'^ ir r ^ %/' . <^. :^' ,0 ' / '^^■' A iP^ o ;» .•^X4 a^ >: ;^ovv ^^:^#te-; Ao^ -^- ' ■TO m y 0^ o'L'j'' ^;^ % "f = ',''--/-7rZT\\V> ,<:v ^^ ^\ A. I °'^, A-. v^^ vt- ?m p//»^'i ^sSm o .>^ \,^^ • '\^ c** .>V/..-' %. ^* /\ \m^/ ^^'\ '•: v-^^ ^ <;^„ " SPEECHES OF MILLIBD FlttSME At New Tork, Ncwbnrgh, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, &c. ALSO EVIDENCES or FREMONT'S ROMANISM. X"' The return of Mr. Fillmore to his native land, after an absence of nearly a year spent in travel on the European continent, has been ma-le the occasion of a public demonstration on the part of the people of this Slate, that proves how proud a position this eminant statesman holds in the hearts of his fellow^ countrymen, and that can not fail to have an important effect upon the ap[>roacliin^ Presidential election. The considera'ion with which he has been received by the old and staid citizens of the Empire State; the enthuf^iasm which has marked the ffreetin"? extended to him by the youne; the earnest af- fection manifested by his political friends, and the respect displayed towards him by political opponents, are certain indications that he is re- garded by all classes of citizens and by all par- ties as no ordinary man, and that restinlic may be led by th(? perusal of n connected sketch of the honors paid to Mr. Fillmore, and by a careful study of the political sentiment avowed by him, to reliect seriously upon the present condition of the af- fairs of their country, and of its future pros- pects; and may awake in time to a sense oi' th ■ imifiinent peril into whi.-h the unscrupulous ambition and unreflecting fanaticism are threat- ening to lead us. We should hold ourselves in some measure responsible lor the evils which might ensue, should we suffer any fear of a mis- interpretation of our motives, to ileter us fro^n availing ourselves of all means that offer to stay the tide of sectional animosity now flowing over the country. When brother is arrayed in open hostility against brother; when the uplitt- ed arm of fanaticism seeks to strike its dagg'^r into the heart of the Union; it is no time for true men to falter. It has been urged that the triumphal progress of Millard Fillmore through his native State was not a partv demonstration, but a mere ex- pression of respect for one who had filled the highest office in the people's gift. But would thi» public honor have been tendered to one who had not filled that hiirh ofHce to the people's satisfac- tion? In traveling through the little State of New Hampshire, could Franklin Pierce call forth so flattering a demonstration of the public veneration and esteem as has marked the pro- gress of Millard Fillmore through the great Empire State.^ We do not claim the ovations in New York as strictly a party triumph. We re- gard them rather as a spontaneous e.vpression of the respect of men of all parties for a great anil good man, a statesman and a patriot. And in that lighr. we consider the demon.st ration most signiilcant; believing, as we sacredly do, that in the present deplorable co.'ulition of our gov- ernment at home and abroad — with a foreign war threatening us on one side, and the more appalling danger of a disruption of the Union menacing us on the other — the great mass of our coiuitrymen will rise superior to political associations and party ties, and place the com- mand of the ship in the hands of that man who has already guided her through the terrors of a storm not less fearful than that which now rages around us, and anchored her safely in the har- bor of peace and national prosperity. Mr. Fillmore is the candidate of a great na- tional party. That party will give him a pow- erful, if not an undivided support. But iheir principles are patriotic — their platform broad .and comprehensive. They invite the co-opera- tion and assistance of all true hearted Americans who are the friends of the Union in the com- ing contest. The nomination they have made is a convincing proof of the pure patriotism by .which they are influenced. Their candidate, while standing firmly and unyieldingly upon their platform, can well challenge the support of all conservative. Union loving men. Neither too well known, like Mr. Buchanan, nor too liille known, like Mr. Fremont, he points to the past as security for the. future, and stands forth as the champion of the Union— the foe to sectionalism, let it spring from the South or from the North. In order that the history of Mr. Fillmore's reception in his native State may be complete, and its lessons properly understood by all, we give in connection therewith the platform of principles upon which he was placed in nomi- nation by the national convention of the Ameri- can party, together with his letter of accept- ance and the ratification resolutions adopted by the National Council, and the grand council of his State. Platform of the Jlmctican Party, adopted at the Session of the National Council. February 21«(, 1856. Ist. An humble acknowledgment to the Su- preme Being for His protecting care vouch- safed to our fathers in their successful Revolu- tionary struggle, and hitherto manilested to us. | their descendants, in the preservarion of the i liberties, the independence and the union of these States. 2d. The perpetuation of the Federal Union, as the palladium of our civil and religious liber- ties, and the only sure bulwark of American In- dependence. 3d. Americans must rule .-Vmerica; and to this end, native-born citizens should be selected tor all State, Federal, or municipal offices, or gov- ernment employment, in preference to all others-, nevertheless, ' 4th. Persons born of American parents resid- ing temporarily abroad, should be entitled to all tho rights of native-born citizens; but 5th. No person should be selected for politi- cal station {whether of native or loreiijn birth), who recognizes any allegiance or obligation of »ny description to any foreign prince, potentate dr power, or who refuses to recognize the Fede- tal and State constitutions (each within its sphere), as paramount to all other laws, as rules of political action. -' 6th. The unqualified recognition and mainte- nance of the reserved rights of the several States, and the cultivation of harmony and fra- ternal good will between the citizens of the se- veral States, and to this end, non-interference by Congress with question appertaining solely to the individual States, and non-intervention by each State with the affairs of any other State. ^ 7th. The recognition of the right of the na- tive-born and naturalized citizens of the United States permanently residing in any territory thereof, to frame their constitution and laws and to regulate their domestic and social affairs in their own mode, subject only to the pro\i- sionsof the Fedenii Constitution' with the privi- lege of admis.sion into the Union whenever they have the requisite population for one Repre- sentative in Congress: provided always, that ncae but those who are r-itizens of the United States, under the constitution and laws thereof, and who have a fixed residence in any such ter- ritory, ought to participate in the formation of the constitution, or the enactment of laws for said Territory or State. 8th. An enforcement of the principle that no State or Territory ought to admit others than citizens of the United States to the right of suf- frage or of holding polilical oilice. 9lh. A change in the laws of naturalization, making a continued residence of twenty-one years, of all not heretofore provided for, an m- dispensable requisite Ibr citizenship hereafter, and excluding all paupers and persons convicted of crime, from landing on our shores; but no interference with the vested rights of foreigners. 