Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-08-19
ITEMS FROM THE UNION.

ne W asnnIt0D UGlon IS Inc organ OF me
Hunker Locofoco. Ii is the central advocate
Of The election Of Gen. Cass 10 The Presidency.
kind Of democracy that believes one man to be
the safest depository Of the popular will. 1t
strikes al The root Of representative govern
ment and would make Congress record the
edicis of the President. II thus discourses of
Cass and fay Iol first of Cass.
At all events, we are happy TO understand By
private letters that Gen. Cass firmly stands
The ground which he has taken. Being ap-
pied TO formally by man or two of the Will
not stamp he declared unhesilatlngy thai he
adhered 10 his Nicholson letter and 10 The Bal
ilmore platform aud that if elected President,
be would veto The Wilmot Provso. Dare
General Taylor make snch declaration
This commits Gen. Cass against free terri
tory. Cass. according to this, must believe
that the ordinance Of 1877 was uuconsiiiu ton
al. That ordinance was passed by the last Con-
eress under The confederation, anI, subse-
quenily, confirmed by the first Congress un-
der the Constitution. That ordinance pro.
hlblsed the planting of slavery in the North
Western Territory. The republicans of that
day were poor judges of the rights and pow
ers Of Congress, or else Cass is-oue or the
other has made a mistake. Which is most
likely to have done il, most men will be ready
to decide. There can be little doubt that the
first Congress-composed as it was Of May
Of The members of the convention that formed
The consiiulon-knew what they were about.
Most people would prefer TO trust the decis-
lons Of those men
Now what The Union says Of General Tay.
lor:
"Gen. Taylor is pledged to WELD his as
sent TO The doctrines Of The Wilmot Proviso,
and is pledged not resort 10 the Pres identiaI
veto against ii. if the people shall constitute a
Congress that shall enact those doctrines into
law"
AID again:
" He consents to sacrifice his own power to
that o! CoagIess--,o sink into king Loo, TO
register their edicts. and to expose the whole
South 10 the Wllmot Pfovisos Of the rabid
AboIIlonlsis. Such is the first tax which he
pays for the nomination, aud The first claim he.
puts IN for The snifrages of the South"
Ifthis is SO, Gen. Taylor is safer man, by
far, upon the question of free soil than Gem
Cass is. in any light in which lie may be
placed. What the Union says Of Gen. Tay-
Tor, upon his subject. must be taken as frs,
rate authority by all friends Of Gen. Cass.
But the UnioG-true 10 lis monarchia in
s'incts-fnds fault with Gen. Taylor because
he consents 10 s2crafce his own power to
that Of Congress" 8 10 register their edicts''
&c. Now it is plain that the Union would
prefer to have Congress register the edicts"
Of the President. Il would make The people
through their representatives in wiling
obedience to tbs monarchal veto power. Il
would have Congress assemble for he mock.
cry Of 2 representative government. To enac;
the farce Of getting together for the purpose Of
doing precisely as the President wishes to
have them do And this paper is the grea,
Genital organ of :" Democracy y Is this no!
Tie veres, and most contemplate Hypocrisy
on this lille footslool!
II il is true that Gen.. Cass has, privately,
declared that he will veto The WiImot Proviso,
he will make but a very poor ron among free
men. He can only be voted for by yran's and
sIaves-lhose who wish to rule and those who
are willing TO kiss the FOOT that has been pIac-
ed upon their nechs.
Gen. Taylor could not get the vote Of free
state with such pledge. And we are happy
to have the authority of the Union, that he will
leave this matter to Congress.
The FRAUD OF Pork II THE TEXAS AFFAIR.
On cor first page the reader will find an ex-
pose Ct the means by which The Texas resou-
tons got through the Senate of the United
States. |. seems that Tappan, Benton, Dix,
Haywood and others voted for the resolution
after they had been coupled with Mr.. Benton's
alternative, in the Senate, with the express
understanding that Mr.. Polk would accept Of
the alternative Of Mr. Benton in arranging the
annexation question with Mexico. The reso-
Iuioos got by this means, through the Senate
on The third day Of March, and that night John
Tyler sent special messenger off to Texas
authorized to act upon the resolutions of Mr..
Brown, instead of the alternative of Mr.. Ben.
ton by which peaceabIe negotiation was to
have been ope6ed with Mexico. Polk was
required, in good faith to these Senators. to
recall the special messenger, sent by TYLER,