The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-07-26

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Cor siae PRESIDENCY MIN was n faFOT ii
the Walmas Psarisn. This i KeFy Fasan
falk. bar what Is he Prarsirs? What are
The lasis + Are Mr. Gass's POSSESSIONS -
ie relied upans That i lie une inquiry.
IN 1916 lhe Two Million bill Mas be-
fore Tie Senate. II had passed lie llaase
win Ills pToyis0. IN psge SCI 81 The
Journal. il xisl Re seen that Mr.. Lewis.
az Alabama. nl0vea 70 siike II oGi. a
debase ensned. whirh was eonlinued on
The Isl evening Of iile Session nnlil IL
s'eiork. when the Sena'e Adjourned with
Oui taking lie question. nuElag the whoie
Of lhis debate. though Mr. csss made no
s,eeeh. he openly asowed himself IN a.
Ear nf the Pr.Eis0-derlarsd that he in.
tended Ia vote faF n, and alter the adjourn
menl af Congress. expressed ms regret
thar tn Segale did moi come 10 . rn;enp
on il. thai De mighl have recorded his vote
against striking il nul. This Is testified
Ia nv are NJ Ire Senators frnn New Jer-
soy. who charged him with il pabliely in
The s.nale 81 us next Sessioa. when il
was nOl draied by Mr.. Cas-. This charge
has heen reiterated BY the same Senator
IN debate whirh arOse within few dsys
past in the Senate. II is sustained like
wise by number Of his Political friends.
amongst them Messrs. Raihhun and Brin-
kerhof, lwilmoi Provisoi,ls.l Ia whom
he used The language " Ii il comes To a
vote ! am with you, you know ?" In
lsf7. whea the :. Three million bill'' was
beiGe the Senate lharing passed the
House without the Proviso.) Mr.. Upham
moved 10 iasen il. Against this molin
Mr.. cass voted. aud gave his reasons Tor
50 doing, which placed the question so
entirely. ON considerations of mere eype-
dieney. viz: i!Ia, Il would dessa; The bill,
and prevent the acquisition of Territory,
thar his own political friends from the
South were not satisfied, and called again
for his opinions, which were given in a
published letter he addressed 10 Mr.. Mich.
olson. Of Tennessee. In that Letter he
uses this language. " The Wilmot Proriso
has been before the country sometime. IL
has been repeatedly discussed in Con-
gress, and The Public Pres: ! am strong
ly impressed with the opinion that Great
Change has been going on in The public
mind npOn the snbieci-in my own. as
well as others, and thai doubts are resolve
ing themselves into convictions that The
principles il involves should be kept out
of the National Legislature and left to the
People Of the conlederacy in their respec-
tive local Governments"
Here. then, we are told gravely, upon
this question, so vital to the South, and
upon which Democrats themselves think
so mnch is al stake. thai a change bad
been going on" in the mind of Mr.. Cass:
that "doubts were resolving themselves
into convictions" l. this language upon
which we can RELY with safety! Are we
10 depend upon "d"ubts" only. which arc
just resolving" themselves into ''convic.
lions 2" Are we 10 rely upon "change'
which "has been going on" in his mind!
May not thai "rhanse which has been 60
ing on resolve itself back again 10 the
conviction which he was under when, but
few months before this was written. he
declared himself positively in favor of the
ProvIso! He admits il had been before
the country for sometime" had been
i" repeatedly" discussed in Congress and
bv the Press-and wei. there are men
uho would have us believe that the mind
of Mr.. Cass-who is prnrlaim'd by his
friends great siatesman-haTing access
10 every source of information, profound
Constitutional jurist, well versei in the
hisiarv aud laws of the country. had, in
December 1876, formed an opinion upon
this great ard vi'al issue, which was
changed in few weeks or months there
after! If so. who can have confidence in
the opinion of such man! II he is now
with Us, who can guarantee that before
the 4lh Of March next. he will moi he a.
gainst MS! II hespad changed to us il
SIX months. NAV re not change from U:
iiTnine! Who knows what new lights
may break in upon his mind before This
campaign is ended! With the light.
before him" Mr.. Yam Buren, was declared
I BY the Democrats for us. and with us, I
few years since, and was urged upon on
support, as the b" Northern man with
Southern principles" but behold now his
position
By reference To the Senate journal
1867. page 244lh. il will he seen ,ha
Mr.. Cass presented 10 that body resIu
tions.o f the Michigan Legislature, 4" in ia
vor of extending the provisions Of the Or
tIinance of 1917 ithe same as The Wiimo
Proyiso) over any territory whirh may
be acquitted by the United States" The,
we're presented to the Senate on the Is
March, 1917. What striking roinei
denre and similarity between the opinions
Of Mr.. Cass' constituents and those whirI
| he himself entertained but two months he
fore! Not word Of dissent 10 the prin
cipies of this resolution was then bear,
from him! M doubts even were ex
pressed when he presented il! Wer'