10th. Opposition to any union between Church and State; no interference with religious faith or worship, and no test oaths for ollice. llth. Free and thorough investigation into any and all alloged abuses of public functiona- ries, and a strict economy in public expendi- tures. I2th. The inaintenance and enforcement of all laws constitutionally enacted, until said laws shall be repealed, or shall be declared null and void by corupetent judicial authority. I'Jth. Opf)Osition to the reckless and unwise policy of the present administratiou in the gene- ral management of our national affairs, and more especially as shown in reii.oving ''Ameri- cans." (by d<'sijjnalion) and conservatives in prin- ciple, from office, and placing for^-igner8 and ul- traists in their places, as shown in the truckling subserviency to the stronger, and an insolent and cowardly bravado toward the weaker jiow- ers; as shown in re-oi>eiiing sectional agitation by the repeal of the Missouri Cotrjproinise; as shown in granting to unnatiiraljzed I'ortigners the right of suffrage in Kansas and Nebraska; as shown in its vascillating course on the Kan- sas and Nebraska question; as shown in the cor- ruptions which pervade someol the departments of the governtrent; as shown in di.«gracing mer- itorious naval o/iicerH through prejudice or ca- price; and as shown in the blundering iniRman- 1 agi-ment o{ our foreign relations. I 14th. Theielore. to remedy existing evils, 1 and prevent the disastrous consequences other- wise resulting therefrom, we would build up the "American Parly" on the principles herein- ' before stated. liJth. That each State Council shall have au- 1 thonty to amend their several constitutions, so ! as to abolish the several degrees, and institute a i pledge of honor, instead of other obligations, for fellowship and admission into the jiarty. 1 (iih. A free and open iliscussion of all politi- I cal principles embraced in our platform. ' NOitlNATION OF .AIR. FJLL.MOKE. A comnnltee having been appointed by the ! National Convention, which nominated Mr. Fillmore, to inlbrm tiim of their action, the fol- I lowing correspondence ^vas had. 1 LETTER OK THE COMMITTEE. j PniL.M>El.PHiA, Feb. 26, 1S55. j Sir: The National Convention of the Ameri- I can party which has just closed its session in , this city, has r.naniniously chosen you as their ■ candidate for the Presidency of the UnitoJ States in the election to be held in November next. It has associated with you Andrew Jack- son Doiielson. f^sq , of Tennessee, as the candi- date for the Vice Presidency. The Convention has charged the undersigned with the aufieeable duty of communicating the proceedings to you, and of asking your accept- ance of a nomination which will receive not only the cordial support of the great national party in whose name it is made, but the appro- bation also of large numbers of other enlightened friends of the Constitution and the Union, who will rejoice in the opportunity to testify their grateful appreciation of your faithful service in the past, and their confidence in your experi- ence and integrity for the guidance of the future. The undersigned take advantage of this occa- sion to tender lo you the expression of their own gratification in the proceedings of the Conven- tion, and to assure you of the high consideration in which they are, Yours, &c., ALE.XANDER H. H. STUAET. ANDIIKW Sri:\VAKT, KRA.STLS IlIiOOKS. K. H. BAKTLETl, W I Mil AM .1. KAMES. KrmiAIM MARJ^H. Committee, ic. To the Hon. Millakd Fillmobe. MR. FILLMORE'S ACCEPTANCE. Paris, May 21, 1856. Gkntlemen: I ha%'e the honor to acknowl- edge the recoipt of your letter, informing me that the National Convention of the American party, which had just closed its session at Phila- delphia, had unanimously presented my nSme for the Presidency of the United States, and associated with it that ot Andrew Jackson Donohon for the Vice Presidency. This unex- pected communication met me at Venice, on my return from Italy, and the duplicate mailed thirteen days later, was received on my arrival in this city last evening. This must account for my apparent neglect in giving a more prompt reply. You will pardon me for saying, that, when my administration closer! in 1853, 1 considered my political life as a public man at an end, and thenceforth I was only anxious to discharge my duty as a private citizen. Hence I have taken no active part in politics; but I have by no means been an indifferent spectator of passing events, nor have I hesitated to express my opin- ion on all political subjects when asked, nor to give my vote and private influence tor those mer and measures I thought best calculated to pro- mote the'jirosperity and glory of our common couatry. Beyond this, I have deemed it im- proper for me to interfere. But this unsolicited and unexpected nomina- tion has imposed upon me a new dul)', from which I can not shrink; and therefore, approv- ing, as I do, the general objects of the party which has honored me with its confidence, I cheerfully accept its nomination, without wail- ing to intjuire of its prospects of success or de- feat. It IS sufficient for me to know that by so doing I y'\M to Th« wishes of a large portioa of ' my fellow-citizens in every part of the Union, who, like myself, are sincerely anxious to see the administration of our government restored to that original simplicity and purity which marked the first years of its existence, and, if possible, to quiet that alarming sectional agita- tion, which, while it delights the monarchists of Europe, causes every true friend of our coun- try to mourn. Having the experience of past service in the administration of the government, I may be per- mitted to refer to that a* the exponent of the future, and to say, should the choice of the Con- vention be sanctioned by the people, I shall with the same scrupulous regard for the rights of every section of the Union which then influenced my conduct, endeavor to perform every duty confided by the constitution and laws to the Executive. As the proceedings of the Convention have marked a new era in the history of the country, by bringing a new political orsranization into the approaching presidential canvass, I take occa- sion to reatFirm my full confidence in the patri- otic purpose of that organization, which I re- gard as springing out of a public necessity forced upon the country to a large extent by unfortu- nate sectional divisions, and the dangerous ten- dency of those divisions towards disunion. It alone, in my opinion, of all the political agencies now existing, is possessed ot the power to silence this violent and disastrous agitation, and to restore harmony by its own example of moderation and forbearance. It has a claim, therefore, in my judgment, upon every earnest friend of the integrity of the Union. So estimating this party, both in its present position and future destiny, I freely adopt its great leading principles, as announced in the recent declaration of the National Council in Philadelphia, a copy of which you were so kind as to enclose to me, holding them to be just and liberal to every true interest of the country, and wisely adapted to the establishment and support of an enlightened, safe and effective American policy, in full accord with the ideas and the hopes of the fathers of our Republic. I expect shortly to sail for America, and with the blessing of divine Piovidence hope soon to tread my native soil. My opportunity of com- paring my own country and the condition of the people with those of Europe has only served to increase my admiration and love of our blessed land of liberty, and 1 shall return to it without even a desire ever to cross the Atlantic again. I beg of you, gentlemen, to accept my thanks for the very flattering manner in which you have been pleased to communicate the result of the action of that enlightened and patriotic body of men who composed the late convention, and to be assured, that I am, with profound respect and esteem, your friend and fellow-citizen. .MILLARD FILLMORE. Messrs. Alexander H. H. Stuart, Andrew Stewart, Erastus Brooks, E. B. Bartlett, Wm J, Eameo, Epbraim Mareh, Committee. 