The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-09-05

tional man offer? Henry Clay himself, or Dan
iel Webster, might, with perfect propriety, have
asserted the same thing. But our ex-Whig- Gov
eruor cannot afford to treat the subject furry
knowing that, in such case, nothing could be
made of it, to suit his purpose. He must shame
lessly misrepresent the whole matter. he tells
his auditors that Gen. Taylor would have accept
ed the nomination of the Baltimore Convention
and its horrible SLAVERY PLATFORM ?-Shall
we call this deliberate perverson of truth by its
own lawful name, or shall we leave that for our
readers Ave prefer the latter.
Mr. Slade asserted that James X. Polk and
John Tyler had said the same things about the We
to, as Gen. Taylor. This is either true or false
and there is not one of our readers who does not
know which.
He said he did not know a single man south OF
Mason and Dixon's line, who did not think 1t I'M
constitutional to restrict Slavery. Probably eve
nv one of our readers knows that Mr.. Benton, OF
Missouri, Mr.. Houston, of Texas, and Messrs'
Clayton and Spruance, of Delaware, 1.-THE latter
under the instructions of their State Legslature,)
pOted for the Oregon bill just passed, which in
cludes the Wilmot Proviso.
Mr., Slade read passage from our paper, adj
hitting. he said, that the Philadelphia Conyen-
ton did not commit itself or its candidates to
any principles. In seIfdefeEce, we shall simply
quote the passage as read by Mr.. Siade, adding
the concluding sentence of the paragraph, which
he omitted.
"Whigs have never been accustomed to expect
of men sent into National Convention for the
purpose of nominating candidates for the Presi-
dency and Vice Presidency, that they will also
act the part of political council, and dictate
creed to the party and to the candidates. to which
the latter shall pledge themselves nor will they
we trust, ever borrow this absurd custom from
their political opponents, who complain so bitter
" that their example is not followed. 1t is I'M
reasonable, therefore, to find fault with the late
Philadelphia Convention fornot doing what neith-
Ell the Baltimore Wing Convention of a. nor the
Harrisburg Convention of 40, ever thought of do
ing With Wings, it is enough, so far as CON-
initial TO their principles is concerned, that the
candidate is known Wing, is nominated by
Wing Convention, and accepts that nomination,
knowing it TO have been made with the distinct
understanding that he is Wing"
A person in the audience Whose particular
case we nave unQer anu oLdll az
tend to, in due season. saw ftto contradict our
statement respecting theConventions of 40 IA.
The Convention of "A had platform, he said
he see it in the Tribune yesterday Mr.. Slade,
however, very correctly, assumed that We were
right, land we defy anybody to produce the plat
form of principles to which Henry Clay was
pledged and proceeded to say there was no
need of pledges from such man as Mr.. Clay!
We say, also, that we want no pledges from Gen
Taylor-aside from his past life. his known
character, and his avowed principles.
Mr.. Slade said he had made up his mind to sup
port the Buffalo nominations. He had swal-
lowed things, as hard to get down as Martin
Van Buren-Henry Clay " for instance. He
accorded with the Buffalo platform, he said, IN
the main He avowed himself in favor of divers 6
sundry radical measures-such as the election Of
o. S. Senators, Marshalls, Postmasters, &c, by
the people-and made out, on the whole, very
satisfactory confession of his present devotion to
the fundamental principles of Locofocoism.
About this time, wearied and anxious about
our lodgings, as aforesaid we left.