Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-08-01


laying on the table, apeliiiOn ofse
venty one persons in Philadelphia,
offered by Mr.. Tuck, praying for the
monstrous absurdity, OfOppropriating
the proceeds Of the public lands, for
the extinction Of Slavery in the UE-
tied States.
10th. And the last that we will Of
ferat present. This Jacob Collamer
this manAi the head ofthe Post
Office Department, voted at the Sc
cond session Of the thirtieth Congress
against laying on the table, the pro-
position Of Joshua r. Giddings, TO
take the vote ofthe males in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, on emancipati on
in that District. He desired that the
african might hare The right 10 cast
his uOtes az the ballot bOr-yes, south
emers, Gen. Taylors Post Master
General, has voted in Congress, TO
place the Negro upon a LEVEL
NTH The 1hiie man, ofthe South, ia
exercising the elettirs franchise. DO
you feel safe! Do you feel that
your property is secure, when the
mails, Post Offices, and the enormous
patronage of that Department is I'M
der the control OF a rabid Vermont
abolitionstSl The term is not too |
harsh. Look to his votes given above.
They indicate his deep inveterate
hostility to us, and TO our institutions; !
and he is now placed BY Gen. Taylor
in position where he can use more
powerful weapons against US than he |
could have done in any other De-
parlment.
Well, how is il with Messrs Ewing
and Meridith, the Secretaries of the
Treasury, and Home Department!
We need add nothing more than, they
are northern wings, one from Ohio,
and the other from Philadelphia.
Mr.. Johnson, Of Maryland, Gen.
rs. Attorney General, it is true, is
from a Slave-holding State, and his
votes from necessity have been with
the south, when the question has
been agitated, but we call the atten-
ton Of the reader, to the following
extract of his speech, on the Three
Million Bill.
"IIaving expressed this opinion, it J
is due to myself, and TO convictions
long and malterably fixed, 10 state
the opinion ! entertain upon the in
stitution of Slavery itself, | have
no opinion which ! wish to conceal
upon any question, whether it arises
pfematurely OF not if il does arise, ]
believe and have ever believed since
| was capable Of thought, that il is q
great affection TO any country, where
il prevails and so believing | can
never vote for any measure calcula
ted toenlarge IFS area, or render more
permanent its duration" This is the
language of Gen. Taylor's Atty. Gen.
from whom Southern wings have
been expecting great srvice on that
subject in the Cabinet.
The only two remaining members
of CENTS. Cabinet are southern men
Mr. Preston Of Virginia SECRETARY !
of the Navy and Mr.. Crawford of
Geo. Sec. ofWar.
We see BY this review that four Of /
Gen. rs. Cabinet are free sellers an.
other Of them strongly disposed TO be
so and only two Southemers, and
they filling the most unimportant Of
the appointments. For it is ap-
pearent 10 every one that the
State, Treasury, Post Office & Home
Departments dispenses by far the lar
gest share OF public patronage. We
have already carried this article to. "a
much greater length than we intended
and we will submit the above facts TO
the impartial consideration Of our
readers without further comment now,
at future time we will say more up
on Gen. Taylor's no-party pledges.
For The Patriot. I
Mn. EDIToR;-From the repeated
Il. ,.,Io Al. |