Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1848-10-27

the nurlh. The convention which nominated
General Taylor. would moi entertain a resuld-
ton involving Restriction Of Slavery 10 its PIE.
sent limits. and ihisrelusal has destroyed conf
dence. Ills ppailionuand that Of the conycn-
hon, Icing thus undonnrd, The consequence is,
that tho politicians al lie noini afeteri esennng
him rs The friend &c restriction, and III free soil
for freemen; Tho fact is capable Of proof while
al the south They say, "il The nurih choose TO be
humbugged. il is ihcir own fault: we know our
mani And why should tliey not know him J
His location is AMONG them his associations,
, his slayehodug interest, ardaall The inlnences
Surrounding hin ere part and parcel OF them
selves These are certainly strong reasons fbr
knowing their man--ihat honest man, WIN il is
understood has declared thai lie has no CONCEAL
menis rom his counirymcn, aud yet not Que sa-
tisfactnry word can beobtainctl from him, clear
lyt0uching the great qpesinmof die day, that
which is agiialipg, and from iis nature must
aglale The people throughout The length and
breadth Of the land We do not highly esieein
this species of honesty. asF |i .Ifsi'7d 1H
Furtienaitis strongly urged ia favor Of Gen.
Taylor, that he is opposed TO the exercise of the
veto power, with ampo exceptions, II appears
10 US, that nearly, or quite all The vetos that
have beeii applied II promised in advance Of
Legislation, iorihe last twenty years, have ema-
mated FROM the slaveholding power or its ipau-
ence and should this prove 10 be historical
fact, il would argue great want Of discernment
and foresight IN the people, should they soon
again ,rusiihai power to anyman, whose inter
est, and the influences Of whose mind must BIZ
in that direction. Siaveholding. MS an element
of political powet, has hcen, and 1t seems 10 US,
must necessarily be the antagonist of the pros
reriiy of non-slnyeholdng states, because Of the
adaptation of the latter to increased population
and wealth how can we then foster and sffead
such political ppwer. the antagonist OF the u,
berries and prosperity Of Frcemen. OurgoyFrn-
ment and the people congratulated the nations
Of Europe for their progress toward the esiab-
lishment Of rational liberty, while we, ourselves
have rrirorraded, descended 10 dark aud ignoble
struggles and dspuiations for the wider spseai
Of siaperg over vast free lands. What a,prepos-
ferrous and paradoxical exhibition are The United
States Of America presenting 10 the world a
this day. sali ii7qs l'ai1 aag'91i 81
We apprehend that grraler danger than This
Union has yet encountered, will grow out OIL
ibis subject III he moi clearly settled in ths
vlanner thai ksiil nrsvnnt thf, extension Of fe
.lLy in all ima 10 GONE and ourapprehens0n 1.
founded in Ibis, that il the North and We e
come familiar with disunion, IN account Of Tie
ex-aciions Of the slav6 pow r, il will have much
more meaning than any former Threats ofihis ma
iure. This people are awakening 10 the danger
of Increasing that power in the Senate by The
multiplication of States, comparatively without
citizens, and by this process making Govern
ment of States, TO the exclusion II the people
in effect. i .I'
General Taylor says in Substance, " That
Presidential vctos should not be inierposed
where questions of power or domestic policy
have been settled by the various departments
of the Government. and acQuiesred In BY the
nannlu ~ tronI . hpt fnnrE W laitnpp fha
The various departments of the Government
have not settled it and tue people have not ac-
quiesced in itthat slavery shall he permitted,
by the action or inaciioa OF the Government,
to spread itself 1usr itrrffory nott free. II we
understand this question, the language OF Gen.
Taylor, above quoted, does not reach il; il
cannot, for it is new question entirely. What
then arc we to infer would he his course on
this great issue Our unavoidable conclusion
is that saveholding influences will prevail with
him. Again in the year 1928, Wing orators
| (pairiois they were then called by many and
with some show 81 Justice too,) warned the
people in the most impressive language, almost
in tones of thunder, over and over again, OF the
great danger to our free Institutions which
would result from elryaiing mere military
chieftains, 10 the head of The government
the seeds Of this warning were sown broad
as they deserved to bu hand down from
father 10 son, and have taken deep root. The
havest from this seed never ripened ill now
and now the crop must be gathered, there Is M
alternative tens of thousands of Wings ant
Democrats. utterly repudiale what are called
the regular nominations, and though one OF thu
other may be successful, yet there is in our ap
lprehension probability Of that success being
UNNECESSARILY worse for the country than defeat
Some politicians may live long enough TO b.
most astonishingly mistaken ii they expect tina
the people will continue to allow the slav'
interest the proportion Of foriy-eight years GU
OF sixty Of tho Presidency with its patronage
and influence thus for gfeai portion Of tin
time suffering such influences TO controul ant
shape nearly all the important acts Of III
Government. There are some indications tina
the peoule are moving towards taking this bust
ness into their own hands, and the signs Of tn
times are premonitory that II will be at no dis
iant day. Some thousands OF voters supported
Henry Jay, in 1914, in The belief that thel
were rendering an important service TO ihel
country, and supposed the balance Of good, IN
der every view was greatly in his favour /; ant
we have reason 10 believe that a very larg
number gave their support 10 Jas. X. Polk unde
like convictions. 1t is in proof that very grea
dissatisfaction exists in nearly every state 4
the Union, growing out Of the nominations q
Generals Cass and Taylor for the Presidency
In some states this dissatisfaction is extensive
and il is abundantly confirmed by the recon
Convention at Buffalo in every po'n, from whic
that convention can be justly viewed. In
people Of all parties there assembled howcve
much the greater part Of them might disagree
with the opinions or actions of Martin Van b
rem on some subjects OF secondary consequence
were convinced that on him and on those VII
avowed similar important principles, was u
only safety on the subject Of slavery-ex'ensio
and OF continued peace ; Obey could not be sa
isfed that the best candidate for peaceful OF
iects was him whose hands were reeking
! human blood shed on the fields OF invade
/ Mexico, or that the best interests Of liberty Il