The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-06-01

HE LOCOFoc0 N0MlNATI0N.-Ol tue Cdndl-
dates presented to the Baltimore conventions
the most prominent in its favor were Cass,
Woodbury., and Buchanan. Woodbury. and
Buchanan were early supporters of Gen. Jack
son, but Cass was In favor of John G. Adams
until Gen Jackson lras elected Cass then i'm
mediately came over TO Jackson and saved the
Office of Governor of the Territory of Michigan
and Indian agent held by him previous to the
ELECTION.
The Democratic convention have preferred
as their nominee the man who Joined their par
| ty after it was victorious and in order to save
a share of the spoils TO those who found il weak
aud assisted by their struggles in making it
strong
We have seen il stated on the authority of
Niles Register that Cass was, when ayoung man
keeping school in Delaware, a Federalist-and
that he wore the black cockade We have
never seen this statement denied, but we don't
know whether it is true. II is rendered prob
able by the fact that Casss father iuas an old
Federalist. Would it not be little curious
that of three prominent candidates before
Democratic convention two, Cass and Buchap-
an, should be old Federalists, aud that a
block cockadc Fedcralist was the choice of the
body?
| The party now called on TO support Gen.
Cass pretends to be party of principle. VIII
any one of them please TO tell us what princi-
pie of their party is Unidentified with Cass? Is
IL the Sub-Treasury or free-trade? Is il oppo-
sition TO a National Bank? Neither Gen.
Cass has been in public life and public pay
about thirty years, and where is the truth or
the principle he has maintained-the service
he has rendered to the country? There is not
a man OF any pretension TO talent now or here
tofore in public life for half that period that
has not done more for the great principles Of
political faith he possessed. But Gen. Cass.
whilst he thus treated principles with so much
neglect, has been a most anxious and most
slavish devotee of power. Whenever he has
found himself on the weaker side he has made
all haste 10 abandon it, Hence, if the account
OF his political youth is true, he forsook an
Client federalism, came out to the West where
the use of his black cockade was unknown,
and in due time was appointed Indian agent
in Michigan. He supported Mr. Adams whilst
he was President, but when defeated he pass
ed right over 10 Jackson. Jackson kept him
in office as Governor of Michigan and Indian
agent and afterwards made him Secretary Of
War. In that department, however, he did
not suit Old Hickory, and was therefore sent
TO France to get clear of him. In 1910 the
Wings were victorious, Gen. Cass, although
then In Paris, began TO manifest the warmest
personal regard for Gen. Harrison, and wrote
certificates to vindcate his military reputation
from the assaultso of Casss own party; and when
Harrison died Gen. Cass undertook to be deep
lily grieved, and actually celebrated in Paris
the Presidents death with funeral ceremonies
and delivered eulogy hmself-ihings which
no other foreign Minister from this country
ever felt himself called on to do before since.
But Casss object was obvious and well under
stood here it was laughed at by the Wings
and cursed by the men who are now called
on to support him. WHY the thing went so far
that it was even proposed to bring Gen. Cass
over and run him as no-party man TO succeed
John Tyler.
At length, however, the Wings quarrelled
with Tyler and lost their Majority in Congress
and the country. Forthwith Gen Cass picked
la quarrel with Webster, Tin which by the by,
Webster fayed him alive in anticipation. we
presume, of being removed, and he resigned,
came home, and went about the country whilst
his name was presented as candidate for the
Presidency, and instead of taking no-party
|grounds, he came out cautiously and success
lsively for the extreme doctrines of the present
party in power. From his letter TO the Indi-
ana convention Of l843, it is hard to tell wheth-
ler he is for free-trade or protection; now we
are told he goes for free-trade. When the an
nexatlon of Texas was proposed, he was against
liz, but quickly he came round in favor of it
when he thought il popular. He came out for
the Wilmot Proviso at first, but when the
South determined to resist it, Gen. Cass turned
against it in trords, for he tells its friends that
its object can be accomplished in another way.
When in France, Gen. Cass, with his habitual
subserviency to power, whatever il may be,
wrote large book on the court OF Louis Phil
. Hippo. full of fattery of that monarch, Now,
4 is il not BEAUTIFUL for convention Democrat
iqre par excellence to nominate for President
OF the model republic of the world the flatterer
, and panegyrist of Louis Philippe, and that ton
in three short months after the French despot
r was hurled from his throne BY the republicans
, of France! Ii is true that Gen. Cass now in
lspeeches glorifies the French revolution and
, denounces Louis Philippe ichcn he is in aduer-
! sity But let us ask how long it would have
taken to overthrow Louis Philippe if Demo
Gratis had all written such books in his praise
as Gen. Cass!
Behold then the candidate of the progress.
4 sives--the man who has never made speech
or written an article in favor of any of the po-
litical principles OF his party, but who has
found time 10 deliver funeral orations in favor
OF Whig President and write large volume
III praise of French despot and his court
These are the recorded labcrs of Gen. Cass's in.
tellect; these are his services 10 the country and
u his sparty-these are his claims TO the highest
: of his country's honors.
: General Cass has been in the Senate about
three years. He first came out for 81 40 wher
: that humbug was uppermost in his party. But
they saw fit to drop it and take up another, the
. Mexican war. General Cass, as usual, went
!. with the crowd of his party and has bee n a:
u much devoted to the Mexican war as he wa.
! TO Oregon, all or none. 1t is because he sup
i ports this infamous war with Mexico, and be
cause he has shown himself to be utterly On
, scrupulous, that he is thought now to be the
> man to WELD the enormous patronage and
plumber that attend such policy. If this wa