The State guard., 1848-07-18


 r proclaim to your countrymen ;" and ir ! your lngersoll letter you sny sit is a happy feature in our Government that official functionaries und,r it, from tho lowest tc the highest station, are not beyond the reach and partial supervision of the hum. blest citizen, and that it is right inherent in every freeman to possess himself o the political principles and opinions o those into whose hands the administration of the Government may be placed. ."- Now, here you declare that you have ''no concealment," and fully acknowledge our right, and the right, of the humblest citi- zen" to snow your ''political principles and opinions" Mir. Cass, your opponent, has subscribed to this doctrine of yours, and avowea his advocacy of the princi, pies of the Democratic party. And is ii not the duty of every patrot-thc duly of every ono who feels an interest in his country, to know the principles, the policy, the doctrines and opinions which govern Inc agent of the people in so responsible and sacred trust as the office of Presi- dent of the United States Then, why should you refuse to avow your ''princi- pies and thus deprive us of judging for ourselves what kind of Whig you arc-- whether a Whig Whig, a Democrat Whig. or John Tyler Whig? We have seen men avow themselves "cvery inch Whig," and at the same time be every inch Democrat--a whole Demo- crat, "and quarter over" We arc aware that you have said that you wero in favor of iho election of MT. Clay at the last election ;--but then you gave your reasons why you were in his favor. You believed (whout knowing any thing about politics) that "Mr. Clay 3 principles were more nearly similar to those of Thomas Jefferson than those of the Democrat; party !,'-Now, cander compels Us to tell you, that Thomas Jeff fcrson was Democrat, and many of our party hate him and his principles as they do the d-l. So you must give some bet ter evidence than this to convince many of our party--;hat portion who foolishly stand up for principle that you arc a Whig of the right stripe. The naked de- claration that you are ''a Whig" proves nothing. Names arc nothing Are you in favor of the principles advocated by the Whig party of the present day--the prip- ciples of the Whig party who have sclec- ted you as the exponent of their principles and party doctrines, notwithstanding you have so repeatedly and emphatically de. clarcd that you would not be their expo mt h short, arc you in favor of q Nationaii ,nan.n, protective Tariff, Distri- button, Internal Improvements by the General Govcrnment--and orr,1GssHd 10 all of the Democratic principles and n.,saS' urcs? We know that all thesa questions are obsolete just noT, but, as in ls40, they will not be aier the election, if wo should succeed in clecting you. Do you believe the war, in which you have taken so distinguished part, twas unnecessari- ly and internationally begun" and that you have been all this time fighting in an 'unrighteous, unloly and damnablc" cause Arc you opposed to all indemnity and in favor of the right of Congress to interfere with the slave question Answer these let us have no cencealment tell us not that you are in favor of the policy of the early Presidents, &c. New questions have arisen. Give us your opinions on the prominent and leading questions which now divide the two great parties of the country and then we, shall be better able to tell what sort of a Whig you arc whether you arc Whig or not after our own hcats--thcn all parties may vote, as they should do, undsrstaadingly, and not Ego it blind" when vital principles and measures and interests are at stake. Ex. cuse us il we required of you any embar- rassing duty. Our apology Is to be found in the fact that some of our friends are yet soft enough to talk about and contend for principles--to think that honesty is the best policy" and to have sort of burnt child dread of being again Tylerizcd.
 Yours, until the 7th of November next.
 JOHN M. BETTS,
 JOHN JINNEY, Comm.
 DUDLEY SELDOM,
 P. S.-We have nominated Willard Fillmore on tho same ticket with you-- believing, ofe course, that your principles and his arc the same--for you know it would look strange to nominate men of different principles on the same ticket. If you have not time to answer all of our in- terrogatories, please say that your princi- pies and Willard Fillmorc's arc the same --and that will be enough.
 BATON RoUcE, June lsis.
 To John II. Bets. &c:
 Gentlemen--You favor is before mo, informing me of my nomination by the Whig Convention at Philadelphia for the White House that same White House which have so often spoken of in the few letters have written during the last twelve months. Believing that your Convention was the spontaneous and unanimous voice of the people'-that it was the voice of the nation at large" irrespective of party l have no hesitan. cy or difficulty in accepting the nomina. ton, satisfied as am that the nomination was mafle .entirelv indenendent of pa rfv