The State guard., 1848-08-29
 Col. WinstOn's Address.
TO THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA.

FELLOW CITIZENS In labored ari- cle of 7S pages Mr. w. L. Yancey at- tempts to justify his course in tho Balii- more Convention and the assaults he has since made upon his associates in the Con- vention as well as the members of the State Convention pcarly all of whom sup port the nomination there made. Were we to take this defence by measurement and not by weight, he would no doubt have made out his case.
 Although this pronunciamen 10 is not likely to effect the politics of Alabama nor the standing of his colleagues in the Con- vention, as he has devoted considerable portion of his little book to me it might be considered uncourteous not to notice it.
 As the public would feel no interest in personal quarrel between MT. Yancc,v and myself I shall moi notice farther his base nsinuations in regard to the truth of my statements, hoping that my character may survive the loss of his good opinion and his attacks.
 It is true that portion of his "co-dele- gates joined in the "huc and cry to hunt him down." It will be recollected that Mir. Yancey made an assault on the course of his colleagues even before he had time to reach his own constituents who alone as thought had jurisdiction over the mat ter, in an egotistic and fllsom eulogy on one of the delegates who acted with hm- self he denounced us as rccreants and fore told our condemnation at home--ac.ing on the principle that by becoming the first accuser he might draw public scrutiny from his own course.
 The three delegates who have written any thing on the subject, have only eacr- cised the privilege guaranteed to any one accused no matter of what offence, of speaking in their own defence. For my self should have hecn fully content to have left our conduct in the Convention to the judgement of the people of Alabama.- Such course however did not suit Mir. Yancey who vastly overrated his own con sequence and influence in Mis State he assumed the right to arraign and condemn ;;s ia the most gross and abusive manner, and we are in silence, to think ourselves fortunate in escaping as well as we did For one will inform Mir. Yancey that l was not sborn and raised" amongst peo- pie so submissive. The rest of the dele gates may have thought that Mir. Yanccy 1 had so fully succeeded in hunting himself down that he had left nothing for them to do aiid as he was quite harmless to let him pass unnoticed. h6#s
 [ To draw public attention lromthe main points in this controversy MT. Yancey has gone into conscise history of the Will. mot proviso, and proves by the hear say testimony ot two abolitionist that Gen Cass was once in favor of the proviso. - No doubt Mr. Yancey can obtain any amount of abolition testimony that Gen
 Cass is totally unworthy of the high posi- ton to which the Democratic party pro
 pose to elevate him. We have abundant testimony from aholitionist that his opo
 nent Gen. Taylor is yet in favor of th'
 proviso, and it scenes one of these i've I men is to be the next President.
 To gratify Mr. Yanccy lot us admit tha
 Gen. Cass once thought Congress hat
 power over the subject in the tcrritories.- Can man not honestly change his opini | ion He should recollcct that all men ar
 not gifted like himself with mind enough | grasp and comprehend great constitutions [ questions intuitively on first presentation As the one hundred and eighty.eigt : delegates composing much of the taler f of the democ racy of the State are eq,iall d responsible with myself for the passage n the resolutions said to be violated, wi 2 not go over that matter now fully untle n stood by the public, am fortunate howe 4 CT ill having those talented "young dem