Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-08-24

.rsin poHer. I'd 81. - 81 s-es.;rS down
Ihs insiiinliots|o f llIs S5o,h Tha. hc W. proud
shei yiIsinit goali ;rea, Is inraid anr sin mi
nigh, 3 tssssi soii's 9ns Inc beyond Sc Mis-
seai compstssisc Against he South. N calIei
oa fiIsiaiaps % ro,;. ne, a Whizs a. Demo-
era@' bnt q Soolhefliuscn. Aud how ,kink rod.
Senator Nssoa would relieve Is d ali our iron-
olss and dts,saltiess 81 rallyinr around lie
southern casdi1>ic ior PRESIDENT ~ nn;t;nS
as bro,her kane pkal, come Voc. INA main
aiming our Souihera institutional 10. Is ,-iSr
from i. HOY then were We 10 resist he ianaiicz
| Of The North VIII. By electing Mr.. Cas-. who.
like Mr.. Van Buren,, was a Northern man
4 with Southern feeliHRs's Whocan leil but iha,
this same iii. casss who has been ali Sis lit> i
i NORTHERN NAN WITH NORTHERN
4 FEELINGS Who has only changed d 81
southern ia feeling within The last eighteen
months, ifckanged Il an --what shee. 81 whal
srrHrity ne say, Is offered thar Gen. Cas- win
not return % his early views and feelings, a
soon as he 6nds himself snugly ensconced ii
1 The robes Of Official station Ave, elefmc Gen.
Cas-, who did tlak Government, BIZ charging
and obtaining morelthan was his just due 10 tie
~4A-e>&Nt " AtAIA rlLI " NMtIAASe tll4lSUl4N
dollars which IS nd whil worse than what De
Is now attempting y do with TIC people 81 The
Southwby aiming q make them believe tia, he
lisopposed te and wauld veto he Willnot Proyiso.
A gross and iniquil1us fraud ALL the Senator'S
and Representatives in Congress from Michigan,
tGens caAs S,s,e. ats est-4nd-osi IEslsaoi
| Isfgri~ men = ~ is TME LEa,slAfrRe or ms
SrArs UsAEiNe's,1 sase one solitary member
$50 WAS GEN. t1SS. LEss rnAN rwo YEans
AGO, rs eareca AMI ardrat adroeatrs Southern
Whigsl Southern Democrats will you, dare
you irusi Lewis cas- He must either prove
himself 10 Be a TRAITOR 10 The North. or ca
pablc Of committing rank PERFIDY % the
South Lewis Cas- Is Northern by instinct
education and feeling, and will Just as surely
prove PEEsEYDIOCS TO TIE SOUTH
as did his friend Of olden time, MaRrlS VAS
/ BuREN
The whole Northern L,ocofoco press proclaim
Mr.. Cas- To- be nor just what he has always been
on the Slavery question. The Worcester Pata
dunn says; GEN. CASS is AS MUCH In
FAVOR OF, FREE SOIL AS ANY MAN
IN THE COUNTRY and he would leave i
free % those who do or may hereafter inhabst il.
having contileneein the race that they win adop
such institutions. where they are free 70 do So i.
the sentiments Of the age win demand
i The Cleveland iOhio) Plaindcalcr, an erganp
the Democracy i'd Ohio. says:
We, as party, present 10 the nation can
didate from State He is not Slavehold
Ter. HE DOES! NOT TRAFFIC IN .Ig.
NAN ELESH!s He has no synpathies, asso
citation on connections with those who do.
-. 4.
IN pirate eoRrefsdfioRS thai he as strongly op
posd b hhs furtfef cIteasioa of Slaresy rc are
and Tia. Is stfens enough most Of orr readers xL
ktiak.
We have every assurance that his Admins
,raiion should he be elected, while il will give
security to the great aud fundamental principles
Of the party, WILL NEVER BE USED Te
i gire c0MHscRuace 10 81 oba0xi0as nltaSare as ear
ryiag Siareyy iato TERRITORY aoir free.
These are declarations that cannot be gain
saved. Senator sNIason must know that Gen
Cas- is NOT SAFE on the Slavery question :
he knows thar Cas- was ia fayorof the Wirno
Proyiso- and bel knows that Gen Taylor is .
Southern mann large slaveholder-and thai
he R5lst naturally possess an identity Of feeling
andfhtercst with The whole South. Gen. Taylor
is Southern ulsn, Southern in feeling and prin.
ciple. Both by birth and education he is a
Southern man and he scarcely could, if hs
wished, bqSo,hervise. Every assoc iation, every
feeling, and every interest Of his, belongs to tht
South; and we doubt very much whether, indeed
he has ever jodrneyed North or Mason ant
Dixon's line. Why should pledge on this sub
jee. b. required Of Cen Taylor, that had not beer
required IF Mr. Mason himself before his cleo
tion,e and which ii would be an iasult 10 asl
from any Southern man The Yositire ties
timony Of the Plaindealer cannot be impeach
ed.s The editorspeaks of what the knows iron
frequen, declarations made in private converse
tion." BY the pndeniabe rules Of evidence
and of common sense, The statement Of the Plain
dealer must begreceived as accurately true, an,
BY it the South is assured that General Cas- i
| as warmly opposed TO the extension of slavery in
tunew territories as one Of the warmest Wilno
Proviso men insthe North, and that his admins
tration will never be used, and, of course, hi
veto will never be exercised, to give countenanc
u such extension"
| We must express our surprise that Senator Ma
son should have 50 far forgotten himself, bis posi-
ton, and those whowere instrumental in placin;
him where he now finds himself, as to declar
that Wings held the doctrine that mankind ar
incapable Of self government" This is so nue.
Of the canning politician and the ordinary dema
4 gogue, that it could not but excite SURPRISE com
Ing from the elevated source it did.
We join wIth Mr.. Mason in calling on Til
Southtostand Arm, as one man, in supports OF lhei
candidate If DE should fail, we despair Of eve
seeing another Southern man elevated 10 tn
Presidential clair. We could desire no bette
document with an exception or two, for circula
ton in the Sohth, than Mr. Mason's speech
For the ridiculous idea that a Northern man wa
safer Il BE entrusted with the guidance Of South
ern principles han one Of the South itself, wa
50 apparent, thai il was matter Of general Re
II mark.
col. A. ]. SMITH OF HARRISON.
Col. Smith opened BY asserting thar the Tay
lor Convention at Richmond, last winter, ode
clared as obsolete all the old party questions =
This We emphatically pronounce as Untrue. N,
such declaration was made. And bis assertion
that the Philadclrhia Convention did The same
/ b desl4fasf1n a. untrue and Ridiculous q
the first eosh of Which the speaker must hay
knows % be %, 81 else be was grossly ignoran
Of what BE proposed % speak upon. This sapi
ent Colonel give out thai he was Wing in '4C
and ~ That be could'n. stand the course Of III
WbiGs on The Mexican War; therefore he bolt
Eeal Aye. deserted every other principle, aban
doned every elher question, simply because b
could not agree with them on one The Col
might have given much more substantial ex
cuse for hisckange. II he had been disposed, OH
that would have been considered far more truih
ifal. why didn't he SAY thar he bad pants,
lforof5ce-nnducnchable IN lis character- andtka
the Wings retnssd tq1.oa.iaais aaA ,pport hin 10
sea- IN Congress and that this dullness on tl,.i