multitude, the ridicule and scoff of the reckless, and the savage malignity of the cruel; but it is a good cause. Let none shrink from the performance of their duty, and public sentiment will at length sustain them, and the result will be that much suffering of the dumb animals, which have no tongue to tell their grievances, will be prevented.

Judging from my own experience here, I think that the clergy and the ladies may do much to aid you in this noble work. The Rev. Dr. Lord was the first in this city to preach from the pulpit humanity and kindness to all of God's creatures, and he was followed by several others, and I am satisfied that the preaching had a most salutary effect, but I must say to the shame of my own sex here (with many honorable exceptions), that the ladies have been the chief workers in this good cause, and among these Mrs. Lord, wife of the Doctor, his niece Miss Lucy Lord, and Mrs. H. R. Seymour, President of the Ladies' Association here, are conspicuous for their indefatigable and judicious labors. They have been faithful and persevering regardless of all opposition, and they and their good sisters who have enlisted in the cause, are entitled to all the praise. Let their noble example be followed by the ladies of Rochester, and we shall see a revolution in public sentiment alike creditable to the human species and beneficial to the brute creation. That God may prosper their efforts is the sincere prayer Your obedient servant,

of

MILLARD FILLMORE.

ON THE DEATH OF HON. RUFUS W. PECKHAM.

On the death of Judge Rufus W. Peckham, a committee representing the Bar of Albany County sent to Mr. Fillmore an invitation for himself and other members of the Erie County Bar to share in a memorial meeting to be held in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, on December 17th. This notice was sent to the Commercial Advertiser with the accompanying note:

BUFFALO, Dec. 15, 1873.

Editor Buffalo Commercial Advertiser:

I have just received the enclosed invitation to attend a meeting of the Bar of the State to be held at Albany on the 17th instant to commemorate the life and public services of the late Judge Rufus W. Peckham, with a request that I would extend a similar invitation to the members of the Bar in this vicinity, which I beg leave to do in this way, through your valuable paper.

Respectfully yours,

MILLARD FILLMORE.

P. S. Courier and Express please copy.

The following letters became available for the present publication too late for use in proper chronological order:

TO HORACE GREELEY.

BUFFALO, April 28, 1846.

MY DEAR SIR: Being absent I did not receive your letter of the 25th until yesterday and of course it was quite too late to do anything to procure the nomination of Dr. Lee to the Convention. The ticket had already been filled and today the election is quietly progressing, with more apparent apathy than I ever witnessed before at a general election.

I do not think, however, that it would have been in my power, had I desired it,-to have procured the nomination of Dr. Lee. I think very well of the Doctor, though I do not concur in all his views of reform. But that is a matter that I do not intend to discuss in this letter or indeed in any other way or at any other time. I think much may and ought to be done for the improvement of society,-I am for progress, guided by experience, and regulated by sound discretion; but opposed to all mere theoretical speculations and wild experiments. But again I say I will not discuss this subject.

Be assured that I was gratified to hear from you, though out of my power to comply with your wishes. Though I have discarded politics, yet I have not, and trust I never shall, discard my old political friends-and I need not say I rank you among that number.

I hope soon to have the pleasure of seeing you and taking you by the hand, when we can discuss all these matters more familiarly.

H. GREELEY, Esq.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

The above refers to the canvass for delegates to the New York Constitutional Convention.

TO PRESERVE UNION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.

WASHINGTON CITY, February 16, 1852.

HENRY O'REILLY, Esqr.

DEAR SIR: I have your letter of the 12th inst. and have perused it with pleasure, as I take a deep interest in any project calculated to facilitate the intercommunication between the Atlantic and the Pacific States. If we cannot bind those states to us by roads, railroads and telegraph lines we may soon see them setting up for independence. The home tie which binds the Californian to his native State on the Atlantic, will grow weaker every day, and a new generation will soon arise that know not the East and then the only bond of union will be a common country and a common glory and a common interest, that can only be equal by a free and uninterrupted communication from the seat of government to every part of this widespread Republic.

I shall be happy to receive a copy of that part of the report of the St. Louis National Convention to which you refer and after I have had time to peruse it, it will give me pleasure to receive from you any verbal explanation which you may be pleased to give.

I am your obt. servt.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

Original MS. owned by the Rochester (N. Y.) Historical Society.