Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-09-13


distinctly avowsd by the Southern members Of
'hat iney would not vote for any measures
io' the prosecution Of the war; nor would thew ru,
~ any treaty, if this provision becomes law. II
VIII probably go back from the Senate TO the House
where hope the appropriation will pass without
any proviso.
am, with great respect, truly yours,
ID nv LEWIS CASS.
X. S. WILSON, Esq.
no objection Is made to the principle of the pro-
vIso. The opposition is put on party grounds
How far the impuiation on the patriotism of The
southern members is true, they may best tell.
his letter appears in an extra ss'Crue Demo
ccrat," issued by Mr.. Wilson himself. at Ann Ar.
Dor, Michigan, on the 25th Of August, I848.
On the 24th of December, lS47, General Cass
addressed letter to the Hon. Mr.. Nicholson, of
nashville distinctly regulating the Wiirnot pro
v,so. The following is passage of that letter:
"'Thc WILMor Pnov1so has been bes,re III.
country some time II has been discussed in Con
gress, and by the public press. am strength i'm
pressed ,cifh The opinion that chan ere has been 90.
ing on IN the public mind upon this subject in mn
oto" as 'oc as others, and that doubts IRE resolving
themselves into conviction that the priuciple IL in
eofres should be kept ont Of the National Lcgisa-
trc, and LETT to the people Of the confcderacu, in
their respective local governments Briefly. then.
am opposed to the exercise Of any jurisdiction bu
Congress orer this matter; and am in favor of
leaving to the people of any territory which NAV be
hereafter acquired the right to regulate it for them
selves, under the general principles Of cons,itu
ton"
MS letter, and the extraordinary organization
OF OF me baltimore Convention, produced the nomina-
non oil General Cass for the Presidency. The
General subscribed to the platform ;" which de-
nounces the Wilmot proviso, and any interference
oy congress with the question of The extension or
Prohioi'ion OF slavery. He thereupon resigned his
seat IN the Sena,e, and returned home.
What has since followed2 compromise bill.
LOT adjusting the slave question: reported to the
senate by MIR. Clayton, and passed by that BODY
Mr. Felch and Mr.. Fitzgerald, the Senators from
Michigan, the friends Of General CAss for the Pre-
Stdehcy, VOTED AGAINST THE COMPROMISE BILL
IL was sent to the House, and there unceremo-
niously laid on the table; the confidential friends
81 Gen. Cas-, the Representatives. fron, Michigan.
oottng the bill to the sleep Of DEATH
But this is not all. bill to organize the terri
torlal government of Oregon, with the principle
ana substance of the Wmot proviso in it, was
passed In the House, the Representatives from
Michigan voting for it, 1t was sent up to the Sen
ate That body struck out the Objectionable re-
striction, and returned it SO amended; the House
reused 10 concur In striking out the restriction the
Representatives from the State of Michigan voting
with the majority, and for the Wilmot or ordinance
restriction The Senate were notified of this vote
of the House, and finally receded from its amend
ment, Mr. Fech and MIR. Fitzgerald voting again
In opposition to the South on the question.
But neither is this ALL Mr.. Bingham, of Mich
igan, In speech delivered in Congress on the 9TH
of August, ls4S, has taken extreme positions in
favor OF the Wimot proviso, and against all the
views OF the South on the subject. He complains
'hat In the JOINT resolution Of Congress for the an
neXaion OF Texas, no authority is granted to pre-
vent the introduction of slavery into any part of it,
he complains that provision in the Three Mil
ln1n N tfNF
lundamental condition to the acquisition of new
territory from the republic of Mexico by the Uni
ted States, by virtue of any treaty which may be
negotiated between them, that neither slavery nor
Involuntary servtude shall ever exist in any mart of
said territory" was stricken out by the Senate and
that the House concurred in the vote to strike it
out lie maintains that Congress have full power
to egislae for the Territories in all cases, slavery
or others; and that he ''should prove recreant to
the memories of the past and the hopea of the ni-
tnre " if he should fail TO insist upon tho arroo
OF the prohlotion OF slavery to the new territories
acquired from Mexico.
Mr.. Stuart, of Michigan, in his speech on the
civil and diplomatic appropriation bill, on the 2ist
of July, said, she teas IN favor of the WiImot pro-
ciso," and yet for Gen. Cass, whose latest profess
sion, In the Nicholson letter, was against it
The whole delegation from Michigan in both
Houses of Congress, the fast friends of Gen. Cass
for the Presidency, are 10 this moment for the VII
mot proriso.
His immediate supporters at home, the men who
surround him, his chosen associates-Mr. George
Lothrop, Attorney General of the State, Mr. Hen
ry n: Walker, ex-A'torney General, Mr.. George
r.. Hand, who was one of the committee to obtain
signatures to remonstrance, in 1914, against the
annexation of Texas-are now warm advocates of
the Wilmot proviso, and equally warm in favor of
General Cass for the next President
| The foregoing facts are specially presented to the
Southern States, without more comment. They
are incontestably true, and founded on public re-
cords OF letters, votes and debates.
They are worthy Of consideration in every other
part of the Union. They show the variabeness
and versatility of principles and views of politi-
cian presented to the people of the United States
as candidate for their Chief Magistrate If the
| historical delneation satisfies the South or the
North that he will make firm and consistent Pre-
! sIdent, either the one the other, both, will
vote for him.
A MAN Of integrity, with broad and comprehen-
S'Ve AMERICAN PRINCIPLES, no Matter where his
local habtatlon, is the candidate for whom the pa
Iotc CITIZENS OF all parties, in every quarter of the
| Union, can cast their suffrages, with abiding
confidence that the CONSTITUTION, the UNION, the
LIBERTY, the PROSPERITY, and CHARACTER of the
NATION will never be impaired OF snllied by hi
administration. WASHINGTON
A CANDID OPINIoN-The following, (says thu
Petersburg Intelligencer,) from the pen of the Ed
itor OF the Union, in May, 1916, before Gen. Tay
lor was thought Of for the Presidency, will shov
the real opinion of Father Richie, and how it'll
reliance is to be placed upon efforts from the sam
quarter to disparage the Old Hero
CHE PEN WORTHY OF The SWORD"
"Noihing can be more happy, appropriate, INC
dest, yet dgnfed, than the dispatches from Ger
Taylor. They are worthy of the man and of the oc
casion which has called them forth. We thorough