Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1848-01-26


GEN. CAss' LETTER.-Walk up gentlemen
Buy your fortunes right away Just a-going
Ito the highest bidder-the Presidential NOM
ination in 1881! Election warranted or no
sale. Who bids What do hear for the
nomination? Gentlemen will none of you give
US a bid PAY taken in Mexican territory and
American soldiers to conquer it with What
do you say gentlemen PA. o. p. Nicholson
" Ten regiments of regulars, and all Mexico"
Lewis Cas-.
Going, gentlemen-shall hear no more +?
Gone,-Mr. Cass-Ten regiments and all Mex
leo. Pass up that yellow wench-take away
the child till next time.--.d. o. p. Nicholson.
May itpiease the Court, we rest our defence
on these grounds - -
In the FIRST place, may it please the Court,
the plaintiff $ mug was broken when we Dor
rowed it.
In the second place, it was whole when we
returned it.
In the third place, may it please the Court
we never had his rotten old mug.-PeAifog's
plea.
If our readers will bel eve US, the scenes we
have depicted above, are true rendering of the
letter of Mr.. Nicholson to Mr.. Cass, and of the
letter, and logic, Of the latter in reply.
Cfcourse the object Of Mr.. Nicholson is to
ascertain whether Mf Cass will bid high enough
for southern support, whether he may be trusted
By the South. Mr.. Cass, in addition to the 10
regiment Bill, abors, in his letter to prove
LIST. That Congress has no power to prohib-
it slavery In territory to be acquired from Mex
leo.
I'd. That If such an attempt were made, it
would weaken if not impair the Union of the
States, and SOW the seeds of discord. which will
grow up and ripen into an abundant harvest of
calamity.
Sd. Such proposition would lead to an i'm
mediate Withholding of supplies, and dishon-
orable termination of the war.
4th. treaty, embodyng this restriction,
would not receive the sanction of the Senate
more than one third of that body viewing it as
an exclusion of the citizens of the slayeholding
States, from participation in the benefits &C.
quired by the treasure and exertions Of all, and
which should be common to all.
9Th. The restriction ,eould be inoperatire
as siaeery cannot be extended orer The ne,c ter
rito'y in consequence Of It's uaftness for slare-
holding purposes :
Truly slavery is "peculiar" Institution !
Wonderfully jealous of her rights After feed
ing her fighting for her, enduring all things, s.
hoping nothing she denies us the poor gratifi-
cation ofrefusing to her the occupation of ter
ritory which nature bad refused her before.
We regret that our limits do not permit US
to publish the letter of Mr.. Cass though sho'd
his nomination to the Presidency not render it
necessary, we shall not regret that any man,
who may be his friend, Is spared the mortifca-
ton of seeing how low he can grovel in obed-
ence to the dictates of ambition.
MANsLAuGITER.-it is now supposed, that,
by the explosion of the A. n. Johnson. not
iSoc ti~h oftc ""HUf CO eHt ONf tCcH lives w CfC
lost. BY the burning the Phoenix one hund-
red and fifty persisted in all two hundred and
sixty -our persons slain by two acts of careless
ness-for it is untruth to call such occurrences
any longer, accidents. Long since the manu-.
facture of steam-boers, and the management
Of steam, onght to have been brought to such
perfection that explosions, except by careless
ness or incompetency, would be impossible.
Look, for instance, at the manufacture of ord.
nance. How seldom does piece of artillery
burst. in the regular service We do not re-
member single instance during the present
war. As TO loss Of life by the burning of a stea-
mer, it would be a light punishment enough to
irnprison the surviving officers for life, in the
Penitentiary. In the first place, steamer is
not sea-worthy in her equipments, unless she
carries boats enough TO contain all hep passen-
her passengers. In addition to this precaution
a Waterman, whose duty should be to look con-
stanty to this danger, should be every instant
on the alert. The danger OF fire on board steam
ers, is too imminent to be left to the ordinary
watch.
There might have been day when such ac-
cidents could occur, aud 'sno blame be attached
to anyson bat that day is past, and it is now
hige time to try the effects ofPena! enactments.
3 A cute Yankee has invented nest in the
bottom Of which there is.a kind of trap-door
throagh which the egg, when laid Immediately
drops: and the hen, looking round and perceiv-
ing none, coon lays another