The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-11-01
TO THE VAN BUKEN WINGS OF
INDIANA.

nevertheless, l know not by what other
name to call you. Ii would not be proper TO
say Free Soil whigs,' for it is an undeniable
fact, that the great body ofwhigs. especially III
the Free States, are, almost without exception
Free Soil Whigsi But ii is only TO those wings
who, with the Liberty party and certain dis
affected Democrats, have resolved to throw
away their votes for President upon Martin
Van Buren,, that my remarks are addressed; IL
therefore, for the want of better~name, call
you Van Buren, Wings! IL you are dissatisfied
with the appellation, and see in it that ridcu-
lous incongruity which ii naturally suggests,
call on you 20 pause, and 10 reflect seriously.
before you have justly and forever rendered
yourselves obnoxious TO so inconsistent name
by voting for that man, who above all others,
the Wigs of this Union have reason to distrust
if not to despise!
To come directly to the subject of this adj
Dress remark, that finding myself in the sin
gular predicament above alluded TO, and taking
as conceive, a rational and common sense
view Of the matters, and of the claims and
prospects Of the Presidential candidates now
before the American people, l have resolved
TO vote for Gen. TAYLOR. And being MEM
Der Of the Free Soil State Central Committee,
and contingent elector for the 9Th district, i
conceive il my duty TO make this public
announcement of my determination, and TO
call on my whig brethren throughout the State
who are now enlisted in the Van Buren, corpse
TO go and do llkepise.
am whig-l have always been wing,
and see not how can be any thing else
And to those wings, and to those only, who
have been carried away by the Free Soil ex-
citement in the delusve hope of accomplish
ing something by voting for he third candi-
date, shall proceed to give few reasons for
the course have taken-reasons which the
humblest man in the State can understand
and appreciate.
LIST. am friend of Free Sofas much so
presume, as any Of you, | abominate the fur
RY. But here are two candidates, Gen. Tay-
Tor and Gen. Cass-one of ,ohom is boand to be
our merit President How do they stand in re-
gard to the Free Soil question? Cass. as you
are aware, has decided beforehand that it is
unconstitutional for Congress to legislate on
the subject. end he is virtually bound and
pledged TO veto any measure which Congress
may pass in regard TO Slavery In the new ter
ritories. This, no one, believe, disputes
So that should Congress during MIR. Cass' adj
ministration (should he be elected) pass bill
with the Ordinance of 81, prohibiting Slavery
| in those territories, he riH VETO it-thus leav
ing them open to slave emigration from the
Southern States; aud who does not see that in
this case they will eventually become Slave
States? There is nothing to be hoped for by
the Friends Of Free Soil, by the election of
Gen Cass.
But what of Gen. Taylorl Now the most
that can be, or ever has been said of him on
this question is, that he is uncertain. We are
told by the advocates of the Free Soil move
4 hot no Gpn Ia al, r(shn
he be elected) TO oppose by his veto, the Will
mot Proviso, while the North believe he will
approve it, should Congress pass bill con-
tanning it; and consequently. the North or the
South are bound to be deceived. And this is
the most that can be said Making the worst
| of the matter, you can only say ii is uncertain
phat Gen. Taylor wouId do in this case. He
has never said he was opposed TO the Wilmot
| Proviso. lie has never said il was unconsti-
tutiona for Congress 10 legislate on this ques-
| iion And if il be true, (Which / cannot be-
| lieve) that the South expect him TO ueto bill
Of this kind, in case it should be passed, the
| probability is, that the South and not the
| North, will be deceived. What has Gen.
Taylor said? Hear him: 1.-THE personal opin-
ions of the individual who msi happen TO &C.
cupy the Executive chair ought not TO control
the actions of domestic policy, nor ought his
lUDJcCtlUnS VIC iutCipOoCu toHcfc fuoottVHo VI
constitutional po,cer hare been settled by the
parious departments Of Government and &c
q.iesced in by the people, He also says:''The
will of the people, as expressed through their
representatives, in Congress, ought to be res
| pected and carried out By the Executive. -
And has not the constitutonality of the ques-
ton embraced in the Wilmot Proviso "bpen
settled by the various departments of Govern
ment, and acquiesced in by the people," from
i the days Of Jefferson, who first introduced /;
into Congress, which passed the Oregon Bill?
And should "the will of the people las * press
ed through their representatives. in Congress-.
decide in favor of 1.-the "ths Ordinance of 81, .
do you imagine that Gen. Taylor. if President,
would not respect and carry out this will OF
the peopleF Would he veto the Wilmot Pro
viso? For one, must say have no difficult =
in believing he would not. He is not the
man 10 recede from his expressed convictions
of public duty, nor allow his personal opin-
ions to control the action Of Congress upon
Il questions of domestic policy" Therefore, as
81 before stated, make the worst of Gen. Taylor's
position in reference to the slavery question
still he is vastly to be preferred, in this case
; to Cas-, for while the one is pledged 10 oppose
i the interference of Congress in the matter al
o together, and TO veto any bill containing the
'Proviso'-the other stands pledged to respec
the will of the people as expires ed through
: their representatives. in CongreSs-uness ii bt
J., a pal pa bic violation of the Constitution, Blu
al the Wilmot Proviso, instead of being a viola
ton of the Constitution. has been ''settled BY
the various departments of government. ant
e acquiesced in by the people" from 1857 tt
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