Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-08-24

l0I<11 - follow and capture iI ItSI11I he .111r
AMI l1<t'<AiinI I1c. Gen. I1I|tI h therefore
authorised % piocar. such nnnltt q 1oes Is Re
mar Judge t>eessaly. i being expressly under
discover The Indians. 10; 10 IVORY them.
Lea here hc IN end. then. 10 .hs bloodhound 30
y. The si1nde5ers q Old Roogh and Ready
hare nothing % gain By such variare
Mr. Loueihen proceeded % say iha, he Hcksre-
Ell Gen. Taylor with AMBITION. and iro6ia
p7ste 70 o. hiA 2 Extracts from he various lei
|ters Of the Old General uese rad, ana we think
Mr. L. stood fully convicted before The auditory
ofchargns hat for which be vas 10, able 10 furn-
ISL the leas; shadow Of proof. Bntihars con-
mon maiterl His allnsion 10 The Mexican War
was about what we expee,ed from tis speaker
He didn't eniertain ior ! l1omcni the idea thar
good and true Wings were there-that the lead
ers Of the two great Armies and he largest pro
portion Of the privates were Of lhatriass; OH no
this would have been 100 honest eonfession. and
would not have been tolerated By the leaders -
The Philadelphia Convention was reviewed, and
Mr.. Clay charged with all the ambition Of his
early days. That Old Zach was driven up to the
Chinese Museum By Clay, and that Mr. C. ne
ceived the vote from New York, Massachusetts
and Ohio, II would be we'll enough for Mr.
Lowe 70 devote a little more attention to facts;
for the people be was endcavoring 70 instruct
were litsle better informed than himself on this
point On the FIRST ballot New York voted for
Clay and scott; Ohio voted fonSco;i, giving but
one ro,e.to Mr.. Clay--and Massachusetts, voted
entirely for Webster on The last ballot The
larger vote Of New York was given to Scott;
Ohio for Scott, aud Massachusetts, for Webster I!
So that Mr.. Is statement was palpable Pervcr-
sion. He declared thaithe Old Hero was sRstcr-
~ ignoraRt Of az Us great measures If tae 8ayn-
Such revflers win strip themselves OF whatever
influence they might otherwise possess, By such
wholesale vituperation. Go on with yoar out
pourings Of venom, re political vipers, TIE day
of retribptionis near at hand, when yon viii be
hurled from that seat of confidence and respect
which the public have allowed you thus far to re-
tain. Mr.. Z. processes TO be Democrat; YET he
declared that the President .swith the Veto in his
righthand, should look over1pd regulate affairs Y
Now is not this beautiful Democracy What
said Mr.. Jefferson in regard 10 the two parties OF
his day, in writing to Mr. Adams Mr. J. said !:
the Government 4 different direction, the one
RepublicaR( to strengthen the most popular
branch Congress the other (FederaD the more
permanent branches Senate and Executive
Now what was the position assumed by the Lo-
cofoco orator at the Festival Why he contend
ed for cenualizing power in the hands Of the Pre-
sidentl What an idea that this funciioaary,
with whip in hand, (the vcto) should. like an o
verseer over slaves, look over and regulate af-
fairs without regard 10 the expressed wishes Of
free people
A tavorite declaration with Mr.. Lowe was,
that Gen. Taylor had mo principles for the pub
lie eye!p If Mr. L. knows any one thing more
than another it is, that lis party of high and low
degree, were for Taylor before the Old General
had ever expressed his views upon single ques-
ton of public policy, and when there seemed to
be some doubt as 10 which of the politically parties
he was identified with It will be recollected
that the Locofoco leaders in Pennsylvania, with
Judge Baeher, Senator Cameron, &c.. at their
head, came out in the strongest manner for Gen.
Taylor and that, too, long before the Old Hero
had made single declaration of his political
views. And what was true with regard 10 Penn
sylvania is true in reference TO almost every
other State in the Union. We need not go outof
our own town and county fpr examples. Every
one here will bear us ont when we say, that
scores Of Democrats avowed preference for
Gen. Taylor long before he had written a line in
respect to his political faith. Mr.. L. contended
in another part of his speech that change has
been effected in regard TO the warm support Of
Gen. Taylor by certain Democrats. What has
effected this change, them if Gen. Tay lor has no
principles? Mr.. L. need not attemptto play the
demagoSue here; The people have seen, have
read, have reflected, and have approved the Prin-
ciples Of Gen. Taylor as laid down in the g Al
lison Letter" When we call on the Democracy
for their principles, they point to the Baltimore
Platform when are are called on for ours, we
proudly point to the Constitution, as referred to
in the Allison Letter-a Platform broad enough
and strong enough for ralIying ground for all
who are opposed TO Executive usurpations OF
any sort.
MIR. Lowe stated that for fifteen years Demo
cratic Congress had sustained the South And
yet Democratic House passed the Wimot
Proviso, during the sessionof 1916, which would
have been confined by Democratic Senate,
had not Mr. Davis Of Mass. spoken till the hour
designated for the adjournment of Congress. =
And at that very period, let i, be remembered by
the people Of the South, LIE HIS HCASS PRO-
CLAIMED IN HIS PLACE IN THE Sc
NATE, THAT HE WOULD HAVE EO-
TED FOR THE WILMOT .PROVIS0 -
Avaunt, thou hypocrite and pretender Let it
also be remembered, that the celebrated Dist
Rule Of Order, in regard to the reception of Abo-
lition petitions, was repealed when the Locofocos
had majority of sirty in the Hohse of Repre-
sentatives This, then, is the kind of affection
Locclocoism has manifested for southern rights
and southern institutions.
We have already bestowed moro attention on
Mr. Loves remarks than they meritcd and we
cannot therefore consent 10 notice him further
than One OF his reflections on the character Of
Mr. FILLMORE, of whom Lowe said :" Adolf
tionism aows from him as perspiration." Lowe
is either extremely ignorant of the man whose
character he thus seeks to traduce or else he
warsonly makes charge, which he did not and
cannon sas,ain. II is notorious fact, that in he
North, Millard Fillmore issdenounced by the
Aooliiionists as a Traitor and Dough-Face, be-
cause Ie recognises he fnstifntion Of Slaryy, and
BROUGHT A BILL INTOCONGRESS TO
PAY THE MASTER THE VALUE OF A
RUNAWAY SLAVE Southern Democratic
orators dare not inform the people thar Mr.. FIJI
more voted in favor Of the FIRST Of the Atherton
resolutions, which declare that Congress his NO
jnrsiietioa orer ne question Of Slavery IL tie Uai-
ted States. Indeed, Mr.. Fillmore has always
been frank, open and consistent politician; he
has not two SETS Of opinions. one for the North
and the other for the South ) he does not like
Van Buren, boast Of being 9 Northern man
with Southern principles, nor make professions