The true Democrat., 1856-06-10

ing letter addressed by Mr.. Fillmore to the
"ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY OF ERIE
Eufalo, Oct. 18th, 1898.
Sir Your communication Of the 18th instant
us chairman OF committee appointed by the An
Il Slavery Society of the county Of Erie" has lust
come to hand. You solicit my answer to the follow
ing nterrogatorics:
lst DO You believe petitions to Congress on the
subject of slavery and the slave trade ought to be
received, read, and respectfully considered by the
representatives. Of the people!
I'd Are you opposed to the annexation Of Texas to
this Union under any circumstances, long Us
slaves are held thereinf
3D.. Are you in favor of Congress exercising all the
constitutional power Possesses abolish the inter-
nal slave trade between the states?
4th Are you IN favor of immediate legislation for
the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia!
am lnnch engaged. and have no time to enter in
to an argument, to explain at length my reasons
Tor my opinions; IshaU therefore coatent nauself tor
the present BY ansue,ing all your anter~gutu,aes IN
the af,anatite, and ieare FIR same future occasi0a
nDae e1tended dsScussiDn the subject"
This letter against slavery the Gazette pub
lished several times and thought it sufficient
to destroy Mr.. Fillmore here at the sou h.
The Gazette said:
From this it will be seen that Mr. Fillmore. in
1885, wa! not only ffeesosler, but more he was IN
abotionist."
And again the Gazette said, still moro en-
phatically:
9 10 hare called Mr.. Fillmore FREEso1I Err acheu
he ufote the aboce s0ouM MT lure been full Jefni
ton ct his position. lie aoas an AnoLrT1oNrsr and
dectdred himself in faror If legslatin t0r the a6oli-
tim If s1ape'y IN he District If Coluns5iu"
These are harsh denunciations of a man that
the Gazette now claims for sound national
man and desires the south to support as such.
But yet, if any one will read Nj. Fillmore's
letter as we give it above he will acknowledge
that the denunciations are not undcserved-
Mr.. Fillmore "a0as not only treesoiler, but
MORE he was an abolitionist." He declared he
was opposed to the annexation of Texas be-
cause " SLAVES are held therein" He was in favor
OF Congress exercising the power "to abolish
the internal slave trade Jetaoeen the states" He
was &c IN favor Of immediate legislation for the
abolition Of slavery in the District Of Cozun,bia."
These were Mr. Filmore's sentiments in
1883, and he has never since explained or mo-
difed them. No wonder then that tho Ga.
zette should have denounced him as vorse than
a freesoiler = as an abolitionist The greatest
wonder is that the Gazette should now have
Mr. Fillmore's name flying at its mast head
supporting him and calling upon the southern
people to vote for him for President of the
United States!
And this is not all the Gazette has said
against Mr.. Fillmore upon this subject. At
another time, referring to the defeat of Fillmore
by Gen. Scott, in the Philadelphia convention
of 1852, the Gazette said of Mr.. Fillmore. "he
a0as yusay, as aoe conceive, suspected of not be-
ing true enough to the abolitionists."
Is any more testimony needed to prove Mr..
Fillmore's abolition tendencies? The Gazette
is the organ Of Mr. Fillmore in this State-as-
suredly its report ought to be believed.