The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-07-19

FACING THE MUsIc-THE Two LIVES OF CAss.
Independent, the Washington. correspondent OF
the North American, presents the following
evidence of the hand which Gen. Cass had IN
the base and fraudulent attempt to palm him
self upon the two great sections OF the coun-
try in different garbs at the same time. Who
can read the recital of the base conspiracy to-
cheat the people and not feel disgust aud ioath-
ing for the man whom the office holders have
put in nomination for the Chief Magistra-
|cy.
Mr. Hale Of New pshire-the Liberty"
candidate for the Presidency-is not only man
of cleverness and parts, but withal very good
fellow aud no little of wag. During the dis
cursve debate in the Senate yesterday, upon
an interrogatory being propounded 10 Mr..
Foote-as TO the conduct OF Gen. Cass-Mr.
Hale, with much affected gravity, raised
point of order, alleging that it seemed to him
entirely inconsistent, when Presidential can
didate had resigned his seat to avoid express
| ing his opinions, that his friends should be
catechised as TO those opinions.
| Mr.. Foote. AS the Senator from n. Hamp-
shire is all aspirant himself, what does he think
candidate ought to do? Mr.. Hale. with
promptitude and humor;) tuhy stand up and
face the music.
Now this is precisely the objection TO Mr..
Cass. At best it is difficult TO get him 10 stand
up, and when he does; he will not '.face the
music" At Cleveland he dodged-in his let
ter to The Chicago Convention he lodged, and
at this very hour, his friends in the Senate are
claiming him on both sides of the question:
THE grhphic idea of MIR. Hale, is not only
full of meaning, put it is full of truth, aud
pictures the Locofoco candidate IN his true
colors-
During the debate on the Resolution of adj
Ijournment ON Monday last, when Mr.. Mangum
established the infamous fraud that the Locofo-
cos bad published two editions of the life OF
Mr. Cass-ope appealing to the South, and the
other to the North-which Mr.. Reverdy John
son most effectually clinched, by disproving
the explanatio offered by Mr.. Hannegan, and
producing the testimony to the inspection OF
the whole Senate; it was stated that MIR. Cass
was in no manner responsible for this disgrace
full transat ton, nor were his leading friends III
Congress. Ii was very natural that MIR. Han
|negan should desire TO palliate the offence oi
ibis associates, but, il would have been more
becoming had he accompanied the statement
with at least the SeBlbtuHce OF evidence TO sus
tain it. Mr.. Hannegan expressed his opinion
lnow express mine, founded upon experience
upon the evidence of my own eyes and the
Iconvictiog that the party of which Gen. Gas:
Is the head, will adopt any means however cor
trupt or nefarlous, to carry the election. They
succeeded in 1914 by the basest receptions anC
by combinations with the gamblers and ruff
ans. Have they grown purer since then? II
is my judgment, then, that this double publ
icatjon was deliberate traud-that il was con-
ljured up by prominent members Of Congress
and that 1t only forms part OF system OF
tactics; which has been in vogue for 20 years
During the canvass of 1914, Mr.. Walker
now Secretary of the Treasury-prepared a
pamphlet entitled 1.-The South i'm Danger
which was designed to operate against Mr.
lClay, and TO call out the prejudices of tho
Southern States on the Texas question, and ia
vor of Mr.. Polk. 1t was spread broadcast In
the State Of Maryland, pending the gubernato.
rial canvass, and 1t produced serious effec
against the Wing candidate, Gov. Pratt Thi,
document was adduced 10 prove the sectiona
character OF the canvass, and to shew TO the
people of the free States that while they wer,
urged TO support MIR. Polk as friend of tn,
Tariff of ~, and on northern grounds this wa.
the sort OF appeal addressed TO the South
MIR. Walker denied the charge, and the docu
ment, with the imprint OF the CONCESSIONS
$ Globe-the same mint from which this two
faced life of Cass is now issued--was produced
TO convict his falsehood--more than this, TN,
original envelopes containing the pamphlet
ranked by Mr.. Walker to citizens Of Mar lant
were brought forward, and then-when escap,
was impossible-he adjourned the issue to tn,
Democratic Association, at the head of whic!
they had placed an ignorant tool, inca pabe o
: detecting fraud, even if he had the integrit,
) to punish it.
So far from the leaders being innocent of thi
fraud Of imposing two different lives of thei
candidate upon the country, Gen. Cass wa
himself privy in knowledge, if not in partici
patton, TO the base transaction. All that | shall
say on this subject is derived from Democratic
authority, and emanates from q prominen
memberof the party in the. House of Represen
tatives.
This member states that, sometime pre,iou:
; to the meeting of the Baltimore Convention, h
called at the Congressional Globe Office for tn,
purpose OF purchasing documents to distribute
: among his constituents-among others tn
: lite OF Gen. Cass. Upon examination of tn
, sketch, he discovered the citation from tn
Nicholson letter and the commentary of tn
: Blographer, aud declined sending ii TO his dis
| trict, which stronly fraternizes with the Barn
burning movement. AT an interview witt
Gen. Cass Immediately following this discov
+, cry, the General inquired of him whether hi
letter to the Chicago Convention was doin
much mischief. The member replied that b
thought not The letter was short, and h
wihed that all his other letters, particular
that TO MIR. Nicholson, were equally SO. HI
also told him that it was bad enough to writ
the letter at all, but to permit extracts from it
with sectional commentaries, TO be publishe,
in a sketch of his life, would be ruin to hi
, cause in the free States. Gen. Cass received
the suggestions as became polite par.izan