Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-09

justice that prolongs this war. 1t IS that whleh
operates on the public mind, and. leads the
Senator from North Carolina to apprehend
state of things which he fears, but which, Tor
myself, do not anticipate. Let me say, Mr..
President, that it takes great deal to kill this
country. We have had an alarming crisis al
most every year as long as can fecolect l
came on the public stage as spectator before
MIR. Jefferson was elected. That was acrlsis:
Then came the embargo crisis-the crIsls OF
the non-intercouse-of the war-ot the bank
of the tarff-of the removal OF the depos-
ites-and score of others. But we have out
lived them all, and advanced in all the ele-
ments of power and prosperity with rapldlty
heretofore unknown in the history OF nations:
If we should swallow Mexico tomorrow,
do not believe it would kill US. The Senator
from North Carolina and myself may not 1--we
to see it, but am by no means satisfied that
the day will not come in which the whole OF
the vast country around us Will form one OF
the most magnificent empires that the world
has yet seen-glorious in its prosperity, and
still more glorious in the establishment and
perpetuation of the princi pies OF free govern
ment and the blessings which they bring with
them
In December, 1847, Gen. Cass gave his
views al length upon the "Wilmot Provlso,' y
in letter to Mr.. Nicholson, of Tennessee
In that letter he avowed himself opposed to
the measure, and to the exercise of any legis-
lation by'Congress over any of the territories
of the United States, respecting the domestic
relations of their inhabitants He believed
that all questions of that nature should be set
tied by the people themselves, who ought to
be allowed "to regulate their internal concerns
in their own way y and that Congress has no
more power to abolish or establish slavery in
such territories, than it has TO regulate any
other of the relative duties of social lfe-that
of husband and wife, of parent and child, or
Of master and servant He said in conclu-
sion:
"The Wilmot Proviso seeks TO take from
its legitimate tribunal custom of domestic
policy, having no relation TO the Union as
such, and to transfer 10 another, created by
the people for special purpose, and foreign
to the sub ect-matter involved in this issue -
By going back to our true principles, we &c
back to the road Of peace and safety. Leave
to the people who will be affected by this
question, to ad just it upon their own respon
siblitY, and in their own manner, and we shall
render another tribute to the original principle:
of our government, and furnish another guar
anty for its permanence and prosperity"
The Democratic State Convention of Ohio
! on the 9Th of January, 1913, declared in ia
! vor of Gen. Cass for the presidency with IL
! nanimity unequalled in the previous history
of the State. Although there was much diff
ference of opinion in the selection of a candi
date for governor, yet the popular sentimen
in favor of Gen. Cass, and the conviction tina
+ with him as the candidate their State could h
t placed among the foremost of the democratic
f States of the Union, induced an almost unani
t nous expression in his favor. Cat the las
election in the State of Ohio, the popular vot
f was democratic by majority of ,563) Th
State Convention of Michigan has also unan
imously placed him in nomination for the pre-
r sidency. In the Democratic State Convention
= of Pennsylvania, held at Harrisburg on tn
a 4th of March, 1913, resolution, In the high
+ est degree complimentary to Gen. Cass, wa
b unanimously reported by the committee, an
: adopted with reclamation by the convention
!; 1t is not necessary to refer to the numerou
, public demonstrations and the journals whcl
= have given expressions in his favor in New
England the middle States, the west, and tn
: south Public opinion, looking to his brillian
5 services, sterling integrity, and unfinching Fl
e deity, has pointed to him as THE MAN Fo
: THE TINES, and the proper exponent of the A
# merican democracy. Plain and unassumin
= in his manners, kind and generous to fault
d frank and social in his intercourse with hi
d fellow-men, he is, in every sense of the wore
s A DEMOCRAT.