The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-08-10
POLITICAL DUPLlCITY.


slavery Southern nominee to gain their ends, by seek
ing to ride rough. shod the unsuspecpg ignorance
of portion of The honest yeomanry OF the North whom
they think they can dure While the parizans OF
Gen Cass have been justly accused of presenting
opposite faces in separate editions Of the life of their
candidate for circulation respectively at the North and
South, so 10 adapt his views 10 each particular
on in tenold greater degree are the Taylor advo>
Gates guilty of misrepresentation and deceit, in
featuring false views Tor their nominee get sup,
port for him at the North. large Stakeholder and an
avowed savery>exensonst by his own practice and
professions and by the declarations of his immed
and confidential supporters the whole South through;
Gen Taylor if he is elected to the Presidency promises
in his last letter of acceptance exercise all the vast
power of that Office as 10 meet the erpectdonSn
of those by whose voice he is called the place As
nearly the whole support of the General consists at the
South and South west, and as prominent Taylor pa>
per at The South remarks their union IN his support
wM CONTROL and COLOR has Administration" and
as the generality Of meetings conventions and journals
there in old Zachs favor endorse him in the following
manner as sound and unequvocal in support of Their
great paramount interest, the OF slavery IN
10 the territores-n the language of an immense
Taylor meeting in South Carolina
KR0D great,
LEADING QUESTION Of the RIGHTS OF THE
SOUTH, is OF US HE is WITH US, and HE
is FOR US ''eg-0
So we may know what to "expect' OF Gen Taylor,
in case he comes in A fre candidate for Northern
editors harp upon, being The 'leasl of two evils
when Southern Democrats every day rejecting Gen
Cass with all his promises of seTvily, and uniting with
Southern Wings to help elect Zachary Taylor, as
one whose opinions they KNOW, and can TRUST.
II either of them any less evil than the other for
the votes Of Northern Freemen, we would like to know
how ii could possibly be Taylor
The Taylor papers circulate the following;
"Al our idings from Louisiana the home of the old
hero, are OF the most cheering description. The New
Orleans Bee sayS-tThat Gen Taylor will receive the
electoral vote of Louisiana, is indubtabe.'"
Now, this 'cheering" is probably correct. The
New Orleans Bee is high authority in all matters con>
corning the old General with whom the editor is per-
sonally acquainted and intimate friend. Let us hear
further from the source, why it is that the old hero
is so popular in his State whore his OPINIONS
t~s9'~rn'y
New Orleans Bee says:
ssGen Taylor is from birth, association, and
conviction, Unidentified with the South and her in
situations; being of the most ertensiue slaue.
holders in Louisiana, and supported by the slave
holding interest, oPPos E D to the WilznOt Pro-
uisO, and in favor OF securing the privilege to the
owners OF slaves to remove with them to newly
acquired territory."n
his is why the old General is so popular at the
Southern end Of the confederacy-why the Louisiana
ans, the Mssissippans Alabamians Texans and South
Carolinians are going Tor him with such enthusiastic
unanimity-because he is so identified by "bhb as,
ISOLATION, and CONVICTION" with the ULTRA slavery
interests Of that region, OPPOSED to the WILMoT
PRovIso, and if elected will so exercise his power
as TO secure 10 the of slaves the privilege 10 re-
move with them 10 the new territory" Were TayIor's
opinions any other than these, he could NEVER obtain
sing vote in those States.
Yet, after all the proofs Of Gen. Taylors true posi-
ton attempts have been made from time TO time 10 con
vey the impression that he had expressed an opinion
favorable 10 the Wimot Proviso or that if onnosed IN
i, he would not veto such measure The first thing
which gave rise TO such humbug of an idea, was
letter which the General IN May, last year. 10 the
editor of the Cincinnati Signal-from perusa of which
none but blockhead could infer that the writer meant
or the language sanctioned any sentiment like that
And the old General himself seeing what mischief at
the South his hypocritica friends at the North were
creating for him, by hawking about and broaching in
their papers so unnatural and ridiculous consruc.
iion OF his letter, that favored The Wimol Proviso
came out in letter II the Tuscaloosa (AIabamal Mon
tor wholly repudiating such construction of his Signal
letter. saying "was not his intention 10 intimate his con-
cunence with, opposition TO- any views of The editor
10 the Signal" 50 that humbug blywn away Yet
Tor several months, upon the strength of that baseess
AID silly foundation the Taylor organs at the North in
cueaed,he idea, and their papers were ieighted with
extracts from the Signal letter to prove iha, Old Zach
was IN favor OF the Wimo, Proviso Such is TAYLOR.
ISM and such the frauds and fasehoods 10 which
. Mdeo'ed Tor whatever little progress it has made in
the North. :
But one otherlttle invention aided no little 10 advan %
Inc ABSURD idea Of the Generals opposition to slavery
extension About the first OF June there appearcd n
Boston Taylor paper long statement 10 the effect
that John johnson, Of Pqua Oaio had heard Tav.
Tor declare that slavery was an evil &c. All will "a
member the column OF humbug which for two mo,,bs
went the rounds of the TaJ papers, and upon which
was conhded the sole remaining foundation for the pea
that old Zach as uniavorable 10 slavery eYteps;oo
Well il was too bad 10 have so much breath snen n,
nothing, yet how much did that John Johnson affa;,
amounted Why, the Cincinnati Herald states from
inquiry Of him by letter. that Mr. John johnson has had
M personal acquaintance with Gen. Taylor Couse.
qn 'nty the alleged conversation and avowa of opinons