The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-24
The Two Faces.

The last Detroit "Free Press is amused with "the wide
difference there is between the northern and southerh
papers" 1t says "We have the Detroit Advertiser anu
the New Orleans Bee before us The former asserts III
the most positive manner that Gen Taylor is Wilmo'
proyso man and the latter published near Heh l., DIS
serts in equally positive language, that the idea Oh "e
TAYLOR being Wilmot Provso man is rldcuous-tha'
is impossible that he can be, when he owns aoo saVes
and that no one but fool would expect him to be IN
favor of that measure"
We have some amusing examples of this double-deai
ing before u.s. but the scale inclnes decdedly 10 the
northern side There can be no question that ueh
lor will not veto the Wilmot Proviso
Prentiss and Benjamin, of New Orleans are attempting
to humbug the South into belief that ne wonla Veo Inc
moyiso. "Mr Benjamin, one of the wing electors lor
the State of Louisiana, affirmed, IN speech al pa'o
Rouge Gen Iayios oucn residence, that the ou "ehe
raj was .aH right upon the slavery question ACHING
IT ,, ssure mn fellowcitizens here that Taylor fc"
,youptlv peto anything like the Wlmot Prou'so. me
interests of the South safe IN has hands
Rut this is a gross fraud upon the South The wit
in favor of the North are too numerous ana pow"
erful TO be resisted
W. have among us the letter of Mr. Marvin, a whie
.hor 90 CONGRESS- from New York. of the 2sth ut, tt
lanes Parker in which he bears the following testimony
: to the Generals opinions
Having seen, then, that the right TO prohlo s,seI
Territories "A question oil consutuHo"a' Po' - ~
,f,hose which, in the language OF Cen layor' nave o
I'D h, the va rious departments OF the government am
e acouiesced in by the people, it Jo'oo' "'' " "a ~
N bill Which shall do So - Ia .,na
IT, .w or the position of General Taylor as ne s'aHo
before the American people, upon ms own P'a'oii. -
IS -, o,inions ON this subject of free soil may seem vi
h ;mnortant 1t gives great satsfacton ho"evo " 90
that having apaied myself of every ddplntage 'a,c wy y
tb,
l. ,, ;nter,sng question, beiiere him Perso"auy q
At ,ossd To the extension Of Slavery orer ts'""Y ,~
o,nosed AS am, any extension Oh slavery m 40
oP ,p 49,, conscientious and Jealous support he IS II
y ceNe my ~ ,, mind with any particular locality
s. 81 - as a citizen of the United states, undef ana
re the bca rer of whose flag his whole eventlul ne mas e
~ 80, His LOT so far as his pecuniary Interests ~ ~
IA olanod havinr been cast in one Oh the slave ,,.
Mt cohce'no' e. that cause possesses a capabiiV
of ,'; an inauence for good 10 bear upon ms eNp,u
o. ,io, NOT shared ia equal degree by any ho''"e
at man, .;soJ Tho, Con TIA
That is to say, :" am perl ec'ly sa''s'eu 'i"' m
" lar "a with u.s. (of the North, out Pefie'.S "n''s
= bumbup the South by awaiting observes u .'.' r'
~ d;ces We knouo that he will take oul sue' W" ''
, nav vote for him, because they, too, are '0o "
,c him" "a If
Mr. Corwin proclaimed the other day. IN oi'' =,
~ speeches in Ohio the confident assurance OF "eh'
~, lors sauctoning the Wmot Provlso'
. But Mr. Letcher, once distinguished memoel ., "
sc cress from Kentucky, in the speech winch ne
~ on the 9th inst to the wings of Indianapolis mus
): dorses the future course of Mllard Fillmore
Mr L. stated that there fifteen free States ana ''
S' vsho,dnp States and should the line DC oaWn
to h ,tea States Senate between the North ana %"
INST tho voe would stand thirty to thry-a tie. bu', sai
IA n c.ss and Butler should be elected, Gen. buteI' oe
W ror , s,,veboldng State, would give the CASING vote
om he south: but elect the ,chig candidates, and nv f"
on ,,;H g;ve the easting vote for the North"
on Rut we have at length succeeded IN screwlng from
in ,tor If the "New Haven Journal" the revelation WI
the ve were seeking We determined to smoke out
un- sold coon " and accordingly, in his paper oil thurs
me ,, Ia uakes a full confession about General lay
eal We PASS over his rgmaroe about ourselves a 'o'
de- once to the gist of the article
tue Az IN any letters in this vicinity from penea, y
rh;s r,, what ne would do in reference 10 u'o T"
ms s havc meyer asserted, believed In 'he c
as 'so' " 49,, ,,s time we have asserted and pubishe
ome , erer from an eminent gentleman, 'wno' ny
der us @ y gis,er saws is the Hon. Truman Sm''h ou
,r;, | ybo saws this on bis own autho''v' " - a.,
80, most reliable information rs gwen us ~ w -, n
" arged policy OF Gen. Taylor on tn's he pr
II: yould NOT veto bill of Congress, esaonsu"e - 80
was ornc pie he considers that matter set'eu " y,
ooa ion already, and to be disturbed ny uo
- et OF men--not even by himself u ne "'s"e ~ !;
as our confidence in and admiration ot THIS sP"i "
,ains n the old man, that constitutes one OF inc claims
doubt respect of the whole county we say u,o P =
TONS *Mr Truman Smith is the authorizations