Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-30

,o,,v vyontod n miiitarv chieri,in for lie ran.
d;a,,et No. If 90. wby did thew mi, take
Con Sco,,. who was Whig. whose mill.
,arv talents were well known and apprecia,ed
bv the whole country, a man who wore the
scars received in the last war with Great
Britain. that great and glorious struggle for
=. free trade and sailors rights"
Il was not on account Of his military tai
ents that Gen. Taylor was nominated by the
Wing party, for it was well known that he
had none; that his battles were a sort Of
meiee. and all that the old fellow did was 10
sit on his eli "mhite hoss," exclaiming,
" shOot 'sm "--'gire 'em hell, Goa damn
'cm =" 1t was because lie was a Shareholder,
and would DO the behcsts OF slavery-it was
because the slave power controlled the con-
%yeniion that he was nominated
As for Levi Cass, born and educated as
he was III New l~iamPshIfe, whose soil was
free from The faint OF slavery Whose pure
mountain ar was snIlcieh' 10 inspire the soul
with the great ana hooIe iIlhclpies OF llbeI-
~, his base subSsrViency 10 'helsIdVe power,
his hypocrisy aud cowaFd'y deseF'ion OF the
Nilmot Pfoyiso, when he once pledged
himself to sustain, should place him infinite
ly below Gen. Taylor in lie estimation Of
the people.
Respecting the Wing candidate for Co
vernon, he knew not his views, but he would
say that if Gen. Ford went for Zachary Tay-
lor, he could not get his vote; and as for
John b. Weller, "Me gallant SoIdter 9 Nom
ilrcy,'' "the chiradroaS CO% Weller" it was
well known that he was a complete toady-
that during the battle OF Monterey this gal
liant Coionei UtLer," was found behind a
wall drunk. The thunder Of the guns at
length awoke him, and he was seen rubbing
his eyes by some soldiers who led him away
to a place cf safety-the brave fellow!
He considered that all the old issues should
be abandoned and laid aside in the present
crisis. Bank, Tariff, Distribution, and Sub
treasury had become obsolete ideas. The
country was so much in debt, that, let either
pariy he in power, it must Law a tariff for re-
venue that would be sufficient for protection.
All efforts, therefore, should now be directed
TO stay the rapid and fearful strides of the
slave power. He considered tina, by nomi-
mating Gen. Taylor, the Wing party had laid
its neck upon the block aud cut off its own
head and he would say, that if the Wing
party went for Zachary Taylor, he bid the
party good bye.
The above is but a brief outline Of Mr..
! Tilden's speech. Several persons replied
One old gentleman, Col. somebody, ! believe,
said he had always been a Whig-he loved
the Wing party and the Wing principles
He thought it would be bad policy to divide
the Wing party, for union was strength; that
it would be establishing a bad precedent to
dissent from the nomination of the national
convention: besides he thought there was a
choice in the candidates-that Taylor was
much more acceptable than'Cass. One man
desired to know if this movement was going
to extend any farther than Portage county,
He doubtless reasoned after the manner of
men" and politicians.
Mr.. Cyrus Prentiss, who may, perhaps,
be considered as the embodiment of Whig-
, gerry and Methodism for Portage county,
| rose and related somewhat of his Wing ex-
perience. He thanked God that he was not
. as other men, ever those poor publicans the
| Loco Focos. He gloried in being a Wing
=, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Ben
d, jamin," as touching the righteousness which
| is in the Wing party, blameless. He must
differ with his brother Tilden. He thought
$ the old issues ought not to be Abandoned
s The Sub Treasury question he deemed usrg
y Important; the slavery question might be