Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-09-09
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The WiIpt proviso will not pass the Senate Il wouh
be death TO tsdeath to all hopes Of getting an acre Of
tsrrtorydafo The Administration, and death 10 the De-
aocratic parry tcas not intended no doubt Origi
mated tc pro feelings but things haze nov 10 such
pass that iiaophon i0iH produce these effects. is dis
tctly apo,tf by the Southern members Of Congress that
they loo " roie for any measures for The prosecution Of
the car, norcpud they raty any treay, this provision
becomes ha Il will probably go back from the Senate to
the House, he hope the appropriation will pass without
any proviso
an with great respect, truly yours,
L. $. WLsos, Esq. LEW. CAss.
No OBJECTION is made to the principle of The pro-
vso. lie opposition is put on party grounds.
How fathe imputaton on the patriotism of the
Souther members is true, they may best tell.
Thsetter appears in an extra True Democrat"
issued y Mr.. WILSON himself, at Ann Arbor, Mich
igan, OF the 25th of August, ls4S.
On ne oath of December, lS47, General CAss
addressed letter to the Hon. Mr. NICHOLSON, of
Nash,lle, distinctly repudiming the Hihaot pro-
Uiso. The following is passage in that letter
"he WIIMor PaovIso has been before the country
time 1t has been discussed in Congress- and by the public
press I an strongly impressed NTH The opi'0n thai
chage has been going the public mind upon thu sub
ct,n my ceH others, and that doubts nsov-
ing themselves into conviction that The principle woices
hod be kept out Of The National Legislature, md i
e,eopl Of the eoneseracy IN their respective local goc
errnets. Briefly, them opposed 10 The exercise any
Of avng to the people Of any territory which may be leea
teacqured the right regulate for themselves the
geera principles of the constitution"
This letter, and the extraordinary organization of
The Baltimore Convention produced the nomination
Of General CAss for the Presidency. The General
subscribed to the Platform which denoances the
Wilmot proviso, and any interference by Congress
with the question of the extension prohibition of
slavery. He thereupon resigned his seat in the
Senate, and returned home.
What has since followed A compromise bill,
for adjusting the slave question, was reported to the
Senate by Mr.. CLAYTON, and passed by thai body.
Mr.. FELcH and Mr.. FITZGERALD, the Senators from
Michigan, the friends Of General CAss for the Pre-
stdency, VOTED AGAINST THE COMPROMISE BILL.
II was sent to the House, and there unceremo-
niousy laid on the table; the confidential friends
Of General CAss, the Representatives from Mich
gan, vofing the bill to the sleep of deaih.
But this is not all. A bill to organize the
territorial governmental Oregon, with the principle
and substance of the Wilmot proviso in it, was
passed in the House, the Representatives from
Michigan voting for it. 1t was sent up to the
Senate. That body struck out the Objectionable
restriction, and returned it so amended the House
refused to concur in striking out the restriction,
the Representatives from the State of Michigan
voting with the majority and for the Wamot or
ordinance restriction. The Senate were notified
OF this vote Of the House, and finally receded from
Its amendment, Mr.. FELcH and Mr.. FITZGERALD
voting again in opposition 10 the South on the
question. #@
But neither is this all. Mr. BINGHAM, of Mchi-
gan, in speech delivered in Congress on the 7th
OF August, lS4S, has taken extreme positions i'll
favor OF the Wllmot provso, and against all the
views of the South on the subject. He complains
that, IN the Joint resolutions OF Congress for the
annexation Of Texas, no authority is granted to
prevent the introduction of SLAYER into any part of
ii. He complains that provision in the Three
Million loan bill of ls47, declaring it as All ex-
press fundamental condition to tn, acquisition of
new territory from the republic OF Mexico by the
United States, by virtue of any treaty which may
be negotiated between them, that neither slavery nor
involuntary servtude shall ever exist liz any part of
said territory was stricken out by the Senate, and
that the House concurred in the vote TO strike il out
He maintains that Congress have full power to
egisate for the Territories in all cases, slavery or
others; and that he "should prove recream to the
memories of the past and the hopes of the tIture,"
if he should fail to insist upon the application Of the
prohibition Of slavery to the new territories acquired
HUN NeAHO.
Mr.. STUART, of Michigan, in his speech on the
civil and diplomatic appropriation bill, on the 2lst
Of July, said he ,cas IN faror fhe UIL,not pro-
UisO," and yet for General CAss, whose latest pro-
fessiOn, in the Nicholson letter, was against il
The whole delegation from Michigan in both
houses of Congress, the fast friends Of General CAss
for the Presidency, to this moment for the Hill
mot LrOUiso.
His immediate supporters at home, the men who
surround him, his chosen assocates--Mr. GEORGE
LoTmoP, Attorney General Of the State. Mr.. HEN
Ry n. WALKER, ex-Attorney General, Mr.. GEORGE
+. HAND who was one of the committee to obtain
signatures 10 a remonstrance, in 1914, against the
annexation OF Texas-are now warm advocates OF
the Wilmot proyiso, and equally warm in favor OF
General CAss as the next President!
The foregoing facts are specially presented to the
Southern States, without more comment. They
are incontestably true, and founded on public re-
Gods Of letters, votes, and debates.
They are worthy Of consideration in every
other part of the Union. They show the variable
ness and versatility Of principles and views Of po-
tcian presented to the people Of the United States
as candidate for their Chief Magistrate. II the
historical delneation satisfies the South or the
North that he will make firm and consistent Pre-
sdent, either the the other, or both, will vote
for him.
A Man of integrity, with broad and comprehen-
1--WE AMERICAN PRINCIPLES, no matter where his To-
cal habation, is the candidate for whom the patri-
otto citizens of all parties, in every quarter OF the
Union, can cast their suffrages, with an abiding