Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-03-22

- .,snr.,;ous 1at,ludlnaran IN all respects,
sud was decidedly and unequIvocally an anti
slavery representative and man. JON"
Quincy Adams ever gave an anti sla1ery VoIe
which Mr. Fillmore did not give, whist se!''
ed with the two, don't remember the instance
In debate he complained that me e!ahSllns o'
The chains of slavery in the District of Co.
Jumbia disturbed him in bic seat on the iioor
Of The House, Yet he was temperate man;
noderate in all things. He was no rabld lanai,
id verify believe Conscientious in his unsound
construction of the Constitution. He was high
" esteemed by me as good man, and we oai-
" exchanged every courtesy ard kindness
without personal byea CHI; acting togather, at
times in opposition TO Van Bnrensm, and again
opposing each other under Mr..Tyler.s admin
is,ration Within the last tew days nave
received the kindes message from him In Flu
rope, congratulaticg me on my election as Gov
sInor of Virginia, and saying that the election OF
No Democrat could have been more agreeable
to his feelings Indeed, such is my friendly
personal regard for the man, such is my rsll-
mate of his good sense. discretion and modesly,
that would not believe he would accept the
nomination now rendered him, if had ao.
been go egregously disappointed heretofore IN
similar calculations upon men nominated Tor
high office. We will see whether he will accept
OF not.
On the hypothesis ikat he would accept the
nomination because he had, as rumor says,
lsned the order OF Know Noihnism; that he
would disappoint my high estimate OF HIM as
man and patriot, wrote my letter OF the 1o'h
inst, correcting the remarks OF Mr. Stuart.
stated that the conservative, conscientious con-
s,i,u.on loving Wings of Virginia, who had
voted the Democratic ticket in May. 1855.
tould not be reclaimed by the Fillmore and
n,n.)son ticket for two reasons.
lst On the hy pothesis stated because Mr.
Fillmore was no longer Wing, but was
changed by the BOGUS pocus 0! the necronancy
Of Sam.
Because tho Fillmore and Doneson ticket
"a cross Of Northern o'd Sot:fhsrn Anov
.eotaings-was muiatto ticket.
Now, have not a word or phrase IN MAI
letter TO modify, but will live or die by It's just
6ica.on, according to every law OF legitimate
construction. | don, retsct jot or thule OF II,
bu, calmly repeat and will prove lis justice and
ils truth bot fyurativey aud substantially;
and. as to its taste. will abide by the nature OF
the ubiect to which the figure OF speech was
applied. ;,
bad even against himself, adm THAT
l assert, if Mr. Fillmore has Joined this or
der, he Is no longer Wing. Sam eer'.
taed and denounced, BY the 18th section.
both old parties, and declared boil. in ru-
ms and defunct. He pretended TO some
thing boy ond spirituaIlsm; that be could
changc living natures from themselves,
aud convert opposite natures into each
other, and fuse Wings into Democrats,
Democrats into Wings, until that neutral
political salt was produced yelept-Sam'
Neither Wing nor Democfat-but just by
necromancy, Sam! Therefore. If Mr.
Fillmore il io,ued unto San. he is just Sam
--no longer Wing. Wing had Pin
ciples, Sam has none, be ignores all prln-
cipes--he Is pro-eyerythnc, con-every-
ihing-and, in one word is-kEow- y 9TH
iug, Aud tina, is not Whiggery. sas-
pect mot shNwdly, however, that this
was buta spnpge to catch Democratic
" oolcocks. But yesterday, the attempt
was made to Iurn Whiggery into Know
kothngis.u. and the nomination OF today
ia the coenter-chnnee Of tie charm To
turn Know.N othlnsism into Hhiggefv
ifso, let it be understood, then, as 'rickery
- nothing noie than irichery--and even
then, no conservative. CONSCIENTIOUS. cen-
s.itution loving Wing will be eaught
within the circle of the blue magic.
They are men Of Principle and fpride; |
they are not .upersti,ious and they are
hoo-si men. Mark you, l am speak.
ing Of those l have named-conserpciire
conscientious. coneiits,ioa-lorieg Wigs
l den speak o! those who ale mol Wings,
when they are froselyting Democrats and
whe are Wings when they are appealing
to quondam Wings to restore the very
Washing ion.like" President whom they
rejected for the widow of fiat and forty"
@i;h the auailibil,ties agaias! executing The
fag;tirc stare la,c!
Then, as to the second propositlon-it
10 Linhesn clasifica.;on--it is iineal
cross-it is a cross Of Northern black Re
publican.m and Southern Know y othing-
ism. Now at the tine my letter of the
lO.h was written, aud Just before that, had
we not seen in this Metropolis. an in.
ternecine war over the 9Th section, be-
tween Bot,si.rs and the Pfetei ders to
Pro. Slavery of the kichmond Councils OF
the Order. The former had dared TO
name their man and they played boldly
for the North, by openly ignoring the 18th
.sction. w hat Is the 18th sections 1t j,
an article OF faith which was once adopted
In June last, by Sdmitc Coareniion in
Philadelphia. 1t contains sundry propo-
sitions
LIST. That ,he American party had risen
upon the ruins Of the Hhig and Democratic
parties.
2nd. That it couldn't 5e held RESPONSE
bio for the obnoxious acts or uioiaied pledg-
es of either. That, therefore, it inter posed
to declare, Cor peace sake.
Bird That the national Council has
deemed it the best guarantee OF common
Justice and future peace to abide by and
maintain the existing laws Upon the SUBJ
feet of slavery. as final and conclusive
settlement of that subject, in spiri, aud in
substance.
4th. That Congress possesses no power
under the Constitution to legIslate upon
the subject of slavery in the States where
IL does or may exist.
9Th. Or, to exclude any State from ad-
mission into the Upion, because its Con-
s,itution does or does not recognize the
institution OF slavery as part of its social
system.
9th. That Congress ought not to cgis-
late upon the subject Of slavery within The
Territories of the United States.