Litchfield enquirer., 1848-06-22

TaylOr and Cas-.
The Cass.democracy affect 10 be in ex>
s.acies because certain Wings in New
York and elsewhere do not give TO Gener-
al Taylor that cordial support which has
been extended on some former occasions,
10 Mr.. Clay. Ii is very true that many of
our friends at the North have looked ups
on the Sage of Ashland with degree
of affection superior TO that with which
any other American statesman was ever
regarded-at least since the days of Wash.
ington. 1t is not to be wondered at that
such friends should find it hard TO surrender
his prospects and his claims at moment
like the present. when, had he received
the nomination, his chances Of an cleo
ton were rendered almost certain. But
Locofocoism need not imagine that ii
is TO gain any material advantage by pre-.
sent or prospective dissentions in the
wing ranks. The camp>followers and re>
tainers of the two psuedo-chieftians, Cass
and Butler, will find enough to do ,okeep
their own team in the harness. withou,
fia,.ering themselves with the supposed
quarrels of their opponents. No Wing
| will ever hesitate to choose between Zach
ary Taylor and Lewis Cass. The former,
with all his honors, is plain unostenta>
,ious republican; the latter is the veriest
aristocratic demagogue that ever dishon-
ored the republic. But, lest our readers
should think that we are judging too
harshly, we beg leave to introduce good
democratic authority. The st. Law.
renee Republican, paper well known
as the organ of.he late Hon. S''a' Virgin.
thus speaks. .a y.
General Cass 10 the most suhservient and
cringing Of all northern dough.faces. He
never can obtain the votes of the democratic
masses in the free States.
1.-THE Wisconsin" a democratic paper pub
lisSed at Milwaukee, says
We say that whatever may be the individu-
| oil hopes and ambitions Of the persons who con.
| trolled this Convention, the mass Of the de-
| mocracy Of Wisconsin have no sympathies
\ whatever with General Cass. II his Southern
subservieney were not enough to coademn him
| in their eyes, his standing in relation to na-
| tional works Of improvement, as manifest IN
! his letter to the Harbor and River Con"en,ion
ton at Chicago, would most sffecfually do 1t.
Churchill c Cambreling, locofoco ex-
member of Congress, at the recent dem>
onstration Of the Barnburners in New
EOrk, saiG-
THAT from The day when the battle Of Palo
| Alto was fought, the Pres ident Of the United
| States and his Secretary of War had been un-
remttingly engaged in laboring to make new
President, and that President Tay-
| iOr. (Applause)-s man he continued, who
win carry the heart Of the nation with him,
whether he be now nominated by our oppo-
nenis or not
The free.soil democrats are moving in
all parts of the country. We have laid
aside for future use some columns of exs
tracts from democratic papers, published
in New Hampshire, New York, Penn
sylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, &C, all
breathing the spirit Of denunciation
against Cas-. r.. \
In regard to the whig disaffection,"
II exists in reality only in some parts of
Massachusetts, and in the city Of New
York. In regard to the latter place, the
Express says
~Our distant readers need not trouble
themselves about this emeafe in New
York. After the steam is of. we shall
pass on, right on, ~ band Of brothers.
all, or nearly all, for Taylor and Fill
mere. New York city will give the tick
ct larger whig majority tn an it ever
gave before"
Messrs Fowler and Blunt, delegates TO
the National Convention, who returned
dissatisfied with iss proceedings, have
given in their adhesion TO the nominees
of the convention. Mr.. Greeley will un-
doubleday do the same. Indeed, SO far
as we know, the only eminent wing In
the city who has declared he will mot sup
port General Taylor, 10 Dudley Selden,
formerly locofoce member of Congress-.
| GENERAL TAYLOR AND FREE
TERRITORY.-The Boston Atlas con-
,ains the following very important an
nonncment:
Col. Johnson, of Upper Piqua. Ohio,
who was selected by the Wings Of Mia>
mi, as their delegate 10 the Convention
a staunch, undoubted Whig-who has, 10