The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1849-01-06

grcss has no right to interfere in the matter
Of slavery, any where. 1t is the true doc
trinc, and is likely 10 be sustained
Mr.. Bailey at the commencement Of the
dubatc on the subject, at the last Session,
made Il most able an in my opinion, an un-
answered argument, to show that Congress
has no right 10 lcg-late for tcrritories-no
right TO interfere in any way, with this mat
ter Of slavery. If the Southern Committee
maintain this doctrine, they will be sup
ported in i, by Congress and tho people.
The most extreme Of Southern members
are prepared TO uphold this doctrine. MIR.
Calhoun Is willing 10 sustain it. MIR.
lt!lcu who has been accused of being. a
dlsunionis:, was not at tho Southern meet
ing :; but if he had been in the city, and
prcscn, a, the meeting, wha, could he have
done, rs supporter of otGcneral Cass, in the
recent contest, but 10 maintain the doctrine
Of tho, Nicholson lettcr"-thc Cass plat
form OF uon-intcrference.
learn thai there IS z letter in the CITY
from General Taylor, in which he SAYS
that he will not name but one of his cabinet
before his arrival in this city. Tha, is pro-
bably, MIR. Crittendcn. Indeed i, is we'll
known that Gene raj Taylor has already
communicated with Mr.. G.. on the subject.
BUTT is insisted upon by some, who as
sumo 10 know, that Gov. Gri,tendcn is
pledged not to take Office under the general
government during the term for which lie
IS elected as governor of The State. hope
| that Is not so.
TIE PnEsIpENr ELEcT.-The I~ew
Orleans Bee thus speaks of the appearance
q - 4
General Taylor is at present iii taesn-
joyment Of robust and vigorous health.
Age sits lightly on his brow, and his heart
seems uncankered by solitary care.
His cheeks are tinged with the ruddy bloom
of the Winter apple. and albeit his hair is
more than sable silver in hue, it covers a
lofty brow and shades an eye whose fires
are unquenched by the lapse Of years.
His movements are elastic; his form un
bowed, erect, and athletic; his habits those
of the camp. His early rising and mode
rate indulgence in the pleasures Of the table
exempt him from the fatigue and lassilude
which might follow in the train of the pro,
fame hospitality of which he has been made
The subject.
In mixed assemblies, and when surround.
cd by strangers, he seldom touched upon
politics, though upon all other topics, he is
easy, frank, and unreseryed. His remarks
nre always br,ef sententious, and charac.
terizcd by that strong common sense and
faculty oi'quck amd keen perception which
seizes deductions with unerring grasp Of
logic, and expresses them in condensed and
forcibie language. His demeanor does not
presen, the painted aspect of pride, bu,
while dignificd by the breeding and deport.
ment OF Il gentleman, is so distant from any
thing resembling the insolence of office,
tina, one acquainted with General Taylor
might pass the lively and good-humorcd
old soldier, as he sits in un armchair in the
rotunda of the ST Charles, conversing with
his friends, without farther remark than
that no has most benevolent contenance
and strikingly keen and expressive black
eye.
Among his friends and intimate associates
General Taylor does not avoid touching
upon the subject Of politics, although his
observations are discreet and distinguished
by selfdiffidence. He expressed the belief
that the people desired a change Of men
and measures in the administration of the
government, and that they elevated him 10
Office with avyiew to political reform
More than once has be declared uuaffe cted.
lyJa and honestly, that he would have prefer
redtf1e election ofany other good and SUBJ
stantial Wing. OF, MiIIard Fillmore he
speaks il. terms Of high 4admiration and re.
spaet, and regards himssas sound and trust.
worthy conser ssatesnna an. ~
i BRI1fsH EAlsRA ArloN. ~ thin lie last
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