The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-09

cote for ham 10 be the President Of the United States
What better evidence could give the world that my
convictions OF his character have been changed And
there is no inconsistency in such change. When you
have been made TO believe, persuaded by Others that
mans character, official individual is bad, and have
been caused TO aragn before the public, and have af
forwards become better informed have been given
reason to doubt your former convictions respecting HIM,
or have never had the opportunity OF testing the evil re-
port OF Others and have seen good men of all parties
and classes for long period of time. who have tried
him, trusting him and honoring him, you are bound
not only TO allow your convictions of his character to
be changed, but to the change before the world
TO atone to fellow who has been injured in your
esteem, by the malice of Others is, according to
my school and code, the very beauty of consistency with
honor, with truth, with sound morality and with Justice
from man TO man
But why has this change not been avowed before ?
The answer is this:
That the Richmond convention of the democratic
party, without consulting me- and without my know
ledge or consent nominated me their electoral ticket
for this State accepted the nomination uncondition-
ally; and it was not until afterwards, when the Ba-
more Democratic Convention nominated General Cass
for the presidency, that led to inquire in the
of my determination, to the line of my duty
whether there anything in the past conduct of Gen
Cass, public or private which forbade my support of
HIM, and the continuance of my on the ticket of
nation which endeavoed to conduct free from all past
personal and political preudces, and with solemn and
conscientious sense of what was due to my own political
ah and to the best interests of our country according
to IFS tenets.
Politically, was well assured that General Cass is
in favor of free trade;
That he is opposed to protective tariff;
That he is opposed to breaking up the great land sys
TEN of 1887 and to squanderng the proceeds OF the sale
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local and party purposes of electioneering;
That he is opposed to public debt and to creating any
necessity for it;
That he is opposed to the banking system of finance
and for separating the public credit from private and the
public money from all private corporations and specula-
tons in trade;
That he is opposed to making the federal government
splendid power, centralzng and absorbing all domestic
affairs and sinking into nsgnicance the rights, powers
and authorities of the States;
That he had sustained the veoes of President Polk in
opposition to the renewal of grand and unconstitutional
system of internal improvements, partial in its applca-
ton, and wasteful OF the public money;
That he susains the constitutional poer of the veto
as well every other part of the constitution as binding
and in full force until the constitution shall be changed
in the mode prescribed by itself; and makes party
pledges to suspend the exercise of any one Of the constu
onal powers for the time he might be elected and es-
peciay not TO suspend the exercise of that power (he
veto which, at this crisis, is essential to protect mi
nority against majority, and to preserve national
Union;
That he is pledged to exercise the constitutional power
of the veto against the odous measure called the Wimo
Proviso and against all of that Glass; and that
he has voted against that provso his place in the SEN
ate of the United States;
That he is for leaving the subject of slavery where it
was left by the constitution, to be nterfered with in
any of its domestic relations by the federal government
and has been for securing the best and safest
p romises and guarantees on that subject;
That on the questions OF the northeastern boundary, OF
the southwestern boundary, of the annexation of Texas
and of acquiring justly lawfully, and constutionally
more territory from Mexico he has gone for the spread
ing and strengthening of republican institutions on
this continent and for extending their influence over the
world;
That he has ably supported the Mexican war by argu
ments to show its constuonality, its JUSTICE its human
ty has voted for its supplies, promoted it's glory and sue
by timely and efficient measures and aided in its hon.
orabe termination by satisfactory peace Without looking
to cha section the the peace added territory;
That in connexon with foreign affairs, he struck a
timely and efficient blow abroad at the arrogant foreign
assumption Of the right of search upon the high seas u.s.
if YOU please anti British anti French, anti-every for
eign influence or power opposed to American rights
and interests, and is himself purely american in his
habits of thought and action foreign relations
Il
the last war with Great Britain he broke his sword at
the surrender of Hull and used another blade, which
was not surrendered" at the battle of the Thames but
that he not mere soldier his chief merits and quail
fca,ions are civa He has had long experience in civil
lfe-executive, diplomatic, legislative and his civic
wreath entities him much more be the President of the
United States than can the laurels of war enttle
any man who has had civil experience, and processes
to have had none. Thus, politically he is man Of
my principles; and,
Lastly The party which nominated him is pledged to
these principles and guarantees has support of them if
elected and this is Proved not by party professions
merely but is realized already by the acting being Of
Mr. Folks administration, which have approved out
and out: the question being now scheer this present
administrative policy shall be continued By the party
Nth Mr. Cas- at its head be changed and DESTROYED BIZ
an entirely opposite party acM opposite principles and
measures Nth man at IFS head agho processes to haze
'fornsd no opinions public policy; and he has any
political opinions, no knoaos what they are The
$780, and, through Mr. Tyler and his corporals guard "
was restored in the election of Mr. Polk in 1884, puri-
fed and reformed and the very nominations of Mr. Polk
and Mr. Cass had soughed off the Van Buren, faction
the really diseased limb of democracy in 1896.
Them if there ,nsuptraHe personal objection to
Gen. Cass he, politically and his party of this day,
mended themselves to my support upon every consdera-
ton of public policy and of patriotic duty
Upon an honest and calm review of the past, could
find no such objection to him personally. That the ad
minstraton OF the government was corrupt in 1S36-37
and afterwards, have no more doubt than had
then This corruption owing principally to the de-
sign and effort TO make Martin Van Buren, President Of