Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-09-15
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We call attention TO The article under this hogd
on the outside Of this sheet What a spectacle Of
moral dcpray;ty it unlolds. And yet there men
who conceive themselves obligated in virtue of the
doings Of the men assembled at Baltimore, to make
all this detection from principle their own, by en-
dorsng it at the ballot box What singular opinions
of democracy they must possess. The Baltimore
Convention could have perpetrated no outrage,
which such men would not have felt themselves
bound to sustain A Benedict Arnold, Catalina,
Nero, might have been placed in noruation a.
our Chief Magistrate, and these men could not have
dssentcd because it was done At Baltimore Arc
we "stoeks and stones, and worse than sense!cs
things" or are we men, with minds capable Of
Judging Of good and evil, with power to choose the
right and reject the wrong II we are mere ma
chimes, mere puppets, to do the bidding Of others,
let us understand it, and waste no more time in inn
proving the mind and cultiyatng tho heart Let Us
abandon all Of government, and let these self
constituted rulers ride US at pleasure. Does Demo
cracy mean something nothing. Il it mere
machine to elevate men to place and power, or is
it living principle Of progression continually lea
ding the mass onward in the path of right, and up
ward in the sphere Of human happiness. 1t is not
the former and it is the latter, and hence all acts
and measures claiming to be democratic, each and
every individual has the right and it is their duty
to submit to tic test Of principle. Is then the con
duct Of Lewis Cass with reference to the Wilmot
proviso, democratic? Examine the candid statement
supported By the documents, on the outside Of our
sheet, AMI see the black trcachery to freedom,
which under tho name ofdcmocracy, it is sought TO
procure your endorsement for. As you love your
principle Tor the virtue which it embodes you
bound to set the seal Of your reprobation on conduct
Of this character. What, sustain man who has
deserted from, freedom to slavery, on the ground q
democracy and democratic principle The idea IS
prcposterous and however the old hacks Of party
may feel willing sell their very souls at the bidding
Of others the young, the unterrlted, the glorious
democracy who love democracy for itself, and not
for its ability to give men Office and power viii raj
ly with ali the enthusiasm Of their nature, and IN
all the power Of their glorious truth, and drive h'
treachery back to the darkness in which it orgua-
ted, and where it belongs.
II There was very silly story told by Tay-
Tor man, at the Taylor fzzls, the other evening
Il was, that II. s. Orion, addressed what was call
ed as Van Buren, meeting, at Oak Greek, and
when he got through, but one free soil man could
b. found, TIE fact il, Mr. Orion called to adj
dress a meeting Of Cas- men who were willing
hear bosh sides, and when the meeting closed, We
are assured instead Of but one free soil man, tho
house was about equally divided.
u Washington county is claimed as good for
1900 for Cass. We have seen letter from an IL
teligent gentleman there, who expresses the utmost
confidence that under no circumstances can 10
cass majority exceed 81 il tn, county.