Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-22

sent Gen. Casss views the late French revolution well
other matter in the June edition that the pamphlet could
be extended beyond eight pages without increase Of
that something had to be excluded and in that way this
"Wimo provso matter wasexcluded from the June edition
to make for the natter When this explanation,
lame and unsatisfactory many deemed it, about have
its proper effect another pamphlet produced of the June
edition, containing the last pas the hos Of The matter
the /" WLnot propiso The exposure complete. II
apparent that the explanation entirely failed, and
that the june edition had two acesone looking lovingly TO
the South, and the other with stern the North
Mr.. HASsEGAS abandoned the case, and in high and
detesaion denounced the fraud and its authors unprnc
pied and vanous but expressing his sne conviction that
Of his Congressional friends either knew had any
agency in it
To shake the pillars Of the Union The Wilmot provi-
So to shake the pillars Of the Union feel such apprc
hension. These fears idle they ridiculous This
Unon thank God is not in the keeping Of ambitious political
asprants or disappointed politicians This great work OF
Washington and his compatroshea ark of safety sprn
ked with the best blood of the Revolution consecaed in the
affections Of our counymenthis Union, in lis strength and
its grandeur will epose upon the hearts of twenty millions OF
feemen and when factionists, agato and conspratos
shall assai it. will remain firmly and quietly seated its
foundation do the eternal AlIeghanes in the midst of
transient summer tempest.
Sir, am Southern man. identified with Southern nstitu
tons; take common destiny with my countymen, whe-
ther for veal or for would live would die, as
trust BY the side Of countymen upon proper occasion
but this Wilmo proviso as practical question:
gard Il % OF exceedingly slight Importance. stand by the
rights Of the South Iepe this 'sprovso" as implying
offensive dsparagement resist it. having warrant in
the constitution, in good faith, in equal justice Bot what
it. after all Of what practical importance is it Where
apply to the real detrmen Of Southern interests Can
New Mexico become saveholding country succession
Of bleak snd sterile hills and volcanic mounans6t only for
pastoral life or mining o2eratonswith land for cuya
ton only the valley Of the Rio Grande which
winds is way rband amongst rocks barren hills and
rugged and bare volcanic and that valley packed
with population for hundred years beyond the sapacy
the brrtf and h-ya
and browze among the hills and mountains. Sir talk Of
perng this Union for New Mexico the whole of Mexico
the whole wide world This the home of fathers,
great free and happy-our own happy homethe home we
would transmit p chidren-to peril this and for what
For lands that wise desired No, sr had rather
New Mexico and California engulfed by earthquake
receded to Santa Anna, held in independence by its
degenerate population had rather any all of these
than to disturb deeply the harmony Of this Union Our first
duty is at homes mission o promote the general vel
fae to form perfect Union and the blessings
Of liberty ourselves and posterty To peril this Union
To destroy it It cannot be done have abidng
verfang confidence in the yue good sense and patriotism
Of people defend and preserve against all its enemies
foreign domestic Sir, what virtuous who loves his
country and proud of its gores and enown could suffer
that image Its greatness that he bears with him his
heart to be dashed 10 the earth Mirror and shiveed
pieces each fragment rejecting but the broken fragments Of
divisions sections and States Of this glorious and happy
republic None, for all tho broad lands that all the
empires of oil the earth could give him. But sir quit this
topic had no idea Of touching it. My business Just
is with much smaller things" de mir,inrs," talk.
Well, there another question asked the other day.
got answernone that could understand asked what
Mr. Casss views the subject of internal improvement
Mr. HANNEGAN. What Gen. Taylors views that
subject
Mr.. MANGUM Gen Taylor will leave that subject to the
wisdom and sound discretion Of Congress popounded the
inerrogaory the other day the Senator Mississippi
What would Gen. Cass do with the river and harbor bill
suppose Mr.. Cass is in quite dilemma. believe he has
uniformly voted for all the internal improvement bills. If
in beg his friends correct He certainly voted
for that habor bill which Mr. Folks But then he
free-he not in chains-he had not voluntarily
sumed the letters of the Baltimore platform What would he
do with that bill Or rather, what could he do In the
platform find the following canon
THAT the constitution does confer the General Co
vernment the to commence and general
tenn OF internal improvements.
This like the rest of that nimtable PLATFORM quite gene
raj and indefinite enough but unfortunately for Mr.. Cass
Mr. Polk who gave his adhesion this article has given
bis exposition of by vetoing the harbor bill that Mr. Cass
voted for notwithstanding great aud clamo against
Mr. Poks veto, the Baltimore Convention eadopted this
non, and approved by resolution Mr. Poks conduct mr.
cass has given in his adhesion this creed and what
can he do OF course in like exactly what Mr. Polk
did, trust this not where Mr. Cass by virtue of
his former votes to stand in the North and the lakes
internal improvement man. and in the South particularly
in the Ancient Dominion a strait-laced 9s and '99
and out against all internal improvements by the
General Government In decency feel bound 10 suppose
that Mr. Cass will adhere to the principles Of the platform
and where they little Delphic, that contemporaneous
expositons will be his guides So if this "wave of opinion
hard frozen, and shall thaw under the Of popu-
ary the woongs Of soft breezes, coming up the great
Mississippi and its tributaries, may set down Mr. Cass
against river and lake harhor improvements
But, sir, these matters Of comparative insignf-
NV objection to the election OF Mr.. Cass the
Presidency takes higher and wider range, and is
nected with higher and graver matter consider him the
representative Of the worst type Of Democacyof that
portion of which regard fraugh with most danger
the peace prosperity, and enduring glory of the country
After all that have seen, who could hope in the Of
the elevation Of Gen. Cass the Presidency that could
pass through the four years Of his administration without be-
ing involved in Opinion throughout the
world s in strange and fearful commoton portentous Of
change Deep RADICAL and sanguinay. Specuations bold
daring, audacious aiming TO sap the foundations Of
sng political systems and threatening with disintegaon
the social The power Of the press in conjunction with the
example Of the only really free political and civil institutions
just beginning 10 be felt and developed That power and
that example win go working their wonders. The results
will be the fall Of dynastes, the crushing Of thrones
upheavngs that great down-ojden Of human beings
like the tabled Enceladeus, may in their frantic writings
and contorons throw up and broadcast Europe the
smoke the ashes the res and the burning lava of revolu-
on The first great shock has been felt and thfones and
coudapped towers and gorgeous palaces have passed away
and disappeared There oublous and fearful pause
this great phenomenon The heart Of Europe quakes 10
the fear Of the unknown future May God, in his kind pro-
vidence bring order and liberty Of this wild chaos Of
struggle and Of passion What may not be feared when
these down trodden millions shall have severed their chains
and burst from their manaces, feeling buoyant Of
sfod