New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-16
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
Gen. Worth on Gen. Polltic..

II the People OF tins Country 90 not become
thoroughly enlightened with regard to their Civil
Policy the fault can hardly be laid at the door oil
their journeymea throat-cutters, who are contnu-
ally favorng them with iree-and-easy dissertations
on Political Science, whereo! the protundity IS IN
direct ratio TO the modesty. Gen w j. WORTH
IS the last Of our Military illuminate who has chip
ped tho shell Of his timdity aud given birth to the
chicken OF his wisdom which appears conspicu-
oasly ia The Union Of Sunday morning IN fact,
the e-g seems 20 have been one Of treble yolk,
or three several missives-addressed respectively
% Hon F. w Bowdon Of Ala Hon. Elisha Eng
lish lll Of Indiana, and Joseph Nil, ESQ. OF Cham
bersbarg, Pa.--are developed Il seems 70 Us that
Political instruction must be in great demand when
% many are inpelled 10 send ell the way 70 Mex
100 In quest OF Gen. Worths views on controvertea
topics, which have been canvassed for years nom
one end Of the Country TO the other. However
The General has vouchsaied answers 70 three OF ms
nquisitors, and, since his wisdom thus achieved IS
now free ard common shall let our readers
have their share Of L. Gen. Worth says he IS
/ Ia favor Of reducing the price Of Public Lands 10
actual se,tlers hut is silent Land Limitation without
which the discrimination IN favor Of actual settlers y
,wndls and farce and would Ike 70 see the Proceed.
appropriated 10 the improvement Of our great Lakes
snd Rivers 70 the extent Of Constitutional permission
In favor Of sustaining the Veto Power in fun force
as essentially democratic popular and conservative;
3 In favor OF the present War On Mexico, a. emf
nenily just and necessary and 10 be prosecuted until
ample satisfaction for ignites and fu indemnity for
sacriaees be received Of course, he is opposed 70
War in the abstract but this is 90 stupcndousiy
unavoidable that he can Z help going 81
4 Opposed 10 United states Bank, but don { think
there Is any danger OF another
5 In favor OF the principle Of the Independent Tress
ury. though under Tie impression that notifications
IN il machinery may be desirable Not with secrc'
tary Of the Treasury who obeys dsTe.srd- 1t, os
may beet suit his convenience
G. Immessurably opposed 10 any Distribution OF the
Proceeds Of Public Lands among the states IS irsught
with great evil and ingenously contrigcd 10 corrupt
individuals and masses You see, 80 long az We dis
tribute all our Land and other Revenue in Mexico.
with al we can borrow in addition it, corrupung m6u-
snce can only be felt by email portion Of our own
people but II we should distribute any Of IT here
what frish,ul revsges IL would make Here we have
the philosophy Of Folks sending out an expedition To
sxuore the Dead sea while he vetocs bills for the i'm
provemcnt Of our own Rivers and HarbOrs
T. HatntI ONDlOur aDooN thuoi7ht tiN iNiA" VI w.
He delivers himself generally on the Tariff question in
the following passage, which he tells u, s frank truth
hl, and ought 70 be satisfactory. Hear
ASA general principle Of political economy, appca
be 10 our n-tufons and circumstance should hope
20 zee a tariff for revenue critically adjusted 20 the
varous interest," and rights Of every part Of the coun
uv limited strictly 10 the means necessary o. an
economical administration OF the alr- Of the country,
including every proper ami constitutional internal im
provemcnt-protecton regarded a. purely incidental
a.. a as.If
mote when trade viii be free and unicttered when no
interest OF our country viii need or desire aught Of
protection against foreign competition"
Clear as mud-or the Kane letter.
e. Dead against the Wilmot Proyiso any exclu-
zion Of slavery from the Territory with which we are
20 pay ourselves from Mexico or any territory what
ever We quote this in full
"The right of the people Of the different sections Of
our Union carry their property OF Whatever kind OF
complexIon to- and participate in, the territory about
10 be ACQUIRED from Mexico acquired from any other
poEu the Continent cannot suppose 10 be serious
Nv questioned When the acquired territory shall be
Admitted INTO the sistcrhOod of states II VIII be for the
admitted states 10 determine all things relating 10 their
own social condition. Congress. IN rs recognition Of
these views VIII doubtless ever recur 10 the principles
Of that great landmark-the Missouri Compromise-to
fuide It's decision
remain, my dear sir, your friend and obt. seryt
Hon. r. w BowpEN, NJ. C. Washington, D. c.
Gen. Worth, it would seem, has never heard 81
the Ordinance Of 1851, but the Missouri Compromise
is his great landmark We'll that Compromise
itself will suffice TO convict him Of gross ignorance
Of Constitutional law and treachey to Freedom.
That very Compromise forbade and put stop 10
the right of shareholders to carry their human pro
perty into any territory north Of Missouri west
Of IL and north OF 80 80. Slavery had legal ex
istence in all tho vast region West Of the Missis
sippi up to the passage OF that Compromise since
then, il has had no legal existence there. Gen.
worths dogma, which he supposes cannot be
seriously Questioned has been upset by decisions
Of the U. S. Courts, including those held in Slave
States by shareholders alone. Slavery is the
tars OF positive law the moment the slave steps
without the pale OF that law with his masters
consent, he becomes freeman, and may prosecute
his late owner for assault and battery, false npr
sonment, &c. if he undertakes to constrain him to
farther servitude. All this has for years been set
tied Public Law--law in Louisiana as well as in
sachusetts-and the preienoe tina, Slavery is
legalized in territory previously Free by the mere
fact OF the alton OF such territory 10 the United
States is one which could no longer find an adyo.
cate on the Coast OF Barbary. Property Of what
ever kind or complcrion'-O the daintmess Of
dough-iace phraseology If it happen 70 have
human soul in il, can be held as property only by
showing that the local law recognizes men as mer.
chandise. II the fact be otherwise, let the pre-.
tender to traffic in Gods image beware for the
law is his deadly adversary.
II seems almost Incredible that mSn born and
educated on Free Soil should talk 50 coolly, so
nippantly, Of blackening with Slavery region
larger than our original Thirteen States-and al
for the palty chance OF receiving nomination for
President at Baltimore. Gen. Worth has probably
iled his mind 10 no purpose whatever.
Whig National Convention.
GEoRGIA.--The Whig State Convention assem-
blea at Milledgeville on the sth inst. The Couu-
ties Were very generally and fully represented
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