1 PROCEEDINGS OK THE AMERICAN STATE rorNCii.. At the lime of the nomination of Mr. Fill- more at Phila-lelphia, the G(anil Council o( the American Order for the Stale of New York wa« in sesfcion at Canundaiijua. The aclion of the National Nou.inatjnf; Convention havinij h* ''n announced therein, it was net uith a h^cwiy respotise; and the following resolutions wne ^nani'tlnusly adopted: Resolved, Thai this Grand Council huilf with the liveliest salistaclion the nominalicn of Mil- lard Fillmore as the candidate of ihe An erican party for the ofTice of President of the I'micJ States; thai in his tried ela'esniani'hip and pa- triotic integrity, and his devotion to the in -^ rests of ihe whole people, we have the ourrst guar.intee of his fitness for the hit,'h posiliot; (ur which he has been n.imed. and that weconli.irv and earnestly C(»nimend hini to the A'leiiijn electors of the Kinpire State, as eminently wor- thy of their siifTrages, which we doubt not La will most cortiially receive. Kesolved, Thai in tliA nomination of AnJrew | Jackson Donelson, of Tennessee, for the oftire of Vice-President of the United State*, we reroe- nize a patriot und btatesman of the J- ' and Jacksonian schools, and that, in it.' of bis illustrious predecessor — '"by tLt , . .i- . ■ of '"Sam" we will elect him. The nominations were then ratified by nine hearty cheers for each candidate. • • On the :!d day of June, I65G, a letsion of th« , American Grand Council of the State of Sew York was held in the city of New York, when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Betolved, That our earnest thank* are ten- dered to the American National Convention for the nomination of Millard Fillmnrr an I Andrew Jackson Donelson for the Prrtideti- cy and Vice Presidency of the United States, and that we are confitbnl of their ratiticntioii by the people of the nation. Resolved, That the extreme part izan measurrs of the Administrative Democracy on the on<» side, and the Black R<^puldicai s on the other, driving the coun'.ry wi'h fr>-i:/iej real into a most dangerous 8>?clioiiil .<»;rile. not only r»'- quires a prompt and signal rebuke but aban- dantly proves that neither party can be aafel/ trusted. Rtsolctd, That as conservators of law and the constitutional rights of a tree press and free speech, without licentiousness in either, the American party is equally opposed to tbe Ix)'a I't , knife and revolvjr on the one side, and Sharpe's rifles on the otner, for the settlement of consti- tutional (lues'iniis or sectional issues. Resolved, That we present the American par , ty to the country, not as an order, not as a ^o . ciety, but as a broad, orl ol the r:)n>.lidutes whom they have iio(ninaied lor the highest olhcet in the Kilt of the American jieople We novr proceed to give a narration of the Grand Ovation tendered to '"Tne .Man for the Tunes,'' by the riiizens ot his native Male, on the occasion of his return to his home from his lour in foreign lands. •finite in:< return r»- to bim a public reception, as ■ -►-.• city. The anion ol the Ci'iii I ,, ua, piomptly respcnded to by the cnu*ti» general- ly. .A I'liblif ri eriiK.; wn« hfid, vihiih wai !•':.■• ■ ' 'i)iite« wa> ,, iba ..ri,, i I ! V I of Wji ■■■ '■'••' ■ 1 the- ,.- i^** ;• . - - --■ ..^t lar iirniiKi .New VorK in arranitinff lor a iniinf welrofiie to Ihe eminent slaiesman. Her Coun- cil anti her riiitens n;el, and. adop\in( •imiU- ■ AM>luitoiia lo ii.o>e tb4l bad bren parsed at .New .in«n» lor a j-iblic tt- d in ihe ftamt line 'IS I'l I. 'lie oil the New Vof>> .<» wpjl at on liie Central lior .;h the proper auihorilici, ibei.' >:r. t'llliiioro 10 visit ibem on lie. Kii SiindMV rvrning, June 3'.'d,at about 9 o'clorV tiie arrival ol thf Allantic at hitndy llt>ok,«ili J^lr. Fillniore among iLe pai.i. .i.'.Mi up. and coniiouad uniil »he arnveU at her wharl. liumediately on the app<-arance m < r»» (.f.t rocket, a solute ol lilty guns wa* l.i Mharf, and as the vr^5rl arrived olT ' two more rockets weie sent up, when tor luur- der ol artillery was again opcnearl. and as the vr>* neared c itina b'*arly ci werecivi. ..; , i Til mote. Aldi-rman Brisgs and tiie Committer cf Re- ception of the Co/imion tiouix-il, ,ia «Uo .-» pri- vate recsrpiion a-mmillee Inoin the various ' boarded the vrssel. an«l waited on tbe i . Presidcat in the alter cabin. After a few preliminary obaerrationt, Altlar- aaui tiling* \kky*t^ the fwJIaviinc adiL-wa: Mr. Fillmore. In the name of Sew York and of this nation, I welcodie yoti to your na- tive shores. Your connlrytnen have watcheiJ jonr pilKTimage tbrouxh the European Stales with int'tnge soliciluJe. fearing that those nat- ural caUn itics always depcnilint; over the liv- ing iniiht ilrpnve ilieni ot your valuable lile. ■nd overwhfliii your country with univeisal sor- row; aner of your delegation, and know the' intelligence they represent, this kindness gives me a pleasure I have not the power adequately to express. You have. sir. in your remarks, seen fit lo allude to my travels and receptions in foreign countries. It is true that, from the crowned head to the peasant, I have been received everywhere with kindness and respect; but 1 do not attribute this to any merit of my own. but to the fart that your power had elevated me to the office of Chief Mntiistrate of this great and free RepuLlic. Hut often, sir. while I have received such kindness abroad. I must own that I have heard, with the most pain- ful solicitude, of events and scenes which have been transpiring at honjc. Not often, in many parts of Europe, have 1 been able to see an American paper, but extracts from them I have seen everywhere copied into foreign journals, whii-h showed that alarming dissentions and turmoil exiited in my own country — such as ex- cited in my mind the liveliest solicitude, am! which ha.s given me the greatest pain. And when it is known that foreign monarchies arr watching, with feelings of satisfaction, every new cause ol internal discord, and expecliiu: therefrom a speedy dissolution of this model Republic, is it to be wondered at that .such should be my feelings? But, sir, it was some consolation to see, nay a real satisfaction to know, that in all parts ol Europe, many hopeful hearts weie beating with anxious solicitude for our welfare, and were trusting and believing, that a free and intelli- gent people would continue to govern them- selves. They trusted, arid I trusted with them, that the day is far distant when we shall be called upon to witness so great a calamity as civil war in these States. For God's sake, let us all remember that our present freedom and greatness is the gift of our forefathers, and of their concord and unity in your own city of Philadelphia. But 1 am trespassing on your time. I only intended to return my acknowledgments for your kind invitation to me to visit your city. 1 regret that jt is out of my power to accept it. 1 am anxious to return to my home, and see my friends from whom I have been so long absent- and at some future time, after the people shall have decided lo do with me as they have a right to decide, it will aflonl me extreme pleasure \o respond to the cordial invitation of my friends in Philadelphia. THE PKOCESSIO.N. At 11 o'clock Hon. Daniel Ullmann, on be- half of the Fillmore and Donelson (reneral Committee, welcomed Mr. Fillniorcto the city, to which Mr. Fillmore briefly responded; after which accompanied by the committee, and fol- lowed by the American frcneral Committ'-e br left the hotel, lor the City Hall, and was re- ceired by the throng o{ people in the street? I with tremendous cheers. The assembly of ' people was immense, every accessible point cf the streets and buildings being occupied, and the enthusiasm of the populace unbounded. THE HHOCKKllINGS IN THE OOVERNOR's ROOM. On the arrival of Mr. Filhfjore at the Gov- ernor's Room, the ceremony of introduction was commenced and continued tor about ten minutes, when the Mayor arrived. After the usual hand shaking, the Mayor adilressed him as follows; Mr. Fillmore -. In behalf of the corporation of the city of \ew York, it becomes my duty to receive you on this occasion, and fo tender the niunicipal hospitalities. We are ready to do public honor to those who have filled eminent stations with fidelity and usefulness. In this instance we have an additional incentive in your personal relation to us as our own fellow-citi- zen — wi:ll known to us and admired in all the walks of private life, and as truthful and liberal in the posts of public duty. You have never disgraced your State or shocked its conservative sentiments by a resort to sectional agitation or appeals to the passions or prejudices of men. — You have, indeed, in