The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-20
CORREsPONDENCE.


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Loulsi.na.
NEw ORLEANS Sept T. Is4s.
wish 10 call your attention TO the following decara-
ton made by Col Bale Peyton, of this city, the
knowedged Taylor leader in Louisiana, in regard TO the
position Gen L occupies as TO the Wilmot Provso Ques-
erroneous impressions OF the Wilmot Provso in the
New England States to the real views and sentiments
OF old lack and his defenders Mr. Peyton is the bosom
friend OF Gen Taylor, and it is not to be supposed that
he would msrepresent him in any particular especially
here at home, where it would be so easy TO authorize
contradiction The people Of the North, therefore must
take the assertions OF Mr. Peyton sincere and fully
explanatory OF the feelings OF the wing candidate for the
presidency upon the great Proviso question. !
southener both by birth and interest but deem II moth
than fair TO send this article TO the north TO
rect the sanderous and lying assertions of wing place
who would barter their brightest hopes and traffic in
the most fagtous and nsncere avowals to elect their
There is wing in the whole south who believes
or would dare here assert that General Taylor would
support the principles of the Wimot Proviso; and yet
we see hun quoted in almost every wing paper in the
north friendly TO it, without receiving that contradc-
ton and disclaimer from the south which is essentially
enoIned upon the wings here men OF honor TO do.
But this great game of subteruge and a6ce is fast
ploding and in time the unworthy players of it will
ceive their mered fetribuion The declaration of Col
Peyton, which follows cannot be denied He asserted
boldly and rumphanty, and vauntngly asked the peo
Pile present if that looked like Wimot Provsoism He
said that Gen Taylor did not approve and did not
tenance in the least the idea of favorng such anti
southern principle But, let append the declaration
find If in the Louisiana Floridan, published at Clinton,
louisiana under date of September and within rs miles
OF Taylor's residence He stated:
seen Taylor has recently invested hundred thousand
dollars in nego's and therefore cannot be in favor OF the
Wimoi ProviAo'
Let the reesoi wings and good anti slavery patriots
OF the North put that in their pipes and smoke II.
The wings OF this city have been terrible stew and
poher since the OF the Albany Indignation meeting
was received newell saw such futterng and confusion
in all my life. To patch up the matter much pos
sble committee OF the sever faithful was Immediately
raised to take the matter into serious consderationto
devise proper ways and meanswait upon the old Gene
raj al Pascagoula, (where he and old Whitley a.
tering,) and gel him 10 stil and calm the troubled
ters. by saying he meant nothing very particular in
ceptng the nomination OF those Charleston fellows, &c.
Accordingly, the right of a document "duly
and dried prepared nicely for the oil gentlemans auto
graph and, thereupon, one OF the ever faithful "a e..
Bulh, of the Plcayune,) despatched upon the flying
wheels OF the locomotive to do the thing up brown! The
upshot of the matter the messenger bird" duly
turned next morning with long docum snt, which you will
find marked Gen Tay os last, Captain Allison let
ter, NO ~ all from the mint, indicated above.
Poor Captain Allison IS good naured soul. broherln
law TO the old man; but really il is too hard TO trouble
him with such epises, and send them, blast
pecally this las, has been. all the world,
when he Is as profoundly ignorant of its existence at b,s
time, as the inhabitants OF kamtschaika are.
Wing hopes fas, fading, like the leaves of our own
September BY November they will all be faded and
dead.
SET down Louisiana as perfectly safe for Cass and But
Ter We shall carry IL by 1000 majority No wing will
dare bet on the result The whole South united.
and we look upon the election of Cass and Butler
tain fate.
We are quite sanguine--in high spirits Let every
friend in the democratic States east do their duty and we
can cry out nobly, the faithful Waterman, all is
well" CREOLE.
bAroN Rouer, Sept 5, is4s.
According to appointment, the champions OF the two
parties discussed the general issues OF the present
yass Saturday last before larger concourse than
have ever seen assembled IN the interior OF Louisiana
Messrs Pentss, Peyion and Benjamin, iederalisis and
Messrs. SigT, Preston, and Larue' demoefais-and !
safely with Perry. ave have met the enemy
and they ours"
could not bat be gratifed discover tina, the orators
of the Taylor clique, despslring of triumph through
the merits of submitted to the intelligence,
wisdom and experience OF the people, abandoned and
nounced argument and conhneJ themselves to PERSONAL
tes-ihrice- killed slanders-s,ae Roorhacksmusy an.
ecdo,es, aud "blarney All the old ISSUES ahan.
doned and when asked, "What the issues p
They one and all replied with loud voice, Fee
Homo ~ Old lacks burned, dare say, II ulsome
latiery and gorgeous compliment could make the
said respectable sized organs show that he the
sense argumen, OF Sgur, the double strokes OF Col
Preston, and the bold and fearless language OF
Larue, he advanced 20 the gallant charge on
the fimsy cotvebs of the bran spun By that ingenious
political spider, Benjamn-all- convincing a. they were,
unans werable conclusive hnal--trose the lra>sloe
Prentiss into the most ungovcnaele rage and male nm
writhe like scorpion around whom oTta oi hre HAD
been built Repeatedly, with the mos, reckless de.pr
on, did he charge into the midst Of The burning and
consuming wall, until, after twenty minutes OF unpro.
ductve denunciaon and hoarse defamation be bfeafhea
long loud curse UPON the democracy, Gen Cas- Bsusr.
and the devil and sank into his seat exhausted, amidst
the derisive shouts OF the " locoioco maititate"
Never have Indicate - plainly sconscious-
ness OF defeat, They had been preparing Tor weeks
they had siiied the paPersexamined wIin~s~e.aa
their plan OF atsck-sudiea posiures-praotscd grim
aces-hunted up snecdoies-iold them crowds 70 ty
their eaec,bui all would not 90 no, the humhug
of ''your old neighbor Zsek- The people sgurnsc ths
base attempt upon their intellectual sovereignty, and
hurled back, ~ thunder-tones, the low born ISLANDERS
against Cass. IL was triumph OF sacred. holy, .nG
hghborn truth, over poi-house wit hypocrsy. ana BIZ
ngssaie Al night. the democrats assembled IN then
mg and by the sweet muse OF the OF $780, sei a.
words OF ls4s, they formed edsdis-figM PROGRESSION
and marched in long illuminated co'sna n the
courthouse, where speeches delivered aud ths
most wild ani slaTit-slIrrng enthusiasm lrsvaiis
until - O'Clock. They then pcacesbiy di.~rsct sbC
save now and then III. manila shout o' some happs
fed wing. walking Dorm,fsncs" towards hl~ne
the S,ari II Night looked down ifom hs starry
throne upon a city IN calm r.po-e
Set down LOUISIANA certain for Cas- and Bailer