Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-06-09
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Mr.. Ep1ToR - SIR With your consent
would DC glad OF the Insertion Of a few IDEAS as
regards our new candidate for tie Presidency, Cen
eraI Lewis Cas-. Tosnter iato detail OF his past
life would perhaps be too tedious shall therc.o-e
conine myself to the present aspect of affairs tx.
hiblted IN his nomination. As all aware, for the
last three or four years the great question which
p has absorbed the public mind and qa;ckeoed the
party, enSendern2 political advancement has been
the non-eNtensjon OF slavery" TO tins end we
see the principles of the ',t;s famed Wilmot Pro-
viso 'ndoctrnateR ard dltTuscd through all ranks
and classes of society, so high but it has re-
celNed the If attention now so low but they have
elt Its Ieavcnlng influence. The vast mind of this
nation is therefore alive with It's sentiment Men
on this question have thrown off the shacIles OF
! ignorance, and begin to think for themse, es and
just at this PARTICULAR time when the good tdpgs
OF deiveral &c from oppression is sounding in our
ears from across the big waters seems to be a very
appropriate moment 70 lop off the head Of the
huge g0rgon-slavery nits endeaytts to insinrIate
itself into other climes to feed and drain upon the
happiness of contiguous territories. And "a ow al
low me TO ask after all the strong and apparent ly
unyieldlGg positions that have been taken by the
Northern deaocratic zfess, while they yield this
honorable and holy principle ard become the dupes
OF Southern dctation by supporting a niau who is
not only opposed to the Wilmot proviso, bxt whose
life has been marked by Inconsistency of charac-
! S.hoSa hos bnpp fnr wi,
has mounted every save ofRoruar opinion to flee
lRto the harbors of Southern influence. And how
was it in Con, ention? Did not the South deny
aay sympathy for a northern man with northern
principles and have they not OF late most stena-
ously opposed a man of this character, in all the
Southern points Why then did Gen. Cass re-
cei,. their support and counte nance? Simply be-
cause the South was aware that "a few more of the
same SORT" themselves were left in the ranks of
the democracy of the North, who would WELD
their influence for their supremacy, giving them
vantage ground ia the coming contest for free terri
tory, They knew they had naught to fear that
he firmly pledged TO them in his letter of last
December, where he says
The Wimot provso seeks to take from its le
gitimate tribunals, question of domestic policy
having no relation to the Union as SUCH end to
transfer it to another created for a special purpose
and foreign to the subject matter involved in tbs
issue"
After such Il declaration OF sentiment, pledging
himself thus 10 the South they require no farther
guarantee for their security in the establishment OF
worse than despotc power during his admins !
tratioa. II any thing is wanting TO fill up the !
measure Of this iniquitous letter the succeeding |
clause furnishes it. He adds;
Leave to the people who will be affected by |
this question, to adjust il upon their own response
bilty and in their own manner and We shall rem |
der another tribute to the original principles of our
government and furnish another guarantee for It's /
permanence and prosperity"
Let me appeal 10 every honest and true demo
crat in the assertion, that if the " permanency and
prosperity ofour Governmental fabric depends up |
on lie institution Of slavery and we must sanction
it in its eudea,ors to stretch its domains over free
territory, fall the latter would be preferable He
also adds another proof of his attachment to the
Souih by asny.Fg the right of the North to Paric-
ipate in legislation en- this subject, being az he con-
tends question exclusively OF Southern interest
Therefore according iQ his declaration the South