this respect, reflected its public opinion, by refusing to lend your coun- tenance or aid to the seditious efforts of dema- gogues, who would euibroil the State and citi- zens of thii republic in sectional and fratricidal w^arfare, to gratify their own unjustifiable am- bition for place and power. As a public man, you have been national and conservative, and New York can have no reason to receive you in any other way then as a dutiful son, who has been true to her interests. In this spirit Ibid you welcome back to your native country, and am happy to be made the organ of your recep- tion. Sir, the Comir:on Council liave passed resolutions (which we omit,] upon which this public reception is based, and which I will now read, as e.xpressing the opinion and feeling of that branch of the corporate authorities. Mr. Fillmore responded as follows : Mr. Mayor— This une.xpected and agreeable welcome from the great commercial emporium of the United States, leaves me without lan- guage to express the grateful emotions of my heart. I had hoped for a moment to have ar- ranged my ideas, but, you know, as well as oth- ers within the sound of my voice, that from the time I lauded, I have scarcely found a riiinute for thought. It is, however, hardly necessary. I have known this city, and I thought, apprecia- ted its importance, but until I traversed Europe. I was not so sensible of the importance of this city to the United States, and the importance of the United States to this city. (Applause.) — You have been pleased to refer to the fact that my public life has been of a conservative char- acter, and I am free to admit that I regard this conservatism as the proudest principle I have been able to sustain. (Applause.) We have received from our fathers a Union and a consti- tution above all price and value, and that man who can not sacrifice anything for the support of both is unworthy of his country. You, sir, known, for I have had the gratification of ex- pressing it to you in person, how highly I ap- predated the stand you took in sustaining the laws. You know better than I can express it, that liberty can only exist in obedience to law. (Renewed applause.) That country which i.s governed by despotism instead of law, knows not liberty. I never was so strongly impressed with this as since my return. It has been my fortune to visit most of the principle cities on the Continent, where many of the governments of Europe exercis3 their control over their subjects the same as the mas- ter exercises his power over the slave. No man is permitted to go without the walls of a city unless with a passport, nor enter another king- dom without the same permission. I thank God, that when I stepped upon the shores of America my passport was not demanded. (En- thusiastic applause.) Sir, your beautiful bay has often been com- pared to that of Naples. I have had the good fortune to look on both. Italy with its sunny skies is a delightful legion. Oh, that it had a government like ours and a people to maintain it. (Applause ) There are points of resem- blance between the two bays, but when you look at the waters and ihe surrounding scenery, there the comparison ends. When I entered that city I was surrounded by swarms of beg- gars, but I no sooner stepped on shore here than I Wiis surrounded by thousands of Ireemen. — (Applause.) That is the difference between Nevv York and Naples. Rome is in its decay. Venice once shone forth with more commercial splendor perhaps, than New York does now ; but where is ir, and what is Venice now but a waste in the midst of the ocean ? New York has just emerged to greatness, and if it would continue its onward march let our people re- member the lessons taught them by our fore- fathers, that they must maintain the constitu- tion intact. If they do this they will find that this city has but commenced its great commercial career. England at present wields the destinies of the commercial world, and her power is concentra- ted in London: but if this country can main- tain its union, there are those now within the hearing of mv voice who will live to see Nevv York what London is now. (Applause.) I congratulate you, sir, that you are the Chief Magistrate of this great city, and I congratulate my fellow citizens that you are equal to the burden imposed upon you. I also congratulate you, that no maiter what may be your private feelings, you are determined to stand by the union of your country. Pardon me for these re- marks — they are desultory, but I speak with a sincere heart when I return you my most grate- ful thanks. When Mr. Fillmore had finished his remarks and shook hands wiih a number of persons who were present, the procession returned to the Saint Nicholas Hotel, when a call bein? made, he appeared on the balcony and addressing the procession, said: Mr. Marshal; I beg leave, sir, to tender yo|Ji Rtid the g'?n!lf!nei! under your command, my most sincere thanks lor the manner in uliich ihcy have coiidncied ihe-nsflves ihrou«hoiH the entire cereiriony of the day . It is graiilyin^j to rne to see the streets oi this vast nietro|H.>lis crowded with freemen, with no otiier arms but ; those of Liberty and u Iree Constitution. We j have here no gent d'armtt to compel ns into | submission and servitude. Ht-r.-, our freedom j is guarded aid pru'.ccted by tiie ballot box. It I is gratifyini; to me to know that in ibis Repub- lican laii I ot Liberty, it is not a requisite thing that your Cliief Executive tliould be v*a'.il»e«i over every time he ventures in public, by a , guard of gtnt d'armcs. In this country he wants no other guaid than that which is gunr- antied to him by a free people. (.Applause.) Permit me again to return my most sincere thanks to you foi your kind reception to-tlay. Mr. F. then retired to his routo. THE OLD LINK WBIUS. TTieWliig General Coirmiltee— full and com- plete in numbers from the 02 wards of the city— no nembers in nun. her, net at Conveniioo Hall a little after 7 o'clock, yesterday evninj. The meinbt-rs were in the best of spirili, .ind were full of conijratulations upon the rising pros- pects of the Fillii ore party. At SoMock it wan announce*! that Mr. Fill- more was rcaily to r-ceive them, when the com- mittee forineil in procession, two together, anr in arm, the Chairman leading otF, and hki- down Broadway to the St Nicholas. 'I enterins the parlor of Mr. Fillmore, which v\aH soon crowded to over.lowing, he soon ap|>eared from a private room. MR. BROOKS INTRODfCrs THE WHIG r""»'- .MITTKE. Mr James Brooks introducing the Whig uen- «ral Committee of the City and County of New- York, said: I have the honor, Mr. Fillmore, to present to you my associates of the Whig G«inful r>- ' • •' ' pua. I luresaw fr< was gone here in till' a . .. . .« of the whig P*r'>y, "'"! ibat men c< er act in (, -ii ^ " spirit w.i cf «' to any at ■• way. Wnen in ^(>4^, |.«iii) by lh« \oue of the P^-,.,i,. a„j f«irily by that aft of Providence - from us the then Pre^i■^rnt elect, and the country in mourning, it so bap- ji'f;!- . '.I .It 1 was u I ' • ' ' ,.!..., ft to adLinuler the t' ""' "■••'■■♦ ■••'■- > :-!j: my duty to it y rountry, — IVortli as weii as South. True, not only the whigs, who elected n e, rallied round ii e, — hut the deiiocratic jiarty also, — certainly that portir»n r.f I! w^ii.h was ront^rvative, and which re- • . ' ''•r the (Ap^ ] .ill .• ) .-; Ii I r . , ,... -t"i: .- orcupy the Prcsidrotial chair. I trust not only to have the support ol I-. I lii.e whig*, — the whigs of IS40. *44. : -but the support also of the old coi. . lenients of the demo- cratic party. They together carried roy administration through the trying scenes of 1830. and tolhem, in common wi'.h you, was I indebted for theor- • Irr, peace, contentment and prosperity I was thus, under Providence, enabled to gi\e to our common country But I have said ino'e th^n I had intci.Jed, sir. I only wishe- >■ .