The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-09-14

| think they act unwisely--undera mistake al
together. But, then, in regard TO others, and
espe cially those belonging TO the Van Buren,
party, confess my distrust. If they have re-
lpented, let them, before we trust them, do
works worthy of repentance. L have said,
gentlemen, that in my opinion, even lift were
desirable to place Mr.. Van Buren, at the head
of the Government. there is no chance for him.
Others are as good judges as am; but do not
see in any State of the Union, any thing that
resembles probability that be will get vote;
and, therefore, | think the question is reduced
to the issue between Gen. Cass and Gen. Tay-
lor. You may remember that in the discus
sions of 1914, when MIR. Birney drew off
large number of votes from the Wing party,
stated here and elsewhere, that every vote Civ
en- TO Mr.. Birney, was half vote in favor OF
MIR. Polk. Did it not turn out so? Is it not
true that the Liberty votes gave the State of
New York to Mr.. Polk, and thereby made him
President? That is as clear as any historical
fact, and in my opinion il will be just so now
| consider every Wing vote given TO MIR. Van
Buren,, TO be vote towards the election of
Gen. Cass. / know there may be estimates of
numbers that the Buffalo nominations may
draw away from the other party, and thus in
iure the prospects Of Gen. Taylor, but speak
of WING votes; in this or any other State, and
| am of opinion, that every vote given to Mr.
Van Buren, goes to the benefit of Gen. Cas-
Now as TO Gen. Cass, we need not 90 TO the
Buffalo platform TO find out what his princi-
pies are, or how he would conduct the gov
eminent He will go into the government BY
the same party that elected Mr.. Polk, and he
will follow in the footsteps of his illustrious
predecessor (Vociferous laughter) hold
him, confess, in the present state The coun-
try, to be the most dangerous man of whom
the power of government could be placed. He
would describe himself, not as a conservative
or protective, but would say that he belong
ed 10 the party of progress. He believes in the
destiny of the u. States, to 60 through wars
and aggressions, TO establish a universal gov
lernment over the whole of this vast continent.
We know that if Gen. Cass could have proven
ted it, the treaty with England would never
have been made in 1912, nor if he could have
prevented it, would the Oregon question ever
have been settled, as it was In 1916. We
know that General Cass could have pre- yented
, the declaration of the Mexican war if he pleas
ed. We know he supported it with all his
might, and in all the deliberations OF Congress
on the matter, that he was for pushing the
war to every extremity. He is a man of learn
ling, man OF talent, and in every particular
superior to his predecessor; but think him a
gentleman of rash principles, pushed on by
an ardent and rash party, and committed to
such course of administration as | believe
! not to be consistent with the security and
| peace of the country. Therefore, gentlemen,
il is for you and me, and all wings, to consider
whether in this state of the case we can or not,
we will or not, give our vote to the whig
, nomination. leave that TO every mans con-
science. have endeavored to state the case
: Ias il presents itself to me. Before Gen. Tay-
| lors nomination always said, when the sub
4 ject was mentioned by my friends, that | did
not, and could not, recommend the nomination
: of military man for the Office of President oil
the United States. 1t was against my conyic-
! tons of what was due to the best interests oil
the country, l stated, too, that if Gen. Tay-
( lor should be nominated by the Wing Nation
+ Ial Convention fairly, should not oppose his
/ election. stand now on the same declaration
/ he has been nominated by that Convention
fairly, as far as L can suppose, and cannot and
! and shall not oppose his election. At the
same time there is no man more firmly of opin
T ion that such nomination was not fit to make.
! But the declaration that would not oppose
Gen. Taylor, ifnominated by the wing party.
is in the nature of things liable to some excep-
( ton. If | believed him TO be man who would
| purpose Of ambition or conquest; would op-
pose him, be he nominated BY whom he might
If 1 believed that he was man that would ex
ercise his influence for the further exclusion
, of the slave power, would oppose him, let
!, him be nominated BY whom he might. But
believe that he is not man of this description
I believe that he has been from the first oppos-
led to the policy of the Mexican war, as impro-
per, impolitic and reprehensible. l believe
from the best information can obtain-and
you will take this as my opinion-that he has
no disposition to extend the slave territory of
the United States, nor increase the slave inilu-
ence in the councils of the nation. That is
my opinion. Gentlemen, thus much may be
considered as applying TO the Presidential ell
ec;ion as national question: but the case By
no means stops here. We are citizens of Mas
sachusetts, and are Wings OF Massachusetts,
We have supported the present government Of
State for years with success, and / thought
most W higs were satisfied with the administra
ton OF the State government; but now il is
proposed, on the basis of this Buffalo PLATFORM
to create new party that will carry its opera
tons into the State. as well as our national
elections. There is to be nomination for
Governor against Mr.. Briggs, or whomever else
may be nominated by the wings, and there are
to be nominations for members OF Congress in
this, and, presume, In every other department
of the commonwealth, against the present
wing members of Congress. Now, what is
the utility of that? We have ten members i'm
the House of Representatives, and know no
ten men in the commonwealth, of any party,
more suitable to represent you, more inflrx-
ble in opposing slavery in every form. And
what will be the result, Suppose that con-
siderable number of wings, from the various
districts, secede from the wing party and Join