the pride of
success, yet I feel a kind of relief at being defeated. But not
so for you or the nation. Every consideration of justice, every
feeling of gratitude conspired in the minds of honest men to
insure your election, and though always doubtful of my own
success, I could never doubt yours, till the painful conviction
was forced upon me.

"The Abolitionists and _Foreign Catholics have defeated us in
this State_. I will not trust myself to speak of the vile
hypocrisy of the leading Abolitionists now. Doubtless many
acted honestly and ignorantly in what they did. But it is clear
that Birney and his associates sold themselves to Locofocoism,
and they will doubtless receive their reward.

"_Our opponents, by pointing to the Native Americans and to Mr.
Frelinghuysen, drove the Foreign Catholics from us and defeated
us in this State._

"But it is vain to look at the causes by which this infamous
result has been produced. It is enough to say that all is gone.
I must confess that nothing has happened to shake my confidence
in our ability to sustain a free government so much as this.

"MILLARD FILLMORE."

But here is one other letter, written to ISAAC NEWTON, just before MR.
FILLMORE left the United States for Europe. A more patriotic letter,
breathing more of the genuine American spirit, we have never met with:

"BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1855.

"RESPECTED FRIEND ISAAC NEWTON:--It would give me great
pleasure to accept your kind invitation to visit Philadelphia,
if it were possible to make my visit private, and limit it to a
few personal friends whom I should be most happy to see; but I
know that this would be out of my power, and I am therefore
reluctantly compelled to decline your invitation, as I have
done others to New York and Boston, for the same reason.

"I return you many thanks for your information on the subject
of politics. I am always happy to hear what is going forward,
but, independent of the fact that I feel myself withdrawn from
the political arena, I have been too much depressed in spirit
to take an active part in the late elections. I contented
myself with giving a silent vote for Mr. Ullman, for Governor.

"While, however, I am an inactive observer of public even