Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-09-13
Death to the Democratic Party.
Gen. CISS.

The following characteristic Letter. has
unpublished in the Ann Arbor True Dem
ocrat, Barnburner papc~. The detroit Ad
vertiser says, the community were shock
ed' by its publication and perusal. IL
has already been pcrused bv most of oul
citizens with horror. but we give'it a place
in the Advertiser this morning, that the
whole country may see what dishonest
immoral old rogue Of a demagogue Lewis
Cass is" Here is the letter:
WASHINGTON. February 10. 1917
Nix DEAR SIR:-Your friend Doyle
will be selected as lieutenant. and am
glad we can give YOU this proof Of a desire
to pay respect 20 your recommendation.
! am pressed 10 death bv business, or I
would write you longer letter. IIowev-
er, the news papers give you full ac-
count Of our strange proceedings. We
have not done much good; but they say
il is the darkest just before daylight. and
| am inclined to think that our darkest
hour has past. 1t seems to me that good
is coming out of mischief There is a
more determined spirit to support the Adj
ministration than have seen heretofore.
II is now distinctly understood. and it
will be the Democratic sentiment through
the country, that everything must give
way 10 a vigorous prosecution of the war.
and that No measures must be proposed
that will cmbarrass Administration.
The Witmot Proviso will not pass the
Senate. I;iwill be death to the war
death 10 all hopes Of getting an acre of
tcr,itory-dea tll to the Administration.
and death to the Democratic. Party. II
was not so Intended. It no doubt origin
ated with proper feelings; but things have
now come to such pass. that its adop-
ton will produce these effects. 1t is dis
tnctly avowed by the Southern members
of Congress that they would not vote for
any measures for the prosecution Of the
war, nor would they ratify any treaty il
this provision becomes law. 1t will
probably go back from the Senate to the
House. where | hope the appropriations
will pass without any proviSo.
am. with great respect. truly yours.
Il. ). WILSON, Esq. LEW. CASS.
Was ever the evidence of so much cor
ruption of heart. and recklcssness of pur-
pose, comprised in SO few lines before!-
The morality of Santa Anna is ..purc and
VII lei III ItlI0iOII NUtIi CoH1tpIiI ti " Ilil
that which is evidenced in this letter of
Lewis Cass. Only look at the reasons
which he gives in the concluding paragraph
for opposing the Wilmot Proviso-the
reasons why the Wilmot Proviso will not
pass the Senate. at would be death to
the war--dca,h to all the hopes of getting
an acre of territory--dcath to the admin
istraton and death TO the Democratic par
~"
There we find a man. occupying the
position Of an American Statesman. de-
beratcly avowing himself willing TO
crush the fundamental principle of free
dom itself for party purposes. Such Is
the plain implication Of the letter. SIT
would be death to the Democratic party
But this is not all. 1T would be death to
ftic war" Our citizens must fall by the
thousands, cut off by the Mexicans lance.
or the more deadly Mexican climate.
wives must be made widows, and child
rem must be made orphans-all this. ac-
cording t. the morality of Gen. Cass, was
better Than TO adopt measure which
would be death to the Democratic party.
And this unprnciplcd old gentleman now
asks the American people to insult the
memory of George Washington. by pla-
cling him in the chair once occupied by
the father Of his country.