Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-11-01
For the Times.
TO THE FREE SOIL wings. AND FAR
MERS OF OUR UNION.

You were warned and enlreated during the
last Presidential election not to throw away
your vote on Mr.. Birney, the Abolition can
dldate-ior il you did you would vote virtually
against Nh Clay-who had lobourcd Tor his
country aud your interests a lie time. But
regardless OF Arguments, entreaties and war
nlngs, you went ont and voted Cor your can
dldate, without the least expectation of his
getting a single electoral vote-and the con-
sequences have been just what was predicted
BY your votes you defeated Mr. Clay and cleo.
ted James X. Polk-whose tariff of 1916 and
venal administratio on OF the Government. has
reduced the prce OF your fine wool iron 40 TO
60 down TO 20 and 30 cents, aud cotton from
10 down to 5 cts-ruined your Iron and Cool
trade in Pennsylvania, and broken up nearly
d. the wooden manufactures in New Eng
land-annexed Texas and declared war uncon-
slitutionally against Mexico-inyolved the
country N d national debt OF from one 10 two
hundred millions dollars, sacrificed twenty or
| thirty thousand lives, and extended the area
OF slavery over a vast span TO an indefinite
period-Stili you appear to be little or no
wiser from this instructive lesson, and from
years OF sad eXperience-and are going on
headlong to do the same thing or worse, for
Mr. Blrney was a wing aud an honest man !;
but Martin Van Buren, is neither.
One Thing is clear, and we told you so be-
lore, every vote you give this Free Soil can
dldale, counts one against the regular Wing
nominee, Gen Taylor, without doing YOU or
your candidate any earthly good-or in other
words it helps 10 elect Cass.
What in the name OF all the Gods, at once
do you expect from Lewis Cass or Marin Van
Buren,? Both OF them are distinguished for
turning somersetts. Both distinguished for
moral and political dlshonesly-see the opin-
ions OF Silas Wright aud Thos. II. Benton of
Lewis Cass; aud De VITA Clinton. Charles +.
Adams, aud every body else OF Martin Van
Buren,.
Gen Cass has pledged himself pubiickly to
veto the Wiimot Proyiso, ana Martin Van
Buren, who VAS president, in his first message
travelled out OF record aud declared that he
would veto every bill That Congress might
pass abolishing slavery in the District Of Col
umbia. Both OF them sIe known to be dough
laced and dough hearted, northern men with
southern principles. Both of them have al
WAYS been, through all their public career,
opposed TO a protective tlnit, and either o..
them would promise anything togull YOU and
obtain 50 high an office, Both olthem are
dangerous tneu.
The voice OF General Cass is still for war
or 81 40 { though Benton convicted him
OF being both iool and knaye on taal subiecD
aud as Tor the kinderhuok fox, he is ripe for
anything after he sees which way the wind
blows. Both of them have been %,oliticaI IN
~Irisuers, aud demagogars a lille tine-and
never were anything eIse-all Of which is
well known 10 every intelligent man in this
country.
And what is offered you by your old lriends
through The Philadelphia Couyention-sn
honest man The uubiest work Of God-Gsn
Taylor never was aud never will be engaged
IN any political intigues-He has no friends
= reward, no enemies to puHlsh-nis Admin
istration will b. consefgau,e-He is a vbig
but not an ultra one lie viii 20 into office.
with the broad Platform Of the Constitution
Tor his basis, untrainelled by party pledges,