■> '• ■" - . ■ ■ had just cone from Canal street, an.l the Van Riper flight Ihc stieef r.n c uith the roars and cheer* of the vast n ' ' «"ith cries for "Fillmore I FiUmort !'' Mr. Fillmore mad* his appearance on the bal- fony of Ihe hotel, arrid the most enthusiastic plauevfr.il fi;enile- mei), wh^n. alter a song written for the occasion had been sung in an enthusiastic irianner, the immense crowd dispersed at a late hour. ThiH day was appropriated to a reception by the citizens of Brooklyn, who welcotned him with the utmost eolhusiaarn. A procession of a mile in length escoiied him to the City Hall, where hf was received by the MuTor, who wel- comed hini in the nam'; o( th'' peo[de of that city. Mr. Fillmore rejilied in an appropriati- speech. F'rom the City Hall the procession nurched to the I'lerrepont House, where he again addresse«l the crowd. In the evening a brilliant display of tireworks was given, at the conclu«ion of which Mr. Fillmore returned '«i New York, an imniepse concouise of people accompanying hi(n to the St. Nicholas, \vhere he was serenaded by a band, and the people re- newed their cheers for him until a uenilen'an from one of the windows stated that Mr. Fill- more had retired to rest, and brgged to be e.x- cused from appearing. The crowd then di»- persetl at about half p.ist twelve o'clock. , VOVRTH DAY. »ni. ril.LMORK's UKPAIlTfkE. Seven o'clock Thursday morning, being the hour fixed lor the departure of Mr. F., a large crovd assembled in front of the St. Nicholas Hotel at an early hour Precisely at six o'clock Alderman Briggs arrived, acco(npanied by seve- ral members of the Common Council. In a few minutes Mr. FilliDore appeared, when the Albany delegation, headed by Sherifi" Brayton, was imniediai-'ly inirodiice I to him. Mr. Fillmore forthwith proceeded to his car- riage, and was warmly cheered on making his appearance. As he had e.v pressed a wish, how- ever, that no public demuostration should be given on his departure, the proceedings were private and quiet. THK ALIDA. On arriving at the wharf, nt a quarter before Mven o'clock, the .iteamboat Ahda was in re di- •Ma to recaitr* the guests and their attendauU. 8 The boat was b»'autifully decorated with banners, while hundreds of ladies who crowded her upper deck, received him with the warmest demon- sirationa of enlhusiasiTi. Cheer after cheer also r-jse from the crowd that had already assembled on the pier. As .Mr. Fillmore stepped on board, the cheer* iiig and waving of hand kerchiefs were renewed, and the ladies were then successively presented to Mr. Fillmore. Having gone through the cremony of this presentation, IMr. F. was sur- rounded by a troop of iriends who paid him their parting respects, and bade him a happy journey. Tlir KECKPTIO-N BY THK COMMITTEE. The Albany Delegated Committee were then drawn up in the cabin, and when all the mem- bers had been introduced, Mr. J. C, Rose, on behalf of his associates, delivered the following address to Mr. Fillmore: Air. Fillmorr. On behalf of the Albany dele- gation I congratulate you, on your return to your native state and country. We have been depoted as a delegation Irom the citizens of .\lbany to receive, and on their behalf, extend to you the welcone .ind ho«pitalities of that city. We are gratifiof the army, after our independence had been achieved, ma'le him the offer of a crown, which he indig- nantly spurned. I am sure I need not urge up- on you who live near this hallowed spot, and in sight of that tlag, the duty of observing in all your actions, the farewell advice of the father of his country, "that you should cherish a cor- dial, habitual and imrnovable attachment to the Union; accustoming 3'ourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your politi- cal safety and prosperity, watching for its pre- servation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned; and indiguanfly frowning upon the first dawning of every at- tempt to alienate any portion of our country froni the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties that now link together the various parts.'' Again I thank you most sincerely for this unexpected and hearty welcome to my native State. (Cheers.) At Catskill, Hudson and Kinderliook. large crowds were assembled and salutes were ex- chansed, and cheer after cheer went up as the Alida passed with her distinguished passenger. At Greenbush opposite the steamboat landing at Albany, a salute was fired, which was rapidly returned from several points on the opposite side. Delegations were present in Albany from all quarters, having banners with suitable in- scriptions. THE RECEPTION -Vr ALBANY. Alter the Alida reached the dock it was for some time impossible, on account of the crowd, for Mr. Fillmore to make his way from the boat to the dock. As he stepped ashore he was greet- ed with deafening cheers. An opening was finally made through the dense croud, and Mr. t Fillmore passed through— cheered at every stej. to the carriage which stood ready to receive him. Mr. Fillmore entered the carriage, and as he rose to his feet in it, seen by the vast con- course there was a spontaneous outburst of cheering from the thousands who saw him. Mr. I Fillmore bowed in acknowledgment, and the I carriage was driven off. Other carriages for^the ' N. Y. Committee who accompanied Mr. Fill- : more, were driven into the line, and the proces- , sion tinallv passed up to the Capitol. Along the i line of rriaich, the distinguished guest was ' greeted with hearty welcomings. The windows ; of the houses wore filled , with ladies waving ; their liandkerLhiefs, and the sidewalks were crowded with men. ; The procession entered the park with three I bands of music, and marching up to the staging ' it formed into two lines, one on either side of It reign country? Or, indeed, to collect the revenue, or adtninistcr the laws of the United States' ' If not, what new rule is the President to arlopt in selecting men lor office, that the i>eople theni- •elves discard in selecting him* These are se- rious, but practical (juestions, and in order to appreciate them fully, it is only necessary to tarn the tables upon ourselves. Suppose that the South, havine a ma|ority of :he elector*! votes, should declare that they woul.l only have slaveholders for President and Vice Presiiient and should elect such by their exclusive suf- frages to rule over ns at the North. Do yon think we would submit to it. No. not for a moment. (Applause.) And do you b»lieve that your Southern brethren are le«g sensitive on this subject than you arc, or less jealous of their rights? (Tremendous cheering.) If you do, let me tell you that you are mistaken. And, therefore, you must se,? that if thiw right than be Presi- dent!" It seen-s to m« impoasible that tboss engaged in this can have contemplatetl the awful ronse- i)uencei of sur.esa. If it breaks jtui.der the Ivinds «f our Union, and spreaiU aujrchy and civil war thrmigh th« land, what is it less than moral lieason' 'Cries of "nothing — nothing leas!"! Law and common sensa hold a man respontible for tha natural consequence of hit arts. an>l must not those «ho»« actt tend to th* destruction of the government, be equally held PespoOJible? (Criet of " ^■"l .\n i let ine also add, f i« Umon is diasolved, It will not bed,. . . ; .\ o Repub- lic*, or two monarchies, but be bioken ii.to (rag - menta. and at war with each other. ^ Sensation ) But, fellow-cttizens, I have, p«rbapa, said all that >*'aa nerensary on ibis Bubje<-t — (cries of " go on ! gn on '") — and 1 turn with pleasure to a less important hut more agreeable topic. It has be^n my fortune during my travels in Eu- rope, to witness the reception of royalty, in all the potup anil splendor of military array, where the mutic was given to order and the rheers at t)ie word of ontaneouB throb — fgieat cheeriofl — of alfei-tiun wi'h which yoa hava welcomed m# back to mr native State — (renewed cheer- ing) — above all the pageants which royalty can displiy. (Ch^rs I Therefore, with a bean overflowing with grateful emotions I return you a tboovind thanks, and hisibla enthusiastic derronslrationi, which wcr« roo- tinoed soTe minutes. Mr. Fillicore then stepped back, and raceivcd tba eong rat 11 tat ions and welcomings of a large number oi citiieiu of All>any arni other cities. rimt. r>AT. On Friday morning Mr Fillirwrt was engaged in receiving calls ffoti citireos and str»r. train at the Uiiea depot, a large crowd in. mediately surrounded the car, and on th"* appearance of Mr. Fillmore on the platforii, be was receive 1 with immense cheering. .M. .M. Jones, Esu,ands to tjivet Mr. Filltr.ore. Ashe appeared upon the plat- form, he was greeted in «he warmfst manner, while a cannon stationed near by thundered forth his hoarse welcoi:if;. He thank'>d liis friends for their generous rereption, and said ihat if anything coiilt! add io the pleasure he felt, it was this manifestation of their reeard. A short time sinre he wa^ at Rome, in Italy, and saw the Pope, but h<' had not bero'iK* a R'^- man Catholic — far from it. lie had retoriir».1 to his country, lovin? it all the more for having compared it witli Europe, and f« ever w.ifh- ful against any attempt to divide or destroy your country Mr. Fillmore again thanked ihe citizens for the honor tht'v had done hi'u He was repeatedly interrupted by cheers. Mr. Fiilniorc then retired, and as the cars ' moved olT, he was loudly cheered. SYKACLSE. Greatly beyond experiation, Mr. Fillmore't , reception was war'Ti and rmrtictpated in by thousands. Capt. Walworth's nne company of Continentals, with a baud of music, were drawn up adjacent to the depot, where several thousand people were con.'regat.