The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-28
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been attempted-no fraud committed. Take the whole
lettehe famous letter of General Cass TO Mr. Nlchol
son-and there be any doubt TO the sentiments OF
our eanddael And certainly you must take me tehl
and the context together. The gentleman from North
Carolina is a lawyer, and able one lie mas honoreu
the bench and knows that is against every rule OF law
70 extract single sentence without taxing lne
But 1t does seem strange TO me- thai, represenlhs i
gallant old State of North Carolina, the Senator WHOM
have always been proud to call my friend should nave
assaed General Cass for holding doctrines conservative
OF the domestic institutions of the Senator's own Stale
Mr.. MANGUM | never made any such charge
SAID he had made no avowa upon the point at issue.
Mr.. HANNEGAN. Does not the last extract whgn
have read contain avowa-a very strong and expcit
avowal? The senator from North Carolina himself
could not desire emphatic. But Will my TREND
pardon if ask why it is, that while assailing our
candidate for what he thinks proper TO term bad princ
pies. he did net come forward with some OF the princl-
pies OF his own candidate He has assailed our plat
form at Bamore-where 10 your platform at Phladel-
phia Here il s-(holding up blank sheet OF paper)-
not solitary principle is inscribed upon it, You take
your candidate on trust You once took John Tyler on
trust, and of execraton deep and
so loud those which you have ceased to pour
out upon his devoted head But you are ready to take
anotheru upon trust You have nominated General lay
lor-and am the last alive that would assam nm
as individual believe him to be good honest,
brave old soldier. But by his own admission he never
cast vote in his life for any Office from constable up to
President You say you will dictate to HIM. But we
seek in vain for any indications of your policy True.
you assa us for the independent treasury which has
given security to the finances of the counry and on ac-
of the tariff of 1916, which is this year yielding US
u
bring sixteen or seventeen millions You assall us
also account of this Mexican war; but remember that
General Taylor was great nstgaor OF H. and Leading adm
actor that Nay, the senator iron North caro-
lima himself earnestly aided IN giving to that war an OH
Mr. MANGUM, lin his seat) Protesting against the
Mr. HANNEGAN The senator says that he cannot
comprehend our principles by our resolutions Let HIM
look at pracce-let him the results OF this very
war: thank the senator for hls aid Ills course was
patriotic, believe his heart TO be- The war has re-
suited in the acquisition of empire But then the sena
tor charges us with covering up our principles IN Ian
guage which cannot be cOmpehended Pray what proc
lamaton of principle do you make TO the country AT
Philadelphia here, everywhere it is old lack for Pres
ldent, and old Whitley for Vice President Yes, SO II
openly proclaimed in the Philadelphia Convention
And are you certain that the gentleman who made that
sst making sold Whitley" Judge of the Supreme
Court Caligula made his horse consul and built him
golden stable and an ivory manger, as my friend sug
gesed These are your Prnciples-this the proclama
ton of your poicy and yet you assa for having de-
moished the Bank of the United States whose gigantic
liberty had I mis- pershed You ass us for having
destroyed your tariff of 40, which built up such colossal
fortunes that of the accomplished gentleman who can
nscribe the name of 'Abboh Lawrence" some great
literary charitable institution We broke down, and
enacted a law which stopped the accumulation of mil,
lions in individual hands, and increased the comfort and
the means of the great masses of the people But then
you have nominated "Od lack and 6 Old Whitley"
1t may be that the intelligence of the American people
upon us The times are portentous. One OF the signs
of the times alluded to in very pleasant spirit by
my friend from North Carolina-the demonstration made
by that arch apostae to his country and his paryMar
tin Van Buren,. 1t may be that madness has seized upon
the land but will not believe it, On the contrary,
believe that the des of November will show the senator
from North Carolina and his friends, rising from the ban
quet which they would fain taste-the banquet of the
spoiIs-as, in the language of Englands more than
Homer
/ "Rose the DANTE strong
Herculean Samson, from the harosap
mr. d.;
i Shom of his strength"
Yes! in the very of raising that Taylor flag you
doomed to be forever shorn OF your identity and
strength.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Maryland. | do not rise for the
purpose, at this time, of discussing the question before
the Senate that he had in his possession two pamphlets,
containing sketch of the life and services of General
Lewis Cass and that finding them examination to be
different IN certain PARTICULARS he led to believe that
one intended for circulation in the north, and the
other for circulation in the south, and had endorsed
them HIS reason for that supposlton was that in one
tments of Lewis Cass the Wilmot Proviso; and that
the other he was unable 10 find anything that sub
ec except very brief reference, which was calculated
TO make the public believe that Gen Cass would have
voted for the proviso other circumstances The pas
sage alluded to will be found in the edition which sup
posed to have been intended for the NORTH and as fol
lows:
"In the winter of lsi7 the Wimo Proviso was intro,
lion bill, by federal from New England The
design ofthe evidently defeat the passage
WHicn ana to embarrass the ad
mnlstrauon In the prosecution OF the Gen. Cass
ted against the povso, for reasons given in his speech
the occasion"
1t evident that casual reader, not acquainted with
the reasoning gven would have supposed from this pas
sage that but for the proposed amendment General Cass
would have voted Tor 1t; and that his vote given
against the amendment order to prevent embarass-
ment to the administration In the prosecution of the
That paragraph the senator from North Carolina inform
ed u.s. also to be found in the pamphlet which he
imagined intended for the south But in order to
make II palatabe in that latitude it accompanied by
portion of letter said to have been wrtten-and no
doubt was written-by Gen. Cass to Mr. Nicholson And
in introducing that he says
In December lsi7 Gen Cass gave his views at length
the 'Wllmot Proviso, in letter Mr. Nicholson
Tennessee In that letter he avowed himself opposed
the measure and the exercise of any leg aton by Con-
gress any of the Territories of the United States
believed that all questions that should settled
by the people themselves who ought be allowed to
uate their internal concerns in their ways; and that
Congress has power abolish establish slavery
relative duties of social etha of husband and wife, OF
parent and child or OF master and servant"
That portion OF the edition purportiDg to be published
IN March, Is not to be found IN that edition purporng to
be issued in June Taking these pamphlets together
the senator from North Carolina was think, perfectly
justified in supposng that by whomsoever these two
pamphlets prepared, the omission to make them
acty the same was for purpose That, finding an
exact similarity between the two in everything excepting
this one particular he was justified in the inference thai
the pamphlets intended for different merdians and
that the south felt exceedingly sensitive upon the sub
ec of this interference by Congress with the rights
southern citizens to migrate to the territories of the Uni
ted States with their slaves their good opinion be
won by convincing them that this democratic nominee