Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-06-10
GENERAL. CAss.

s"'f oENEhAL CASS.
The Louisville Journal, of the Goth ul,,.
takes ha'ty but admirable glance of the
political tergiversaiiohs Of the nominee of
the harmonious Democracy." From i, we
take the following extract, which we trus,
will be read BY all into whose hands this
paper may fall Its length should deter no
man from carefully perusing it.
The party now called on 10 support Con. Cas-,
p1aIends TO be party OF principle Will any
one Of them please 10 tell us what principle OF
their party 10 identified with Cass? Is it the Sub
Treasury or free,trade! Is it opposition TO Ma
tional Bank? Neither. Gen. Cass has been in
public life and public pay about thirty years, and
where |. the truth or principle he has maintained
the service he has rendered 10 the country? There
70 not man Of any pretension to talent now or
heretofore in public life for half that period that
ha. not done more for the great principles OF pot.
icsl faith he professed. But Gen. Cass, whilst no
has thus treated principles with so much neglect,
has been most anxious and slavish dovotee OF
power. Whenever he has found himself on the
weaker side he has made all haste 10 abandon il.
Hence. Il the accocnt OF his political youth i.
true. he iorsook ancient Federalism, came out TO
the West where the use Of his black cockade
was unknown. and in due time was appointed In.
dian seent in Michigan. He supported Mr.. Adams
whilst he was President, but when defeated he
psssed over TO Jackson. Jackson put him in Office
a. Governor OF Michigan and Indian agent, and
afterwards made him Secretary of War In tina,
department. however, he did not suit Old Hick.
Org, and was therefore sent to Frsnce to get
efssr Of him, 10 1910 the Wings were victorious
Gen. Cass, although then in Paris, began 10 man
Hest the warmest personal regard for Gen. Harri.
con. and wrote certificates 10 vndicatc his mflita>
~ reputation from the assaults OF Cass's own
party; and when Harrison died, General Cass un.
dsrtook to be deeply erieved, and actually cele>
brated ia Paris the Presidents death, with fu.
usral ceremonies and delivered eulogy himself,
things which no other foreign minister from this
country ever felt himself called ON to do before or
since. But Cass's object was obvious and was
we'll understood here; it was laughed al by the
Wings and cursed by the men who are now call.
sd on 10 support him. Why. the thing wen. so
far that j, was even proposed to bring Gen. Cess
over and run him as no party man to succeed
John Tyler.
From his letter 10 the Indian convention OF '43,
Il 10 hard 10 tell whether he is Tor FREQ trade or
protection now we are told he goes for free trade.
When the Annexation Of Texas was proposed,
he was against it. but quickly he came round in
favor Of it when he though, i, popular. He came
out for the WiImoi provso al first, bot when the
South determined 10 resist it, Gen. Cass turned
sgsnet it in ,rords Tor he tells its friends that it's
object ear be accomplished in another way
When in france, Gen. Cass, with his habitusl
sbbserviency to power, whatever it may be, wrote
large book on the court Of Louis Philippe. full
sfasttely OF that monarch. Now is it not beau>
tiful for convention Democratique par ercellence
10 nominate for President Of the model Republic
Of the world The aaterer and panegyrist Of Louis
Philippe and that TOO in three short months after
The French despot was hurled from his throne by
The republicans OF France! |. is true tina. Gen.
Csss now in speeches glorifes the French revou
zion and dsnounces Louis Philippe ,Ohen he is in
odpersity. But let us ask how long it would have
taken 10 overthrow Louis Philippe il Democrats
bad all written such books in his praise as Gen
Cess.
Behold then the candidate Of the progressves--
the man who has never made speech or written
an article in favor OF eny OF the political princi
pies Of his party. but who has found time 10 de-
liver funeral oratons in favor OF Wing Pres
dent and write large volume in praise Of a
French despot and his court. These are the re-
recorded labors OF General Csss's intellect; thes'
ere his services to The country and his party
these ere his claims to the hshes. OF bis county
honors.
n this war should go on. II the treaty fais
Cas- is pledged to the conquest OF all Mexico
and with such man in the control OF the hun
dteds Of millions OF money that must be borrow
Cd to carry on such war and the officers in hi
power to bestow, our system would become Q
corrupt as tina. Of the great model Of Gen. Csss
Louis Philippe. whose policy in The conquest O
Alesris. Csss evidently copies in that Of conquer
ing Mexico.