Litchfield enquirer., 1848-09-14

themselves io vote Er Gen. Ta. flor 3'casfse he sOos "of WHIG -ihesr v,Ty men. (af'cr s-as.,n oi "rs:m drlibrraai"n') yield their neatly support [" MARTIN VAN BUREN, a man who has unioi n.l, OPPosED, and NOW " oPPnsEs. every Whig measure, and even dis csuds the vrrH name of Whig! Can 'nc"''si'- trnry g'' farther
 Bot, xa, the iree soileIs " TaS Tor is south. ern man, and slave h"Idrr. and "s matter or course is copni,,ed [" s""ihrTn '"frr'S's." This ias, conc Iu.,on doe. nut f.Il"w ir"m the premises We shall nut. h"weveT, here sf";t" drfine the "ld here's position. He haS never gone ouf cfhis tOny [" make volunteer pledges t,, the pro,eciinn of the ~pecnliar in>ti'uii"n,' nor has he threatened Congress with VEr"'s z | in case they should dare lO cuIIail ils pnw'rs and privileges. Can the tree-soilers say as much fOr 'heir candidate!
 Hear Martin Vah Bmen.
 ..I mus, g. int" the Presidential chair the l. f. able 1Hd unc0Mpr0mising 0Pp0"e"i ir very attempt "n Ih. ,art . t0ngu~s i" ah'I~ lsli S,nverv in the DiIiric' oGCUlulHbia, against Ihe wi.h.s ui ihe slave .hold'ng Sth'ea: aud also with a drieTainainn equally drIdtTi '" rests, tre slightest interference with lt ln m" States where it exists. lI n'w "nlV rrT'ainS tn. m- to add that nO bW co"j9icii~g sc''h these 1irrs cHn EVER RECEIVE MY c"N~TlTu' FIONA SANCTION"
 These, it w,il he .aid. were MT. Van Buren's sentiments y'ars ago. I1ur-but has hr changer, his opinions si ,ce then? I-si the C,liowing rX'rAcl from his letter iu the Utica C. invention, written nui a few months ag". an- SweI-
 ..The .tpnt to which fave sustained it CS av-rI l in the various public stations have
 ccuoit,i. are km wn [" Ih~ cm'ntry ] was at that tune aw are that wen' fM7her in ih's respect DCs-thnn mv hes friends "Oid approve. Rni deeply ppnrir led with Ih, rnl,viciInm that slavery was the onl, subject which r'"Id rn- damyer our blessed Uni"r.I was delern,nrd that no ffii "n my pat. within the pale 't ,he Constitution. should he wanii, z [" s''s.ain it's c"murnm,ses as ihev were then nnd-, -,sl""d O-A~D IT IS NOW A s.URcE or c"Ns"LATI"N Tu ME that l pNrSnpd the c urse then ad"p- ed -GN Whilst the candidate of m, friends tor the Presidency. distinctly ann. q. c my opinion in 1ct-fav"r ,h the 1'Otre' "t Congress ln alb, fish slavery m the Dis,r!rl of Columbia, although waa. for rea>"ns which were then W-AND STILL. AkE-EpD sni'afa'imy to my m,nd DEcls EDI,Y oPFosLD 10 ITS EXERCISE THERE"
 q. F Ad,ms says he shall hold nn cnn'ro- v.rsv in regard to Mr. Van Buren ''as he was." It ia enough for him tha, .. he is right no,O.' ) It. the las, ex,,act, however, we have h's own words 10 prove that he has not changed his sentiments on the slavery question since the tune when he was the must rrng;ng and ab. j~ct '"ol of the slavr.p' weI [" be found at the North! And on th,s point we beg ieavs l." inirmiuce the testimony oi the New York Eve ning Post, edited b, a personal and political fiiend of the Kind-rho"k Magician. The Post says w. dtjy y''n S"ils and Conservatives io p"in, out solitary item of principle in wi ich Mr. Van Buren hs. changrd. since he was the bo-o,n friend oi General Jackson 1. he n"t the father of the Sub TrrG<usy? Is he nn, sound "n the question of Fter IT0'ie i? Was he no, sound on the .MrricnH Wns Is he nrl safe m, the question M Slavery in the Dis,,ic, M C"lnmhis, as he evrT bus hreN 2'' We commend ,he suggestions ot the Post [" ] all Van Bn,en- Hhigs. if there are any such 1t is certainly plain en"ngh, that if Mr. Val, | En,cn has not changed, former pictures "l him I will be n,s, as i.nlhiul and liir-likc "osc. a. 1 they ever were. Here is the language [" the
 Hon. II. w. Peckham, leading tie,nucrat "l ! Albany
 '.lf there ever public man whs had drgrn ded himself and disgus''d his party a,m hls | friends. b! hIS rrInsi"g. crawling s.c"phanc! | and hls abjrcI d-v"i"n [" Southern interests and the ins, i,mIim,s "t slavery, tiIat man is Mar,'n Va" Burrn."-p0
 But we will bring ike matter nearer home. Challes Francis Adams hem. ih- candid ,t- f"r Vice President nn the Van Bun en ticket, h,> opinions assume an importance winch his per. snnal sianhing aud mental ralhre vmIld n+ve, have commanded. Here is his opinion uf h's present distinguished lrad-r-
 '' The principles oi I.b rty arc Nrs- NEVER SAFE-EM the haImis"t inen whU m skr [, ad "t pnh,c affans. Mi. Van Bmr-m must be j"ds, d bv hls prrce'i."g course, TiKEJV AS fl 1HGLE-f10. and t."m iha, let n" nan d Jude himself with the brll~i that he Is frsd 10 0":fhi"g d"f lis otcn i"terest"-Al
 Nh0' las changed?