Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-08-26

CASs AND F1GBMORE IA GyrrRasr'
The Legislature o eMiobigan elected Cen.
CAss to the United States Senate. The same
body nominated him for the Presidency. In
This very Legislature a series Of ahti-stayery
resolutions was presented, which, Ills said.
was sub mitted to Gen. CAss for his inspect.
ton, and contains c DIRECTIONS and interIinea.
tons made by him. This fact, we have never
seen denied-or if denied, never disptoyed.
These anii-slavery resolutions were subes+
lquently passed-Yeas, Fifty TWO; Nays.
THREE. Among them was the following.
"kssotued, That whenever the Government
ofthe United States shall acquire any territory
by conquest, c~ession, or purchase, in v hieh
Slavery shall not By laW exist at the time Of
such conquest, cession or purchase, IL would
be repngnant 10 The mora1 sense Of his nation
and q ~UioLdti0n Of The ~ciearest dptv of Congress
10 permit The institution OF SLAVERY, IN ANY
FORM, TO be introduced herein.'
Mr.: CAss afterwards presented these reSo.
%lntions' 10 The Senate, as being the embodiment
Of the views of the Legislature uhich n6yaipa-
ted him FIR the Presidency When he presented
them ne did not avow, acknowledge, or allow
that he dissented from them in ihe lest. They
were passed by the very men, that nominated
him for President, and they nominated him
because he agreed with them in these views.
They knew he so agreed with Them because
they held his n'erlinea'ions to the resolutions
which they passed, and t e whole course and
Tenor OF bis previous life just fed their entire
confidence in bis strong repugnance to s'a-
very and invinclble determination to oppose
its extentio1.
Now, it see MS that a Convention Of Wings
in the State Of New York, which nominated
MibbAHD FILLMORE to the office Of Comptro.
Her Of the State, likewise passed certain reeo
Intions, hostile TO The extension of Slavery
md favorable to the WiImot Proyiso. Ft,en
n 'ked facfs the Locofoco press dtaes The
inference that NJ. Film ,RE mu Il necessarily
all the views Of the Convention. W.
need not attempt to show how complete a non /
is this conclusion, because BY admit
Ting that the argument has the logical force
given 10 it by oGr oppon 'pts, we break their
heads with their own stafT Tiff d Wing Cor
'ention which nominates Mr.. FILLmpEg to, 4
local office, by the very act Of such uemina.
jon, makes him fully and lrretrieVably pespou-
bic FOR every geptiment hbfeh that body
proper to put fgrth on the occasion,
With how much more complete and thorough
re~eponsiB1iHy b Cor. CAss invested, wien
he becomes the candidate for the Presidency
the nominations Of the Legislature Of bis
'wp State. which has adopted tho strongest
snti- slavery resolutions, and which reso1nto ns
previsduly sdbtnitted 10 him and Received
heir perfect form and tenor from (te correc-
ions and ipterli neatiops of his own PEN rs
1t strikes us very ~forcibly, that the IOcofo-
'os, who maintain that Mr.. FILLMORE il an
Abolitionist, because a Wing Convention
which nominated hin. adopted anti-slavery
'es1Iulions, must by the iron strength If their
logic, acknowledge that Gen. CAss is
more deeply compromised; sincetb The Legs,
allure OF Michigan which recomme nded his
claims to the Presidency, and which elected
10 the United States Senate, passed reso-
utions equally plain and foreible against the
extension Of slavery, and conferred upon him
honor Of f4thering their sentiments and Of
tssuming all the responsibility for the opinions
hey embody, by submitting the rough draft
them for his supervision and scrutiny.
We recommend this comparison to the
Of the Locofoco party. They will
that The more they examine it, the
ess satisfied they will become with the posi-.
ion Of their cand date,-Bes.