Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-08

IMPORTANT DEvELoPMENTs-Web espeak
for the following article, calm, careful and
dispassionate perusal. 1t may appear long;
but we hold it to be the duty Of every man
who is entitled to vote, to use some labor
and pains in informing himself as TO the men
and measures presented for his approval or
rejection. If the following article does not
fix upon the federal leaders cool, deliberate
scheme of fraud and deception, then we are
much mistaken -
From the Petersburg Republican.
GENERAL TAYLOR'S POSITION.
NORTH and SOUTH!
The Wing Central Committee at Washington
has published
TWO SETS OF OPINIONS
For General Taylor-the one for Southern
and the other (srclusiUely) for Northern
circulation!!!
Can our readers believe that the " intelli-
gent, decent" Wing party have, through their
Central Committee at Washington, put forth
TWO SETS OF OPINIONS for their candi-
date for the Presidency, Major General Zacha-
ry Taylor, of the regular army? Such is the
fact. After all the denunciations heaped up
on the Democratic Party, for the Iaro Liues
OF Gen. Cass, which were gotten up by SIN
gle indlUlduat, and for which that Party should
not have been held responsible after all the
holy horror displayed by Wing Senators, E.
lectOrs, and Orators of large and small degree
because of the ItOo LiUeS of CaSS, the respon.
slbllty for issuing which had been explicitly
dsclaimed by the Committee of the Democrat.
ic Party; after all this display of virtuous q,
Indignation by Wing Senators, Electors, and
Orators of large and small degree, THE WHO
COMMITTEE has been guilty OF the very
act charged to their opponents.
We have now laying before us two pamph.
lets, each with the imprint 81. & G. S. Cid
con, printers, Washington, .. {. one, which
we have marked South" SsB e s.5 title t.
GEN. TAYLoRs MORAL, INTG-hEc1.r.L ANI
PROFESSIONAL
CHAR AC r Err.
AS drawn by the, Hon. John J. Crttenden
Hon. John M. ysayton, Hon. John Ser
geant, Hon. Truman Smith, Hon. Rober
Toombs, Hon. Caleb B. Smith, Hon Rober
{. Schenck, Hon. John c. Spencer. Col
Humphrey Marshall, Gen Persifer F. Smith
Capt. Bragg, of the U. S. Army, COL Jeffer
son Davis, J. C. Breckenridge, ESQ.,, the
Rev. MIR. Lamb, Rev. Mr.. Hart, and Fathe,
McElroy, of the Catholic Church; together
with his opinions on war, and anecdotes il.
Illustrative of his republican habits and sim
plcity of manners, his humanity, his indo.
mltable courage, his fearessness, his firm.
ness and determination, his condescenson
and familiarity, his vigilance in protecting
his soldiers against imposition, his respect
for, and attachment to, his troops, his good
ness of heart and kind feelings, and his
punctuallty in correspondence concluding
with some remarkable specimens of brevity
in composition and letter writing, TO which
the attention of the public is invited.
ms pamphlet can be had in any quantity,
in this latitude
The other, which we have been at great
trouble to procure, is not our property. After
ia6or!ous inquiry, we could hear of but A
SOLITARY COPY IN THE STATE OF VIR-
GINA, although it is publication, as we
before said, of the Wing Committee at Wash
ington, and ne knoay that vigiant efforts were
made by Virginians, in Washington, to obtain
possession of one. We heard, accidentally,
that gentleman living in one of the lower
counties had succeeded in obtaining a copy,
and we wrote to him, requesting it for publ
cation. He has very kindly forwarded it, but
writes in note accompanying, &c | beg you
TO enclose this pamphlet to me by the last Of
the week. | want it by Fridays mail. / sup
pose no Southern Wing knows that such {
paper has been published We are not au
thorlZed to take any liberties with the copy
or we would mark it " North,'' for its interna
organization shows that it was not destined Il
live in Southern latitude. We are sorry tina
we cannot give it entire. The magnitude O
the stakes involved, would seem to require
that Southern Wings should knoav that such {
paper has been published By the Central Com
nittee hdUing charge Of their political interest
IN his Presidential canvass. But we cannot
In order 10 do so, and forward 10 the owne
by the period specified, the pages would hav,
TO be torn apart, the pamphlet cut and other
wise defaced, so as to prevent its again bein:
used In the form it now bears, which it is i'm
portant it should continue to maintain, AM
which the owner is DESTROYS to preserve.
The following is its title:
PLEASE CIRCULATE.
Some arguments an favor of the support of
TAYLOR AND FILLMORE.
Not the least surprising part of this produc
ton is the brevity with which it dsposes 0
The Wing candidate for the Vice Presidency
From the title, it would be supposed that ;
reasonable portion would be devoted to MI
Fillmore. But of the eight pages which con
stltute the pamphlet, four lines are sufficien
to embody the argument to Northern people
why they should support Mr.. F. The onI,
alluslon is made by Mr.. Schenck, who say
in his letter:
Will make no remark upon the very ex
celent nomination of Vice President Their,
Is not perhaps one Wing in Ohio that take
exception to Mr. Fillmore"
His name does not occur again. Whateve
may be the opinions of Southern Whies
Northern Abolitionists need no arguments I,
prove MIR. Fillmore's hostility TO the South
We will now show our readers the differ
e TgS IN the two publications issued by tn,
wing Central Committee The pamphlet TO
NoL1heFn consumption is made up of a lette
OF the hon, Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, let
Ter OF non; robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, AM
an ApPenalX-being an extract from speecf
OF non Mr.. Foole, in the United States Sen.
ate, in which he addu.ed the tostr, n,'eS Ht Gu
Rochester IN; " Demoorat. the Boston At
las the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, and otber Nh
ern papers, TO prove that Gen. T.yIor W. ~ ~
safe to the South on the slavery G.es,;oD ~
MT. FOOTE'S speech-a speech made in warn
ing TO Southern people-is quoted in d;
Northern pamphlet to prove the similarity {
the views OF General Taylor with those of III
AoolltIonists, and his hostility to Southern in
situations.
By referring to the title of the Souther