The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-06

< called them the o H nbus Par and the sucrr
considered to be quite suhioent 80 their pre-
: tensions They were treated ell a Ajuncts
arsrty will be treated, who pr, to any indspeu
dcnce OF them In their general Fincples aud policy
MT. Legare had too much cops'lrp inusness Nd TO
much real patriotism, TO renal long With q oarty T.
whose general principles he VIZ opposed The Hoe
James NJ. Mason, now distinep Red Senator In Con
Fress from Virginia one worthy % represent this great
State in her pamiest days returned also TO the demo
cratic party. But where are The great body Of the
conservatives If the South-Stato rights men nulH-
ers in 1888 who armed to resist tia tariff They
merged into the wing party. and uphold every whig
heIpsy they once denounced. fhe causes OF this
strange political phenomenon it /, not difficult 10
\ derstapd We feeble creatpr, =, in spite OF our
vain hastings Of the omnipotoncs of truth and tight
in the affairs of Our passion M power
full than our reason Our sympathies are stronger
than our condolences. We are dragged along by AZ.
socaton too proud to return too weak to resist until
at last we stand forth II not in eyes in tho
view Of all Others poor despised political rensgades
Well then, should not leave party for any
slight cause And If 20 with their opponents we
ought, at least to be sure in the first place. that
that We will aa IN y by
with their opponents Now. as an important element
in deter ming whether in the present position af
fairs We should keep to our old party association let
US take hasy glance at the past history of parties
to the present time The first great victory achiev
ed In cooperation with the democratic party In oppo
siton to the federal wh'g party, in overthrow
ing the alien and ssdton laws. BY the former, aliens
to be treated enemies and by the latter the
liberty of the press sssailed In this great strug
gle the ndations of the democratic party laid
deep On the limitations Of the constitution and the
reserved rights OF the States Next, went with
them into the war Of 1Sl2-tbe second of indie
pendence. This was war Of the democratic party
perhaps war Of South Carolina; for If Calhoun and
tbeves and Lowndes, had not been in Congress- with
their noble eloquence high patriotism, and stern de-
termination to urge reluctant President and face
the desperate opposition OF the federal party might
have never begun, or have ended gnominiousy. As 1t
the South and South Carolina, supported this
in conjunction with the democratic party and redeem
ed the Lost honor of the United States. Next came
the struggle CT the United States Bank, with South
Caroliniap in the Presidency, and the democratic
ty to sur (Ast him. We conquered together and the
monster ~ We hear that Bank of the United
States never be revived-that il Is obsolete
idea-spd will be eschewed strongly by the whig
the democratic party if the whig party Is placed in
power If this is 80, why has General Taylor deemed
It expedient to commit himself to the wing party,
against vetoing United States Bank? Gentle men,
have no faith in such representations and opinions.
1t is true that bank; under incorporated charter,
may not again be established by Congress but let
another commercial CONFUSION arrive, and the
United States Government exists, It will be called on,
by the of It's credit in way, to relieve the
They control the Wing party of the North and those
especially connected with manufactures have long
Congress is their grand factory for making money.
Nothing is easier than to engraft paper system on
the Independent Treasury, which will give temporary
relief to commercial embarrassmens In our great COM
mercial emporiumr. The Independent Treasury was
next victory in cooperation with the democratic
tuition, and liberation Of the government from the
control and domination of the banks, but liberation
concerned from its centralisng tendency to tho
North With the democratic party and that party
alone ssantt the wings, we have e, arrested the
| general government. with this party, and this
1G against 81 the csss t have %od i;
It ' does eontain throughout Discrimination. with
DUTY Of y psn cent? S on sugar. whilst
the tea and coffee it swestsns are left free Nor Ia the
Of ss
great characterstc of the tariff Of 1916 Is that 1t Is
honest tariff By its ad raiorem duties the people
its specific duties and the fraudulent device Of mui,
NUNS sfeotp.lly covered up its sbomip.bls oppres:
Of 1846 passed set up the cry of repean The wings
in the House. at the late session of Congress- proposed
in Committee of the Whole. carry this policy
They obtained think. nearly hundred votes for the
repeal Of the tariff Of 1916 aud substitution for it Of
the tariff Of 1912 This is the grand pivot of wing po
litics at the North 1t Is strong avarice and
undyDg the love of prsyipg upon others We passed
the 2st rule keeping out abolition petitions from the
of Congress in the House Of Represe Ata
tves by the democratic party against the violest op
position of the wings. For eight years. We sustained
way under the increasing pressure Of the Northern
wings and abotionists combined In this first great
the .bon only
they received from the South wes from Southern wings
c"ncede that then as lately the Compromise Bill,
| the s, uthern wings who aided them, professed an
extreme regard for the interests of the South. By
yielding we would quiet sgitation! They wanted
proper issue II the South, by any course Of action
had sustained the position of the democratic party
Congress- If We had ordered our representatives to
withdraw from Copgress whenever in this form It as
tumed jurisdiction of the subject of rule
would have stood forever; OF, when repealed, would
led at to of the terms
nothing; and now slavery is the grand subject of ag
taton in Congress, and insult and contempt daily
cast upon you and your representatives. Texas, too
we carried against the Northern Wings, with the aid
Of the democratic party: This was great triumph
| for the South. Domestic traitors, in combination
with foreign emissaries sought through Texas to dis
| turb the peace, and assa the institutions, of the
arising from the annexation Of Texas was begun md
| carried through trupphantly by the democratic
party, to its glorious contamination Gentlemen all
| parts of the Union have to be proud of the
dhtinction and power won by the American arms in
this CONTEXT; but We above all have not only
for pride, but gratitude in its splendid Victories
south Carolina fear, had fallen, fallen very low in
the Estimation of her sister States The Chivslry'
occasioned this state of things shall not now pause
consider but clear that had lost our posi-
ton in the South and the Union. We con-
sidered to be far more of boosters than heroes The
Mexican war demanded volunteers, and the Palmetto
Regiment obeyed the call and raised your flag in the
upheld and borne along in the hottest tide Of
batte-how mournfnly, yet goriously, they fell, with
peration that deed all forms of fear DEATH history
win relate They "plnohed up your drovned honor
that stored urn or monumental bust, cannot repay
The Mexican war, whatever it may be to Others, to
South Carolina has been glorious gain in the
death Of many Of her brave Ind devoted The
chivay Of the State is not dead 1t has again raised
it's proud crest above suspicion, and sneers and
tumey. and challenges the respect Of the Union.
| But, gentlemen, let us hasten TO the other great
question propose 70 dscussthe question Of slave
| ~. And first to the Wilmot provso. The
wings the floor Of Congress, and the wing press,
and wing orators everywhere in the free States de-
clare that Gen. Taylor will not veto the Wilmot pro-
vito II passed by Congress. think this deduction
is clear rom his declarations but IL it not clear
he would be bound to fuldl the expectation. He
must know that it exists universally, from his
words, in the free States where the strength Of the
wing party lies They have declared, in Congress
and cut OF Congress that they we're not sure that
be was with tbom this point, they would not
support him. Now, II under such circumstance
he should veto the Wilmot proviso IL passed by Con-
gress,i would be sheer fraud | am sure General
Tayor Is quite above such dishonorabe conduct
and therefore that he will veto bill because it con-
tains the Wilmot proyso. On this ground, the