Washington telegraph., 1856-04-30

the people of Mississippi assembled in
1891, to consider the action of Congress
embraced in the s'Compromise Measures. ;,
they resolved to
-sabide by it as permanent adjust.
naent of this sectional controversy, so long
as the same in all its features shall be
faithfully adhered to and enforced"
The people of Mississippi then-who
are, to a man, extremely sensitive on the
slavery questions actually pledged to
vote for Fillmore, and the views of all the
/ Southern States but one, on this subject,
are identical. As regards the great Com
promise measures signed by Mr. Fillmore,
it may be well enough, as matter of re-
cord, to quote here what rights they es-
tablish- They declare that new States
-"shall be received into the Union, with
or without slavery, as their Constitution
may prescribe at the time of their admis-
sion"
'That only citizens of tie United
States shall enjoy the right of suffrage
and of holding Office, in the Territories
.'That the Constitution, and all laws of
the United States which are not locally
inapplicable. shall have. the same force
and effect within the Territories as else
where within the United States
| ssThat no citizen of the United States
shall be deprived of his life, liberty or
W0pertu, IN tile Territories, except BIZ
the judgment of his peers and the Iaacs Of
the land.
''That the Legislative power of the Ter
rltory shall extend to all rightful subjects
of legislation consistent a0ith the Consti-
tuition of the United States !; and that
an all cases inUoiUing title to SLAVES,
writs of error and appeals shall be allowed,
| from the decisions of the Territorial
Courts, to the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States.
"That the Courts of the United States,
and the Supreme Courts of each territory
shall from time to time enlarge the num-
Der of Commissioners, sOith cie,o to a1-
ford reasonable facilities TO reclaim f,1-
gitiues from iabor and they, and the
judges of such Courts, are empowered to
grant certificates to claimants-s.to take
and remove such fugitives from service or
labor-to the State OR TERRITORY from
,ohich such persons mag hare escaped or
! fed.''
'SThey enacted a most stringent law
for the recapture of fugitive slaves, and
against all who shall harbor or conceal
them
"And declare that new States may be
framed out of Texas, as provided in the
act of Annexation, and admitted, acith
SLAVERY, into the Union"
In 1854, Congress, by enacting the
Kansas-Nebraska bill, declared the Mis-
souri, Compromise inconsistent with the
Compromise Measures of 1850, and there
fore imperative and void. Mr.. Fillmore,
In his message, said
'In fulfilling our Constitutional duties,
fellow citizens, on this subject, as in car
rying into effect all the oosccrs conferred
by the Constitution, we should consider
ourselves as celebrating and acting for
one and tile same country, and bear con-
stantly in mind that our regard and our
In, but To THE WHOLE PEOPLE"
We ask after this-is Mr.. Fillmore an
abolitionist Is he sectional, or is he
not truly national man? Shall we, as
honest men, in making up our opinion of
Mr. Fillmore's fitness for the office of
Chief Executive, as regards slavery, en-
ploy ourselves in carping over the garbled
extracts of the "Erie letter." witten 20
years ago, when the slavery question had
assumed no tangible shape, or shall we
take his acts and his declarations as the
highest order of testimony
We have not space to quote a 1.-THE of
Z Al r 4 >
strict fidelity to the Union and the Consti-
tuition, nor is it necessary; they are fanil
lar to the whole country. When an arm
ed mob resisted the execution of the Flu
gitive Slave Law in Boston, he lent the
whole weight of the Federal Government
to its support, and called on Congress for
an extension of authority to enforce the
law We conclude by quoting from the
Congressional Globe, of 1850, page 5, an
extract from his message, which places his
views ON these vexed questions, beyond
dispute After reading it, the charge that
Millard Fillmore is an abolitionist, may be
answered with one of the shortest words in
the language:
at was hardly to have been expected
that the series of measures passed at your
last session, with the view of healing the
sectional differences which had sprung
from the slavery and territorial questions,
should at once have realized their benei-
cent purpose. All mutual concession in
the nature of a compromise, must neces-
sarily be unwelcome to men of extreme
opinions And though without such CON
cessions our Constitution could not have
been formed, and cannot be permanently
sustained, yet we have seen them made
the subject of bitter controversy in both
sections of the Republic. 1t required
many months of discussion and delibera-
ton to secure the concurrence of a ma
jority of Congress in their favor. 1t
would be strange if they had been receiv-
ed with immediate appreciation by people
and States, Prejudieed and heated by the
exciting controversies of their representa-
tives. L believe those measures to have
been required by the circumstances and
condition of the country. l believe they