Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-06
THE CONTRAST.
TAYLOR PREFERABLE TO cAss.

! The Vermont Waterman and State Journal con
tans able article upon the duty of wings, from
which we clip the following extract, and recon-
mend it to the attention Of our readers.
Both in their general views them and on the most
important and urgent questions of the day, Cass
and Taylor antagonists Gen. CaSs arms him
self with veto, to thwart the viii of the people, to
override the decisions of Congress, and set up as
| supreme law the will of corrupt party leaders
whose supple tool he has consented to be. What
would it avail, then, the people of this nation
to rise in their might, and elect Congress bound
TO adopt anew the glorious ordinance of 'S7, if
Lewis Cass should sit IN the Executive chair
northern man, and two years ago an avoWed pro :
viso man, but now traitor to i-eedom and him
seF-stripped of the power to assent to the Wilmot
Proviso, and bound to veto it by affirming that it
is unconstitutional But could we have Congress
sound this question if Lewis Cass to be cleo
ted 1t is doubtful whether Free Soil majority
In the House could be carried IN that event; the
same causes that would elect Cass, avowed sla-
vocratic dough-face as he IS would be likely to
carry the House also. At least it would carry the
plce PreS!deat-a slevocrat by birth and education
but by far the nobler man OF the two How then
would we stand? BY the annexation of Texas, the
sayocracy has balanced the p0cer ia the Senate there
are now thirty Senator's from the free States, and
thirty f o the save--and the Baltimore caucus
has dec eed the casting Uote to the sGUocGcy We say
thereto c, that with the election of CAss and BUT
LIN ell is lost--clearly, unquestionably, now and
forever. Though the House might be carried, the
Senate would probably be against us; and were
both branches sound, the Executive stands bound
to crush the last hope of freedom by the tyrancal
Veto.
On the other hand, Gen. Taylor is pledged a.
gdiast The Veto He is to stand on neutral ground
President ofthe United States, bound only to
spect the will ofthe people. He leaves the people
of al parties perfectly free to make up the issue on
this uonaentous slavery question: and to decide it
for themselves Let us look at this matter fairly
and treat IT practical thing The free North
has large balance of power III the House we are
in majority there; let us take Gen. Taylor at his
word-let the signal be passed from Maine to Iowa,
from the Northern lakes to the lowest limits OF free
soil, that no man of any par i favorable to the es
tablshment by federal power, or the existence by
fede. consent of slavery in rritory nowiree shall
be elected to the next Congress. As the South may
be unit on this question so let us be. To achieve
this result let cheerully sacrifice largely OF par
~ spirit five the Wings elect our own men
sound on that question, let us do so. Let other
parties do the same. If we cannot let US ask the
aid of our fellow citizens of other parties, where
ever we are the plurality and have right TO ask;
and wherever either of the opposing parties are IN
the plurality, and present reliable man on this
point, let cheerfully accord our hearty good will
and affective aid.
w may IN ms nlOue--certalfly we cannot III
other-secure clear majority Of free soil men
in the House, without southern aid. How then
would il be in the Senate Again we say, that
body is equity divided-but be it remembered that
the Wing National Convention has committed the
casting vote OF the Senate to MILLARD FILLMORE,
a true son OF the North, worthy to be trusted II
any emergency. The Southern wings have accor-
ded us fair field for this contest. They gave US
the opportunity to elect own men to Congress,
TO represent the North on this questions they gave
us the casting vote in the Senate, to which we are
clearly entitled by The preponderence Of population
in the free States; and beyond this, they offer US
President bound to stand neutral ground, and IN
tertere with neither party through the Veto.
As between ZACHARY TAYLOR and LEWIS CAss
can we therefore hesitate Is there whole-soul-
ed Northern man of any party, who can soberly,
seriously, candidy look at the position of the two
on these important questions, and doubt for mo-
ment which Is the to choose? We do not
doubt Our first and clearest duty is to do what we
can to defeat the Veto power In the person of
Lewis Cass; for it is utterly in vain to labor for
wing maiorities, or Wlmot PrOviso naiorities in
either branch of Congress, if the Executive is to
defeat them at last.