The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-09-05
CANDIDATES-THE CONTRAST.

the next President. NO rcHectlnS man Will
dispute that. Your single vote for either may
determine his dictionary more-your refus-
ing to vote for either may settle the election.
Let us see then if the difference in their prin-
ciples is such as to determine us to vote for Ell
Their or stay at home.
Gen. Cass in aspeech in the Senate, the 9Th
of January last said:
IF we should 8Wallor Mexico tomorrow,
don't believe it would kill us. The Senator
from North Carolina and myself may not live
10 see il, but am by no means satisfied that
the day will not come in which the whole of
the vast country around us will form one of
the most magnificent Empires that the world
has yet seen.'
Three DAYS afterwards, speaking of the OBJ
iects of the President in reported order to
Gen. Scott TO spread the army over the whole
of Mexico, ne said:
81 hope the Executive will say in SO many
words, that its object is, in any circumstances
to conquer Merico."
Again in the same debate:
awe may have to make the great ex pertinent
so dreaded by the Senator from South Carolina
and the Senator from Kentucky, and anner nc
dominious of Merico TO our own. This is the
penalty which national injustice has often been
called TO pay, and which Mexico may be pre-
pairing for herself"
Gen. Cass is, therefore, beyond dispute, in
faror Of acknowledgement! He would
S,ralloio the whoIe Of Merico! When Terrific
ry is obtained, he and his party'deny the Con-
stitutional power of Congress to prohibit the
establishment of slavery in ito proclaim il
forever free; and he stands pledged to forbid
veto-any act OF Congress making such terrific
~ free. Such is the position of Gen. Cass.-
We rant no such President.
How stands Gen. Taylor? Il his letter to
Allison, he says:
"The principles Of our government, as well
as its true policy are OPPOSED TO THE sUBJUGA.
TIoN OF OTHER NATIONS AND THE DIsMEMBER-
mENT OF OTHER COUNTRIES BY CONQUEST. In
the language of the great Washington, 'why
should we quit our own to stand on foreign
grounds?'
This is plain-the Old Hero would swallow
nothing. He is opposed to all Su6jugation or
compassionate in favor Of standing on our our
ground. But, suppose bill passes Congress
Extending the anti-slave ordinance of 1857, tc
new misunderstanding to them the clause
which torerer makes them frec-will he ap.
prove of the bill, and sign it, In the letter to
Allison above referred to, he says:
"The personal ominions Of the individual
who may happen to occupy the Executive chair
ought not to control the action of Congress up
on questions of domestic policy, nor ought his
objections TO b. interposed where questions OF
constitutional power have been settled by the
various departments OF government, and ac-
quiesced in by the people,"
No question, since the government was or
ganized, is better settled or more generally &C.
quiesced in than that asserting the power OF
Congress TO extend the free clause of the ordi-
nance of 1857. Gen. Taylor is. therefore,
pledged not 10 ini;rposc aud c1jsctior2 to such
Il bill.
Gen. Cass is for trar, Gen. Taylor for p:ccc
lie again says:
"War, at all times, and under all circumstan-
ces, is national calamity, to be avoided, if
compatible with national honor"
One of these two men will be the President
after the 4th of March, 1919. liz little more
than sixty days, you read er, and the other free
men of the United States will have to deter
mine which of them. Will you have peace or
s0ar? Slavery, propagation and q 1oar Of
conquest; or, peacc and our country as it is?--
Freemen, judge ye which of these men you
you will have to rule over you.-Cin. Guz.