Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-10-28
Extracts from We5ster,s speech,
Published By request ~otseoeraI &
Democratic subscribers.

II know the leading men Of that Tth,
PHILADELPHIA convention. / think Fun
derstand their principles and the motives
that governed them. Their reasoning wa
this. Gen. Taylor is a wing, not eminen.
in civil life, not known In civil life, bu
still a man of sound wing princip les,
Circumstances hive given him reputation,
and the eclat ofthe country. As he is the
Wing candidate be will he chosen, and
with him as our candidate, he win be able
TO elect members to the two houses of
Congress, get an augmentation of Wing
strength, the wing majority ia the House
of Representative will be increased, and
the l~ocofoco majority in the Senate will be
diminished. That was the view, and that
was the motive, however wise or dnwise,
which governed ia greatportion ofthatlas-
sembly in Philadelphia. Now, gentlemen
in my opinion, this was unwise, policy. 1t
was. not suitable to the wing character-
it wa not fectoncilea5le with true WISDOM
twas shprtsightedy and temporising on a
great question ofprihciple; but | acquit all
persons concerned in it of all such motives
as have been ascribed 10 them, and espe.
cially of those mentioned in the Buffalo,
platform. Such, gentlemen, are th9 cir
Ecumstances connected with the nomina-
tion of Gen. Taylor 5a5- sHi sJseaf
''Gentlemen,.I will venture to say two
things. The first is we'll known to you,
that General .Cass is in favor Of what is
known as the compromise line, and that
the provisionso of the 9Wilmot p~roviso, or
ordinance of 1881, ought not 10 be
applied TO territory lying south of 3S 80.
That is his opinion. fhe had not %announ-
ced that, be Would have beeh '36 80, or
more, from the probability Of a nomination
by the Baltimore Conve Dtion. Well, then
undertake TO say, in the, next place,
that he will do all he can to. establish that
line, and lastly, which is a matter Of op-
in my conscientious belief, he wiU
las Give him the power and
patronage of the government-let him ex.
erGise it over certain sections ofthe coun-
ry-let it be a question for the future con-
'ideration they will settle il that Oregon
shall be free, and leave Mexico and Cali
to be disposed of hereafter. Let
lin have the power OF this government,
md, with this inducement, | ver lily believe,
hat unless there is renewed strength in {
he wing votes in Congress, he will accom- t
'lish his purpose" a S~)A {
We are on the eye offs highly impor- I
Presidential election. In two or three
months, the people Of this country will be
allied upon 10 elect a President of the b
United States; and all see and all fell that ]
reat interest of the country are to be &
for good and for evil, by the result
f that election. Ofthe important and 4
lterestihg subjects over which the person
Tho shall be elected to that Office, must
ecesarily exercise more or less control, p
Iere are, in my judgment, three vital ones 5
onnected with the honor and happiness of z
is country. In the first place the honor c
nd happiness Of thi country, imperatiyeIy v
.quire thatthere shall be a chiefm gistrate h
ected who will moi plunge US into another a
ar Of ambiiion end conquest. (AppIause.) b
my judgment theinterests of the country Il
ID the feelings Of vast majority Of the n
,ople, require that a President of the n
nited States shall be elected acho UiU te
I use his official influence to promote any tc
TO permit the further extension b
SLAVERY in this country, or further the in. n
of It in u public councils. In the Il
ird place ifIhave formed any Just esti- b
ATE Of my experience, not now a short G.
if it has enabled met know anything b.
what the public prosperity demands II
/ say1hatthe state of the country does 81
quire an essential reform in the system Of
revenue, and fnance-such as will res m
.e prosperity, by fostering the industry of 10
) country, in all its various branches. W
iere are other subjects of Importance, q
rich shall NOS however, at present alfude b
Z These three / hold To- be essentially re
81 anfleman. itis for you and ma and lof