The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-10-28

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As o statesman, Lewis Cass has .
name and fame which no living .Amet,y
lean ever had. His defeat Of the Quin, /,
suple Treaty, where single-handed and,
alone, he met, grappled with, and ioiIed
the best trained statesmen Of EnQIsnds
struggling for tho fight;of that natiS5
TO search the vessels Of the world, ssIl.
ing the high seas, is Tho crowning al
of Lewis Cass' even,lul life. Gresa. - (.
have been his other achievments. 6H1,6t
field, in the cabinet, and in the couucils-
OF the nation, that act-the defeat ri
that treaty. under the circumstances
casts the other acts Of his. life. and ilhe |.
ncts OF other statesmen into the shade.
tie wasnot sustained by his goysfh-
ment, Tor Mr.. Webster then ruled Mr.
Tyler, who administered the afiairs Of
the government, bat he was sustained !.
by the democracy Of the nation, and bys
The honest and the patriotic of all par. ;
| ties. fA9dtf s,,sy i fss. sssss s9,s.
The Senatorial career Of Gen. Cass !
was brilliant beyond precedent. With.
out practice as a parliamentary deba.y
ter--wIthout experience in the ruIesse
ne responded tothe callof his state.
and went to the Senate marked man.
The whig Presidential aspirants were
ready for the task--iheir knives wsrs
already whetted for the sacrifice. and /
they fancled the victory an easy one II
They who. met Gen. Cass in debate.l, /,
grappled with giant in intellect, and !,
the whig leaders are welcome to all the /
honors they won. 3. 9oa oi III! Yssf
On tho war question, Gen. Cass stood )
forward the champion of the poor col.
dier-the champion of the nation. He
believed the war on our part as juss q J
war as was ever waged, and he defen. :
ded 1t as a patriot should defend his; /
own country whentii is assaiIed, andn
for this he has been denounced ;byd
those who took the part of the enemy .
in the late war with Mexico. ssxa ii,
When Gen. Cass acce pied the noui. Il.
nation oi the democracy for President.
no retired from the Senate, as did Gem .
Jackson in 1925, TO private life. On thsif
4thof March next, if o,iong his life bsii
spared, he will again be 10 Washines,,.
ton, to take upon himself the oath of o.
fee as President Of the United States.I,
In his life, he has seen Ohio, the mo. >
ther of the west, spring from wildsrsn
ness to ihickly populated state, capa.
bic of giving her old pioneer twenty.rI
three electoral votes, backed BY an
overwhelming large popular majority,
and the great west, whose history, % 0
but the history Of the man, so closely
has he been identified with il, will swell
that majority by giving him her united )
electoral vote. IN - .lsrps.
Such is the glorious standard bearer. )
OF democratic principles---such fhei,
deep love ielt for him at his own west.
ern home. acuE s.s.a5{ sFa,Fr
Though western in his educa,iou-.ss
through life, from early manhood to aes. 4
has been in the great West, traversine -
her mighty lakes and still migh,ier 6of.s
ests. in keeping down the spirit Of thsr
red man, and making treaties with thsmsb
still Lewis Cass has too enlarged an-in.
tellect 10 make a sectional President.....sd
His heart takes in the Union-he love. 4
The Republic, not single star which !
CLEANS our flag, representing single
State-no: half q dozen, representine
% the minds eye particular. section. ;
'ut the whole galaxy, representing tksi q
whole Union--East AZ well az Wese-..s,t
North as well as South, az the chilA
oyes its mother--ready to resent .hsr
INJURIES, prompt to ayenge her wronassa
md from he. councils he would spusn "a
with loathing and contempt, the man 4
who dare counsel him, as President =. :
his mighty Republic, to do wrong to
me section that another might pro6t
hereby He is western man witlrs
'ational feelings, and when be is inaur- a
rated as President, he will be thei,
thief Magistrate Of the whole nation..s
Or he could not be otherwise il, .he,q
would, and he would not be il he could
"A man OF pure and stainless charac-ia
er--a politician unswerving In his sap-is
ort Of the great principles Of Jeffsrso.sl
ian democFaoy-a statesman Of 40. Z =
and tried ability, withsgo /.
World wide reputation for diplomatic
agacity, which lie gained by casting 81
Ide thesubtle dealings of the European
chool, as unworthy the model repub-,
C, and at once, with plain and honssta
ealing, meeting the question and can.sl
assing it on its merits. II was thus
nat he defeated the Quintupls Treaty,
'hich England had prepared to give