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no-pury nor by Souihern-pary votes. and that
he must be carried by old.hshuned Whig
strength and Wing means-by appeals to the
understanding, the patriotism and the conscience
Of the Country against the policy and measures
recommended by Polk and supported by Cass-
by Wing arguments and Wing votes. Gen.
Taylor has himself been constrained by the ne.
cessilies Of the case 10 place himself distinctly
on the Whig platform. | am pretty determi. |
ned Whig and don't want President more
decidedly Of US and with US than his late letters
make him. The States which will vote for him I
will thereby approve the general features Of
Wing policy, now known Of all men. The |
Congress elected with him will be a Wing Con. |
gress, only the more thoroughly committed 10
our principles that he has been suspected of
lukewarmness or equivocal regard as to some of
them. That Congress will proceed TO carry out
the Whig policy, so far as it shall have power.
And General Taylor is distinctly pledged, be-
yond peradventure orcsvil, TO leave Legislation
to Congress and devote himself TO his Execu.
tive duties. Is not this right Is it not all we
could desirel Whow would wish to see our meas.
ures fastened upon the country through the po-
tency Of Presidential influenced What Wing
is not satisfied to have the country governed and
its policy shaped as the Representatives Of the
People shall direct! For one, am content with
this, aud shall do my best to secure it.
And now TO the question of Slavery Exten
sion, which, after ALL is the great difficulty in
the present contest. If your State is lost to the
Wings, it will be on this issue alone. Let us
see whether it should be lost on this
know nothing of Gen. Tayor's or Gen.
Cass's sentiments on this point which is not or
may not be known to you oil. That Gen. Tay-
lor is a slaveholder-lhat he opposed the An
nexalion Of Texas-that he has often spoken in
apprehension of Slavery, yet, with the usual
Southern inconsistency, insists on chershing
the evil and repeIIihgalI Froe States interference
with lt-so much is or may be generally known.
That he desires or contemplates any Extension
Of Slavery, do not beieve nor do believe
that any considerable portion Of the Wings Of
the South do so. In all my conversations with
Southern Wings on this subject, have not yet
met The first man who expressed desire to see
Slavery carried across the Rio Grande. Some,
indeed, insist thalthey will not be excluded-that
II Southern planter has right TO take his slaves
into the new territory as clearly as q Northern
wool grower has TO take his sheep there, and
they can't agree 10 surrender the principle; but
as 10 desiring the practical Extension Of Slave.
nv, know not one Of them who does so. On
the contrary, the general sentiment is not dis.
similar to that Of tho great body Of intelligent
conservatives al the Norh-namely, that Slave
ry is an evil which il were better for them to be
rid of, and which, though they shrink from the
sacrifices and hazards of aboshing it, they have
no wish TO impose upon others. In defiance Of
the noisy manifestations of zeal for ''Southern
| rights" which the lynx-eyed jealousy Of fla
grant wrong naturally incite, | firmly believe
that if every Southern Whig could vote Yea or
Nay on the question of Slavery Extension, in
such manner that no man. S vote should be ex-
posed tworhirds Of them would vote in the
negative. The jealousy Of the powerful class
cs Of sIavcbreeders and savelraders may long
/ prevent any open exhibition of his sentiment,
but it is there nevertheless.
Now let us suppose Gen. Taylor chosen Pre-
sident, and with him Congress House, Wing
by % to 80 majory---tho Wing strength con-
sisling of ninety Representatives Of Free and
! forty Of Slave States. You know under what
influences the Wing Members from Free States
are chosen, and what are the sentiments on this
subject demanded by the public opinion of their
constituencies. You know whether President
could afford to commence a deadly struggle with
two.lhirls Of his supporters in Congress. You
7 can guess whether the Locofoco Members, what
ever they might be mPe!led to do for Presi-
dent Of their own stripe, would be like to do to-
ward helping on Wkig President engaged in
such an undertaking as Slavery Extension.
The nduccmcnt to such q sol.sacrifce for a
President of adverse politics would be nothing
the peril everything. have looked over the
whole ground carefully, and it is my deliberate
conviction that should Gen. Tayo and Whg
Congress bo chosen, there will be no Extension
Of Slavery during the ensuing Presidential term
III trust not ever after. And do not see how
any candid observer, after survey Of the whole
ground, can come TO different conclusion.
What would be done in case of Gen. Cass's
election cannot so clearly foresee but the pros.
pect cannot be better in that directon-it may
be far worse. The South will trust Southern
| President farther and bear from him more than
from Northern politician whom she knows
was against her claims until she bought him by
) Turing his innamed ambition. 1t is the pride
not the interest, nor the calm judgment, of the
South that stands in the way OF The establish
ment of The Free Soil cipIe-dread Of being
overrued or overborne rather than an earnest
wish to difuse Slavery over the wds of New
Mexico and California. To secure tranquility
and success to the Administration Of Southern
President of general and deserved popularity,
the South will concede what she never will con-
cede to the mere numerical preponderance Of
the North. Taking into account all the circum-
{ Stoncos | hnlieya tho Eyteneion of Sloverv nm.
der Gen. Taylor as little probable as under any
} other President whatever.
And if not on this account, on what should
any Wing fa,ter! Since Gen. Cass or Gen.
Taylor must be President, how should any Wing
hesitatel If the difference in the men be moth
ing, is not the difference in their principles
something! On the one side, Legislation by
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