The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-07-20
NUMBER :j5.
GENERAL CASS.

political tcrgivcrsations of the nominee 0!
the harmonious Democracy" From it
we take the following extract, which VIC
trust will be read by all into whose hands
this paper may fall. lis length should de.
ter no man from carefully perusingit IL:
The party now called on To support Gen.
Cass prctends to be party of principle.
Will any orc ut them please TO tell US what
principle OF their party is identified with
Cass? Is il the Sub.Trcasury or tree.
trader Is i. opposition .oa National Bank.
Neither. Gen. Cass has been in public
liio and public pay about thirty Years, and
where is the truth or principle he has mnn-
tanned the service he has rendered 10 tho
country! There is not IMAM Of any pre-
tension to talent now or heretofore in pub
lie life for hall tina. period tina, has not done
more Tor The grca, principles of political
faith he prolesscd But Gen. Cass, whilst
he has thus treated principles of political
faith he proiessed. But Gcn. Cass, whilst
he has thus treated principles with 80 much
neglect, hns been n most anxious and sla-
wish dcvo.cc Of power. Whenever lie has
found himself on the weaker side no Inns
made all haste to abandon il. Hence, If
the account Of his political youth is true,
he forsook ancient Federalism came out to
the West where the nsc Of his bnck cock
ado was unknown, and in due time was an.
pointed Indian ngent in Michigan. lle
supported Mr.. Adams whilst he was Prcsi.
dent, but when defeated he passed RICH.
over to Jackson. Jackson kept bin in o.
lice as Governor Of Michigan and Indian
agent. and afterwards made him Sccrcta.
~ Of War. IN that department, however,
he did not suit Old Hickory, mud wns there
fore sen, to France 10 get clcnr oil him.
In ls40 the Wings were victorious. Gen.
Cnss, although then in Paris, began 10 man.
Hest the wnrmcst personal regard for Gen.
Harrison, and wrote certificates 10 viuJi.
cate his military reputation from the az
saults Of Cass's own party and when liar.
rison died, General Cass undertook 10 be
deeply grieved, md actually celebrated in
Paris the Presidents death with funeral
ceremonies and delivered cnlogv himself
things which no other foreign minister
from this country ever felt himself cnIlcd
on To do before or since. But Cnss' object
was obvious nrd was well understood here,
1t was laughed at by the Wings and cursed
by the men who arc now called on to sup.
port him. Why, the thing wen, 90 far that
Il was oven proposed To bring Gen. Cass
over and ruin him rs no-party man IL
succeed John TYLER.
From his letter TO the lnlann convch.
tion If 1913, j, is hard to tell whether he
Is for free trade or protection; nnw we nrc
told he goes inr free trade. When tho an.
ncxntion Of Texas was proposed, he was
against it. but quickly he cstne round in
favor Of il when he thought it POPULAR
lie came out for the wlmot proviso at first.
hut when the South determined to resist il.
Gen. Cass turned ayains, il In words, for
he tells its friends that It's ohlec, can DO
accomplished in another wav. When in
France. Gen. Cnss, with his habi,ual sub
servicncv 10 power, whatever ii INV he.
wrote large book on the court of Louis
Philippe. iii! Of nattcrv or that monarch.
Now is il not beautiful for n convention
I)emocrdiiquc par excellence 10 nominate
Tor President Of the model Republic Of tho
world The flattcrer and panegsrst Of Louis
Philippe, and tim, Too in three shor, months
after the French dcspo, wns hurled from
his throne by the republicans Of France!
Il is true that Gen. Cass now in speeches
glorilics tho French revolution md denono-
ccs Louis Philippe rhen he ID in adrcrsity.
But let Us ask how long i, would hive Ia
ken 70 overthrow Louis Philippe If Demo
Gratis had written such books in his praise
MS Gen Cass.
Behold then the candidate of the progress.
slves--thc man who has never made q
speech or written nm article in favor of auy
OF the political principles Of his party, but
who has found timo to deliver funeral ora
tions in favor Of a Wing President and
write large volume in praise Of French
1cspot and his court. These arc the re-
corded lnbors Of General Cass' 3 intellect.
these are his services 10 tho country and
his psrsv--thcse nrc his claims 10 the hioh.
est Of his country's honors.
fthis war should 90 on. il the treaty.
fails, Cass is pledged to the conquest Of ali
Mexico, and with such mar, in the control
OF the hundreds Of millions Of money that
must be borrowed to carry on such war
and tho Offices in his power TO bes.ow, our
system would become rs corrupt as that of
the great model Of General Case, Louis
Philippe. whose policy in the conquest of
A'ccria Cass evidently copies Ia tfnt of
conqucring Mexico.
Grimes was asked the other day, II hs
ever visited Paris, "Why no, not exactly"
replied tho old wig, "bnt thy mothers mid
en- name was French"
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