The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-03
KNOX COUNTY, September Il

| Illinois,.
KNOX COUNTY, September l5
To the Editor of the Union:
As your paper has large circulation, only in the
North, but in the South, beg the use of its columns to
inform you about the state of democracy this region
wish to hold up to your readers IN more glarng colors
than they have hitherto been painted n the gross ncon
slsences OF the wings, the natives, the and their
mongrel allies. The wings have sacrificed all their prn-
cipes W they ever had any upon the altar OF avail
ability" They have thrown Oft, indeed the APP
pearance of principle Crocodlelke they have opened
Their mouths as wide as TEN ACRE FIELD" to swallow
old Availability" Fillmore, provisosm, and all twas
somewhat amusing six months ago to see the squabbe
which going on between the coons and the natives
to which of these two rival factions Gen Taylor most
properly belonged But finally seeing that neither could
obtain the whole OF the duaus of "avalabilty" they
both agreed to go in as coequas as joint partners in the
stock, and joint hers of the spos They have, there
lore, abandoned all preensions 10 principles, and almost
all pretensons to party. They affect to as
sumo no-party attitude, and consolidate much Of
their forces could be whipped into the traces upon
man who says that he holds opinion himself that he
would not readily avow; but that he has not made up
his mind as yea on any great question of national policy
And Tor what has this great sacrifice been made And
who are his general snpporerss true answer to these
questions lets us at into the secrets OF their deccp
ton.
First, the sacrifice has been made because they know
that # they erect again the Clay PLATFORM which they
The great Harry OF the West had been their political
idol for "a years but the slaug house" brought
him up to the buring of Spontaneous combustion"
and his fine fundamental principles, laid down at the
extra session of 1871, were knocked into cooked
hats than could be found in the whole army of Avail
ability" Santa Anna. Their great idol, Daniel, hap
pened TO be born little too far north to suit the anti
provisoes OF the South. Scott was "gunpowder enough
for them but he, like "Danie" lived too far in the
wilderness" Cd Jack seemed to be the most avail
able and one OF his letters equal to two of char
rvs" Harry could only write letters TO suit two direc
TONS as he did in 1914 with his northern and southern
Texas letters but sold lack" could write all kinds of
letters 10 all sorts OF people.
Secondly, to his supporters, we arrayed under
the banner OF availability" all OF the good and true
.'moral traitors except such support Van Buren, for
instance, the great tot oh light of Mexican toysm, Tom
Corwn and the old British bueligh hit sinner, "Dan Web
ster." The former of these voted under oath, that
existed by the OF Mexico and afterwards declared his
wish that the Mexcans would give Gen. Taylor's army
'boody hands and hospabe graves" There is not
Mexican ally here who not enlisted for either Taylor
Van Buren,; but most of them for Taylor Mr. Clay
jected because he had principles Gen Taylor
nominated because he had no principles Gen Taylors
want OF principles can be represented in all parts OF the
Union in varying coors, to suit every man. In Lousi-
the wings making desperate effort to prove that
Gen Cass is favor OF the Wlmot Proviso and that the
only way to defeat it TO vote for Taylor, because he Is
all possible candor that Gen Taylor Proriso and
in that way they whipping in the most OF the Proviso
abolition .possums. Mr. Baker, the federal representa-
tive of this district, declared soemnly that he knew
Gen Taylor would net veto the Poviso if it should pass
Congress Mr. Baker took ground in favor of
at all excepthe Wimot Provlso and the Quintup treat
and blamed Gen Cass most shockngy for defeating the
latter. He knew that many of the abotionsts might be
coaxed Oft from their own ticket on to the wings and the
best way e 40 WAS 70 appear about m
Mexcans, and their bid their votes for Congress.
AT this the criers hammer fell. and MIR. Baker was
knocked off to the aboonsts Whilst he processes to
be the representative of the views Of Gen Taylor, he
goes to Congress with abolition votes on his back) the
quasi representative of the views of the ultra aboonsts
of the North Will be believed He took decided ground
against national bank, protective tariff and disrbu
ton bill He declared most positively that the wing
party Of this State and Union opposed TO national
bank and contended that the wings could be consistent
in being both for and against bank at different times.
What glorious victory for the wings OF the South! An
abotonprovlso coon elected from the North by abol-
tion-proviso votes. But enough of this MIR. Baker.
said that Gen. Taylor was nominated because he had
no principles. The coones are of such easy con-
sciences in time of need to be not at all tenacious
about candidates views 1t matters not with them
whether he has any fixed principles or not 1t matters
not with them whether is whig abolitlonist orr
native SO that he is not democrat and was not ndoc-
trinaed in the Jeersonan school, In the South they run
Gen. Taylor because he is STAKEHOLDER, without any
opinions at all They run Fillmore because he is north
sort of hand rake to catch in the scattering fragments of
cooNDoM And | wish you, in the columns OF your
paper, make the South understand that in voting for
Mr.. Fillmore, they voting for the Wimot Provso.
KEEP THE PEOPLE that Nlillard Fillmore
nominated Wilmot Provso man, in ccnneXion with
who has $50 slaves The spoils is their object, and
availability is their game have been thinking that the
aboonsts committed great mistake in not nominating
Taylor as they nominated their men first and they could
have nominated Taylor; and of he would have
copied the nomination. oreverythng swelcome that comes
into his net Hsi friends spread it 'for birds of every
feather" He might have appeared good aboltonist,
but perhaps they thought that would be injustice to the
wings. But BESIDES without directly calling him abo-
litonist, they holding him up the North efec-
tually one, being Wilmot Provso man, and sacri
cing the constitutional itself that grim idol They
privately showing letters OF his letters from those
who have directly conversed with him. to satisfy the doubt
ing followers of the northern abolition wings that he is
determined to sgnhe Proviso, and to ALLURE his sectional
feelings and his personal interests This phass is toT
the North whilst the cunning managers attempting to
hoodwink the South, by holding him up great slave
holder, who would abandon her interests as well
his Thus fact, the tricksters both sides OF
Mason and Dixon's line may expect, by their double
dealing, to make capital for him out OF his two
Trajectory phases than by directly presenting him
abolitonist Ii would be wonderful, if it true, that
the South does the shameless game which is
paying-tha she does not see how Corwin and Daniel
Webster are appealing the most pathetic manner to the
liberty men to support Taylor rather than the mongre
Van buren, Webster is repeating, as he did in 1874 that
his friends of the third party, the liberty men, endan
gerng their objects by running upon their own can
ddate-tha every which they give to Van Buren, is
half vote given to Cass and whole vote taken from
themselves-that they standing in their own light
and defeating their wishes-for, if Taylor were
elected and he cannot be without the aid OF their voes
he would carry out the Wilmot Provso, and be Ike pot
ters' clay in their hands Does not the South see ms
game going directly before their eyes, as webster acted
it out in 1874