Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-09-11
Another Witness-SenatOr Miller Sus.
tanned,

Another Witness-Senat0r Miller Sus-
tanned.
ACorrespondentofthe Charleston Cour-
ier brings forward additional proof of the
inconsistency and regeneration of Gen.
Cass upon the Wilmot Proviso question,
as charged upon him by Senator Miller,
of New Jersey. For the benefit of all
sceptics on this subject, we beg leave to
introduce the testimony Of the Hon. MIR.
Brienkerhoof, ofOhio, one of the reputed
fathers of the Proviso. 1t is taken from
his late speech before the Buffalo Con-
v%ention, and is conclusive and unanswer.
able.
eff the Wilmot Proviso is not Demo-
cracy, then Gen. Cass' Democracy is en-
tirely new. 1t is very green. (Laughter.)
For, not longer ago than n year, he
was loud in his complaints against John
Davis for talking against time, and thus
preventing him from having an opportu-
nifty for voting In its favor. Lewis Cass
was then no Democrat, according to the
logic of his advocates, or else he has
Topped over" lLaughter.)
II heard Gen. Cass speak in the Senate
of the United States. HIS then protested
to be in favor ofthe principle, but said it
was not the time to act upon it. But a
short time before, he thought it was both
the time for action and e~xpedient to act.
Now l cannot turn with him. I defy
Gen. Cass to contradict this statement.
It he attempts it, Team bring the testimony
o(nine men-every one of them as good as
myself-to substantiate what 1 haze said.
We don't want them-your word is suf-
f%cient. He knows it is true, and hence
the expression in his letter, she thinks
there has been a change coming OF in the
public mind, and in his own," [Great
laughter. I wouM respect Gen. Cass'
opiniens, if 1 thought they were sincere. l
respect the sincere opinions Of any man,
though they lead to a change, for l have
experienced such myself. But I bslieue
hat Gen. Cass thinks as 7 do, that the
Proviso is both ezpedient and u~nconstitu-
honal. | believe that he put his hand in
his bosom, and took out his soul and laid
it out in view of the devil. for the pur-
pose of receiving a little temporary ele-
vation. (Laughter.) Let the North re-
pudiate him. / believe the South will;
and if they do, perhas there will be others
getting up parties to burn barns. Laugh
ter.)
Let it he remembered, adds the writer,
that Mr.. BrinkerhoofIs a member Of Con-
gress, and has had every opportunity of
observing Gen. Cass' course upon this
question. He defes Gen. Cass to contra
dict the above statement, and promises to
produce the corroborating evidence ofnine
gentlemen, all as worthy of credence as
himself. As a witness, he is entitled to
full belief, inasmuch as his opposition to
Gen. Taylor is as strong as that to Gen.
H-If anybody wishes to see superlatiye
personified, just let him listen
a Cass speaker ten or fifteen minutes.
In that time he will hear it strongly
insisted that Gen. Taylor is a WiImot
Proyisoist and positively asserted that
Willard Fillmore is an abolitionist! And
his is done graveIy, too, right in the face
If the damning fact that a democratic
President recently signed a bill in which
he Wilmot Pfoviso was incorporated
md that EVERY northern democratic
senator and TWO southern democratic
voted for its passage through the
United Suites Senate!'-Brass must be
;heap this season.-Natchez Courier.
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