Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-09

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,L,;L IN. relation of slavery, on 10 SANCTION AM
yrrr ruE SLAVE TRADE. ~ AHf PORTION of
rt,y.rn.rlpEEAcy. Therefore, Resolved, ~ Nc,
Mr. Fillmore voted III favor ol tins PFeamn!' ana
.s,u;iou wish his parripaturs IN n"-"d"iI' aiaS'
Giddju,s and S!adr. Aud yet firSn"lh. we nrc I" re-
,ard the declaration that the Question was settled ~
his mind since 1871 and that good, ensy. honest SOUL
he, was perfectly impartial aud unpr'judIced alter
the Supreme Court had tapped lis wings over Ills
conscience! ~ hHie rfrH, good opot"cafy'
"rh. lss,, will ouivcr where the pincler- tear;
The blood will follow, where the knife IL driven
We sball call one now tn the stand who served
with him from his first entrance into Congress-
HENRY A. WISE! In letter which that gentleman
addressed to F. J. Alfred of Augusta dated July ~
1913 aud published at the time, We find many inpor
taut developments. He says: Il, too, served WIN
Mr. Fillmore, much longer than Mr.. Stuart ud ~
Congress, and was intimately acquainted WIN nIs
speeches and votes in the House of Representative
on til, subject of slavery, aud of its abolition III al
their forms; ana do not hesitate, my own personal
knowledge and responsibility, to pronounce lls ''",s
of nhnlitiunsm against Mr.. Fillmore, TRUE p,
peal 10 the journals of the House, for the wh"e ht
uf Mr. Finores service 10 Congress 10 Pio IT, ,yas
not, Gddiugs was not. He voted WIN ," mr. its
against the South. on every question I'll sIt iI.dyc
apulitioR, without HI exception within 'hJ Iurin.,
ar recollection, The darkest day over ia in th,
eleven years experience IRON n% 1897 :" which
House, was Oh the 2Dth of Drce'hoeI rn,.inu on
We have already explained was on lhe " s,"vrry in
which Mr.. SHle discussed Inc IuoI
The States. Mr.. Wise then Procee"s ,-f,nd very
"Mr Sn,le WAS most excellent ,hnm ur Fiji
-, t' ', ," ,,r. mil, man by far than hr. ~.
- ~. rho hottest because tho nv =; lis
kind of n fanatic. He was sIhcc'e'' | IN. lat
nnIis;uy,ry Zeal Mr.. Fillmore was ""e 70 the
ter WAS only s'rt'onaHy ana m,s hid thu better ex-
r.,;,u,inu If slavery. Mr.. S,N!e n"u WI .t nIa.s..
"s'''at' 60 nf ,I- two. There are thrse caese'
nf ,.n.,urs Ia the peculiar ilSt'u,iom' "o,s yhu
r,, tr.t ,Inss consists OF the reiiEoa>, Io" ,ron
are little less than cr"Iy 'Ii Sodr &C. They are
vev harmless, because They are reSa'uou
nv every body ~ persons running ihreH x,rsys.
-, whni they do and are pardonan'e ioi e-i 'na
,uucs of sentiment and action, e'1 sr J 81,
o hardly nationally responsible. lhe sccon, , .a,"c
INSISTS Of what are called moderate sht,-siase.!
men, Such are bound in public To 20 WIN a'sta t"
stituents but are regarded a. aIEiohs 10
rampsut constituents if possible ana hte tom
ma wanting only lts coun;enance anu suPP",.
