Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-10-07
Keer II nefore Lac peonle.

Heep IL bel0rc Me pe6pie-Thal in The
late Democrats Convention q resolution
was offered toBdemninF the Wilm6f Pro
giso, and that II vas felrefed-0niy thirty
sir delegates voting for it-And tbaf IN Inc
Whie Convention he Jftlmot ProVisy ii.
sclf tyas rejected by aa almost unanimous
vote.
hrep il before mr. Pe6pie-That Lewis
Chss has been denounced by one Of The
delegates Of fhe Democratic Convention
as being 'HIl III nEs 10 al men, ard faith.
tl to none-a Facilitating, tjme.servipg
poItician-nhs0un5 upon he abolition
question, and m enemy 10 the South"
Hcep II before he PeopIe-Tbat Gen.
Cass, according 10 his own admission, has
been in fiyor # tho Wilmt F~royts6, and
lint even his relsbrated letter to Mr..
Nicholson proposes to leava tho question
Of s~Iagerg in the Territories 10 The Indians.
muIattoes, and free negroes o New Mexreo
ard California !
Kccp Il be(1te HE Pfoptc-fhat Gen.
Cass Is advocated by q leading DFmocfn,
tlc papei Of Ohio ~ q free State ca udidafe.
aud that Ibis piper ex1Itiogty procla inns
that, ale (Caas) is not 81 stakeholder. He
does MT traffic IT. humah 1ssb. Iie has no
sympatbiss. associations, Or connections
with those who do"
Keen ii beforc The Pcopie-That The
Ohio Plain Dealer, n Democratic print,
says, even since Gen Casg's nomination
ave know from frequent declarations
nude 10 private conversations, that he
Gen. Casa) Is as strongly opposed 10 the
further extension Of slavery as We are, and
that Ia strong enough most Of our readers
viii think"
Keep it bcfore HE Pcopze-Tbal the
same papar adds 1--WE have every az.
stra0ce that his (Cass's) administration,
should he be elected, while il will give 80.
curly to the great and fundamental pri6ci.
PIES Of the purity, will never be used 10
give countenance 10 so obnoxious a mea.
sure as carrying slaves into territory now
free"
Keep ii before the Peopk-T That the
same paper, the Plain Dealer, further adds
"When the Proyiso was frat sprung upon
the House of Representatives., John Quin.
cy Adams arose in his place and denounced
it as unnecessary. Why 7 BECAUSE he
said, the Territory Is now free, and Con
gress had no power TO make it slave This
Is the opinion Of Gen. Case, JohnP Hale,
Joshua Giddings editor ofthe National Era,
and all the liberty press"
Let ii be Remembered-That the first
rGEa,.I ..aan.a.gs1 .fI. MI. In
was made by James X. Polk when he
signed the Oregon bill, in direct violation
Of his recent solemn promises and pledges
TO the South.
Let it be Remembered-That Gen. Coss
has repeatedly declared himself in favor of
the Wilmot Proviso and only pretended to
abandon il when he found a plan by which
the further extension of slavery could be
prevented as eficctua.Iy as by the Wilmot
Proviso. His opinions stand recorded in
favor ofthe p~roviso, and to this day not one
word has he ever uttered in opposition to
the principle involved.
Let 1t be Remrmbered-That in his pam.
phIet upon the right of search, Mr.. Cass
said ave are no STAKEHOLDER. We
never shall be. We deprecdte its eristence
in principle and pray for its abolition euery.
where."
Let ii be Remembered-That The Leeig.
lature of Michigan, which nominated Cass
for the Presidency, passed a series of Will
mot Proviso resolutions, amended and IN
tertined by himself, to make them stronger
and more stringent, and which he, as a
Senator, laid before the body which he was
a member. Among them was the follow.
"ResolUed-That whenever the Govern.
of the United States shall acquire
any territory by conquest, cession OF pur-
in which slavery shall not By lac
exist at the time of such conquest, ~cession
or purchase, it would be repugnant to the
moral sense Of this nation, and a violation
of the ell Arrest duty of Congress, to permit
the institution of slavery IN any form to be
introduced therein