Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-10-10

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nominations which could be traced
10 n certain official parsonage, point.
ing at the moment to the char oc-
cupied by the celebrated Seward
from New York, and expressed
the belief that The political heresy
Of Free Soil ,ooud be DectuaUy ~
| tirpated, so soon as the aspiring
young men of the North could be
taught the salutary lesson, that the
| pathway to official elevation did
not lie over the ruins of the Federal
Constitution. had not long taken
my seat, before Mr. Badger of North
Carolina, one Of the purest aud
most palriouc men that has ever
occupied a place in the National
Councils, came to me aud stated
that Vice President Fillmore, The
preSidiRg officer in the Senate, had
requested him 10 make kHol0n "a
me that he perfectly c0nclUred az
the pieioS phich ! had just erpres
ed, and that he l00uid be pleased "a
haze an interUielo ,oith me on m,
subject in his o6cioi room IN he
copiiol at The hOIT Of nine o'cioch
merit manning. | promised to at
tend upon hun at the time and place
specified did so. Without going
fully into the particulars at present,
/ It is suili leut for me to say, that !
obtained by The direction Of Mr.. Fil-
Htorc, PROM the hands Of an accredi-
/ ted friend Of his, a list Of The NOM
inees, subject 10 The objectioH q
hing Uioient agitd,oyS If SiaUery.
This whole catalogue of worthless
was disposed Of IN the Senate; in
Other words they we're sacrificed To
I the peace of the country save one
or two, whose nominations remained
to be acted upon on the last night OF
the session Of Congress. heSe
were disposed OF by Mr.. Fillmore
himself, on the same night for just
before the clock of the Senate struck
twelve, this gentleman, bang Pres
/ ident, sent II special Message pih-
drawing all the o6enSi0e non,iaa
tiouS, and Substituting others IN
their stead.
Ia n too brief space of time. Presidsn,
+ TAYLOR died. and Fillmore became President.
The Tnylor policy of Freedom was at once
rcpndated. and instead thereof the Fillmore
administration gaye Ms the tatal COMPROMISE
of 1850. embracing the Fugitive Slave Law
md the surrender Of Froedom m New Nex.
leo Wes,v % fatal co,npromiss 80 bocop.r
the provsi,n Tint New M,vco shall min.
m,iely come ip,o tho Irnion with mr. ,,,,hout
slavery ns the neonla or the torr,torv NAV
determine. was treated IN 1854 as virtually a
revolution in the policy of the government
on the slavery qpesiion-as repeal of the
Missouri compromise, and as surrender of
the power of Congress over slavery in fcder-
al territory, In fact, the Kansas act of 1854
expressly repudrated the Missouri Compro.
mise, because it JIG "inconsstent with the
principle Of non-intevention by Congress
with slavery IN the States and Territories,
as recognized by The legislation Of 1850, COM
monty called the Compromise measures -
Thus this one act of the Fillmore Admins
tration was made the cause Of all our pres
ent wo. II was plot of The slayocracyi It's
success the triumph of The slayoeDcy Mi
lard Fillmore was the tool of the slayocmcy 3:
and to-day there is no, more plant tool in
the entire generation of doueh.iaces' Hear
hun before ueorgm audience IN Io'ii
The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle,
urging the claims Of Mr.. Fillmore
upon The South, makes the following
statement as to the sentiments which
he expressed during his Southern
tour of 1854