Suntharn men, in order that they may strengthen
Yourselves nj home. To this latter, oe'ohg al syn
man of the North Mr.. t. Z. winthrop a"u r w.,
EIImore The first class are SO ek're'he' 'u"' '"!
annn, M pr.seut hope 10 get INTO prIncip" places
W mnu.ar and trust. But the second CLASS prepare
wav for the 6rst and rs the most dangerous 10 me
SSuth Of The tmo. They profess IT, be most reluctant
10 vote with all such men lis Gddihgs' ou, are sue"
themselves a. always to vote with them, and, leaving
surh as Giddinys aud Siade, AMI Paltrey, anu Ash
man to make the rude onset to Outrage all rea.oh
and 10 propose TO DO violence to the Constitu,lon
tLec cit silent, rots 0Hy and wear none oil the QUINN
whiuh urcvslts tue first class from getting Southern
v,i-s 10 make them Speakers, Chairm-n OF Com
,nttees and liCU fres'dents' lhe second Glass;
therefore, get these posts "t COVER, and thereby are
enabled to get enough to ttriE" al slavery Tie
III ,st deadly blows!
In this connection we must not fail to suite two Cir
cv,:.arces in tue life Of Mr. Fillmore, which, III our
e,.ima,or, put him in q much less liberal category,
than that iu wh.-I he is placed 10y Mr.. Wise. We
have tnv papers to prove. that III 1914, al mass
meeting III the State OF New york. l1OoO persons
YrcseniD Mr.. Fillmore made speech itGl- & booth
near; ,iuder banner, which were painted GeiIs
IA! jackson Grd James Is. Puk the latter mounted
by Il negro, who bCfe y small Tag, bearing the name
OF Texas. In his address, VI Fillmore exhibited the
STRONGEST acrmo nious hostility against the South and
convartcd great national Question ttte Tariff into
mere sec,lpa vue-denieI that the ,utleru people
could ever become manufacturing people, tr'thom
psriIHg their poiccr 10 rtfaip their ahrcs. We have
The pupsrs TO prove that IN the user 1877, at Roches
tor, il the Sta;c o! New York, Mr.. FllwOrc maie
speech in Minerva Hall. against THE AGGgkssiSSs
OF THE SLAVE POWER" The greater part oi the
speech was upon the cucro lchmeaa qt slavery; upon
the monopoly OF which the Southern Uligarcby, q
nest of $4,000 Shareholders, had cu)pycd III al Of
Ices of trust in the Union how many Presidents
from tic souh how few from the North; how he com
neutrd tGe suno disproportlun .: Judges. Foreign
Minister'S Spe,kcrr G. the House, members of tile
Cabinet, ~, with ungra;iols .tngs ut what ne al
IL ,cd 70 be Southern arrog tnce ai.d IN. l.!:c".
u
terng the fsct t.st The American party North. havo
tue position. ASSUMED at Philadelphia, on
the slavery question: tnat they ta"c substituted mere
reueralities tor the substantive guar.Ltses which
wore originally secured that, desoring the pnrfo.,
On which the party for time stood, they have no~
allied on Mr. Fillmore as platform euoush;"
tina, the Convention has gono 10 the extent of de.
n,uncing the !opeI! u tn. Missouri restriction, we
submit 10 the cdndUc auI :-l;ng good sense of the
people of Virginia, whether rs. IT, ""curd oi Mr..
I fillmore is no; Of very diff cLsrhc,t. fr"n
that wh.uG they have surpassed
Whl!v we sad! got Withhold Il tribute Of fitting
praise 10 any nc; ii BIZ lie witch may be worthy, We
certainly shnli not, Intentionally, sC; 4owu nuEnt in
III .;ce II. after the s!:nu be fully developed.
there sEa r:aina single ru yius point for doubt III
the mud Ut any rste- VINO is now Of ever has been
Il Democrat, or in ;hu nina CT Iy ppc wh"ic psrIizan
and b!gotry, dues ht co:s I'll &C.
cess 10 recaniaiuu rcIorsr, aha!i De isap1't-
ed I, would bc Z qualification indeed, IL see Tora
of sentiment pvrradug the State upon t!'s
sul.;ec: Jul We presume the idea i: u vain oue-at
leas, as lorg e. party pride or attachment prompt
par,iIaus tie resgre Of each other. Bat We must
reserve further considerations 70. succeeding num-
bers. -
WHEELING, May 1856. HklIGE LII