Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-09-11
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Keep 1t before the People

lnteffere with the question ~
Keer j. also befor, the people, tina
Lewis Cass p~rocle;aed in his place il
,he Senate thatse would have voted fol
the w;lmo, rsoviso, had it been brought
forward euring the session of 1916. .,
Keep it before the people, that Millard
Fiumore is denounced by the Abolition
,s,s as a traitor and a dough-face, because
he recognises the institution of slavery,
and brought a bill into congress to pay
a master the value Of a runaway slave.
Keep it also before the people, that
Gen. Cass boasts that be never was a
shareholder, that he detests slavery, and
would be delighted to see it abolished, if
j, could be done safely and ~peaceably.
Keep it before the people, that the De-
nocratic papers dare not inform their
readers that Willard Fillmore voted in
favor Of the first Of the Anterior resolu-
tons, which declares that Congress has
no jurisdiction over the question of sla-
very in the United States.
Keep it also before the people, that
Gen. Cass has proclaimed the monssrous
opinion that the question Of slavery in the
newly acquired territory must be settled
by the people thereof; thus giving to the
Indians, Mesizoes, Zamboes, and other
colored inhabitants of such territory, the
right and power to exclude citizens OF
the South from establishing themselves
with their property on the soil.
Keep it before the people, that Willard
Fillmore has always been a frank, open
and consistent politician, that he has not
two sets Of opinions, u for the North
and the other for the South; that he does
not, like Van Buren,, boast Of being "a
northern man Nth southern principles"
o make professions at the eleventh hour
to gull the South.
Keep it also before the people, that
southern democrats are e~ndeavoring to
hold up Lewis Cass as ga Northern man
UisA Southern principles" just as they did
Van Buren,, and that Lewis Cass is aid
ing to propagate the fraud, by causing to
be circulated two editions Of his life, one
intended I reconcile salve-holders to his
support, and the other to ingratiate him
self with Northern anti-slayery men.
Keep it also before the people, that
Lewis Cass never was regarded in any
other light than as q violent opponent Of
slavery and a recognized champion ofthe
Wilmot proyiso, and that he only modi-
fed his opinions when he became the can
didate for the Presidency; that even now
Re has neuer pritten or uttered one .yHa-
Die against the principle Of the Proviso;
and that when Intercepted by his north.
ern friends on the subject, he pretends
that the noise and confusion preuented him
from explaining his vieus.
Keepfit before the people, that Mr..
Yancey, a Southern democrat, and dele
gate from Alabama to the national demo-
cratic convention, refused to sustain Lewis
Cass, p%ronouncing him apoiitical. sceatk-
srcoek, "all things unto all men, on Abo-
litionist at heart, and false to the South"
On! RARE CONSISTENCY IL. General
Cass writing q book lauding Louis Phil
lippe, and then, on his overthrow, con-
the people that deposed him.
2. General Cass voting for the Wilmot
Proviso when he wanted Northern votes,
and opposing it when he wanted South
ern votes. .~a..
s. General Cass refusing the "oyer-
grown patronage" of the Government, af-
ter e~xhausting that patronage to his own
benefit. .5
4. General Cass speaking eloquently
about the suffering Of the people of Ire
land, and then. forgetting to vote for the
appropriation for their relief.
S. General Cass concurring with Mr..
Folks administration and voting for the
Harbor and River bill, the veto Of which
The s'crowning glory'' Of MI. Polk.
8. General Cas- was enchanted with the
prospect Q fpeace throughout the world,
and greasing his palate Ito swallow the
whole of Mexico"
A CHANCE FOR TEACHERS.
VOUNG MEN I'M all paris Of the United States,
sboh axsyeseissda good Englishe education,
- = - 1880 l.