Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-06-30
Tie Non.nre-..l, Princlnlas.

We republish, This morning, the eucr to Cap.
tain Allison. That letter takes goud Wing
ground, and leaves. in our mind, when coupled.
with the reiterated and solemn assurances Of
those who have known the old chief for many
years, and with the position taken by his friends
IN the Convention, no doubt Of the tirmness and
purity Of his Wing sentiments.
More than that we need not say. did not the
existence 10 the nouh Of a strange feeling Of
hostility TO the extension Of slave territory, re.
quite that the views Of Gen. Taylor on that
question, also, should be understood. The Gin.
cnnau Gazette says:
"ln April, l8l7, the editor Of the Cincinnati
Signal sent to Gen. Taylor an editorial article,
in which is the following:
"The only path of safety for those who may
hereafter fll the Presidential office is TO rest in
the discharge Of Executive functions, and let
the Legislative will Of the people find uuerance
in enactment. The American people are about
10 assume the responsibility Of framing the in.
stiutious of the Pacific States. We have no
fears for the issue, if the arena Of the high de.
bate, is the assemblies Of the people and their
Representative Halls. The extension over the
continent beyond the Rio Granda Of the Orii.
nance of 1897, is an object too high and perma-
nent to be baffied by Presidential vetoes."
| To the article, from which the above extract
is made, Gen. Taylor responded, in letter o,
date May 18, l847, acknowledging his "high
opinion and decided approval OF the views and
sentiments"
/ Here, It will be noticed, that Gen. Taylor de-
cidcdiy dpproreS of giving the will and acts Of
Congress "rorce and effect" unrestricted by
kingly vetocs, and that no Executive veto should
pregon, the extension of the Ordinance Of 1887
over newly acquired Mexican territory"
There is the position of Gen. Taylor. Let
Congress decide this question, and their will
shall not be restrained by the one man Power.
Let the North send their representatives 10 de.
eide this question. where it should be decided,
in the Legislative halls, and the Executive will
not interfere.
And now for the position Of Gen. Cass. The
9TH regular resolution Of the Bait. Convention
reads thus:
That Congress has no power under the con.
stitution TO interfere with or control the domes-
tic institutions Of the several States, and that
such States are the sole and proper Judges of ev-
ervthing appertainingt theirown affairs, ,notpro
hibted by the constitution; that all efforts Of the
aboIitonsts or others made to induce Congress
TO interfere with the question of slavery, or tC
take incipient steps in relation thereto are cacu
lated TO lead TO the most alarming and dangerous
consequences; and that all such efforts have an
inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness Of
the people, and endanger the stability and per.
manencyof the Union, and ought not TO becoun.
Ienanced by any friend Of our political instu.
| tions.
There it is, unmitigatej doughfaceism! Lo.
co(ocoism thus declares that the Representatives
of the free people of the Union, in Congress as
sembled, shall NOT "interfere with the question
of Slavery or take incipent steps in relation
thereto"!!! A Loco(oco Congress shall not do
| it! lfa Wing Congress does il, a Locofoco Pre-.
sdent shall veto i'll And, as between the equal.
| ly divided North and South. in the Senate, the
casting vote of Locofoco Vice President shall
be thrown against it!
Let the freemen Of the North choose be.
tween these twol They must vote for Cass and
his creed, which deprves the popular reprcsent
atves of their righlul power, or they must vote
for Taylor and the Wings, who entrust the ques
ton to Congress alone, to be decided as the rep.
resentatives shall see fit. Choose between the
rights Of the people and the One man Power-
Between the Wmot Provso and Locofoco non.
Interferencel- ZanesUilIe Courier.