Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-10-14
Fillmore and Buchanan

tor the persecution and misrepresentation OF
mere partisans there is neither help, nor hope nor
cure For party first, for party last for party all
the time, they deaf adders to the voice Of
truth, of justice, Of patriotism But for those
who hold their party subordinate to their love
Of country, we appeal, to try Fillmore and Blu
chanan fairly the main questions of the day as
bearing the interests, feelings and just constitu-
tionsl rights OF the South
On the doctrine of squatter sovereignty-that is
the right of the people of territory to exclude or
abolish slavery by territorial legislation-a doctrine
pronounced by the Richmond Enquirer worse than
the Wilmot Provso and one to which the South
would not submit-how do they stand? Mr.. Blu
chanan, as plain as the English language can speak,
and so admitted and interpreted by the great body
Of his supporters for it. And Willard Fillmore by
his equally distinct declarations, against it,
On the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. Mr.
Buchanan holds no bette position than Mr. Fillmore
Mr.. Fillmore is distinctly aud emphatically opposed
To any attempt to restore it to reopen the ques-
ton anywhere or in any way.
On slavery-freely admitting that his early preju-
dces were all against what Northern mans is
| notg-when or where can be found from Buchanan's
record sentiments patriotic liberal or Southern as
these subjOin
In his address to the people OF Mobile, he said
"when called by ispeusation of Providence
IN assume responsibilities from which would gladly have
>hruk, formed the resolution TO take the Constitution
tor my guide. and no matter with what preadees OF
friendships might conflict, What il might personally
cast me, to do my duty fearlessy to the rhol country
Hear him again in Montgomery, Alabama. In al
uding to the night of Gen. Taylor's DEATH and his
resolves prior to his Inauguration as President, he
said:
During it, troubles and anxetics, nwardy resolved
to cast far from me any Prdice that might have enter
tanned against any section party in the conederacy
aud To be guided only by the Consultation OF my souny
That had entertained pruees against institution
tie South do not deny; Out position rs guarii.
OF the rights of the ehoe Union immediately following
period during uhich sat presiding officer of ne
Senate and heard the questio" Of sioreTy fully discussed
by the ATTEST d'iiberdtre body Of the ,csrid formed
occasion to rerieir and correct education AND
Din 50, without consulting single individual but solely
with all eve 10 the Constitution and the laws Of the land
We put the question to all just and candid men /:
have We not IN the above passage emphatic and
entire rem uneidton of his former preudices besides
his glorious and patriotic admin sration to endorse
MS noble resolvesi
The Augusta Chronicle, in 1854, .hus alludes TO
further expressions of Mr.. Fillmore upon the same
subject:
"llavng made the OF the Slave States
he announced the steps of the State House door in
MONTGOMERY that the an" 'idrery pTed,ees Of his early
ee0tioH had been OBLITERATED BIZ Gihe had seen iH N,
South Of The happy condition Of tie Stare"
There it is in language still more clear. pointed
and unmisteakable. The dnti-sLacery prejudice of
his early education had been oBlIrERArED By rhat
he hal seeh in the South Of the happy condition of
III sLtre!
And, also in Natchez, in the presence Of thousands
pG DpOulp who had asSanltad ats y.
to welcome and to hear him, he thus gave uterance
to his sentiments We quote from the Natchez Cou-
rier of March Goth 1854:
"Whrn General Taylor-the venerable and Iarnented
General Taylor-dcd he Mr.. - found himself suddenly
transferred to the highest station his countrymen could
give No lea Of such event had presented tse 20 b-
mind until within ten hours Of it, occurrence Jpon his
accession, lie found the country distracted aud almost
| he imagined, the verge Of civil war He had been
brought ny df the NOrih and Eneu that yeessa,;fy he
northern synyaties and Gssoeiaiins
| hui hE DETERMINED TO DfrREGARD AND FOREVER
Every THING LEE SECTIONAL LEANING Ia stand By and
support ~ all hs integrity e Consultation of The eon
try and ohdterer rights and pTiei,ges each and eVery
portion 0 hd' country had under Me Consfitiiion 10
H1iHtdi" them it all their force and to their ut,noa e
tent, eecH " cost him his Ire Such determination
he knew would cost him friends and supporters n tina,
-ectUn where he had been reared but for that IA, ca,e
not Tie personally was Wiling 10 any sacrifice"
writer, SorTnRoS, in the Charleston Courier.
urges ably and eloquently the election Of Mr. Fill.
more, and in the course Of his remarks says:
II had il from biz own lips and that az a time when he
had passed from successful administration Of the Nation
81 Government 20 the retirement and privacy of private
lie, and when he vas without prospect Or even wish
Tor renoninalon or restoration 10 the Presidency that h
opinions had been revOlutonzed sud his preudces dts
Patcd on The suffice, o-aycry the Southern and south
Western States that he believed the so-csed freedom OF
the black aud cU0rrd population IN the nonaveboIno
states to be cheat and that slavery was the best copd
in lfa
black and the whs race and that the Union could
ouly be pespeuaed by faithful Observance Of the cons
uont rights OF the south and ~ nou.ntererencs with
slavery. the part Of the Notwithstanding gt,tes and i
the neral government aud his convict ms sere pre,ti,
strengthened by this Southern tour which brought him
10 connct with, aud made him eve witness Of le work
ing OF our domestic institution"
When u this we add that Buchansn's nomination
was Northern in It's influences. the whole South with
the exception Of two or three States, voting against
him in body up to the last ballot:
Aud that Fillin)re's nomination wa. uncontradic
ted on the testimony Of Mr.. Marsh, one Of the noni
mating body, and who has since abandoned the SUP
port OF bin on that very account demanded b,
our Southern brethren, who would only consent
even to his nomination, upon terms that drove mos
OF the Northern delegates out Of the Convention
We ask Of every patriotic Union.loving Southern
man, whatever name or party in ordinary times o
for ordinary issues he may choose To sustain to SUP
port now in crisis where everything dear to him
At stake, the man that not only knows how TO de
fend As he has already defended, the ri ghts Of IN
Southern States and people equally with the North
eTn, but also how to respect their feelings and hold
them equally with the people Of the North entite
TO equal and fraternal regard.
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