Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-05-21
tional light upon the attempt by forgery
to destroy Mr.. FULLER:

Ny Dear Sir: Your letter of the 18th inst.
is before me. / am exceedingly mortified
about this matter, and angry also; and more
angry than mortified. Mr.. Fuller wrote me
private letter about the middle of last month,
which has been stolen from my possession; |
cannot tell how, nor by whom, though have
my suspicious. The published letter has been
most damrabIy altered, and made consider
ably stronger than when | saw It. will try
to set it right. wish you would write Mr..
Fuller and explain it, as without explanation
be will think very meanly Of me.
Yours. &c. F. SAXTON.
To Ct. N. HARDINe, Wilksbarre, Pa.
ARCHIBALD, March &c, 1856.
Dear Sir: Ny attention has recently been
called to letter published in the Luzerne
Union, purporting TO have been written by
you in August, 1S49, TO Mr.. b E. SaxtOD, of
this place. 1t appears TO me there must be
some mistake about this matter. Just pre-
vious to your nomination for Canal Commits
sioner, we'll remember, Frederic Saxton,
lawyer of this place, land no other Saxton
ever resided here,) exhibited to me letter
from you to him, but, to the best of my rec
objection, a very different one from that now
published. A short time after, he informed
me that the letter had been stolen, altered and
published in Philadelphia. That publication,
however, never saw; but the more recent
one, in the Lnzerne Union, have read, as
well as the comments of the press thereon.
deem it but justice to you to state my recol-
lection of this matter There was not, TO the
best of my recollection, any mention of the
Wilmot proviso in your letter. You did ex-
press yourself adverse to slavery extension,
hx1Ht tha
soil party; and being myself, at that time,
member of that party, and knowing well your
political sentiments, may say, truthfully,
do not believe you felt any sympathy for US.
If remember Alright, the main object of your
letter was, 10 influence Mr.. Saxton to exert
himself to prevent any nomination or any dis
tinct party action by the Freesoilers whatever.
| have known your political sentiments ever
since you entered upon political life; they have
always been moderate and conservative-nev-
er ultra or extreme. You have always been
known distinctively as q Whig-a conserve
tive Whig-but never as an AbolitioDist, or
as having entertained any Abolition tenden-
cies or sentiments. / make these remarks to
you for the reason that my name was alluded
to in the letter to Saxton; and from the fact
of my having seen the letter, my silence might
be construed as evidence that the letter, as
published in the Union, was true copy of
the original. have no doubt but that the
letter, as published in that paper, has been
materially altered.
am, truly, yours,
JOHN P. FARNHAM.
Hon. HENRY NJ. FULLER.
At the time Mr.. FULLER wrote his letter
to Mr. F. Saxton, he expected to be nomi-
mated as the Wing candidate for Canal
Commissioner. He did receive the nOmi-
nation, and was opposed by JOHN A. GAM
BILE, the nominee of the Democratic party.
The State Convention which nominated
Mr.. GAMBLE, declared 1t a UiOLattOn of State
rights to carry slaUery beyond State limits;
and. during the canvass, Mr. GAMBLE wrote
the free sellers the following letter, from
which it appears that he, and not Mr.. Full
LER was the free soiler:
Letter from Mr.. Gamble Democratic candidate
for Canal Commissioner Of Pennsylvania
in 1849.
JERSEY SHORE, September ID, lS49.
Geptlemen-I have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your letter of the 4th inst,
propoundiug to me the following questions, in
pursuance of you appointment as a committee
for that purpose by meeting of Free Soil
Democrats" held at Tioga, on the Sd of Sep
TENDER instant
However reluctant feel to give publicity to
my "views" upon a subject so foreign and dis
tinct from the duties and functions of the office
:, for which have the honor to be the candid
ate of the Democratic party, cannot, never
theless, decline to answer questions emanatng
from, and deemed important by, so respectable
a public meeting of my fellow citizens.
To the first question, namely: "What are
your views in relation to the constitutional
power of Congress to prohibit slavery in
the Territories belonging to the United Statesf"
answer: that, in my humble judgment, Con-
gress possesses such constitutional power.
To the second queetion, namely; IF you be-
lieve Congress possesses the requisite authority
for that purpose, are you in favor of the pas
sage of an act extending TO all such Territories
the principles of the ordinance of l7oN" l
answer: that am in favor OF the passage OF
such an act, or the adoption Of any other con-
stitutiOnal measure deemed necessary, in order
to prohibit the further extension OF human
slavery.
With sentiments Of the highest respect, l
remain your obedient servant,
JOHN a. GAMBLE.
F. E. SMITH, U. @. WEBB, and LEVI BlGE-
Low, Esquires.
We have made the above remarks, and
given place to the letters embodied in them,
for the purpose of doing full justice to the
the distinguished Pennsylvania, and to en-
able our American readers to vindicate
him whenever assailed in their presence.
He is one of the few Northern men in pub
lie life, who can be trusted by the South,
and his reputation, dear to Southern men,
should be protected 10y them.