The North-Carolina standard., 1848-10-11
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Miller has made most egfegious blunder In calling
up the question in reference to the charges against
his own party, We did think he could not look the
subject straight in the face without feeling some emo
tons of shame at his own procIivity in this respees
But we suppose he thinks it much better to braye
danger than to attempt to avoid what it is imposspie
for him to do. - - f4S
Another point of farRument which he urges against
the Democrats, and although he does not aim 1t di
rectly at General Cass, yet he hopes it will have
some tendency to defeat his election-is that Mr..
Folk in signing. the Oregon bill with the Wiimot
Provso attached to it, has done more to mj1re our
Southern institutions than any else, and that by
so doing he has acknowledged the right of Congress
to leglstate on slavery III the Territories.
Let US examine this subject, and see with what
reekessness they charge upon US that which Is In
fact and deed more their own opinions than ours.
We presume Mr.. Miller knows that when Louisiana
was purchased of France, it included all the Mis-
souri, as we'll as the Oregon Territories.5 We need
nearly every Geography in the country, which tn
forms of it. In 1920 the celebrated Missouri Com
promise Bill was passed, which prohibited slavery
North of $50 3O, and which admitted it South of
this line. No Whig will pretend to say that South
ern members acted contrary to the interest of the
South in advocating that measure, and we never yet
heard it charged against Mr.. Monroe, that he acted
upon the opinion that Congress could legslate upon
this subject when he signed that BILL VIII MIR.
Miller say that he did Is it not fair and right that
the true intention of the President should be &C.
knowledged, when we all know that he acted in ac-
cordance with that compromise The inhabitsnts Of
Oregon had suffered from the depredatons of law
less tribe of Indians and where could be the impro-
priety of giving them government, when there waS
nothing in the bill to endanger the interest of the
South! We wish to be distinctly understood in what
we shall say this subject, for we intend to hurl
back the charge of aboitionis where it Justly be.
longs, and that is upon the Whig party tSey-nPon
Gen. Taylor, its candidate and if signing the Ore
gon Bill with the Wimot Provso attached it con
tribute in any form manner to abolionisrn, upon
the Whig Elector of this district himself.
Does not Clay in his Lexington speech advocate
it Does not Dan'l Webster in his Marshield speech
give understand that Gen. Taylor will not veto
it; and Robt c. Winthrop IN late speech before the
Massachusetts Wing State Convention, saws in re-
gard TO his views on this subject 60 rejoice that if
Gen. Taylor is to come into the Presidency he is to
in only committed to khis great principle which
my excellent friend who has preceded me has 80 we'll
illustrated: That the pucr tciH expressed by The
representatives the people is TO haze free course and
be giorifed.' These views derived from Faylor's
letter to Allison, in which he says, that he wifi veto
no bill unless clearly unconstitutional and that the
will of the representatives should be- carried bY
the President. Mr.. Badger has.oPenly declared ina
speech that Congress has right to legislate on it.
and every newspaper published at the North which
supports TayIor's election advocates the doctrine.
People of the South, hear what the Albany Evening
Journal dated Sept. 90, 1913, says this snbiecf,
That paper is strong for Taylor. 6 Though tie free
sOrL question: two-edged sword, it appears every
1chere to cut deepest inf0 Tie Zoe0be0 rqslks. TIE
are ssot Esssy HS 4s,s0sos Alsss IS gofag fcr his
party he goes far free SOIL Bs no man schose con.
is not scared beIeres that a. Css tOiH be
q UOte for Freedom" The National Intelligencer. the
great organ of the Whg party, thus discoursos on the
Vermont election '' The Whigs in Termont remain
nshahen! 1t is not necessary for a U'hig TO change
his position to find the Free Soil Platform. He has
stood upon for fen gears, echh the LOc9oco party has
been laundering an the sOughs and quagmires of SqV-
ry." Can any language be stronger-can any be
clearer to prove conclnsivey to every candid mind
that the Wing party at the North believes that il
Cen Taylor IS elected he will carry their views!
They tell that Gen. Cass will not aid them in this
measure. and that SO far Van Burcn is concerned
they need not turn to him, for they already have
true and good Whig who is as much to be depended
as he is But to show you that Taylor himself is
with them this question; will refer you in tho
first place. to his approval Of the views contained IN
the letter written to him by the Signal" These are
the words of the Signal "Fhe American people
about the responsibility of framing the
Institutions of the Pacific States we have no fears
for the ISSUE The extension the Continent be-
yond the Rio Grande of the ordinance of I787 is an
object too high to be bafied by Presidential yetoea"
To this Gen. Taylor replies: 50 trust YOU will psroa
me for thus briefly replying you, whicI do with
high opinion and decided approval of the sentiments
and views embraced in your editorial" In the next
place he writes his famous Allison letter, the first in
which he says he will not veto ay bill unless clear
ly unconstitutional. And to put his opinions beyond
point to dispute, refer to the letter written by
Fillmore, their candidate for Vice President dated Oct
30 1885, in which he says he is opposed the inter-
nal slave trade between the States favor of abolish
ing slavery in the District of Columbia and against
extending it to Territories. No candid Wing pro-
tends to doubt that he is Abolitionst and although
he has since written letter to Gov Gayle he does
not deny single sentiment contained iuthe letter Of
1888, but only says what Giddings, Hale and other
abolltonists have always said that Congress had no
right to Interfere with slavery in the States what
Gen. Taylor saysn his second Allison letter: stThat
his emotions were increased by associating with his
name that of distinguished citizen of New York
whose acknowledged abilities and sound conservatives
opinions might have justly entitled him to the irss
place on the ticket If these expressed opinions
of his do not constitute him the very bone and sin-
ew of the party, then think it useless to search
for stronger evidence to convict him.
hat was the veto power given to tho President for
if it was not to protect the minority2 And what we
would ask, can the South depend upon to protect
their rights but the exercise of that power! If there
is any thing else, we should like to know it,. Mr..
Miller has gravey charged abolitionism on General
Cass, because he presented an abolition petition to
Congress, without making any remark to show Us
that he was against it.. If this is abolitonisn then
Cen Saunders and Mr.. A. H. Shepherd of Our own
State, also abolitionsts for they presented thu
same kind of petition without single comment
were aboltonists. The fact is, and the Wings know
it, that it was rule of Congress whenever peti-
ton of the kind was presented ley it on the table
without any remark being made whateverl5 sa52l3a
Examine Gen. Cass's votes on this subieetFahd
you will invariably find him always voting against it,
Can any one produce single speech of his in or out
of Congress to prove this charge upon him2 Va
know they cannot. But Mr.. Miller has said we sup
port MIR. Polk who signed bill wliick goes to show
that the Democrats believe that has right
to legislate this question. This comes with 6ad
grace from him. for while Mr. Polk has SiYa v,e to