Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-22
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Monday Evening, Jan. S2.


MeHow the Spectator, after candid and
impartial review Of the late contest, can
come TO such conclusion, is mystery
to US. Have the Editors forgotten the
course Of Senator CoRw1N, TRUMAN SMITH
and others, ofthe Taylor party at the North?
Il is a well known fact that the Northern
friends of Gen. Taylor advocated his cleo
lion on the ground, that if he was not in
favor of the WiImot Proyiso, he would at
least refrain from the exercise Of the Veto
power, and let the majority in Congress
carry out what they believed 10 be the will
Of their constituents. From the stump
ON the hastings, aud by circulars, the north
crn friends of General Taylor represented
him as favoring northern views on this SUBJ
jec,, and even on the floor of Congress,
it was boldly announced that if the Com
promise Bill of Senator Clayton passed, it
would he impossible to elect Gen. Taylor
and why ?-because the slavery question
would then be settled, and at the North
he could not be run as Proviso man. If
the vote for Gen. Taylor then, is "indica-
tive of popular sentiment at the North, il
shows that that sentiment is in favor Of the
Wilmot Proyso. 1t is true they voted for
"a Southern man and slavehoider," but
he was presented to them as Southern man
with Northern principles. No Que will
contend that the candidate Of the Wing
,,artv, or his friends at the north, solicited
siso. On the contrary, General Taylor
himself wrote to the Editor OF the Cincis-
na, Signal, letter, in which he endorsed
the sentiments of an editorial article IN
that paper, approving and advocating the
1Vmot Proyiso and that endorsement
was used to prove, to convince, the North
ern people that Gen. Ia, lor was with them
on that question. No. Ole of his friends
at the North pretended to place him on
any other than the Proviso platform, or e.
ven intima,ed that there was doubt as to
his sosndness on that subject. We repeat
then that General Tay Tor was run as Pro-
xiso man at the North, and that if the re-
cent vote Of the northern people is indca-
tive Of anything, it goes to prove that they
are for the Proyso, and not, as the Spec
tator wishes to make the public believe, g
gainsS that measure.
But, if "popular sentimean' at the nor'h
is against the Proyiso, or even opposed to
the agitation Of the slavery question, how
does it happen that their representatives
nn congress are now moving with so much
earnestness in the ma,tcr--and If their vote
for Gen. Taylor was ''indicative Unpopular
sentiment" against this measure why do
we find so many who were his warm sup
porters at the late election, urging this ve-
ry measure in Congress land why did
they vote almost unanimously for Gets
resolution Surely these movements in
dicate their sentiments.
We are told. however, that Gen. Taylor
gave to the North no pledge in favor of this
measure-if we except the Signal Letter
and seine others, said not to have been
written for the public eye, but to be used
as occasion might rcquire,--,his may be
true. But did he give any pledges against
it-ald did he not suffer the statements
of Corwin and others at the North, to go
uncon.radicsed thus giving tacit assent to
them. How then is the vote of the North
in view Of these facts, to be regarded "as
indicative Of popular sentiment" against
the slavery agitation.
We have more than lhis-the State Of
New York gave General Taylor tremen.
SOUS majority. and according to the argu-
nent Of the Spectator, this is indicative
of popular sentiment there" against the
Proyiso. Let us see, however, what the
Legislature of that State has done. I, has
passed 10y an overwhelming majority, res
olulions in favor of the Proviso. and the
abolition of slavery and the slave-trade in
the District, and euery Taylor man in that
body voted for them ! Have we no indi-
cation of "popuar sentiment in this p
again, how are we to regard the vote OF
the North for WILLARD FILLMORE ?-he
carried every State that Taylor carried
and the votes that elected Taylor, also e.
lected Fillmore and was not the vote at
the North for the latter equally "as indica-
tive Unpopular sentiment there upon the
subject Of slavery" as was the vote for
General Taylor-yet Mr.. Fillmore is moi
ia southern Man and large Shareholder
but ON the contrary, he is a most ultra
Northern man, a consistent aud determine
cd abofitionist. If then the vote for Gen.
TaWor, "a Southern uan and large slave