Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-24

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that MIR. Fillmore must necessarily share
all the views of the Convention. We
need not attempt to show how complete
a non sequitmr is this conclusion, because
by admitting that the argument has the TO-
gical force given to it by our opponents,
we break their heads with their own
staff. IT. Wing Convention which no.
inmates MIR. Fillmore to a local Office, by
The very act of such nomination, makes
him fully and irretrievabIy responsible for
every sentiment which that body thought
proper to put forth on the occasion, with
how much more complete and thorough
responsibility is Gen. Cass invested, when
he becomes the candidate for the Presi-
dency, by the nomination of the LegisIa-
ture of his own State, which has adopted
the strongest anti-slaveryr resolutions, and
which resolutions were previously submit
ted to him, and received their perfect form
and tenor from the corrections and inter-
%lineations of his own pen.
1t strikes us very forcibly, that the Lo-
%cotocos, who maintain that Mr.. Fillmore
is an Abolitionist, because a wing con-
vention which nominated him, adopted
anti-sIavery resolutions, must by the iron
strength of their own logic. acknowledge
that Gen. Cass is far mere deeply compro-
mised, since the Legislature of Michigan
which recommended his claims to the
Presidency, and which elected him to the
United States Senate, passed resolutions
equally plain and forcible against the ex-
tension of slavery, and conferred upon
him the honor of fathering their senti-
ments and of assuming all the responsible
lily for the opinions they embody, by sub
hitting the rough draft of them for his
supervision and scrutiny. G
We recommend this comparison to the
attention of the Locofoco party. They
will discover that the more they examine
it, the less satisfied they will become with
the position of their candidate.
GENERAL TAYLoR's MEXICAN Pow
General Tayior's markee at Victoria was
about a mile above that of Gen. Patler-
son, and between the two the Tennessee
cavalry was encamped. General Taylor
was riding from his quarters to General
Patterson's one day, upon a beautiful
Mexican pony, and on his route passed
close to a Tennessee trooper whowas rub
bing down his horse. Totally ignorant
of the rank Of the plainly-dressed old
man, and struck by the beauty of his ant
NAL, he accosted him with-"Look here,
stranger, would't you like to swap that ar
pony?" .'' -S a'*
"No, friend" quietly responded the
general; she is a favorite nag of mine,
and | do not desire to part with him."
A comrade Of the troopers, Irecognis-
ing the general, said to him in an under
tone: "Bill, you id fool, don't you
know who you're a talkin' to? That's
Gineral Taylor" III 60.
Now Bill, regarding General sold
Rough and Ready" as the greatest man
on the face Of the smiling earth, pwas. ter
rified at finding that he had put his foot
in it, and stammered out @r
"G-g-gineral, ILL didn't know it was
you l beg p-p-pardon, gineral." The
old commander kindly offered his hand
to the trooper to relieve him from his en-
barrassment, inquired his name and resi-
dence, compDimented the Tennesseans,
telling him that he had found them the
bravest Of the brave, and rode quietly on.
On the march of General Taylor's d.
vision from Monterey to Victoria when
encamped near a small town, this same
pony vas stolen, and the general imme-
diately dispatched a message to the al.
calde, informing the worthy functionary
of the fact, and that if he was not restored
he should take the priests horse. The
threat had the desired effect, for in a We
ry short space of time the pony was trot-
ted up to the generals tent, with the
compliments of the a'calde." III aqz
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