Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-09-23
A CERTIFICATE OF POLITICAL
STOCK IN TIE CORPORATIONS OF
tr4HyE1 gtk-Ig
LEWIS GAGS.

STOCK IN TIE CORPORATION OF
LEWIS CA5s.
Mn. EDtroR :-Beliefing il ~ lie the
dttv of every friend OF Gen. Taylor and
Millard Fillmore 10 defend the attacks made
against them in a di~sreepectful manner.
and to make known 10 the public any and
avery charge aga inst their opposing can
didates by ts, that has not, nor cannot be
contradicted by documentary evidence we
therefore recommend the subjoined Certifi.
cate to the sound Judgment of every cool,
rejecting mind in the state. The defence
we ufpF FIR our candidates, Is 'the address
ofthe Executive Committee ufthe Central
Rough and Ready Club of New Orleans
and the charges we desire 10 hold forth for
public investigation are derived from nu-
merous sources, viz THE first is from The
columns Of the Louisville Journal "and the
existence Of the said association is not IN
be cuntradiuted-f0r IL is substantiated by
The "Kercheval letter." The second is
from the columns of thu Raleigh Register"
The third charge is from an extract OF his
letter ofacceptance to the baltimore Con
vention" In comparison with an extract
from "IIis Book on France" The fourth
charge has become so notorious that it
scarcely needs autherity-Its caption is
from the columns Of the "Columbus Geo
Enqnirer," Therefore,
Be IL Rempmbered-That on the 2Sth
day of April A. D. l896.-Lewis Cass,
then Secretary of War entered into an
association entitled 1.-THE Western Land
Association" for the purpose Of specuIating
in government Mineral Lands, in the
Galena District in Wisconsin, and the
Southern part of the State of Missouri, then
under the direction and control of the War
Department-with the anticipated capitol
of $220,000-tbough the actual capital
proved to be on'y $4,000
Be il knoWn-lhat the joint Resolutions
admitting Texas into the Union as a State
with a constitution tolerating slavery, pass
ed Congress about The gath If December
1916 and was approved on the ooh Of the
same muntIr-anI that Lewis Cass was
then a Senator III Congress from Michigan
and, Oh The 18th day of january 1916,
"Nir. Cdss presented the petition of citizens
Of Michigan demonstrating against the nd.
mission Of Texas into the Union NTH Il
constitution tOlerdting s7arery'-(See Sen
ate Journal 1s45-6- Page g9.)
And again on the 4th of February l84G;
we find that "Mr. CdSS presented a petit
ton ofthc citizens Ufthe State of Michigan,
demonstrating against the admission oI
Texas tutoth Union, with a constitution
Tolerating Sldrery, (See Senate Journal
1866. Page l34.)
Texas was then in The Union. az q State.
and yet we find Mr.. Cdss introducing two
petitions, aimed directly at her domestic
institutions yesl We find this Democra.
tic candidate for the Presidency, hen a
Senator In Congress-representiug the
sovereignty of States bound to do all IN
his power 10 protect their rights-Afe
Teas had been admitted into the Union as
a Stare State, with q constitution which
Congress has 40 power TO alter, amend OF
disturb, presenting petitions which protested
against one Of her rights conferred by that
constitution :
Be it Rcmcmbered-That Lewis Cass
was nominated for the Presidency by the
Baltimore Convention, and, that, in his let
ter of acceptance to the nomination, Ne
slandeted his Father, in the following
words, to wit SFrom the days Of Gen.
Hamilton to our days, the party opposed to
us-0f whose principles he was the great
..z ~ x,nt Al. E.a,l.. ,rLt1- "a L.,
changed Its name, has preserved essential.
" its identity Of character, and the doubt
he entertained and taught Of the capacity
of man for self government, has pXerted Il
marked influence upon lis actions and opin.
ions" We use the term ISLANDER" from
the fact that it has been stated aud salts.
factoriIy proved that his father was a Fe,
d~eralist, aud that the above quotation is q
palpable contradiction of a former state
ment made by him, in His Book On
t France" That, "Our parties start from 'ht
same point all recognize the adaptation o.
our political institutions TO our manner,
and conditions" (See page n.y.
Be 1t Remembered-That during the g
Session of the oath Congress, an inquiry
was instituted into the administration 0
the Executive Department. Among othel
witnesses that were sworn and examined
before the committee was the Hon. Henr,
A. Wise, then a member of Congress ant
nov on the Cass Electoral Ticket in Vir
ginia. OF Mr.. Cass' conduct whilst Sc
cretary of War, Mr.. Wise, then on oath
expressed himself in the annexed documen
as follows:
EXAMINATION or THE HON:
HENRY A. WISE.
Extract from the Journal Of the Selec
Committee cfthe House of Representative
to investigate the Executive Departments
in the year 1897 Doc. No 1874 pages l4-15