>d We under.^tand that , ei^ht fire companies ol tl.e city joinen the plat- form of the car. by Col. R. F. Stevins. nj foU lows : Mr. Fm.lmohf— I am happy, sir, in brhalf of the citi7.eii.= of Syrai use, to welcome you ni our city, and coiigratiilate you on your safe re- turn to your iiatii'e Iwnd. In yoii wt reco»i.i/e the ripe scholar, the trien th- heart- of your countrymen. Abroad you have trained the esteem of forei^jn nations. Your A-iietican heart can not but beat with reneund vigor, aj you v.m again through thi.s nol>!e state, ard w\t \oiir place of residence, where thouMinls will ^-r-et your arrival, iiV!ien» desire to act as your escort in your onv.;ir.l pas- sage to your westward home, and I now present them to you in th-ir behalt". Mr. Fillmore replied by saying, that this wel- come by the citizens of Syracuse to his native state and almost to his native county was alto, gather unexpected, and it added greatly to the pleasure which he felt on returning. While abroad he had seen much of sol liersand military display, but they were in tumie* compo«J of the oppressed people — not to protect their rights but to keep down freedom. He was gla I lo h«*e the citizen soldiers before him had adopted the name and assumed the style of Washington. It was evidence that they revered the Father of our country, and he hoped that they would never fortret the counsels which he left behind bini. ami that they never would becalied into service but in defence of the principle upon which our government was formed (cheers) .Mr Fillmore then retired inside. M-here he rereived the roii- gratulations of friends, who in great nutiiben crowHr-d in and around the car. CI.TDE. There was no display here, although a Urge number of citizens gaibere.l it» p»v their res- pects, ai»4l gave three cheers to Mr. Fillmore. I'ALMTRA. A> the train approacbe: that muriiing, when Mr. Fill more would arrive, and tittle more than u mere notice of the fa*i could be given. The result ha* demonstrated anew what had b<>en at least a ilo/.en iirT.es before during the day de- iii'ii.stra't I. na'ii-ly: that the mr-re announce- ment ol Mr Pi' '-- presence was sufficient to e\\\ the pco; . as no man has done since H Dry (' .i lys. .\s the train iirare>i the city, the discharge , of .Trtillory was heani, and on arri\ing at the depot, the co.nmittee \* ho cami- abo^ird ut Pal- myra, conducted .Mr. Fillmore to a carriage. A pro.-<.»»i ja was fonneJ headed by the Syra- ''iis* Coiitineiiials and Iran I, and procee. in front of tlio Eagle and on twoextende.l .. <^ ! the street, were inscribed appropriate luottiet Shortly after ••ight o'clock ."^Ir Fillinore appear- ed on the balcony of the Eagle, and was ai' liret-sed by Roswell Hart, Esq., as follows. Mr. Fillmore — I am honoieJ by the cjtitens of Rochester with the oflfico of tendering to you I in their behalf, their hQspit.iliiies and cordial welcome. We .ir<' cathered to accord to you on j your return from the old world to your native I land, that n.eed of ajiplaute which is due from ' patriotic citizens to a public servant, who ia all trusts committed to hi n his acquitted him- •elf wtth honor aad bdelity, aod with etjual 15 justice to the rights of all. Especially, on this occasion, yoii are enhanced in our regard, when returning from your sojourn in other lamN, where obedience to the laws is enforced at the point of the bayonet, or amid the ruins of de- parted glory, where liberty lias had shrines, but now has no more, the lustre of your merit has ever shone conspicuoup — in all your wanderinijs our heart and our pride went hand iahand with you; wherever your footsteps turned yi^u have borne in your person noble testimony to the simpiicitv, beauty and power llin» sail from the breakers which ra? "d for its destruction. The voice of discord was hushed, and citizens of our confee reiii^inhered that when a .Northern adtniniff ration, wi'h large numbers of Nonhern «enators and N'orih- ern members, offered the Southern States a boon. Southern members of Congress could not. if ihey would, safely refuse it. To refuse what seemed a boon, woulil have l»e«n to sacrifice , themselves, and this is certainlv expectirg too much from political nieu in times like these. The blame, therefore, it appears lo me, with all due deference, i? chiefly chargeable to thosr who originated this measure, and however w^ may deplore the act, it atfoids no just eround for controversy with our Southern hrethrrn certainly none for which they should W deprived of their political rights But, we now s*-^ a party organized in the North, and for the first time selecting its candidates exclusively from the Northern States, with the avowed intention of electing them, to toveru x\u- South as well as the North. By what rule is a Pr»»fid»»nr. thus elected, to' select a cabinet-co'incil. his forei-rn ministers, judges and admiri'Stra'ive oftjcrrs? Are they also to be selected p,xcliisjv»*ly from the North' — or may you take a cabinet officer from the South, though vou can not a Pre«id#Tt or a Vice-President? These, in practice, as I have said on another occasion, must become em- barrassing questions. The .N'ortli is. beyond all question, the n.ost populous, the mo't wealthv. and has the rr.ost votes, and therefore has the power to inflict this injustice upon the South. But we can best judge of its con-'eqoences by re- j versing the ca.«ie. Suppose that the South'was I the roost populfms, the most wealthy, ard po«- | sested the greatest number of elpdoral votes and I UlAt it slKMiki declare that, for soom l«Aciad or ' real injustice done at the North, it would elect none but a President and Vice-President of slaveholders from the S-outh lo rule over the North. Do you think, fellow-citizeni, you would submit to this injustice.' (No, no.) No, truly, you would not; but one universal cry of No would rend the »kiesl And can you sup- pose your e>outheru brethren less setisitivu than yourselves, or less jealous of their rights? If you do, let nie tell you that you are mistaken — and you must therefore perceive that il.e sue- cejs of such a party, with such an ot^ject, must l^ the dissolution of this glorious Un- ion. I am unwilling to believe that those who are engaged in this strife can fore- see the consequences of their own acts. — Why should not the eolden rule which our Saviour has pretcnbed for our intercourse wiih each other, be app'iel to the intTCOurse be- tween these Irateinal Stalei>^ Let us do unto them as w would that they should do unto us ill like fiicuirstaiicrs. They are our brethren, they are our friends, an 1 wo «!.• all embarlc^d in the sa-iie hhio »n i <• »he lounders in conse- quence of the mer>t of the crew, we must all go d<>^^ I . this Union must be torn asunder, this beauiilul fabric, reared by the haiiils of our ance«turs, mutt he scattered in friigirents, and tbe people, in the lang'iage of the elo«pient ud'ress of your Chairman, be con- vertett into « nntiou o( IsbriMelites. I can rot contemplate such a seme without horror, and I turn Irom it with loathin; an I disgust. 