Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-10-21
Extracts from Webster's speech,
Published BY request Of geD3rh
Democratic subscribers.

dSfS'a'd 'htit pFihCtptes anu the inUsiVe5
that governed them. Their e nsoning wa
this. Gen. Taylor IL a wing, noe eminent
IN civil life, not known in civi! Ifs, btll
still Il lnnn Of sound wing principles.
circumstances hive given him reputation.
aud the ecIdt OF the country. As he is thu
Wing candidate he will he chosen, ant
with him as our candidate, he will be able
te elect members 10 the two houses o.
Congress, get an augmentation Of Wing
strength, the whig majority in the House
Of Representatives will he increased. and
the loeoioto minority in The Senate will be
diminished. That was The view, and thai
vas the motive, however wise or unwise
which governed a great portion Of that as
srmbly in Philadelphia, Now, gentlemen
in my opinion, this was unwise policy. Il
was not suitable TO the wing character
1t was not ree0 ictle ttle IS ith true wisdom
it was short sighted, and temporising ON q
/, great question of principle; but | acuuit al.
persons concerned in it Of all such motives
as have been ascfibed 10 them, and espe.
eially Of those mentioned in the Buffalo,
platform. Such, gentlemen. ARE III, cir
CumslanCes connected with The netnina-
ton ofGen. Taylor.
"Gehtlemen, I will venture to say two
things. The first is well known to you,
that General Cass is in favor of what is
known as the compromise line, and that
the provisions of the Wilmut %ptoviso, or
the ordinance Of 1887, ought not 10 be
applied TO territory lying soutl, of So 80.
That is his opinion. If he had not annotn.
ced that, lie woul1 have been 36 80, or
more from The probability of a nomination
ny the Baltimore Convention. Well, then
| undertake TO say. IN The next place.
that be will do all he can to establish that
line, and lastly, which is a matter If Up
plnlof' in my conscientious belief, he WiH
establish H. Give him the power and
patronage Of the gnyprnment-Iet hin ex.
ercise II over certain sections. 0fthe coiB.
try-let it he n question for The future con.
siderati0n they will settle II that Oregon
shall be free, and leave Mexico and Cali
iornia to be disposed Of hereafter. Let
him have the power OF this government,
and, with this i~n1ucement, | ve,i lily believg,
that unless there is reTe wed strength in
the wing votes in Congress, he will accom-
plish his purpose"
We are on the eye If highly impor-
liant Presidential election. In two or three
mnnlhs, the people of this country will he
called upon 10 elect q President Of the
United States; and all see and all fell that
great interest of the country are TO he
affected, for good and for evil, by the result
Of that election. Of the important and
interesting subjects over which The person
who thall be elected 10 that office, must
necessarily exercise more or less control,
there are, in my Judgment. three vital ones
connected with the honor and happines So of
this country. In the first place the honor
and happiness of hi country, imperatiyely
that there shall be a chiefm gistraie
who will nOt plunge us into another
war Of ambition and conquest. (App.aue)
In my Judgment tbeinterests Of the country
and The feelings Of a vast IN ,jority Of the
require that a President Of The
United StatBs shall be elected rho wIt
vsc lis 90ictal iafaencc 10 pyomote any
disposition 10 permit The further e~rtcnsion
Of slarerv in Mtv country, or further the in.
Of il in our public councils. IN The
place i'll have formed any just psti-
mate Of my experience, not now a short
oEe) ii il has enabled me TO know ANYTHING
IF what the public prosperity demands
i say that the state Of the country does
require an essential relo,m in the system
revenue, and inance-sueh rs will res
tore prosperity. by fostering the industry of
the country, in all its various branches.
There arc 9TH SUBJECTS If Importance,
which | ah0ii ne. however, ii present alluye
10. These three | hold To- be essentially
so.
"Gentleman, it is fr you and me, and
oil Wings, TO consider whether in this
ofthe case we can or not, we will
or not, give our vote 10 The wing nornina-
ton. leave that TO every mans cots.
| have eudeavored to state the
as il presents itself 10 me. Before
General Taylor's nomination | always
said, when The subject was mentioned BY
my friends, that | did not, and could not,
recommend the nomination Of a military
man for the office of p esidp Mt Of the Uni.
States. II was against my convict ms
IF what was due to the best interests Of
he country. | stated, too, that if General
should br nominated by the whig
national convention fairly, should not
oppose his selection. / stand now on the
decIatatioD-he has been fairly no
by that convention. as far as |
IAN suppose, and Icannot and shall not
oppose bis election. At the same time
here is no man more firmly Of opinion
hat such a'nomiaation was no. fit to make.
but the declaration that | would not oppose
Gen. Taylor, if nominated liable 10 some
Exception. If believed him 10 he q man
who would plunge the couotry into fdriher
for the purpose Of ambition or con.
quest, I would oppose him, be he nomina.
ed by whom he might. If believed that
'e waS a man who wouH ~enercise his in
for the further extension Of the
'taue pouer I uoutd oppose him, let him be
nominated by whom he might. But |
that he isn't a man Of this drs-
| believe that he has been from
he first opposed to the policy of The Mexi.
an war, as improper, impolitic, end re-.
'rehensible. 7 believe, from The best iofor.
| can obtain-and you wtH take this
IS my opinion only-tha fe has no d,spo.
,aion TO ertend The Stare territory of lie
United States, nor increase The Slaue inf
tence In the councils Of The nation. THAT
$ my opinion"
There are three candidates for the
Presidency presented to the choice Of the
American people. Gen, Taylor is the
can !idate, standing on the nomina.