The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-01

y of following it up with the sketch of Gen. Qutman's
speech delivered Naichez, the 9th instant 1t gives
the pleasure because comes in time TO reiute
the gratutous and insidous attempt which the wings
have made to claim Gen Quitman among the supporters
of Gen Tay Tors election No who is acquainted with
Gen Quman, his Underwriting course, his firm principles,
and the ability with which he has uniformly maintained
them, could for moment suspect him of shvering in
the wind How clear is this speech-how decided in his
polihcs-how powerful the arguments which he
ploys
From the Mississippi Free Trader Sept H.
Democratic Meeting on sntarday.-Gen. Quitman's,
Judge Vsazie's, and MIR. Duncan's Speeches.
The Democratic Association had OF the largest and
most enthusiastic meetings we have seen In the court
house for long time All parts Of the county and por
tons OF Concora parish, La represented and the
city democracy, with wing friends out in
bers Gen Quiman made able and argumentative
speech ever listened 10. He did not pretend to deal
IN oratoy to tickle the fancy, but addressed himself 10
the judgment of thinking and reasoning men II is i'm
possible for us 10 follow HIM through the whole OF his
very powerful and conclusive speech; but we cannot
torbear touching some points where think he
unanswerabe. He referred 10 the great and unprece-
dented growth IN population, commerce, navigation arts
sciences, and husbandry of glorious Union which
he declared had not example in the history Of the
world-even IN that OF IT'S once proud mistress. Rome
All this he said was brought about under democratic
rule, democratic presidents, and democratic policy;
for il fact not to be disputed that the opposi-
the presidency under the two Adamses and one month
under General Harrison. All the balance of lis history
having been controlled by democratic and democratic
measures; and even what done under those admin
islratons contrary the principles of democracy had
been undone that party again triumphant
before the. people. He next showed how this party
which had been successful had been always opposed
rs violently as II now Is lie went back to the Of
1912, and asked who there in the audience who
would now say that that war was not right and that the
insults OF old England did not make II religious duty
upon this government to vndcae its flag, nsued and
tramped upon by the proud mistress of the ocean, Yet
it was assaed violently as ever the late war with
Mexico was, and characterized by some OF the same
epthets. So also of the purchase of Louisiana and the
annexation OF Texas. They were both unsparingy de-
nounced and bitterly opposed no one was now TO be
found who would say the first wrong and the time
would soon come when the same would be the case
with the latter Indeed but few willing say
1t was wrong out OF the anti slavery ranks The United
States Bank had for long time been powerful element
in presidential contests the democrats opposing and the
wings urging its adoption. The tariff too was long
bone of contention The doctrines of opposition to the
bank and adoption OF low tariff or removal OF CONNER
cia restrictions, longer ago than the election of
lS41 to rum the country according to wing logic lie
saw around him numbers whom he had heard use these
Arguments. What now the result! The bank, it
was admitted, obsolete idea, and not in is
sue, and he presumed there was not single individual
before him who would so far counter to the
ghtenel opinions of the civilized world, 10 advocate
the imposition OF commercial restrictions. 1t would
not be denied that all these measures, advocated by
the great democracy of the land, had been time and
again denounced by the wings as ruiaous and disas
try. They had all trumphed with the trumphs of
democracy, and the country had continued in
uninterrupted round OF prosperity proving how wrong
wing political doctors in all their calculations,
and how little dependence TO be placed in their
political economy and science OF government liav-
ing shown how, wrong our whig friends have here
tofore been their views OF the measures and pol
icy OF the government it not altogether far de-
ducon to say that when they come before soil
citing the people TO vote for Gen Taylor not because he
advocated any leading except the of the
veto power. that they were equally wrong Was it not
good maxim in all affairs TO hold any man or party OF
who had always been wrong, to be unsafe counsel
ors and guides Would this be the matters
of the most ordinary business concerns' How much
more important then contest which is to settle the
policy of this great government for four years. and per
haps Its destiny forever AS to General Taylor Gen
Cass, the presidency not made for any however
exalted and neither of them could have any personal
claims to the office; it was only they The repre-
sentaves OF their parties and advocated doctrines cacu-
lated TO further the interests of the country, retard its
progress that they be supported opposed by
patriots This brought him speak of the conduct of the
two conventions, and the candidates presented by them
The Baltimore Convention had laid down It's principles IN
of resolutions which clear and explicit upon
every leading point ISSUE rather which had all along
been ISSUE between the great parties OF the country
Upon the bank, the tariff general system OF internal i'm
provemens slavery, and all questions upon which there
controversy the democratic party and It's candidates
had taken the bold and manly ground OF mailing their
principles to the masthead and standing with them
falling by their advocacy On the other hand, how is it
with the wing convention and its candidate II had
passed resolutions adopted political creed and had
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not known, except on solitary questionable veto He
said Gen Taylor his personal friend, and he would
not say word against him personally if he could ,
but he could not His private life was unexcepilonabe;
it was only the candidate of the wing party that he
spoke of him. But who in that assembly, what political
friend of Gen Taylor could tell him how the General stood
upon the bank, tariff internal Improvements, NC, and
last, though not least the Wimot Proviso He was I'M
willing, and he expected his wing friends would be
willing for him, to Judge Gen. Taylor by what his north
ern supporters said of him-such men, for instance
Corwn, Ewing, Schenck, and others. While they
were urging him at the North the friend of that meas
ure pledged not TO veto it, we OF the South were
told that he was Shareholder and that sufficient
guarantee for He admitted the full force of this fact
but unfortunately It was not always conclusive,
only allude to Mr. Clay and Colonel Benton, neither
of whom was sound upon this question, and they
are both nearly large Shareholders as General
TAYLOR He then referred to Gen. Casss open and manly
declaration in his Nicholson letter, that he opposed
to the Wmo provso by and believed, adopted,
il would weaken, not impair the union OF the States
and the seeds of future dscord, which would grow
up and rpen into abundant harvest of calamity This
of itself sufficient to show that Gen. Cass would
never sanction matter productive of much injury TO
his country. He too good patriot too much de-
voted to the interests of his country to do So HIS whole
\ life had given evidence of this. But If Gen Cass had
said word the subject he held that the 7th reso
luton adopted al the Baltimore Convention, which Gen
Cass heartily endorsed he cordially approved,
enough lie knew this controverted by of his
hair. splitting wing friends and by MIR Yancey of Ala
bama, but he held that they could take the obec
ton TO that article the subject of the bank, because
States and territories not named in it. The conven
ton dealt general principles, and the 18th resolution