Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-09-07
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care ! whether he can with metaphysical seis-

precise views, (do we all have themD upon
many ofthe transient and unmportant questions
Of tie day yl-MiRht not Washington have been
worried in political metaphysics the
resolutions Of '9S and 99-by many a knight
OF the green bag, scarce out Of his I" teens,
and one, too, who would not have teen entrust.
cd by his neighbor with the trial Of cauee Of
the value Of one hundred dollarsi And vet
the people entrusted in the hands Of that same
Washington the honor, the safety, and glory
Of this great + k.publc Were they unwise %.
The services rendered aud the compensatiou
received by Gen. Cass and General Taylor.
who entered the public employment about this
same time, have been very different. While
Zen. Cass has always held Offices, the duties
OF which have been very easy and pleasant, in
which he has amassed vast wealth by specula-
tons IN the public lands, and by immense extra
allowances, for great part ofthe time, more
than four times the amount Of his regular salary,
which salary alone should have been considered
full and adequate compensation for all his time
and services, being probably double the pay Of
General Taylor at the same time, aud was liv-
ing in elegance, luxury aud princely magnif-.
cence IN Paris, or visiting, in government ves-
BEL, at the government expense, the classic
grounds and sacred shrines ofthe East General
and never received single dollar of extra
compensation in ,he whole forty years Of his
public service While Gen. Cass, in tho
splendid saloons and royal apartments of Paris,
was writing books in praise Of tina, "hing and
Court" who were 90 anii-repubcan IN charac.
ter, and so outrageousy tyrannical in their,
conduct, that the people have since risen up
aud driven themfssm the palace and the coun-
try-and was in compliment to his royal name
sake and friend, with great form and ceremony
presenting to his Majesty, bottle Of holy
water, which, III his eastern tour, our Demo
cratic Minister had brought all the way from
the river Jordan, to be used in the baptism Uf
the young Count OF Paris, heir to that Throne
which the French People have since dashed 10
the earth this "Old Rougd and Ready"
Republican of ours was wadlng the swamIs
and threading the everglades OF Florida In pur-
suit OF his country's crafty and nurderous foe
The different training Of those men has made
one proud, polite and somewhat pomsDIs
Courtler-the other Just such a plain, uusop.
h!sicatcd, honest, s'nsible, patriotic man, as
the People wish and intend to make President
Of the United States.
Truth, justice aud courtesy, perhaps, de-.
mand thl, we should state that there is another
Presidential Candidate in the field lie is,
however put forth by no national political or
His claims rest upon purely sec
tiona feeling, and he can expect no support,
and that 10 an extent not sufficient To effect
any practical pur2ose--of only one section of
the Union. The Lon.John T. HaL, Of New
Hampshire, having been Withdrawn as the can
dldate Of the Abolition or Ant-sayery party
proper, strange as IT may seem TO all who aie
familiar with his political his,,ry Martin Ven
ityca, of New Nork now takes the command
of both wings, under the somewhat taking
designation OF tho " Free Soil Party"
Mr.. Van Buren, through a long political
career, has been n most VARIOUS man. The
leader Of the "Bucktails" and opposed 10 dig.
ging the "BIG DITCH from Lake Erie to The
Hudson, and having prosecuted It's noble pro
lector to the day Of lis death, he shed tears
and uttered eulogy over the grave Of the
great Clinton. Believing in 1924, tha,
"Andrew Jackson had not a single feel
ing in common VITA tAe Republican party
no man IN the country vas more active thaa
he, in making that same Jackson the deno-
cratic President M 1928. AT difScre peri
ods, for and against Clinton--ior and against
the National Biuk--iJr and against a Pro-
tectlve Tarf-for AMI against internal lui-
proycments, he now, after having from ls2s
TO lSii, SERVED Slavery with as much dew
ton, and almost as much humility, as ,ry
slave in the South, serves his master, sci,
himself up as the great APOSTLE Of FREE.
DOM - II there was anything too Leon
slstcnt for Now York politicians to do,i "oglt
seem 10 be the nomination of MAE1N 'AH
BuHEN, as the champion Of "FGrG son 80.
In letter written by him IN 1885 for the rur-
pose Of making hin self acceptable 10 the
South, he expresses the hope that "Trr ~
FORTS of THOSE WHO PERSIST ~ rHr WORK uF
AGITATION (upon the slavery qucstion) NAV
BE OVERCOME BY REASON OR RENDERED fNoF.
ERArIvE BY CoSsTITuTIoNAL REMEDIES. --
The Interchangeable law Of our condition j.,
LEFT TO THE CONTROL OF THE
withom moicSation or ,mrftr.
sncc from any quarter +, that foreign inter
ference of every description can only be iliuri-
ous to the slave. without benefit TO any inter.
est and that ASY INTERFERENCE cOmiHg jto@
The non-sldrehsid'ng PORTIONS Of ONr orR ritl-
tory, as calculated 10 cnddnser he perpctudy,
and # sanctioned by The Gea,rdi GOrc"r,St,i,
'r0uH mcritoJly oocasion The dissolution gf or
happy Un'on."
Ia another letter. written ~ Mg. Van Pu.
l'li Nht Nv NJ 0'di' iND', "hh hh WI
airy. Of that ycar-the year he vas elected
President, he says --"l do believe that lho
Of slavery in the District of { "'um-
bia, n must the ,c,shcs Of The sdr,hoidiHg
States (AMusING THAT CoSGREss BAa TBS
POWER TO Effect IT. would violate the spin.
u, that coupiomise Of interests which he's al
the basis of our social compact and an.
thoroughly convinced tha, it could not b. dona
iri,hom peril 6rOi certaa destruction 10 NJ.
t'nion ot The Siat,s Viewing the matter H.
this light II is py clcor md S,Hied OPINION hc'
me FSderdi GoUcHDDta ought 10 obStmp from
1oipg SO, and that II is the sacred duty Of lhos
" HON the people Of the United States cutrus.
aith the control of Its action 50 ~ use he con
poper uiih whrh hcu are mresfed &,
. prer,HfH'
While Secretary of State, Mr.. Van Bun
yavc instructions to A. Bu1LLR, Esq. u
gent the United States n Mexico, 10 0Ci-
,ose "thc BASrFrL SPIRIT Of EAASCIPATIos,
which he was apprehcnsiye might disturb Y
,laye power in the Island OF Cuba and fr.I
ha, quarter, sssail "the peculiar iuslr' .l'
n the United States. While Wee Pesldc-:.
,e carried through the United States sen.
" his cAsTiso voTs, that odons and dcspc
aw, which ~ believed to have b-en the mo,
,trcet0u. Legislative ehDuunatiun ever sna.'s