1 tear that votir Chairman anticipetes l«>o much, when he supfioses it would be in my power, it rlrcted to the Presidency, to restoie harmony to the country. All I csn say is, that ip such an event I should be willing to make every s.f rilW. f »r*onal and political, to attain so debiral t But 1 can ne^•>r content to be the I one port on of this nation an Bgniii^i iiir. r.er. 1 ran gi\ e no pledfe for the future that is not found in my past conduct. It yuu wish a Chief Mjgixtrate to adminiiter the Constitution and laws impartially in every part of (he Union, giving lo every Slate and every Territory, and every citizen, his just due. without fear or tavor. then you niav east your votes for me. I repeat here, what I have said elsewhere, if there be ihofe at the North who wani a President to rule the South — if there be 'h««»c at the ,*i.>uth who want a Pre»i:lent who will rule the .North — I do not want their vptet I ran never represent them I stand upf^n -i.e broad platformol th>; Constitution and the lav. i. If I should be ratletl npon to administer the KovernTenl, the Constitu'.ion and laws of the country shall be executed, at every harard and at every cost. SI.^TIt PAY. Leaving Rochester .Mr. Villmore was escorted by the Syracuse Continentals, and a large con- course of citizen*. He was tsW<»n in rhiirge at the cars by n committee of the citirers of I»ck. port. As the train passed through the snhurhs of the city, the workmen came from the shop* and foun»u.. rr Laborers in the field stopped to cheer homeward ' the faithful public servant, and true man. BKOCKPORT. The stop was only for a single moment. As ujual a large rrowJ had collected. To their cheers, Mr. Fillmore could do no more than bow his acknowledgments. ALBION. The wboltt com;iiunity of this beautiful vil- lage, and of the surrounding country, appeared to have congregated at the depot. A salute was fired, and (lags waved in the breez'?. A plat- form had been prepared, and as soon as the train s'opped, Mr. Fillmore stepped forward, and when the rhoering had subsided, he was ad- dressi^d by John H. White. Esq., as follows: Mr. FiLI.Mokk — As the represenlativeof the Americans of Albion and of Orleans county. I congratulate you on your safe return to your na- tive country, and to Western New York, the horr.e of your childhood, as well as your malur- er years, and on iheir behalf I bid you a hearty, cordial welcome. We welcome you not only as citizens of the Comirionwcalth, b.Jt as Ameri- cans, neighbors aneau- tiful village. It was they, more than ten years ago, who first coupled his na-ne with the high- est otfue in the land. He never had. and never Rh.)nld cease to remember the fact with peculiar gratification and pride. In reference to the con- fidence which they had been phased to express in him now, as well as the satisfaction with which they regarded his acts while administer- ing the affairs of the government, he would say that when he entererrtict^ of opinion. (Loud applausp.) These diffVr- ences ouijht not, and amon? liberal r»'rt>-'"tin£f minds ihey surely will not. b»» permitted to weaken the !:euiimptits of respect so justly due to your public character and private virtu***. (Lou I chetTs.) If by soiie heilinw niiracl>« the disturbing: questions which have proved «o fruit- ful of domestic strife, could to-dav be termina- ted by restoring the basis established during your administration of the tjovernment — if all the evils eu^en lered by th'* subsequf^iit depart- ture from that policy potild now b<* blotteH out for ever from our history, no one can doubt that a lars;e majority of the American people of all parties, and in all sections o' our common coun- try, would truly rejoice, and indulge brighti-r hopes for the jicrmanence of our National Lil>»»r- iy, Union and Independence. (Rnthusiosiic applause.) It .ifTords me pleasure to be tlie me. dium of convpyinir to you the triendlv ereetin?« of my neighbors who you see around you, and to e.xpress to you my personal wishfi for your future prosperity and happiness. MK. FILT.MORK'.v- HF.PI.V. He said that he received this tender of the congratulations of the citi/.ens of Niagara County on his return to his native land, through the distinguished citizen acting as their orgm, with feelings of gratitude and priJe. If any thing could add to the pleasure he experienced in treading once again his native soil, it was the universal expression of friendship with which his countrymen had received him bark again to their midst. His chief souicc of gratification, however, lay in meeting those whom he could regard as neighbors as well as friends; with whom his life had been spent: who had known him from his bovhood, and haH ^r^^tched his r.i- reer since his earliest days. (Cheer* ) Th-ir distinguished fellow citizen had been pleased to refer in flittering terms to certain acts of his adminintitiuel applause.) He looked upon the people of this Republic as being able to ?overn themselves; and there w.n soutid »en»e in the saying that they were he«t governed when least eoverned. He deplo*^ the sectional poli- cy that had heen «dopfe.< by important ptry, belore he began to bill and coo at the Know Nothings, ami Insists that he was baptized by an Episcopal elergyiiiau, and has adhered to that faith. VVe know not who baptized him; but we do know that our Catholic fellow citizens have, until recently, looked on him as one of their own outside ones. This opinion has not rested alone on the fact that he went to a Ro- man Catholic priest — the so generally beloved Father Van Horseigli, now i;o more — to unite him in wedlock to the daughter of Col. Benton; which was inore than Father V. H. would have dared to do under the discipline of the church, unless tiiher groom or bride solemnly pledged him or herself to be of the Rom^n Catholic laith, and as solemnly promised to brina: up the children to be born unto them, in the Roman Catholic church. But they did not rest their opinion in the premises on that laith ulone, which, to our mind, knowing Father Van Horseigh's intiexibility as a Catholic disciplina- rian, as we do, would have been sufficient to make us consider any one a Catholic in faiih and aflections, who had been united to a Protes- tant lady under his ministry. '•They lia(i, or ihoughi iliey had. strong; proofs of the Colonel'* Roman Cauiiilii-.iiy. in ilie received account of tlie history of liis adolescence, wherein he was represenu ed as Imving been ihe recipient of the angelic cliarny of ail associalion of pions Roman Catholic ladies of Charles- town. S. C, to whom he is said lo liave been indil.ted lor his education unJer caretul Roman Calholic Priests, in u Roman Calliolic Intliiulion in or near Ballimore, I\Id. ; and wherein it would prol)al)ly be as rare to see a charily scholar who was not of the religious fajlh of the insiiiuiion and those to whose piety he might be indeLl. ed for his educalion, as in a Proleslanl iiivliiution, where- in, as in all coUese* confliictcd by Roman Calholic I'riesis, religious (sectarian) insiruelion is regarded as a poinl Ol importance in ihe iraiiurig of youth Not a few of our Roman Catholic fellow citizens have been giving Col. Fremont credit uiiiil lately, for Catholic cariiesliiess of soul, in return for all they believe him to have received from Roman Catholic piety and zeal in ifood works, to the extent of' havine Itada room fitted up in his residence iiere, AS A KO.MaN CATHOLIC FAMILY CHAPEL. •• We know furiher, thai coiiMdering his success in life as being mainly ihe result of ihe discipline and excellent and sol.ciious iraiiiiug of a Roman Catholic iiisuiulion, ihey have been very proud indeed of his career ; and tha l hia rcoeni seeming proclivity lor Beecherism and his sudden evident desire to Indoctrinate 'jeorge l.Aw'8 Know Nothing Convention, wiih ihe idea that they can rely on him logo ihe whole Know Nothing hog if North Americanism will support him for llie Presidency, has made scores of ibcm sick at the stomach." The Troij Whig of the IClh iiist , has an article on Fre- mnni'j R«muiiibm, which concludes with ihe following sialemeiiLs : " Wr desire that ihc public