The Davenport gazette., 1848-10-12

| ne next ~, that that party, nv most
extraordinary oversight, n blunder, great
deal more than il is q crime, but siupcn-
dous crime, an enormous blunder, has len,
iiselfto the extension of slavery IN our
southwestern territories.
Yes, sir, Gen. Cnss stands pledged to-day
TO veto the law of Freedom. The Demo
cratic Review. their nbles, journal, allows
directly, that philosophcslIy aud per se il
is right and good thing, irrespective Of all
party considerations, tn extend slavery rs
fnr rs our flag shall DO borne. Gen. Cass TO
make the masters vote for him, will agree
10 keep old slaves and sell new ones, in in
finite generations. This is the second dii
ticuliy with The Ca.s platform.
The third is, that in all periods Of its his.
tory, and particularly iu the later periods
Tint party lent itself to morbid enlarge
ment of the executive power, recognizing
with good deal Of difficulty that there is
such thing rs Congress nj MI, or that
there is any such thing as an intermediate
instrnncntaIity Q! checks and balances un.
der our system.
THEIR CONVENIENT Is A FLUSHED Ma
JoRIry AND PRESIDENTIAL vEro; and
therefore chiefly il is that we shun and array
ourselves, now nnd forever. against sucl, an
org AVIATION. upon such docrtincs AS these.
We know and feel, gentlemen Of the Con-
ycniion, that the last hopes Of lnan lie in
thisi that the will Of The people, unchecked
and uneinbnrrassed by any vcioat all, shall
make The laws of The land Oh! how false
and hollow is such Democracy rs thni
which cries out to the people, "Say ye,
rule ,e" but thwaris their will, and per-
veris iheiI constitution. That is the third
difficulty.
The fourth is briefly this: The direct
hostility they manifest against the pro,cc-
iion of the tree labor Of America. They
repealed the tariff Of ~, and made the Ia.
ritI of l6; snd j, is no thanks to them il
tho axe or hammer is ever welded hcrcaf-
ter by nm American arm, in nm American
workshop. That is the fourth difficulty.
Well, gentlemen, shall we take these
cars aud follow this music To Buffalo, and
come out under Martin Van l,urcn? WHY
should we. gentlemen, and representatives
Il the Wings Of Massachusetts? Why
should we! WIN is Martin Van Busen, il
may lie so bold! do not as il | we're
about personally 10 answer, which would
carry with il no weight, but according to
the Judgment Of Massachusetts and Amer
len passed upon him eight wears ago-who
il Martin Van Buren,? Why, the last cv-
er heard oi that gentleman wns in 1910,
when he was taken up and tried by the
whole body Of the people of this country,
upon charge of high crimes ind misde.
meanors against the people Of the United
States. ldon't know but he has once or
twice sent down 10 Baltimore. 10 get a
termination, but that is no business oil
ours.
The last time, say. sir. that we knew
ANYTHING about him, ar had any thing TO do
with him, was in lsiO, when he stood be-
fore the bar of America on charge Of high
crimes and misncmennors ms public man.
Here he was claiming 10 be President
They took him up and brouch, him 10 the
lar, and indicted him of high crimes and
misdcmcanors against this Constitution aud
Land. Sir, such q trial as that the world
never saw before. Such n culprit ss that
the world never saw before. Such SEN
tence was never pronounced before in the
hearing of responsible men. Charles /.
standing before the aroused Commons ol
England. was play upon the stage in com
parison il. remember, Mr.. Prcsi
dent. seeing YOU in that trial. ] recollsci
he made an sdmirabIc speech. Ills coun.
sci said he was most fair spoken person
A gentleman bred and born. undoubtedly
he is. lie squeezed more mems hnnd., or
ganizcd more caucnses, talked more ri DE.
mocracy, and served longer in tho Demo.
CRITIC ranks than any man within The mem
ory of the Oldest inhabitants
But what said the people? wha, said you
what said your fathers and broibcrs?-
They looked through tho whole of his LONG
life and said all this was perfectly true, bu,
they saw nothing in him, from beginning I.
cDd, but one long course u selishness
true only and ever 10 himself. They sale
that although he had acted and spoke .
great deal in public lie, first and last, they
had never bcen able 10 trace 10 his lips one
great thought. one grand sentiment, ons
winged word, or one mastery feature ol
policy which marked him as great man.
| The people we're aroused, from the count
ing-room of the merchant to the log cabin
OF Michigan, Illinois, or the frontier settle
ments. But when they wanted TO find hin
all they could sec was the motion Of the
grass, aud although they found him Oh top
Of the pyramid, they knew not whether he
flew up with pinions strong, or whether be
made Shiny, tortuous ascent.
On that view Of his life, on il al, on thai
long subserviency to the South, ON that re-
fi,sal in 1919. 10 take part in pe,itioninp