Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-11-03
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mai Sovfhern Lecofocos saw,

GeneroI IaSS. On the Oiher hanu, 10 Tue o0dth,
the Locofoco presses are filled with accusations
sgainsl Taylor aud Fillmore. because they are
opposed 10 the extension Of slavery. Thus we
have the singular spectacle presented, OF the ul-
Has on both sides Of Mas, and Dixon's line
working for the same end, namely, the delesI Of
TaylOrand Fillmore, and the election Of Cass and
Butler. Wings. look TO il. We present below
. lew samples Of LOcofocoism in the South.
One Of the cardinal objections 10 Gen. Tay-
lor is, that he ioiH not veto the ProvisO:
From the Charleston Courier.
He (Gen. Taylor) is opposed 10 The extension
Of slavery into the territories; having opposed
the annexation Of Texas aud having decidedly
approved Of non-exlensioa.
From he Camdta IS. c. Mirror.
WeplsdRs surselrss 10 prore that, n, with
sanding Gen. Taylor is shlmsslf stakeholder,
he is IN favor Ofths IFiim1f PrOUiso. aad hence
oPPo' ei 70 The introduction Of Slaesry iaiO the
EsV territories.
From the Aibens (G,orgia) Banner.
PuzzLING QUEsrIoNs FOR THE SOUTHERN Wires
"A CHALLGNGE.-Ilas Gen. Taylor expressed
any opinion as TO the constitutional pOtrer Of
Congress 10 pass the IVijm0i Pr0Uisal Has he
expressed any determination or any opinion that
will bind him to rrio tIe IFiImot PrOrisO, should
il be Passedby Congressl II so, rohers are they
10 be foundl
We put these question in spirit Of candor for
the purpose Of arriving tt ruth. We cdHHpon
The Southern Wigs 10 ansrcr them. WEPLEDGE
OURSELVES TO ANSWER SIMILAR QUESTIONS RELA.
TIVE TO CASs. Come up 10 The scratch, gentle
m uPL.nOuyl adf that nA u NpTt Wa
shall give fair notice. ,halwe shall not accept for
answer that Gen. Taylor is pledged in his Ali.
son letter to veto acts Of Congress in violation
ot tho Conslitulion-UNLEss it is also asserted at
the same time, that GEN. TAYLOR maintains that
the WiImOt ProvIso ls UNCONSTITUTIONAL. We
are for close quarters; we are for fight, right 10
he point; we are in the field; our glove is down;
TAKE 1T UP WHO DARE.
The following is from the Charleston rs. c.
Mercury, of September 4.h.
WHAT MORE DO THE ANTI.SLAvERY MEN DE.
slREl-They believe, and if the Whigparty sue
ceed they will have good reason to believe, that
they have a numerical majority in Congress to
carry the Wilmot Proviso, or any similar meas
ure-and they HAVE THE FoREGoNE ASSURANCE
OF THE PRESIDENT, THAT HIS PRERoGATIvE WILL
NOT BE lNTERPOsED. "ls il not written in the
bondl" Let Southern men look to ii; AFTER
WHAT GgN. TAYLOR HAS SAID, Ill COULD NO MORE
INTERFERE IN SUCH CASE THAN HE WOULD VETO A
BILL FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
From The Charleston Mercury, Sept 7h.
TnE VETo-Upon no subject has Gen. Tay.
lnr been moro explicit than in his pledges to re-
frain from the exercise of the veto should he be
d.,
are to exercise, uncontrolled and unchecked, the
power of Legislation, und the whole power Of
the Government will be thrown into the hands
Ol the Representatives Of the Free States.
The following is an extract from II speech,
made by Benjamin +. Hunt, nj Democratic
meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, on the
2lst Of August last:
"As a General, Gen. Tnylor's fame is a part
of the jewels Of his country, as gentleman,
have no reason Of design to question him; but
ASA STATESMAN AT LEAST HE Is NOT OF THE
SoUrH CAROLINA SCHOOL. -.
! will now test him on the slave question.
The question Of the security of the slave pro.
perry of the South, is certainly the only one be-
fore which all others touching federal politics
are Insignificant. and CAN PROVE THAT ON THE
ONLY QUESTION NOW PENDING, GEN. TAYLOR is
UNSoUND, AND THAT HIS ACCIDENTAL POSSESSION
p ~ a PLANTATION AND NEGROES DOES NOT FURNISH
ARY around OF RELIANcE ON THAT SUBJECT. |
shaIl take away ihe only pretence Of excuse for
ths secession of ,he Democrats"
The Cass and Butler men of Clinton IIouisi-
ana, in an address recently published, make the
following declarations which indicate small pre-.
ference for Taylor:
An. a IL a.
have been ABANDONED by Gen. Taylor, and he
has SURRENDERED himself and all who will fol.
low him, uNcoNDlTIoNALLY, 10 Mllard Fillmore
and his Northern niles.
General Taylor has abandoned the Consliu.
tion, by leaving it in the power aud control OF u
maiorty of Congress, whcE it is absolutely
known that majority Of the representatives in
that body COMES FROM THE FRFE STATES.
Gen. Taylor has made manifest his total dis.
regard of The institution Of slavery, by refusing
tSsay, what NO OTHER TRUESnuhprn man would
refuse TO say, whether or not he would veto any
bill or act Of majority of Congress, rcsrcting
slavery to ispresen, Imis.
(S~n. Taylor, although protesting to be guided
by the Constitution, has pledged himself 10 i'm
pair aud mulllalo thal sacred instrument, by prat.
ical y abol'hiug part Of it-lho veto cnu'a--
and that very parI which protects the rights of
minorilies, aud THE STILL GREATER RIGHTS OF
sLAvgHoLDIEG.
Gen. Taylor, in the act Of surrending his in.
dapsndenI candidacy aud accepting rhe nomna.
zion Of Ihs Philadelphia Convention, has ahn.
ted himself with III" known AboIilioust, MllIard
Fillmore, aud ratoniz,d his Soulhern friends
with FIlImore's uboilon friends"
And after abusing MlIari Fillmore to their
hearts contest. they close as follows:
"Peopie of Louisiana, Of the South, call you
not new this man Fillmore an abolilonist of The
dOrkesl cau! II not then whom do YOU call
nbolitionsll Who is against whom, the lhun-
dcn Of your remuneration have been so often
hurled, for their daring interference with your
slavery rights, guaranteed by the Constitution
Whn Ia u unliaaL ~ hmm NnLIr unnmnnnnn hl.