Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-08-16
The Secret HOPE of Vhigery.

AV oeeAet HOpt OF Wnlgefy.
Notwithstanding the conscience wings
make an outward show of opposition to
den. Taylor, and express determination
not to give him their votes, yet i, is quite
evident that they cherish the secret hope
that he will be elected, and they rejoice a:
every evidence that seems 10 favor that re
suit. Recently they have been rejoicing
al movement among the democrats of
South Carolina, in favor of Gen. TAYLOR
Tor President, and Gen. Butler for Vice
PRESIDENT. And this is put forth by the slree
soli papers MS "a nut for the democrats 10
crack" and these wings who pretend to be
the especial friends of freedom would nsk
the northern Democracy to abandon can.
dldate who was reared and educated among
the ireemen OF the north, and permit the |
wings to triumph with southern man and
Shareholder, because such men as John G.. |
Calhoun and his friends in South Carolina
have abandoned him. No, no; such are o.
mong the very strong reasons why the free.
men Of the free North should come up in
solid column to the support of Lewis Cass
who in his celebrated letter on the right of
search, uttered the following noble sent.
ment:-"We are no Shareholder. We nev
er have been. We never shall be. We de-
prscate ats existence an principle, and pray
for ats abolition ererya0here, where this
can be affected justly and peaceably and
easily for both parties" 1t is for such rea-
sons-it is because Gen. Cass would give
to the people of Oregon, California and N ew
Mexico, who have already pronounced a.
gainst the institution Of slavery, the rights
claimed by freemen Of controlling their own
affairs, and of forever interdlct ing the ex.
istence Of human bondage within their bor-
ders, that Mr.. Calhoun, Mr.. Yancey and
their followers abandon Gen. Cass and go
for Gen. Taylor; and is it not reasonable
to suppose that those among us, who have
assumed the specious garb Of ''free soil''
and are rejoicing over this detection Of the
South Carolina democracy are actuated by
the same motives?
But while these champions of freedom
are congratulating themselves over this de:
fecton of the South Carolina democrats,
they are extremely cautious to keep from
the public eye the reasons assigned for their
course. The following extr act from the
report ofthe committee appointed by the
convention, will show most clearly that the
people of South Carolina do not repudiate
Gen. Cuss because they are in favor "free
soil," nor yet because he is regarded as in
any way welded to the South Or pledged tc
5 support or favor their interest, or m aintair
their peculiar institution
: "We object to Gen. Cass, because he
!. has, on more than one occasion, provoked
the opposition and condemnation of oul
own distinguished statesman, John C. Cal
l houn. We object to Gen. Cass, because his
votes will show, that, in relation to the
e powers Of the General Government to aid
in the vast schemes of Inte rnal Improve.
ments, against which this State has for
, years increasingly battled, he will be found
earnest in the support Of those measures
which operate to drain the south to enric h
the north und west. We object to Gen.
Cass. because we are satisfied that with the
opinions he has expressed in relation to the
right Of the citizen of the slaveholding
States to emigrate with his property in
, slaves to our new ly acquired territory, he
has only seemed TO promise to the people
Of the South the sanction oil his name as to
the unconstitutionality of the Wilmot Pro-
viso; that his letter to Mr.. Nicholson con-
tains no guarantee that our rights will be
preserved; that, so far from this, if he has
opposed the Abolition party by any decla-
) ration against the Wilmot Proviso, he has,
at the same time, explained to them how
the same end that they desire to accom-
plish, through the Wilmot Proviso, can be
better obtained through the instrumentality
of the local Legislatures of the Terrific
ries."
Such are the reasons assigned by the
'barnbnrners' of the south for their disat1ec-
tion; such the ground of their opposition 10
Genera! Cass. They desire the success of
a man welded to slavery, one who will give
active guarantees that the rights Of the
south to establish slavery in The newly ac-
quired territories shall be protected; and
we see abolition, slavery hating, free-soil
wbiggery rejoicing at every sign that may
seem to give promise that that desire may
be gratifed.
Getting Skeered.
Gen. LESLIE COMBS, Of KY, the man
who in 1914 declared that if Clay was not