirmation, were not of stamp to suit
the tastes of the ultra propagandists of slave
~, therefore they joined hands, under the
leadership of this Foote with the doughfaces
of that body under the leadership of Fillmore,
who, as presiding officer, furthered all their
schemes, and they were despatched at once.
After Hangman Foote had harangued the
Senate at length in favor of general reiec.
ton Of all nominations supposed to be tine
tured in any way with opposition to the dar-
ling schemes Of the slavocracy. it appears his
proposition met with cordial response from
the Vice President, who had the matter at
tended to at once. Hear Mr. Foote
had not long taken my seat before Mr..
Badger of North Carolina, one of the purest
and most patriotic men that ever occupied a
place in the national councils came to me
and stated that Vice President Fillmore, then
presiding officer in the Senate had requested
him to make kaoa0R to me that he perfectIy con-
Cured IN the Uie,oS a0hicb had lust erDressed.
! and that he could be pleased to have an inter-
Uteao NTH me the subject, IN the official room,
| Of the Capitol, at the hour of nine O'Clock on
The nezt morning. promised to attend upon
him at the time and place specified. 1 did
| so.
Without going into particulars at present,
it is sufficient for me to say that obtained 5y
the direction Of Mr.. Fillmore, from the hands
of accredited friend of his, a list of the
nominees subject to the objection of 5eiaq
agttatorS on the question Of SIareyy This
acIoic analogue Of eeorthies loas disposed of IN
The Senate, i'll other words they were sacrificed
to the peace of the country; save one or two,
whose nominations remained to be acted up-
on on the last night of the session Of Con-
gress.
They were disposed of by Mr.. Fillmore him.
self, on that same night; for Just before the
clock struck twelve, this gentleman, being
then President, sent in special message, soith-
draioing all the ofehSice nominations, and sub.
stitutlng others in their stead.
Americans of Massachusetts, Above are
fewitems from the political record of man,
whose nomination for the Presidency you are
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