The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-12-31
Mr., Browns ..Iast" Card.


We presume that our friends from the
South will be able to appreciate the fac
tious and disorganizing conduct OF the
Representative of the elite of the dis
tinguished Democrats of Richhond,"
when they read the following card OF
WILLIAM ]. Brown to his constituents,
and consider that this gentleman was
endorsed as the ''favorite candidate of the
republican party" and man of eminent
qualifications for the Speakership, by the
senior editor of the "sole organ"
A CARD.
EpIroRs OF THE STATE SENTINEL:
Gentlemen: Enclosed is a card which pub
shed in the Union in relation to the late contest
for Speaker 1t speaks for itself. ] ask you to
publish it, with the speech of Mr.. Wilmot. Ii ex-
plains the circumstances under which was voted
for az Speaker. ! declared To the Free-Soil men
that, if elected, would appoint Committees on the
Judiciary the District Of Columbia, and on Terri
tories of able and impartial members from both
the North and the South, who would act fairly and
not stihe the public voice, by refusing to report
upon the important questions of slavery that might
be presented.
This declaration, made in good faith and all
candor, has been denounced by Southern men as
treachery of the blacklist character. From this
charge appeal to my constituents, and 10 the free
men of the northern States. Ought 10 have acted
otherwise, | had rather been defeated with the
vote received, than elected nder pledge to pack
the committees for the benefit of the slayeholding
interest of the South But the time has come
when the North will no longer bow the neck to the
slavocracy Of the South. am done. She cannot
be satisfied with moderate and conservative sup
port, bat you must become the defender Of her in
situations.
II you doubt hulter, you denounced a. n
traitor, and with lordly arrogance you are told
that they will dissolve the Union. Their course Of
conduct has fully determined me never again to be
candidate for Congress. My conscience tells me
have done right. and know a generous and CON
fding constituency will sustain my course
W. J. BROWN
Under the pretence of waging wal to
the knife in defence of Southern rights, the
Union is engaged merely in organizing a
Bitter-End party, of all colors and princi-
pies, in opposition to General TAYLOR,
for no better reason than that the People
have seen fit, in the exercise of their
sovereignty, to elevate him to the Presi-
dency, against the opinion and will of the
editors of that journal. Though President
TAYLOR received 10000 more popular
votes than the "favorite candidate" of the
Union-this Zantippe of the press must
be scolding and scratching at him every
n day in the year, and at the million and a
half Of voters who gave him their suf.
frages.
What the Unions zeal for the South
amounts to, when unmixed with the ide;
of the btter-end opposition to Genera
TAYLOR, may be inferred from the fol
lowing facts:
/. II has been for six months encour
aging and stimulating the coalition of the
Free-Soil and Democratic parties in the
Northern States, and has hailed the sue.
cess of such coalitions as triumphs Of the
Democratic party over General TAYLOR.
What such victories meant, may be in
ferred from the above card Of WILLIAM j.
Brown.
II. 1t has been playing into the hands
of the Free-Sollers Of the North, by its
assaults upon Mr. CLAYTON and General
TAYLOR, because passport was refused,
in accordance with the immemorial Gus
tom Of the State Department, to a cOlored
person.
H. II was the head and front Of an in
trigue to place the author of the above
card in the Speakers chair, with the aid
of Mr.. ALLEN, Mr.. p. KING, Mr.. VIII
MOT, Mr.. DURKEE, and Mr.. GrDDINGs.
And yet it is this Union which is daily
reviling, lampooning, and denouncing
President TAYLOR, in language that nc
well-bred man would apply TO dog-be-
cause, forsooth, be will not so far abuse
his high station and his constitutional
functions, as to announce his intentions
in regard to the future Legislation Of Con
gress.
We beg our Southern friends 10 remem
Der, that the men who thus abuse Genera