Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-11-01
Gen. Taylor's Southern Face.

Southern wing Of the same party are en-.
gagged in quite d tferent work. To US
it is a mai ter Of the greatest surprise that
there should be any controversy upon this
point between the two sections Of that par,
tv. The bare fact That he is one of the most
extensive slave owners in the South, md
is constantly investing more capital IN thai
species Of property, should stare these
base political demngo gues and tr'cksters
who are perambulating the northern states
attempting to deceive the people in The face
and cause their cheeks to burn with shame.
Blu, these evidences apparently are not sui:
fclent for some men, who, 10 gain mere
triumph Of party, would sacraice country.
principle, everything. We therefore ex-
tract few from the mass Of evidences
which come up TO us from the 'sunry
South to stare these venal political trick
sters in the face and Ia fix upon their pre-.
tensions the indelihle impress oftalseh"od.
The New Orleans Rough and Read!
Club, in their actress sny:
"As 'cg.rds the TVilmot Proaiso, We
need not remind you. thn, hefng hi'nsell,
Shareholder q matire cf Virginia, a citizen
of Louisiana a0ih e,eryteeling and in
terest identified ,ciM as, We have nothing
10 fear"
Mr.. Benjamin, Ia, lor ~hig elector o.
Louisiana, declared from the stump nj,
Bat' n Rouge, Gen. Taylor's own rcsid, II. e:
Il can assure my .tsllcw citizens here
that Gen. Taylor ariA pyomt Hy rsto any
thing like tie TValmot Pforiso The in
iefests cf the South a. sye imhis hands. :"
lie accepted the nomination o. the oulh
Carolina Taylor & Butler men, aid at the
same time had their resolutions Lefole lin.
which declare-
I'VE KNOW that in this great. rar
anount md lsading question Of the
RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH, he is OF
as he as WITH Us, and he IS FCR
u.s.
Tho Ma hv 'e fanner. (whig) says:
"a Louisiana rl"mer in FAVOR "f: the
(Nimo:) Pr"'S'! The l\TULERA.
BILE AbSUEDlIY Y OF such prol,s,,ion
scarcely permits US To Treat II with sny Sc
robustness "
The Kentucky Flag says, that, "l:vtn
his warmest friends and supporters declare
that he WILL. VETO TIE Will 20,
PROV[sO, provided II shall pass both
Houses, and This is here used as an a,gu
nleni in his io,or.'
The Louisiana Ledger, printed but q
few miles from Gen, Taylor's residence,
contains the following:
''cs.l. 5nilie Pc. ton, i'll his speech at
the Cou,t House ol. ihnr,1 ~. ST ,led, that
Gen. Tnyl"r had recently inrested one
hundred thousand dolta. $ IN negroes, and
therefore could not 6s in taror q the WI
MT Pro,aso.
The lion. John M'Pherson Eerr;en, one
OF the U. S, Senators from tie State OF
Georgia, in letter written to certain Gill.
zeus OF l!a. State, in reply to an invitation
,' be present ut n 7. lor meeting employs
the following Iausuago:
Il consider itas the mos, important Pres
idenlinl election, es,,eclaI!y l." SOUTHERN
MEN, winch has occurred since the iu,ll.-
dati"n nj our Cover H,ncni.
we haze great and important inter
eSts at stake ace jul to sustain them
noao. ace my beton ed to dscids achether
aUe caH remain in the Uni. ~ AT THE MER.
CY OF BAND or FANATICS OR PoLITlcA l.
JUGGLERs-o OR RELUCTANTLY RtTIaE FROM
IT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR DnMEs-
TIC INSTITUTIONS. lF WE ARE UNITED.
WE cIN SUSTAIN TnEM-IF WE DIVIDE ON
OLD PARTY ISSUES, WE MUST EE VICTIMS
'WlTH A HEART DEVOTED TO THEIR IN
rERtsTs On THIS GREAT CUES
ION, WITHOUT RESPECT TO PARTY, | i'm
olore my leIlow-cit,zens Of t;enrgln; chig
and Democratic, to forget for the time
their party dirisaous-'i o KNUN EACH
OTHER AS SOUTHERN MEN 70
ACT UPON THE TRUIsM u1TERFD BY Mr..
CALHOUN. that upon this VITAL CUES.
flON-fhe preservation Of OUR donaes-
TIC inStStufa0nS, the SCmhern man who is
farthest from as. is nearer 10 as than any
uoyfhsyn man can te-lhat Gen. Tavlor
is Identified with ~ =: =: .--iitty urr interest
WIS born in "a savehnlding Stare-edu-
Gated in a saveh"Iding tale-is hipselt'a n
>lavehoder that his slave properly con-
>illutes the means n support tn hi,A>elfa and
family - that he cannol desert Us. without
<acrnticing his Interest, his principles, the
habits md feelings OF his HE and that
with him, ihere,"re. our institutions are
safe. bessech them, tic o.e, ir.',n the
1--we which they bear la our nube State. 10
rally nnd' the b,nner ni Zlcharv I'al lnr,
and with one united vnce to send HIM IL
the Executive chair -
Dr.. PannIl. one Of the Taylor electors
of Virein". is slunping in that Stale; nnd
from The stump reading extracts from n
prarate letter !,'m Gen. Taylor denounc-
ing the Wi,nol Pr"viso. and writing In II e
editor Of tie Richmond Enquirer that he
has such n letter, and urging him +" the
support of ''OId Zack' upon that ground.
These nre but ,ilhe "f the numerous
proofs of n like character. hut they are
sufficient to show up the ',ScuI.ern Face"
of The ''s:aughter- -houSe'' candld .te. aHd