Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-10

and said the South should neuer agree to
the provisions Of TIE Wilmot prouiso; al
though he did not believe there ever
would be slavery there, yet if the coun-
try was acquired, the citizens should be
left free on that subject. He says ALL
MEXICO will eventually come into our
government by degrees: THAT 1T CAN
NOT BE AVOIDED. On the subject of
politics, he said 10 was no politician; had
been three-lourths Of his life in the army
devoted his time and mind to that service,
and paid but little attention to any thing
else. "-Statement from, ono ofthe Commit.
tee Of the Mississippi Legislature appoint
ed to inrite General Taylor to risit that
State.
In letter 10 the editor of the Tusca-
loosa (Alabama) Monitor, General Tay-
lor himself avows that he has endorsed
all the remarks Of the Cincinnati Signal,
to the effect that he would not veto the
Wilmot proviso, He says:
s'ln reply to your remarks concerning
letter which | addressed some time
since to the editor Of the Cincinnati Sig
nal, have no hesitation in stating that it
was not my intention in that communica-
ton to express an opinion either in con-
currence with, or in opposition to, any Of
the views embraced in the editorial arti-
Gle to which it refers. The letter itself,
like most other letters Of mine on unoffi-
n; al mn no re- ~yh;ch hoyo fo,,oJ %ho; mn =,
into the newspapers, was not intended
for publication, but simply written as a
matter Of courtesy, in answer to one
which l had received from the gentle
man in question. + 1t was sim
| ply my desire, on that occasion, as has
been my custom uniformly through life,
to express my respect for opinions which
| believe TO be honestly entertained, and
as long as thus held, my approval Of his
naming them"
"The charge carries such absurdity on
its very face, as not to deserve a serious
relutation. Gen. Taylor, a southern man,
the destiny Of himself and his children
immense WEALTH consisting in SLAVES
and land which has to be cultivated by
SLAVES TO render it valuable-hc an en-
envy to the South! he in favor Of prostrat-
ing Southern rights and interests! The
very quintessence Of absurdiiy! They
might as we'll say tina! Gen. Tay lor is A
FREE NEGRO! They would be believ-
ed just about as soon, and exhibit fully as
much reason and truth in making the
charge."-Mari0n (Alaban,a) Rcriew, a
Taylor paper.
"GLoR1oUs News. The Union preserved
Reputation Of the Wilmot proriso by the
Wing Convention.--The friends of the
South, as we'll as OF the Union, will learn
with inexpressible satisfaction tina. the
Wing Convention promptly met the ques-
ton of the Wilmot proyiso and repudiat-
ed a resolution adopting that doctrine at
once by an overwhelming majority. 1t
would not touch tho unclean thing. How
different this generous and patriotic ac-
tion from the dangerous sectional fanuli-
cism Of the Democratic Convention. It
will be recollected that resolution was
introduced there by Mr.. Yancey to repu-
date the Proviso, which the Convention
refused to do, by vote of ZIG to &c.
This vote aimed death blow to the rights
Of the South, and its effect has been 10 cast
gloom and dlsmoy in the hearts Of those
who struggle for the preservation of our
glorious Union. Doubts and fears began
10 overwhelm the public mind, lest even
the Wings, the great conservative party
of the Union, also mil ht be infected
WITH THIS HERESY, and have yield
ed to the progressive notions Of the Lo-
cofocoism Of the age. Thanks to kind
Providence, which has always watched
over our beloved land, a party still exists
determined to regard the compromise Of
the Constitution &c. and those just and
equal rights to all sections, without which
our glorious Union cannot exist one mo-
ment. They have met this incendiary
and destructive principles as WHIGS--
in tic old Wing spirit Of enlightened pa
triotism Of the patriotic fathers, and on
which the party is founded. They dared
stand ur and meet this FlREBRAND OF
UNPRINCIPLED FACTIONISTS bold
ly fas the Democratic Convention did not)
Ito meet it as men aware Of their duties,
like their great leader at Buena Vista,
asking no lavors and shrinking from no
responsibilities'-to cast 1t out of their
Convention in the teeth Of these Infatuated
fanatics, and to declare that 1t ,cas no part,
and should be no part, Of the Wing creed.
This the Democratic Convention would
no: do. We congratulate the South-we
congratulate the southern men, who have
never appealed to the fidelity, honor, pat
riotism, and generosity, Of their nothern
Wing brethren in vain. We congratu.
late the Union that there is still one great
patriotic party which is determined to
resist the mad and malign influence,
WHICH, if unchecked, would soon leave Of
its sacred rights but the name. "--A1a-
bama Journal.
"The subjects Of tariff, bank, and in
ternal improvements, are dwarfed into
insignificant dimen,ions when compared
with the great and overshadowing one
which an unprincipied northern and