Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-05

AaouP,e Of days ago we Unlimited our belief that
Mr.. TuIHaaE was fishing for the Black Republican
nomination for the Presidency That belief was
based on his letter of the 10th December 1859 the
letter which the Committee refused to read at the
New York Union meeting because in the opinion Of
the New York Courier and Enquirer it would have
been terrible bomb shell, the explosion Of which
in advance would have endangered the unity of the
proceedings" That belief has been strengthened
by the reception given 10 thag letter by the Black
Republican press. Mr. FILLMORE manifcsts an evi
dent desire 10 wipe away from the book and vol
ume Of taa past all arrangements between him
self and the Republicans. The signing of the Fugi
tive Slave Law by Alr. FILLMORE was the ounce of
solid fact which. with the Southern Opposition in
1886. outwgi-hcd Whole pounds of Democratic rca
soninr. We told them that he did 1t with gasping
breath and shaking joints. We told them that it
was the resut0f outside pressure. In confirmation
of what we tAen said. Mr. FILLMORE now declares
that his approval and enforcement of the Fugitive
Slave Lawsv " De performance If painful oJic'al
Gas We ita'icisc his language. The Cincinnati
Gazette l8,agS Republican, in commenting on this
letter. says:
~It is the utterance Of a true Anti-Slavery man.
fully approaching and ~ympathzing with the almost
universal sentiment OF Tue NDllll IN -llA 10
peculiar Institution We notice with pleasure his
reference o. his performance of painful official
luty IN approving and enforcing the Fugitive Slave
Law la its general tone
and effect this letter is substantially arebuke Of the
prevalent spirit OF the gathering ONION meeting
Tor whose benefit Is was written. tOntraSted with
the wIetchel pro slavery twaddle of CHARLES o.
C0NoB il reflects the highest honor upon It's author
Il has received almost uniyer-
cal commeajati0u among the Opposition men,
No. lFr no
eru Opposition supported so cordially in 1856 fired
by the Thought of whose political worth. Col
Ba,usoy the other !layg boas,ingly proclaimed in
the national House of Representatives: " The most
glorious battle ever fought was for FILLMORE in
my on- beloved native state OF Tennessee Mr.
FILLMORE who declares his approval and enforce
rncnt Of the Fugitive Slave law was the per-
f5rmance of painful official duty:' Mr.. FILLMORE
who declares that Ossawotamie BaowN. the muir
dsrer of D0rlr ami his children. thief and an
assassin. has exhibited some traits Of character
that challenge our admiration" is the same Nh
LARD FILLMORE tLat the Southern Opposition spoke
for. wrote for and voted for IL the last prcslien
tal election. We notice one important omission in
gfr FuINaEE's leugr he fails TO give us his opin-
ion Of HELPER. We would be glad to know what
are the traits in Ossawotamie's character that
challenge his admiration Can it possibly be any
thing else than the stoii. stoicaI Inference with
which De met q felon's death: Was IL because he |
manifested no computations Of conscience, even (
in the jaws OF DEATH Ter the thefts and murders 1
he had committed and for the houzc-b urnugs and |
assassiua5igrs he had deliberately planned: The /
bigOted fanatic. GGEAED-who assasinatcd the prot.
cstaut WILLIAM the silent. Prince of Orangc-when 1
his right hand WAS burned of with red hot iron 4
his flesh torn from ms bones with pinccrs, qaar-
tered and dlsemboveIcd alive, his heart torn out 4
and flung I'D his face AMI finally his head taken of /
bore the punishment with such astonishing fortrude
thar he was b-Hcyclto oc supported by withcrafJ !
ia tle language of tAc historian. so calm were his /
nerves. crippled and half roasted as hc was ere he
mounted the s-ai5.d.' tlat d. Joined the crowd /.
10 laugh at some trivial incident that occurred /
during tae torture. and his lips were seen to
move, up 90 The moment when his heart was thrown
DO a,s face If SIR. FuIuOaE can find traits
IN tis character # thc villain BEowN to c5al-
asga his admiration. what a historical pet of his
nns. De HtLmAzm GEnAaD. the hired assassin Of
PaHu II.