Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-09-29

Telegraph man." he says, takes more
than twenty papers. and appears to have
read none except such as coincide with his
views and prejudices," &c.
As to that, we have the satisfaction of be-
ing able occasionally to avail ourself of the
great erudi,ion of near neighbor. We
do, however, once in great while, look
over bundle of choice Taylor papers, from
which we get choice items of description
which our erudi.e neighbor never submits
to the attention Of has readers. If we were
in the habit of reading extensively, we
might, perhaps, offer him valuable assort-
ment of a similar description of nice fare.
How Viewed in the South.
Finally, we had in the Macon Republi-
can of July 9th, an extract from letter
written by Southern delegate Ito the Con.
vention at Philadel phia,) after that body
had adjourned. We beg the special atten-
ton of Messrs. Hudson, Ashmun, Rock
well of Massachusetts, and Smith of lndi-
ana, to this comment upon proceedings.
You will see from the published de-
bates how the spirit of the Massachusetts
delegates was rebuked by Messrs. Ashmun
and Lund. was told by delegate from
State. that these men had got into the Con
vention under the pledge that they were not
called Liberty or Conscience Wings !;
never could have been chosen. Yet am
glad they have come their conduct has af
forded us an occasion of ample evidence
that our friends in the free States hold in
the utmost contemp, those who woulddirec
,y or indirectly assail our institutions, or
US on account of them.
Subsequently to this, resolution was
offered by delegate from Ohio, affirming
the principles of the Wilmot Proviso. Mr.
Brown, of Pennsylvania, denounced 1t as
fanatical, and Indignantly moved to lay it
on the table. The cry was raised to make
this test vote. Agreed, was shouted on
all sides and it was laid there, notten votes
being an its faUor!
Never did feel so proud Of my Wing
brethren of the non-slaveholding States, as
on this day. They are all we could ask
of them shoulder to shoulder, sustaining
us in opposing the schemes Of fanatics end
facti0niSts.
but you may ask if we had no difficult
ties in the way of the nomination of Cen.
Taylor? Yes; and those at one time which
seemed threatening. For several months
past, movement has been going on in the
non-siaveholding States, with both parties,
to force upon their respective Conventions
candidate from the free States; in other
words, to make the nominations turn upon
the sectional question ofslavery, as a con-
ceSsson to the scruples Of fanatics. The
Democratic Convention has yielded to such
demands; for the sake of harmony i'll the
party, concession has been made which
the wsest policy should have Forbidden,
when slavery becomes test of parties. 1t
will soon extend to the Government, and
then away with constitutional compromises.
You no doubt remember the letter of Sen.
ator Benton last year, urging the party to
keep slavery out of the canvass, by conce-
ding to the anti-slavery feeling.
The success which this demand met
with from the Democratic party embold-
ened the same feeling to make the same de-
mand from our Convention. 1t was, how
ever, promptly met, and though quietly, yet
firmly resisted. Southern Wings at once
declared that they would not submit to such
concessione-they intended to stand unfet-
tered by local or sectional questions; and
while they raised no such issue, they were
resolved to retreat from none such.
II Many Of our friends from the non
slaUehoiding states urged that the South
ern friends Of Taylor Should not yield an
inch-that the masses demanded no such
concession-and that This catering to the
whims Of the fanatics aoas the aoork Of a
fea0 poiiticians-and the more ultra oar
position, the more it 'could purify and
purge the party ofa set Of men scho ,cere
only an incubus at all times, and that de-
feat 'cithomthem acas preferable to success
with them.
"The result is before the aoorM in the
nomination, Of Gen. Taylor; a triumph,
no. of the South over the North, but of con-
s,ituiional rights over that spirit of fanati-
cism which would destroy them. IL is a
bold experiment in the free States, bit ii
'CiN succeed; and our opponents will find
in their course a condemnation by the Free
States themselves. They have raked too
low even to gather the Abolitionists them
selves.
Further.