The North-Carolina standard., 1848-09-06
GEN. TAYLOR ON SLAVERY.

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Gen TAYLOR in his Allison letter, says: "The power
given by the Constitution to the Executive to nerpcse
his Veto a high conservative power; but In my oph-
ion should never exercised except in cases OF clear
violation of the Constitution or manifest hGsfe ana want
of consideration by Congress.
Mr. Badger in his Speech in the Senate against MI
Cayton's Compromise, declares the WImot Provlso 70
be Constitutional; and, speaking OF case IN wieh
Congress exercised jurisdiction the question OF
ry he saws Nor this instance OF hGsfy and IN
considerGte action" So, according to Mr. Badger ten
Taylor would not, if elected President veto the Wlmot
Proviso .-. .. ..-..,, -..,.
Gen Taylor also SAYS in his Allison letter. that "the
personal opinions the individual who may happen :" oc
cupy the Executive chair ought not to control the aeuon
of Congress upon questions Of domestic POhey nor ought
his objections be nterPosed where questions OF consul
tutiona power have been settled by the various depart
ments of Government and acquesced in by the people.
Mr. Badger IN his Speech delivered IN this City, on
the Gath day of August, lS4s, said: he deemeu inc
true pivot on which the ensuing election ought TO ana
must turn be the question of the unlimited exercise
of the Veto power If you would have the Legislative
departments of the Country mere chambers Tor regster
ing the edics of corrupt Executive vote Tor the adVo
cate of such theory, Lewis Cass. But if You would
the will of the People expressed and through
their proper Representatives, you would preserve
your republican form of Government IN reality as well
as name for that IUho tcfH sacrifice hlS o'o
private parfiaties of opinion to the open declarations
of the popular tciH!" ..r... -
Cen Taylors "privates partiaities of opinion are
supposed by Southern Wings to be in favor of the slave
that he "tciU sacrifice" those private partiGhtes
to the sciH Of bare majority Of Congress That ls
the Representatives of the non-savehodng States should
pass law excluding the people of North Carolina and
of the South, from New Mexico and California, Gen.
Taylor will approve that law and as President OF the
United States, that it is enforced. r--
Gen. Taylor says he will make pledges and yet in his
Signal letter he stands pledged to this effect The extern
the Continent beyond the Rio Grande, of the Or
dinance of l7s7 1.-THE Wilmot Proviso] is object too
high and permanent to be baed by Presidential vetoes
In the great debate in the Senate of the United States
in July last, the Oregon bil Senator Corwin said
Could be made to believe that General Taylor would
any bill embracing the principles of the Wimot
Proviso certainly ,coud not rote for him and will
take it on myself say that not of the free S1fes
could be brought to support him. But as between Gen.
Taylor and Mr. Cass there could he hesitation as to
choice" See Congressional Globe, lst session. 3Oth
Congress, page 994. .... ...--# =
Fillmore, held in the City of New York, ON the night
of the 22d August ls4s, Speeches delivered BY
Mr. Brooks, of the New York Express, and Mr.. Ray
mond, of the New York Courier and Enqurer and the
following Resolutions were adopted: -...s
"Resolved, That in General Taylors carly and
frank declaration that he whig we have an aVowai
and pledge that he will out the principles and
measures which the whig party is based, and Tor
whose asccndancy it has always battled. .--
Resolved, That in the promise he has given to the
country leave the business of legislation to the peo-
Piles direct representatives where it properly belongs, we
have that the odious anti one man
power will longer tampc beneath its feet the popu
lar will as expressed by Congress- and that the rivers and
harbors of the great West will feel the fostering AID oil
the government in improvements which they require
Resolved, That in this promise we have secu-
rty that his and protection of human liberty will
not be bounded by parallel of latitude and that ne
will sanction and approve any aet Of Congress upo"
tie momentous subject Of free SOIL 0hether TIE territory
to be affected be North South of SO deg 80 minutes
Resolved, That our cordial thanks are due to the
Members of Congress who resisted the attempts Of the
Southern conederacy extend the dominion Of slavery
ncwy acquired possessions, and fasten its bht-
ing curse upon the shores Of the free and far Pacific
Resolved, That the great Fundamental principle OF
hostility to the extension of human slavery the position
of the tohigs of Ne,o York early taken and has
been, lchilgiy maintained, and e point ,cith con-
dencc to the unanimous rotcs Of QUO tchig members OF
Congress eUery question iarOtcing tis principle US
an earnest of convictions and 'na''ess we ap
peal to our hg brethren to stand by those who have
never compromised tracked, never betrayed the
free spirit of rather than the noisy new converts
soil and free labor who ceased to rucke to
the South until she had spurned them with contempt
from her councils and refused longer to repay subserv
encv by offices and honors."
The above facts are from the record and any Wing
should have doubts about their correctness, we hold our
selves ready all times to point them out to him. one
by one, and prove that they are so. a. -- ..-'