Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-08-21
VOL. XXVl1.--No. 5

reach the Presidency. In vain his (Nr. G's) frenis
pointed rhcm 10 the fact that Mr. Van Bufen had s,J
up IN the CpnvrntIn Of Nsw York - lie aIv,.s,. uf
Tree negro sningr. land in her Legislature a. = Mis-
souri, re>rc:IonlSt and, above all to the eouiyoc,I
language which he used In relation to the p,wrr of
Congress over slavery in the District of G. ilumbia-
ca that subject. Mr.. Van Buren, said expressly tina, h,
should MOI feel himself safe in pr pnouncnr the opinuu
that Con- ress had not the ii CHI abolish a e.y in the
district yet when they called The attention ofth. CON,
try to thesS things. thrr Democratic friends scod NJ
the charge, and nd Gen. Harrison was granny COW
ard. an ab'onst ana and every thing good man
should no be.
They said the same OF Mr.. Cay. and Shed tears al
most, now that le-sO rood, 50 pure So honest-shuII
have failed 10 get the Wing Nomination Such was the
angna1e they used respecting the hero Of ripprcano.
and The sage Of Ashland. They declared that Mr Van
Buren,, however, though he hailed from The North was
peculiarly the guardian Of The South. and that he was
the man OF their choice rather than the honoed names
of Clay, Harrison. Barbour OF White Of Tennessee
No. SAID they, instead OF any Southern bprn man Owe
as this Northern .wh1 has claims though he b.rays:
the North, and thus shows his voon to the South
who has avOwed himself willing 50 q act in opp son
to his former opinions, and 10 all his rrecou-
celved preJudices. cratc into The Presidency But
where IS lie now They had pushed him By and eased
him Of as gentleman said here YES erday like old
clothes and there was none. not even the gentleman
from Michigan, poor 10 d him reverence Where
IS the South On this occasion :! Where are Southern
men Y no have ofel eulog,e ed this man OF Kinder
hook /! fancy see them now, at home apol gizlng
for their friend by telling the ignorant thai the Wings
have buu Iht him up, and that lie fact " hig al
ways one, and will b., So long as the Why's
have power 70 carry bargain. Intrigue and cor,p
toa. The Wing party every where the South had
cautoned their Democratic friends but they neglected
the warning. Thy stood by Mr.. Van Buren, who was
now ak"n up by The abooniSs OF the North as all con-
cedel and Of whom gentlemen had such horror; though
they had now discovered he (|an Buren) was tainted
with e linIs which hey conuenn-d and at last, they
had found that, Ike other men, he too has "a
dough face"
And he wished to call the attention Of the House
70 some remarks elsewhere, which related subject
Of great imp oTance all. But first he would ask
members OF ills House they had seen those i,vo Hyes
OF Gen. Cass which had recently been put forth by
oil his friends. They talked of the Whig party
concesng as opinions anu The opinions OF its candidate
and yet they mysieL the opinions OF the man they
sustained BY SURPRISING and nterpoat,ng them that
no one eneer the sun could tell what It's opinions are
Ask Democrat Of the North, and h will refer you to 4
lie OF Gen. Cass designed for ccualion III the NORTH
Ask one otthe South, and you w be referred 10 his
opinions as published in the lite designed for circulation
in The South. As gentleman il this House had
thought Proper 10 call Tie attention Of The country 10 tho
isc's, he would do He held in his hand two
lives of Lewis Cass, printed the ote Office in this
city, within siort time; and Of this Gen Lewis Cass
On pages seventh and eighth they favored with the
f,io"ng account, which he (Mr. g. had headed,
.'for the >oulh," FOR the NORTH" as he had no