The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-09-23
CHARGES AGAINST Gen. Cass. !

Charges against Ten. CaSS.
\ From the day Of his Mlection,as ihs
candidate OF the Democracy for tho first
office in the peoples gift, Gen, Csta
has been the object of unas sing abnse
from the whig press and w orato5s.
In the South, he is bra, as tinc-
tured with Abolitionism, b1 use he 10
willing to leave the question Of slavery
to be- settled by the people Immediately
interested IN it, and for the same reason,
he is branded at the North as the friend
of the slave power. ~
/ In the West, he is branded as.its eu.
emy, because forsooth circumstances
over which he had no control prevent-
ed his attendance at a Convention at
Chicago, where resolutions were passed
in favor of the improvement Of the
Western livers and Lake Harborsy
though be had voted for the bills ID
Congress for this object, and while Sec.
retary Of War under Gen. jackson, had
recommended appropriations for the
same purpose. In several sections Of
the Union, his long residence in the
West, and the fact OF his being one Of
its earliest pioneers sharing in the dam
gers of frontier life in protecting the In
terests of the early settlers in his inter-
course with the government, and their
lives from the savages and British, is
urged as proof that he is sectional can.
didate--his hopes, his feelings and his
sympalhies, being enlisted in favorsof
the section in which, from youth TO-
age, his life has been passed, and whiciy
he has seen converted from a bowling
wilderness into fruitful fields and bust
ling villages, towns and cities ,,o,
Iie is charged with being a man Of
war-fond Of the life Of the camp, and
anxious to precipilate the country into
a war. In the next breath, and not un.
frequently in the same column Of tho
same paper, he is charged with beings
craven at heart--too much OF a coward
to 90 within gun.shot of an enemy. ! Il
He is charged with being the hero OF
Hull's surrender, though history shows
that he was opposed to ii. and was in-
terested in bringing Hull to trial for his
traitorous and qcowardly conduct. At
the Battle of the Thames, we have tho
word Of Gen. Harrison for saying that
as q volunteer aid, herendered by his
courage and daling, invaluable services.
In his defeat Of the Quintuple Trea.
ty, the tallest plume that ever graced
the cap OF an American statesman, and
for which General Cass was praised by
ali parties,he is now charged with work.
ing for the slave power, and not to pre-,
vent Great Britain from securing by
treaty, the righttn detain and search
the vessels Of other nations, while SAIL
ing upon the high seas. The same
party and the same men, that make this
charge, also assert, that the moving
cause OF his action, was a vindictives
hatred which he bears TO Great Britain.
The first charge being made for the
benefit Of the Abolition spirit Of the
country, the. other is but an offering az
the shrine Of the peace party, who op.
posed the war with Mexico, and are
wonderfully fearful, that the election of
General Cass, might perchance involve
England and the United States in .,
conflict. ..s, ss. rs
We might take up column after col.
umn Of our paper in giving different
charges made against Gen. Cass. by the
federal party, and all Of which are res
futed one by the othes but we have,
neither room to spare or inclination co.
to do. Every assault made, has bur
recoiled upon those that gave The cai~
umny form and substance, and the
reckIessness of the charges, shows the
very desperation Of the enemy. ...5
,.p5,,.., ys,.,l as0 Statesman. ),