should be informed on this imporianl question, and a< iliere are one or two (acts wilh. in our knowledge which have ma yel undergone public inspection, we will here give them and addlo the already lorniidable testimony ag:iinst him '• Edward bealo. of Washington, late Superintendent of Ihe Indian affairs ni C-lifornia, w.is persuaded by Col. i-Ve/noarto turn Roman Calholic, much li> the regroi oi Mr. Beale's own rclalives!!! Beale was formerly a lieutenant in Ihe Navy, and was well known throughout ' Ihe country. I '-Again. Col. R , of Mo , late Colleclor oi Mon- erey. a iTenlleman of ihc highest character, and an intimate friend or Henry Clay, ^lepi for eight months under the same blanloints. he couldn't siand it any longer. He I then asked iMr. Fremont if he truly i elieved that Hie wafer he ate al church that morning, was the real bh fully Fremont's Romanism, l>ut that he is now, and for a long lime has teen a slaveholder. The following appears in the Penn Yan Democrat, a Buchanan paper, of iast week, which j)aper stales ti.at " tiie reader w ussureu it is written by an individual of ui. doubled veracity, who is well and favorably known to many of our citizens, hut has for many years resided in St. Louis, Missouri. The letter is addres.^ed lo a genileman of ihis place; it is no Roorback, but a genuine extract, and we have no doubt of ;ls au. ihenticity, and llie correctness of the .statements made." ■' In answer lo the second brancli of your letter I must be pardoned for saying that your Kasterii people,' in their political action are an enigrna that is insoluble to me. How is it possible, claiming as >oudo all the refine, ment, the intelligence, and, a.< I have heard it iiLsisted, all the piety of this hemisphere, that you are .so easily hum. bugged and led on from one e.xirerao of infaluaton and f.uiaticism to aiiDther, or llmt you are so easily mid so willingly made the dupeo and cats paw of cunnir.g and designing men. '•'■ The newspaper article to which you called my alien, lion, I have .-^een before, and was not a lilile surpri.sed lo liud .such as-seriions made wnh mucli boldness, even by so emaculale a jo..rnal as the Ne-w York Tribune, antiy el at such variance with candor and plain trutli. •'You say you desire the real tacts from one who is ac quainted wuh Ool. Fremont, and can .-ipeak from actual knowledge. THAT COL. FREiMO.NT IS A CATHO Lie, NOONK WHO K.NOW.S HIM WILL DE.N'Y WHENEVER HE IS LN Tii/S CITY HE WITHOUT A.\Y conci:alment whetever. attends THE CATHOLIC CHURCH; HE WAS liAPTlZEO .\i\DCHR1STE.\KDL\ THE FAITH; he was mar- ried by a Catholic clergyman, and the Bishop, (die Rig.il Rev. Dr. Keiulnck,) to my certain knowledge, is his spir. Uuai adviser and daily visitor whenever he has been sick or confined to his bed a! the house of Col Brant where he IS III the habit of making it his home wiien in the city. Col. Brant is a particular friend of mine. I visit his house irequeutly. He is a man of great wealth, and married as you know, a sister of Col. T. H. Benton, who also makes it his home there since Mrs. Benton's decease. Ool. Fremont's sister, who is the wife of an oiiicer in the army, is also a Catholic : was educated at a Catholic con. vent, and so far as my knowledge extends all his family and ktns7)ien are Catholics. " Wittiin the past year I have had occasion to transact husmes with, and frequently been al the house of Col Brant, aid several of the domesncs have been from time to timepotnted out to me as the Slaves of Vol. Fremont and these aye not all either, as he mvns inany others, male and female, hired out in various parts of the city. ' "' These are facts and no secrets here, and if your very conscientious and strictly pious truth-seeking Christians are anxious to '• know all about the matter," why don't they get some of their own partizans (one in whom they can put confidence and whose statement.'? would becredil- ed by Urn public,) and make the inquiry in u proper man. ner in the proper ilirection. " It is ail easy matter to get well informed on this sub. jecl when the inquirer after truth i.s honestly hi pnr-uit of It. But I iinagnie that it is the try to find out wliere. There are two periods in a man's life — when his reli- gion. or the t'eehng for the relicion he was educated in, tirsl discloses itsell',— the first, when he marries ibr life, tiie second, when on his death b«d. It is admitted,— and' nowhere denied— that when Lieut. Fremont married .Miss Benton, Father Van Horseigh, of Washington, a Roman Catholic Priest, of characier and high slandj'iig in his church there, married them. Nobody compelled Mr. Fremont thus to go to a Roman Catholic Priest. He went there of his own free will and choice. True, it is said that in coasequence of the social influence of Sena, tor Benton, in Waslimgtoii, no other than a Roman Catho. lie Priest would marry the runaway pair, — but it is not proven, and it is not true, or if true, it docs not vitiate ihe fact that a Roman Catnolic Priest, can not under the ordi. nances and councils of his {liiirch nniie parties in the ■• Holy Sacrament of Mairimony," unless one of iheni, at least , prnfe.sses to be of thai church. T > understand the laws and t!ie eoniieila, and the ens. toms of the Romish Church, we mu>t lake our readers u little ways into the theolngy of that church. Marriage is with the Roiiian Catholics a Sacrament. Tiie Protestants have but two .Sacraments: the Roman Catholics have seven and among them is Matrimoky. Hence aRomnn Catholic Priest would no more administer the sacrament of ;\lA.TRlM0NYto a party not of his church, llian he would the Lord's supper, or confirmation, or baptism— for .Matrimony is in the Romish Church just as much a sacrament as the Lord's su()per. The highest written authority of the Romish Church is the famoos CocNCn, OF Teest, aiid there it is decreed :— DECREE. 3d. "Whosoever shall say, that Sacraments of the new Law were not all instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, or that they are more or less in number than seven ; that is to say, baptism, confirmation, the Lord's Supper, pen. ance, extreme unction, orders, and Matrimony, or that any one of the seven is not truly and properly a Sacra- ment let him be accursed. Marriage among most Protestants— not all. however, is but a civil contract,— but in the Romish Church it is au obligation, to be taken only before Priests,- it is a Sac. rament. Th»- Romish Church is rigid, and stricter in its rule of marriage than any other religious denomination. Marriage in that Church is an indi.s.-oluble tie, and never to be loosed, even by the civil law of divorce. The marriage of heretics by a Priest is a crime, except under .soine special Papal dispensation.— just as much of a crime OS it would be to administer the Lord's .Supper to heretics. When Col. Fremont, therefore, volnntarilv went before Father Van Horseigh, and asked him, as a Priest of Rome, —to marry him to a Proiestant woman,— he must have' been, or pretended to be, a Roman Catholic,— and he must have promised to liring up the ofTspring, if nny, in ihe Romish Church. That pro7/iise Col Fremont fulfilled in an adopted dauirhtcr, now a ijrowii woman. — for he ed. iicated her in the convent on ihe Heights of Georgetown D. C — aud he can not deny or authorize anvone to deny the fact. The sacramenlal obliaalions of ihe marriage have been fulfilled till a late period.— and if thcv are not fulfilled now, it is because of hue a change has taken place in Col, Fremont's profeMion of religion,— it may La u for the purjioec of obtaining the Protestant vote for Preni- i dent. , , ,, ■ The Roina;i Caiholic celebration of the Matrimony Sacrament IRitus celebrulitii Mairimoiiii Sacrameiiium.) i« one of the august ceremnniea of that church. The Priejt puts o;i his cassock and white stole, and he bring! out Ins aiH>al, uiiii li<;ly Water to sprinkle the marrying parlieji, and lie then unites the parlies according to (ke tuk of the Holy Mother Church, ajid the Pne« sprinkle* the Marriage ring with holy water, iu the bign of the cross. TilE PRKPARATION FOR MARUIAGE. From the li C Ct£: A ^ O^ ^ . , 5* 1^^ '?y^ A C . 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