The State guard., 1848-08-29

7 Beckett, dSe., to approve my course and , support the nominee of the democratic { party. 8al '..5-e l. The principal point at issue, is, did Mr. f Yancey violate his own instructions [ A simple statement of facts will show that he did. In vain he may attempt to es- cape by special pleading and quibling in
 which he shows he has no hope of escape
 but by miserable suberluge. (Sec l3.h and l4th reso!utions.) -s sz,
 ''l3. Ksso'ved, That this Convention I pledges itself to the country, and its mem, bers pledged themselves to each other, ul.- der no political necessity uhaseuer, to sup port for the office of President aud Vice President of the United States any persons who shall not openly and ayowsdly be op- 29sed to either M of the forms ot ezcIpling, States mentioned in the resolutions, as be- ing alike in violation of tae Constitution and of the just and equal rghss of the citi- zens of the slaveholding States. sHas
 "l4. ReSolred That theso resolutions be considered as instructions to our dele. gates to the Baltimore Convention, tj guide them in their votes in that body; and that they vote for no man for Presi- dent who will not uaeqIiyocally avow themselves to be opposed to either of the forms of restricting slavery, which are de- scribed in these resolutions" .tes5
 The l4th resolution makes all ihe reso- lutions. These resolutions instructs he delegates in casting their votes. ,asl That so should vote for no one who shall not openly and avowedy be opposed, &sa.-- ] In the 4ih s'who shall not uacq lyocally apor, &c. But Mir. Yancey tells the public that one of these resolutions was intended to be used after the nomination il be to the delegation or to the public To learn after his nomination that the can1i. date would not answer "opcnly and ayow- edly opposed to either from excluding slavery! Where would have been our re medy Mir. Yancey would no doubt cal! q Southern Convention ind have the who,s affair douc over again. We would haye presented ourselves in a nice attitude to our constituents to nominate man who would hot openly asow his opinions before the nomination and then to desert hin for not doing it after. But what are we to understand by the term used in the 14th resolution, exceptionally arow 2" This MT. Yancey admits was to be taken be- lore going in the nomination. We learn from Webster that 'plneqlvocally" means. without doubt, plainly, with full eyi lcnce, &c.' and ''ayoa" means, to declarc openly.
 Did Mir. Woodbury, without doubt m full evidence declare openly. his opinions on the subject of slavery? He did no,.- On the lntrary according to Mr. ". L.
 Yancey's own showing he spoke @ae7uiro-
 catly recently. tl =#.,,.5 =5..4.
 We contend that We had instructions to
 get his opinions spoken oat, that we might not be mistaken in regard to his opinions,
 that if he was with the South on this
 question he should not be afraid to speak
 out that we might have the benefit of his
 opinions in convicting his abolition sup
 porters that they were wrong. 4s1,..
 We find letter from MT. Woodbury
 saying. ''lt has not hitherto been deemed advisable, by the great mass'o my friends.
 for me to write letters for publication on any of the political questions, that have
 for some time agitatedthe country" anu
 then some generaiiies as may be seen n
 tue published letter. This MT. Y. pro
 nounces unsatisfactory and he must look
 farther thus far for we have no opinion of
 Mfr. W. on the proyiso question, and no
 considers himself restrained by his official
 station from answering. As a adenier re-
 sort we have trumpedup an old letter con- tainng "claborate opinions" to be hawk : ed about secretly to Influence votes in the
 Convention, we arc just told he can ex- press no opinions for the reasons given, and now we have elaborate opinions on the same subject. All this secrecy and duplicity looks very suspicious. Sonebo- dy was to be imposed on, thus opinions honestly entertained must not be revealed until after the selection, lest q blowing horn is made to frightcn tho Northern
 men.
 Who is most likely 10 be deceived in this matter MT. Woodbury's acute neigh
 bors and friends or W. L. Yancey stan- ding ready waiting to be galed?a We wished Mir. Woodbury to blow his horn f loud and long so all the Northern men , might hear it. A letter from the young l man Charles Woodbury is also alluded 10
 and l am accused of wilffly Forgetting l portion of it. According to my recollec- 5 ton Mir. Y. only permitted the delegation to hear small portion of that letter. It 7 isyery true paid very little attention to the letter from the young man, as wan ted to hear from his farther directly, and y am not yet able to understand. the scrupu- lous delicac5 which would restrain him : from giving his own opinions, and yet : have others by authority to do SO. This t double dealing and trickery woalda hardly l. have ben tolerated blythe ''hohor amongst e thieves" isaH
 O MT. Yancey speaks of two letters one
 of which he fouuds on reliable authori- t ty'' and the other from young Mir. Wood d bury, in which he is said to speak by - autborority for his farther. Asa he has l. these letters in his own hands it may suI c his purposes to place very different con ;3!