The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-01
GEN. CASS AT HOME.

At large meeting Of the fiends of Gen. Tsy-
Tor in Detroit (including many prominent Demo-
erats) William Woodbridge. Ex-Governor Of Nj
chigsn, and late U. 3. Senator. was called to pre-
side, and ,hereupon addressed the meeting in an
able and patriotic speech. from which We make
the following extract:
Passing BY The social relations If Gen.
Csss. and fhe character he susiains in
France. let us glance at some Of The lead.
ing traits which have distinguished him as
. politician; as such he has long been be-
fore The public; his character as politician
and n public man is open TO our inspec-
ton, and his past history. too. furnishes
the only index We can have, in the event
of his election, Of what his future course
may be. Let US lonk, then, al some parts
of the picture il presents; 10 examine il
infinitely | cannot take the time TO do.
What. then, for example, have been his
views relative iothe encourage ment OF Do
meslc Manufaciures--and The Home In
dustry Of the couniryl Now | have
known him an over zsai0ns advocate fur
The Protection of Home Manufactures and
American Industry. Not even Mr.. JET.
ierson. VIII" desired that the Atlantic had
been =" a sea Of fire" that We might he thus
uiie'lyeul ofi'lrom The workshops and The
pauper laboI oG Europe" was a more ul-
ira PrntectionisL But Democracy ais
progressive" and have since known him
participating in all the anti-lariff" no.
TONS oil the South! His q" Free Trade
speeches previous to the election Of 1874,
are not forgotten, and his vote with the
aid Of the Teras Senator'S. repealed the
Tariff of 1912
| have known him in favor Of Ma
iional Roads and Lake iIarbors. He
earnestly and ably sustained that pulley
in the Senate. But his recent demonstra.
lion, aud especially his full and unquallf
ed approval Of the-whole Of he policy OF
The Polk Administrator. and Of the De-
nocratic Platform" imply his entire
abandonment Of the Lake Hsrbor policy.
And his explicit adoption OF the ayowed
principles Of the Baltimore Conven-
lion,' as the acknowledged ARTICLES of his
present. political faith, seems to leave him
no retreat.
Again, there is no proposition perhaps,
in respect to which tie People Of Michi.
gan are in opinion more united. than in
this: tina! tire Extension of Slavery and
the increase Of Slave Power is adverse TO
the prosperity Of The Union: aud in an
especial manner. adverse 10 the rights and
iniurious To the interests Of the non-slaye.
holding States.
While, a. body, they would he true
10 all the stipulatIons Of the Constitution
and faithful 10 the I" compromise involv-
ed in il. they are, and texcept when the
eflervcscenre Of party fervor may for
some shor, space oftime have overcloutled
their understandings always have been
decidedly opposed 10 the application Of
those peculiar stipnlations To newly ac-
CURED States or Countries not originally
parties to those compromises.
Nav we suppose II to he matter of NJ
toristy. here. that in The beginning. Gen.
Cass was opposed to the Annexation oil
rexas-and in like manner opposed to all
farther extension of our National limits
in the Southwest.
i,ut shortly afterwards he appears the
decided advocate ofthat fatal measure: and
Of stripping that miserable Republic Of still
more Of her territory!
Anticipating the probable acquisition Of