Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-10-16
Keep it before the People !!

AASSP ~
That Willard Fillmore has distinctly
disavowed the slightest wish or desire te
interfere with the question OF slavery II
the United States. : '1
Keep it also before the people, tina
Lewis Cass proclaimed in his place IN
the Senate, that he would have voted to-
the wiImot proviso, had it beer brought
forward during the session of 1876.
Keep it before the people, that MlIiard
Fillmore is denounced by the Abolition
lists as a traitor and a dough-face, because
he recognises the institution OF Slavery
and brought a bill into congress to pay
q master the value of a runaway slave:
Keep it also before the people, that
Gen. Casss boasts that be never was a
Shareholder, that he .detests slavery, and
would be delighted to see it abolished II
it could be done safely and ~peaceably.
Keep it before the people, that the De-
mocratic papers dare not inform their
readers that. Willard Fillmore voted IN
favor of the first Of the Atherton resolu-
tons, which declares that Congress has
no jurisdiction over the question OF sla-
very in the United States.
Keep it also before the people, that
Gen. Cass has proclaimed the monstrous
opinion that the question Of slavery IN the
newly acquired territory must be settled
by the people thereof; thus giving to the
Indians, Mesizoes, Zamboes, and other
colored inhabitants of such territory, the
right aud power to exclude citizens OF
the South from establishing themselves
with their property on the soil.
Keep it before the people, that Millard
Fillmore has always been a frank, open
aud consistent politician, that he has not
two sets of opinions, one for the North
and the other for the South; that he does
not, like Van Buren,, boast of being "a
northern man with southern principles"
nor make professions at the eleventh hour
to gull the South. ,aygs
Keep it also before the people, that
southern democrats are e~ndeavoring to
hold up Lewis Cass as ga Northern man
with Southern principles, Just as they did
Van Buren,, and that Lewis Cass IS aid
inc, to- propagate the fraud. by causing to
be circulated two editions of his life, one
intended to reconcile Stockholders TO his
support, and the other to ingratlate him.
self with Northern anti-slayery men.
Keep it also before the people, that
Lewis Cass never was regarded in any
other light than as a violent opponent OF
slavery and a recognized champion OF the
Wilmot proyiso, and that he only modi-
fed his opinions when he became the can
didate for the Presidency; that even now
he has neuer Uritten or uttered n syAa-
Die against the principle Of the ProOiso;
and that when Intercepted by his north
ern friends on the subject, he pretends
that the noise and confusion preuented hsm
from explaining his views.
Keep it before the people, that Mr..
Yancey, a Southern democrat, and dele
pate from Alabama to the national demo-
cratic convention, refused to sustain Lewis
Cass, pronouncing him a political ueath-
srcock, "all things unto all men, an Abo-
Etionist at heart, and false to the South"
b, On ! RARE CoNs1sTENcYl-1. General
Cass writing a book lauding Louis Phil
lippe, and then, or. his overthrow, con-
graduating the people that deposed him.
2. General Cass voting for the Wilmot
Proviso when he wanted Northern votes,
and opposing it when he wanted South
erI votes.
s. General Cass refusing the "over-
grown patronage Of the Government, af-
ter exhausting that patronage to his own
benefit.
4. General Cass speaking ~eloquently
about the suffering Of The people Of Ire
land, and then forgetting to vote for the
appropriation for their relief.
5. General Cass concurring with Mr..
administration and voting for the
Harbor and River bill, the veto Of which
vas the s.crowning glory'' Of Mr.. Polk.
6. General Cass was enchanted withthe
,rospsct. Of peace throughout the world,
nd greasing his palate ''to swallow the
vhols Of Mexico"