Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-10-17
For be Rsqislsr.
no The stage Driver.

For the Register.
To The Stage Driver.
DIR. Sra 10y OH ask me how l, an un.l
compromising Wing, as you are pleased
to call me, can SO change my political
views as to supper, Mr.. Buchanan instead
,of, Mr.. Fillmore for the Presidency.
S / answer that, Lthink cau,do SO with
out change Of political principles or par
ty politics, for although Wing. I am not
an ultra one. have differed but little
with the Democratic party, and that chief
ly on account of its intolerance,- un-
compromising Republican mot Black. }
Of the DAYS of Mr.. Madison have ne
yer discovered any mutual difference in
principle between the patriotic Wings oil
the South, such as Mr.. Clay. DC. Gen.
jackson, &C., of which latter corps is
Mr.. Buchanan and not being able 70
place Mr.. Fillmore as properly belonging
70; either, and finding Mr.. Buchanan in re-
lation to the perilous issues of the day,
entirely unexceptionable, and having but
little exception to his antecedents, frees
ly take him, the more particularly SO,
when With the antecedents and present
position Of Mr.. Fillmore. ] could not take
him at all. After few words in relation
to his present position. the platform he
| stands on, Sc, shall refer to his ante>
cedents aud shall close, as full answer to
your question. Mr., Fillmore. regrets the
disturbance Of what is called the Missouri
Compromise, repealed by the Nebraska !s e
bill, with other illusions to his Free Soil
sentiments, but. says he, if elected Presi,
dent of the United States, which God
forbid, will administer. the Government
on national principles, (of course as he
understands them. and having never
changed his mind, what are they ?-as
heretofore expressly ayowed-which COM
nfts him fully to the most odious doctrine
Of The anti slavery and free-soil parties of
the North, and which hold to be anti
Constitutional, disorganizing and destruea
tive Of the Union. here quote his, eel;
ebrated Erie letter, verbatim. which was
written to member Of the Erie Abolition
Society. Itevinces the most ultra species
of pandering to the vilest anti, slavery
sentiments-not a measure could be cons
ceived in the worst Abolition mind in an,
tagonism to the South, but what meets
his approval in this letter. He wishes in
it the most incendiary Abolition petitions
to be read and engage the attention and
time of the House. Slavery must be
abolished in Texas before he would vote
for her admission into the Union. The
slave trade between the States. must be
abolished, as must also slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia. land this letter is not q
series of'promises unkept as may be seer
by his Congressional record. Here i;
the Erie letter:
S1R.-Your communication Of the
18th inst, as Chairman Of the committee
appointed by the Anti>SIavery Society 0
the county of Erie. has just come to hand
You solicit my answer to the following
interrogatories +,
"1st. Do you believe that petitions L
: Congress on the subject Of Slavery anS
the Slave trade, ought to be received
read, and respectfully considered by th,
representatives of the people
/" End. Are you opposed to the annex
alton of Texas to this Union under an.
, circumstances, SO long as Slaves are helC
t therein?
sd. Are you in favor Of Congress
exercising all the Constitutional power i
processes, to abolish the Slave trade be
> tween the States -.
/" 4th. Are you in favor Of immediate
2 Ilegislation for the abolition Of Slavery il
the District of Columbia o.
Answer. 81 am much engaged. and hav,
r no time to enter into an argument or L
, give at length my reasons for my opinions
l shall therefore content myself for thu
present, by answering ALL your interroga
tories in the AFFIRMATIVE, and leave 70
4 some future occasion a more extended
discussion on the subject.
WILLARD FILLMORE"
, Now, sir. have given you sufficien
reasons why / can not vote for Millars
I. Fillmore FOR President Of the Unitet
States, and by way Of valadico, let NJ,
ask you what Union, States. Rights Con
servative.man can
Your obi serfv,t.s
]. McCAIEY.-