Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-08-01
A few facts for Southern
Wen.

and fidelity, indispensable pre- requis-
ties for the bestowed Of Office
Gen. TaylOr's Inaugural.
This was the language Of Gen. Tay
Tor upon taking the oath Of installa-
ton 10 the Office Of the Presidency
the Presidency, as he himself dcclar.
ed, mol Of apdrty, but Of the whole
people Of the United States. Has
Gen. Taylor discharged his solemn
promises made prior and subsequent
10 his election, to the people ofthe
United States! What are the facts?
Did he make any effort to redeem
his pledgesl Did he manifest that
wise moderation, which his friends,
boosted that he possessed in the Sc.
lection Of q Cabinet, the first of his
official acts? Il has been asserted
by Southern wings, that his Cabinet
was judiciously selected. This asser-
ton is prompted only by a blind big
otry TO party, and betrays the most
consgmmate Ignorance oGthe lOliti
cal history, & characterize majority
Of themen, who compose his cabinet.
We invite the special attention of
those who profess to repose conf
dence in the honesty, and patriotism
ofthe advisers that surround anddi-
rect Gen. 4 to the few following facts
selected from the journals of Con-
gress; we might refer to, many Others
Of the same order. but these are stIi-
cient TO carry conviction toihe reflect
ing mind, of the grOssinjustice to the
South, and the violence Gen. Taylor
has committed upon mis- pledges,
in thus constituting his cabinet.
Mr.. Clayton, Gen. rs Secretary
Of State, is claimed to be aSouthem
man. Neither his locality, nor the
position which he occupies on the
Slavery question, justify such declu-
ration. Delaware as q State is north
em in her sentiments and sympOthies,
and Mr.. Clayton as pol iciOn, has
done much service, and given many
votes, that commend him to the kind
regard Ofthe Free-soil party 1t is
true that he introduced the Com
promise Bill, which was defeated by
the ,reachery Of Stephens, and his
compeors, but he has frequently vo.
ted, before and since the introduction
of that Bill, for the Wilmot Proviso.
When the Three Million Bill was I'M
der consideration, in the Senate, du-
ring the End session, Goth Congress.
Mr.. UphOm proposed the following
4,
"Be it further enacted. That there
shall be neither slavery, nor involun
tary Servitude, in any Territory,whid
shall hereafter be acquired, or annex
ed to the United States, otherwisein
the punishment of crimes, &c" The
vote on this amendment, stood, yeas
2l-nays 81. Mr.. John NJ. Clayton
voting for this odious proviso. When
Mr.. Douglass introduced his CaEfor
MIA Bill, into the Senate, discussion
sprang up as to which was the pro
per committee to refer the Bill. The
Southern Senators contending unan-
imously for its reference to the Judi {
ciary Committee, it being composed !
of four Southern Senators, and only
one northern Senator, while fhe nor
thern Senators wished it referred to
the committee on Territories; against
what had been the inyariable prac-
tice fthe Senate, for the reason that
on that committee, there were four
Senators and only one South
en Senator Mr.. Clayton was found
acting and voting with the Free Soil
party on this question.
And again when Mr.. Polk submit
ted the treaty of pescewith Mexico,
to the senate for ratification, during
the first session Of the thirtieth Con.
gress. Mr.. Baldwin proposed to in.
seFt at the end of the fifth article Of
the treaty fine following proviso (vis !