The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-11-07
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erful appeal to the free soil Wings of Ohio
1t is as applicable to the Wings ofother States
who are dissatisfied with the nomination a
Philadelphia, as in Ohio. Let every Wing
who has no glorious political prospects, held out
to him by the success of new party, and who
would act as becomes man always ready to
sacrifice his own opinions to patriotism,-let
him read this address and ponder well before
he casts his vote. We copy all but the open
ing paragraph which is not pertinent here.
And why should Ohio fall out of line with
the Wing array just as they are achieving a
decisive triumph? What good end is even
proposed by these who counsel that course ,
( Suppose it we're possible to give the vote of
the State 70 Van Buren,, (aid you must know
it Is not,) 90 yoa not see that is in effect Civ
/ ing it to Cass? Every Electoral vote against
| Taylor is a vote for Cas- directly, or against
choice by the people, and so in favor of Cass
indirectly for he and no one else will assured
" be chosen if the election goes to the House
/ With the delegations from fifteen States for
him, only twelve in all against him, and the
other three divided, and in view of the knowl-
edge that, if no President be chosen, the SEN
] ahS Will NCIldlHlN eiCCl OT6U. DuIlcT VICE
President and thus put him in the Presiden-
tial Chair, there is not chance for the cleo
ton of anybody but Cass by the House. And
why should any Wing vote so as to humor
South Carolina and elect Gen. Cas-? Why?
The grounds of demurrer are three-Gen.
Taylor-the Philadelphia Convention-the
extension of Slavery. Let US consider them
in order.
/ You know how little like Gen. Taylor
or rather, how thoroughly disapprove his
nomination for President. Personally think
well of him, as almost everybody does. The
uniform testimony Of those who know him pro-
claims him a shrewd, sensible, practical, hu-
name, honest, unassuming man. If it were
simply question of men, l believe at least
three-fourths of the Union would prefer him
to Gen. Cass. As 10 his being a soldier and
stakeholder / should like him better if he were
neither, but | never did and think | never
will oppose any man merely as a STAKEHOLDER
for an office under the Federal Government,
for believe such opposition contrary TO the
plain intent and scope of the Federal Consti-
tuition. If it had been understood or suspect
cd in 1888 that the citizens of the Free
States would ever come to prescribe and vote
against Southern men merely as Shareholders,
| am sure no Constitution would have been a.
dopted.I do not believe Washington would have
signed the instrument; am confident Madi-
son and PInckney would not. / canno unite
in prescription which seems TO me fathless,
ill-directed and worse than useless Nor will
| make the soldiers calling q reason for oppo-
sing one so long as the Nation requires, trains
and employs soldiers. am more than willing
to unite in any effective movement for abol-
ishing the trade of War; but, so long as the
Nation encourages, requires and upholds that
trade without objection or cavil, / cannot u
mite in prescribing warriors who have ever
been blamccss in private life and obedient to
the civil power. But we heartily agree that
the Philadelphia nomination was not the right
one-that candidate for President of superb
or qualifications and merits should have been
selected. The choice made was not mine, nor
yours. Some of YOU ! visited and conferred
with last year, concerning the defeat of this C.
lection. Many ofyou must know that | spar
ed no effort, early or late, TO defeat it-yet it
, WAS made. And now the only question TO be
considered is this-ls il Your duty, is it mine,
because otour disapproval of the reasons which
induced and the influences which effected this
nomination, TO oppose it, and thus contribute
to Gen. Cass's election | have carefully
weighed, have calmly deliberated, and my
conviction is clear that | ought, in REV of all
the circumstances, to vote for Gen. Taylor. !
shall do so. Hear my reasons, and then Judge
my course.
As TO the influences which prevailed in the
Philadelphia Convention, / do not respect and
shall not flatter them. A low expediency-a
molc-cycd cunning-a loose principlcd COM
plaisance TO those who promised if Gen. Tay-
lor should be nominated all manner of South
an1 South IEoefor,, Il loJ
no more power to make over than Satan had
TO give away call the Kingdoms of the EARTH"
saw all this and detested it. But this is of
the past, and is no longer of any practical con-
sequence, tho ntrigueS and intrIguers have a.
like shrunk into their natural proportions
Gen. Taylor is nominated bu. they who sud-
denly expanded into great men on the strength
of the votes they were 10 secure him and the
Il. S Senators, they were to carry by means
Of him in Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, Mssou-
RI, Arkansas, Texas, &C., have been proved
to be men of swelling words and no real force
Every day renders more and more apparent
the fact that Gen. Taylor will not be elected
nor materially helped by no-party nor by
Southern party votes, and he must be car
ried by old-fashioned Wing strength and Wing
means-by appeals to the understanding, the
patriotism and the conscience of the Country
against the policy and measures recommended
by Polk and supported by Cass-by Wing ar
guments and Wing votes Gen. Taylor has
himself been constrained by the necessities of
the case TO place himself distinctly on the
Wing platform. am pretty determined
Wing, and don't want President more de-
cidedly of us and with us than his later letters
make hm.-The States which will vote for
him will thereby approve the general features
OF Wing policy. now known oil all men. The
Congress elected with him will be Wing
Congress, only more thoroughly committed to
our principles that he has been suspected of
lnkewarmness or equivocal regard as to some
of them. That Congress will proceed to car
ry out the Wing policy, so far as it shall have
power. And Gen. Taylor is distinctly pledg
ed, beyond peradrenture or cavil, to leave
Legislation to Congress, and devote himself to
his Executive power. Is not this right? Is
IT not all we could desire? Who would wish
to see our measures fastened upon The country
through the potency of Presidential influence?
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