The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-12


on speculation. Coffee was quiet. FrsisAts were
unchanged, with moderate engagements
The Artful DodgeT-Mr. FILLMORE on the
Kansas Issue-An Artful Dodge to hodge ID.
or all the characters in great political ques-
ton like the present. that Of theartful 2odger is
the meanest and most contemplate Tho-bloody
border rufian, the rampant Southern disCnionist
the fanatical aboitfonist the reckless democratic
spokesman and bruiser, may be classed among the
despicable dis0rganizers Of the day but they at
least have the merit Of decided position in re-
ference to the main issues Of the battle. We know
where to find them hat the artiul dodge-, who
is anything or nothing as the occasion may re-
quire is the meanest Of all the mean plotters for
Office and plumber. To this low standard of de-
probation has Mr.. Fillmore fallen in the political
market. He is an artful dodger-he is anything
or nothing as may serve his purpose. Read his
late Southern letter. which we publish elsewhere
ia these columns, and his appended views upon
the Missouri compromise and the affairs of
Kansas.
Was there ever such Paltry lodging since the
letter Of Martin Van Buren, and the Cincinnati
perry as an eel Mr.. Fillmore speaks Of :" all the
sacrifices have made to maintain the constitu
tional rights Of the Southr-"and so of the North,
after all have done to maintain her constitutional
rights" But we ask. what in the name of CON-
mon sense has he done for either side in the
way of sacrifices! He has sacrificed a smaller
Office for larger Office all the way through.
L. NAL
mics to make room, in good fat offices, for his
personal friends signed the bills passed by Con-
g-ess, permitted the last fatal Lopez expedition
to get off TO Cuba, and allowed spoliations to be
committed upon the treasury to the extent OF
many hundred thousand dollars We are sorry
to say, however, that the distinguished Fillmore
men implicated in the profits Of the great Gard
ner swindle of more than half a million, were
never sacrificed at all.
So much for Mr.. Fillmore's sacrifices" Next
for his principles He says, Il am for the whole
Union, North and South, East and West Mr..
Brooks of South Carolina, will endorse this sem
timent; but be is frank enough to give us his con-
ditions; so with Pierce and Buchanan and the
democratic party; so with Gerritt Smith, the
abolition candidate Even Lloyd Garrison is
for the Union, North, South, East and West if
you will adopt his measures upon the slavery
question. Upon the subject of the restoration of
the Missouri compromise Mr.. Fillmore tells US that
that thing being utterly impracticable, he is
in favor OF establishing the people of the Terri
tories ultimately in the right of determining the
of their own institutions, without in
by mobs and without interference
from the States" This platform for Kansas is
very cloudy. What does Mr.. Fillmore mean by
ultimately the people OF Kansas have no
intermediate power over the institution of slavery
or what. What does he mean by mobs.-and
what by State interference! Mr.. Pierce and his
border rufian party have pursued and punished
the Northern Kansas Emigrant Aid Societies the
mobs of Kansas; and they have been denounced
rom one end Of the country to the other by the
Buchanan democracy and Fillmore organs as SO
many "interferences from the States
But while the position and platform Of the
Pierce administration and the democratic party
are clearly established by their acts as the policy
Of making Kansas a slave State by force ofarms
Mr. Fillmore still sits astride the fence. In the
South his views may be construed against the free
State settlers of Kansas; In the North in favor of
those settlers; and We presume that he has writ
ten these views with the deliberate objec. Of a
double construction, TO suit both sides of Mason
and Dixon's line. This is what we call the mean
and deceptive policy OF the "artful dodger.' II
is the thmbe-riggers trick of the little joker. or
the paltry pame of the patent safe
Mr.. Fillmore upon one point is consistent In
fact there was no escape from it. He had com
mitted himself too far in advance to fall back.
1t is upon the question of the policy and expe-
dency Of the repeal of the Missouri compromise.
He condemns il as holly as ever; but he nc.
quesces. and puts in the most cloudy and unsatis-
factory exposition We have ever seen OF the "ult-
mate" doctrine Of popular sovereignty. Substan-
tally il il the plea Of the Pierce administration:
but Mr.. Pierce and the democracy have proved
what they mean by their acts. The policy and
practical matter of fact views Of Mr. Fillmore,
in reference to Kansas as a slave State, or
Kansas a. a free State. are studiously kept
out Of sight AS he says, however, never
a word or syllable in the shape Of pro
test against the bloody policy Of this Pierce adj
ministration in Kansas; as he is conveniently
dumb concerning that bogus Missouri Legisla-
ture, its infamous laws, and the atrocious pro-
ceedings Of the democratic officials Of Kansas,
civil and military to enforce those laws we must
conclude that Mr.. Fillmore acquiesces in this ruff
fan policy Of making Kansas a slave State by
fire and sword.
We are the more impressed with this conclu-
sion from the deplorable position Of Mr.. Fillmore
az Presidential candidate. He is the modern
Don Quixotte upon his travels to save the coun-
try In a serious, practical view we can only re-
gard him in Georgia as the Knight Of the Sor-
rowful Figure, and in New York as the squire Of
James Buchanan. Let us await the dcvelope-
ments from the people Of the great States of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana on Tuesday