The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-08-12
H'he Two Lives.

about the puBIidationeof two pamphlets containing
sketchss Of the life and public ssryicssof General
Csss, which arc said 70 differ slightly. In cons
menting upon this assertion, the Baltimore Sum-
professed neutral paper, though DO doubt favora-
bic to the election Of Gen. Taylor, II we may judge
fram It's contents, says:
IMPORTANT Discussion. Our readers
no doubt observed the other day. that a
"debate" had taken place in the Senate
upon fact discovered lhrooghthe x'e I
lance OF one ofhs members, that two
pamphlet editions Of the life Of General
Cass had been published, in one oi
which an opinion expressedby General
Cass upon the Wimot Proviso," was
Included, while in the other it was not
10 be found. The inference drawn from
this fact was, tha: one edition was de-
|signed for circulation in the North and
the other in The South. nj legeGssl
Suppose all this to be true, what bu;
siness had the Senate OF the United
States with the matter. Is that body
supposed to be vested with censorship
Of pamphelteers, who chose for their
subjects the public. men Of the country
Such, in our humble opinion. is not the
Foffice 10 which they are chosen, and
Ithey degrade their position, in the esiii
nation of,eyery right thinking man, by
occupying themselves with matters OF
this kind. The public press can, with
Infinitely more propriety, dispose ol
these subjects before The people, and
whenever, any false or fraudulent issue
lis made in relation 10 political aspiranls,
we are quite sure the party organs vii
be sufficiently lynx,eyed for its discov1
cry and prompt enough for its promul-
CATION. As we have alluded to this par
ticular fact, it is perhaps but just 70 re-.
mark, that the scandal implied in the al
legation was entirely and satisfactory
repelled by the friends Of General Cass.
That such thing bad been done
coald not BE- denied, but the proceeding
was not sanctioned by the coDDittee
Of publication Of the democratic party,
nor had it been done with their knowI
edge. Thus, for all that appeared 10
the contrary, one of these editions
might have been issued by an enemy OF
General Cass, as n means Of making oul
case. This is, however, not likely
and the probability is that it was the
work Of some person or persons OF the
democratic party who undertook to get
up o life of the Genera! on their own re,
sponsibAi,y. y, iaa HJ biQ q
5 But we don't see what there IS TO
make noise about under any circum,
stances. We have three or four ''lives
of General Cass,'' scattered about the
office, and seven or eight, we believe
Of General Taylor; and we have little
doubt but they alIdi6er in the selection
Of the items psrtaining 10 the life and
career, and letters and speeches OF each
individual, as well as the particular ar
rangement of sthe contents. For IN.
stance, one of lbe s.Lives Of General
Taylor," contains his IngersolI letter,
while others do not. This is an impor.
tant, but is it n fraudulent omissionia--
We are certain that it is.not. We baye
seen Taylor paper which -professed
TO give this Ingersell letter, bSt Ibe
stylei and language had been altered
from the original publication. Was
this fraudulent? No. Because the .pur
pose was evidently, by omil.ing one
| negative where two had been inadver
1tently used in sentence, to convey ar
affirmative idea according 10 the mani
fest design of the wr,ter. But these
things we generally leave TO- the pollt'
Ical papers. II was the somewhat er
ratio movement Of the Senate thai at
fected US in our orbit, as the perturba
liions ofone great body are known Ire
quently to affect another. .Jl8g haa
alleged fraud:- 10 sl fslta8 aGl .iBll
No paper in the country has been more active il
charging the slledged fraud than the Ohio Stat
Journal. In the article from the Sun. il will b
seen that n the different 'lives Of General Taylor,
different matter has been used-a material letter
the whig candidate expunged, and in whig Pape
it has been altered from the original.
The columns Of the Journal, however, presen
much stronger case upon whichto base charg'
of fraud, than any yet given In two differen
cases, that paper has published letters Of Genera
Tay.or's which have been basely garbled. for th'
purpose Of concesling his opinions, and this can
not be considered as an accidental error, for IL
leach case, the portion most necessary to correc
understanding Of General Taylor's sentiments, az,
omitted. We have given the proof Of this FAC
before, and we again presentitto our readers
The Journal Of Friday. July 7th, contained wha
1t said, was General Tsylor's letter 70 Captain AL
lison. which contained this sentence: .ssos
GOD. The Veto POuer. The DO we