. History, genealogical and biographical, of the Eaton families. tumbled down almost half a century ago, (53) 54 EATOX GEXEALOGY and all signs of its exact location are the present no individual or patriotic societyhas taken steps to make the spot or to perpetuate thename of President Fillmore at his birthplace. Nowthe George Junior Republic, twenty miles to the southis considering the propriety of doing something tocommemorate a Presidents birthplace forgotten bythe greater republic. Cayuga County is proud of its statesman son, Wil-liam H. Seward, while it ignores the other
. History, genealogical and biographical, of the Eaton families. tumbled down almost half a century ago, (53) 54 EATOX GEXEALOGY and all signs of its exact location are the present no individual or patriotic societyhas taken steps to make the spot or to perpetuate thename of President Fillmore at his birthplace. Nowthe George Junior Republic, twenty miles to the southis considering the propriety of doing something tocommemorate a Presidents birthplace forgotten bythe greater republic. Cayuga County is proud of its statesman son, Wil-liam H. Seward, while it ignores the other son whobecame President. For Seward there is a bronzemonument in a park named after him in Auburn, andhis former home is a point sought by every sightseerthere. An inscription on the monument is the key tothe fame of one man and the neglect of the other. Thereis a higher law7 than the Constitution, reads the inscription, and the sentence was thundered by SenatorSeward of New York, when he was fighting the slaverymeasure known as the Compromise of 1850. Presi-. MILLARD FILLMORK. 1800-74President, 1850-54 dent Fillmore stood by the Constitution and put hispen to the slave measure, making it law. He retiredfrom office with few friends, even in the south, andmost of his neighbors made haste to forget him. DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS EATON 55 Until the sudden death of President Zachary Taylor,on July 9, 1850, brought Vice-President Fillmoreinto the White House, the latter had been known asa thorough anti-slavery man. His rise from povertyand his fervently expressed compassion for the oppressedwere thought to be guarantees of liberal accession seemed to change his views, and he sign-ed the document which extended slavery and fastenedthe shackles of servitude more firmly on fugitives infree states. Some explain Fillmores signature to thedocument largely on the ground of spite against hispolitical rival, Senator Seward. Twenty miles from Auburn, down the east roadon Owasco Lake,
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