Litchfield enquirer., 1848-09-14

susuOrsers ca Mt Ptfk's administration ds' Oounac,i him as beiugs and because he vas
 whig generai. My friends near me hele' whcIn am happy to see, belong'nS '" the
 House Oi Representatives, will remember lha'
 leading Inan nn the part of the AdW'd's'r"'
 ;ion drciared, in his place in Congress. iha' the polio, uf Ihc administration cOnnPried
 with the dexican War wuuld never prOsper till the President recalled those Whig gene rals. Scslt and Taylo The p"iicy WIS De
 mucratic policy, aud the men tO carry tt ou should be Democratic men--the ofl1cerS !" fight the bat les should be Democral'G nincerA
 lnal was the languayr-aHd, on that ground, an uIdinary vute M thanks was refused to Gen. Tay lur 0n the part of the friends ct the ad ,ninistration, in :hc House of Representatives
 He was N, minated, gentlemen, mainly thus
 and speak of those spontaneous nominations,
 without regHlarItv"r "r system, made m the c"nn>
 try hv Nhig assemblies. Whig conventions. Let me remark. in the next rlace. that there was n" particular purpose connected with the advancement of slavery entertained iR general by those who nominated him. As have saI" they were Whiy nominations, more iM the Mid de and Nnrihern than in the Southern states, and by ppl sons who never entertained tHe slightest desire, bN his nomination ar hN any orhpr ,neans. tn extend he area "f he slavery OI me human rNCes me tutlurnCS Ol tHe VI wv
 holding States m the councils nt the UnI"n.
 The Quaker city" m Philad' 'lrhia. the
 Whigs all over PeeNsy lvania, nominated Gen
 TavIm, certainly with no sNch views. ACrea' convention was assembled in New York, of highly intelligent ard respectable gentlemen.
 vetv manv Of them welt know to me, and they
 nominated Gen. Ts,l"r, certainly with n" snch views. Gen. Tayinr's nomination was hailed. not vlry exter sIveiv, but by s"ine en- thusiastic and mol very far seeing people. m the C mmonweaih of Massachusetts. There were even smong Us, Whigs. qniie early enough in ,nanifesiing their confidence in the nomna- tion, little too early. it may be, in n',ering no.es of exnltation in an anticipated triumph;
 it might have been better thN they should
 wait.
 see that one part of what is called the
 pla,fuGm ot the Bnffal" Convention. says that
 the candidates before the public were nomina ted under .he dictation nf the slav, power. do not believe word of it. In the first place.
 tho. Conven,inn at Philadelphia was composed
 in very great maj rIty uf members of the Free States Bv very great majority they might have nominated any body they chose. And in the next place. i. is true that there were EeT- s"na in that Convention from New England. among the most earnest and most active in procuring the nomination of Gen. Taylor. and men who would cut off the,r right hand before :hey would tla anything which they believed would promote the interests of slavery in the l:oited States. do not admire their dere ton. or their policy. (ana srs,and ihat,) but acouii them of anv such base motive.
 Now, fellow citizens, if we were weighing rhe propripty of nominating snch a person to the Presidency. it would be one ihing-H we are considering the expediency. or may say. the ressi,v. which 10 some minds may seem [" he imposed upon patriotic and well meaning
 Wings. to support him since he is nominated that is 1DIie another thing And that leads to the consider alton of what the Whigs ot Massa. chs-et,s are to do. or such of them as do not gee fit to support Gen. Taylor. Of course they must vote for Gen. Cass. or they mus, vote fo"
 Mr Van Burrn, or they must omit to vote at ali agree that there are cases in which. II
 we do mt know in what direction, to move,
 we a,yhl ln stand still till we do. l admit
 there are cases in which, if we do not know
 what to do. we had bitter not dn-we know not what. Blu, on question so important to ourselves and the country, as the question of a pnpular election, under constitutional foIms in wh,ch ii is impossible that every mans pri-
 va,e judgement can prevail, or every mans l private choice succeed. it becomes then Ques- 1 lion Of cu ,sc icn,ious duty and patriotism what
 ;- hest io ,:o up"n ihe whole. And that leads te | the considerations which should influence | Wings, in my opinion. upon the q lesiis now l he(nre them Under the practical atlministra- | ton of the Constitution of the United States. l there cannot he a great range of personal | choice in regard to the candidates for the Pres | i.iency Tn order that their votes may be ef- l feciive. men must give them for some one n: 1 those who are prominent before the puolic.- | That is the necessary result from our forms "i government. and from the provisions of the ~ ss \ bring men io the necessity of choosing between
 candidates neither of whom would be their
 original personal choice.
 Now what is the contingency, and what the alternative. presented 10 the Whigs of Massa- chnsetts. In my judgement, fellow citizens,
 t is merely one--ihe question is beiween Gen
 Taylor and Gen. Cass. ard that is the whole of it. am no more skiliet 10 foiesee political occurrences lhah others. judge only frr ,nyse;f-but in my opinion there is not the least probability of any other result than the choice of Gen. Ia, Tor Oi Gen. Cass know that the enthusiasm of a new formed party the popularity of a new-formed idea. may lead men to ihlnk that the sky IS 10 fall aad that larks are suddenly 70 be taken IenteTfain D" such idea. speak without disrrspect of the Free Soil party. have read ihe.r platform. and thougf, think iheIe are some rotten pla- ces m ii, l ran stand "n m pretty well. But see nothing in it which is new and valuable; what is valuable is old-and wha, is new, is not valuable. (Cheers and laughler) Gentlemen, tt the tenn of Free Soil party n r, ee Suil men. designate one who is fixed and unalte erable. is io- day and was 90 yester- day, and has been 90 always. then l hold my seit to he as good Free Soil man as any of the Buffalo Convention. pray to know who is [" put beneath my feet ireer soil ,i.an that which have stood upon ever since ] hav' been in pubic lie. pray to know who is [" make m, lips fresr than they evet have been. for ,he utterance of truth and sound prln- riple. as I unde, stand it. l beg to know who is 10 inspire into my breast . more reaoute and fixed de,erminainn, to resist unyieidingly iLe and advances of the slave power in this country, than has nlahted i', ever since the day shat l first opened my mouth in the councils of the cnnn'rv
 Th" gpnteme al BufIal" have placed "t the head of their party Mr. Van Bnren. gentleman inr whom have all the rrsperttha should en certain for one with whom have been associa- ,ei in some gree in public life for many years. But really, speaking for myself. should 'hi ,k that If were ,s express confidence in MT. Van