New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-19
WENTWORTH TRIBUNE.


pol,t,csl friend OF Gen beNS 49,
.ho.,n that friendship on occasions winch P'o'0o
NJ. .;ncsrity. Esch Of them having feosh"y '''"
,,..,,oioted in Cherished aspiration me you"5
- 81 two friends act out on journey am
called on his way at the home Of the Quo
h,gbten the chain Of Friendship and we hop7 -
well a. receive consolation. 30 Jar al was
perfectly proper, sAd e1irely witnou' TIC 'Pn'''
If legitimate public comment. We nope sno ''us'
,hsv had good time, but should not have lett so-
..s;.A o. ;,,s,meddle with their mutual ENJOY
-. Ia not Col webb seen TT 10 bring the
-, before the public. and u make certain con
sdsn, and remarkable svermeuts with regard 70
6ea. Cssss private notions on Political topics
Writing from Detroit, directly after the inter.
ooorse Aforesaid, Col Webb saw ft u say Of his
friend Gen. Csss
He is ! am quite saDe a. much opposed to ne *
,ension OF Slavery into Territory now free ~ am
and he is 5eyond all doubt the friend Of Internal I'm
provements and Of Protective Tamil &c. &C.
We need not copy further for our readers will
es.iIy recall Col. Webs statement, which We
published entire, including its expressions Of the
varnsst admiration for Gen. e., closing with at
teststioDs to his sterling honesty aud 70 his
possessing, 10 as great degree as any man !
ever knew, every quality which renders man es-
stimsbie in all the relations Of private life
Gould we help regarding the above statement
as very remarkable Could we resist the con
clusion that it had some foundation in tho unre-
served communications which had Just passed be-
tween these two long attached and Intimate
friends What mOtiDe could we have imagineo
for the invention Of all this by Col. Webb Inc
candid must Judge. Believing it not a fabrcation'
we said
Nv. b.lsv. this 1. generally accurate estimate Of
Gen CAsss course and a. developed IN hs 80
and wnungs Yet We ssnDS osd p.Iosm That man
should 10 bis private convictions De 5 fo,,ys
tectloa OF Home Industry, River and Hsfb0f ImPfoxe
,. Ic nd opposed 10 the Extension Of slavery YET
wre such letters Gen. Case 10 NICHOLSON ahu He ~
eago Convention. expressly endorse the one Oh w
pal,,more Convention and accept its DOminau0n-lnha-
pg II elected faithfully and thoroughly 70 pursue ptat
ms Of policy which be inwardy believes hostile 70 MS
o,,vs ,r,e intere,s-this We csnno reconcile with the
ssterling honesty certified by Col Webb Our country,
right or wrong verges closely on the disoohc oui at
mao should 90 with his party; knowing 10 be wrong
nnd convinced that iis triumph on ths quesuons a. suo
mus, nure and depress HE country IL TO 9s usIy neo
psube with the personal qualities accorded 10 Gen Cass
by Col Webb"
The above abatement and comment have elected
long letter in reply from Gen. Cas- TO the W ash
ington Union and. though we had previously
published the Unions Peremptory editorial con-
tradcton on Gen. Casss authority OF Col eoo
averm ents, and thereupon intmated that we con-
sidered the Coils story utterly demolished yet we
do not therefore feel at liberty TO omit Gen Casss
letter, but place it in full before our readers
And now let us consider its positions
1. Gen. Casa thinks it strange that we did not
recur to his public speeches, &c. &c. for light re
spectng his personal opinions on leading topics oil
Political controversy. But that would have been
IrErN
body knew that in his Senatorial speeches, letters
10 Conventions, &c. Gen. Cas- bad used the Ian
eosRe of his party. Col. Webbs letter confidently
affirmed that he privatsiy cherished sentiments
directly adverse b these-that while party ties
and interests constrained him to hold one language
in public, his pirate views were just the contrary
Now OF what avail against this would have been
citations from or references to his public declara-
tonsl Who does not see that they would not
have met the case at all
q Gen Cass says he is not in favor OF Protec-
tive Tariff. He states truly that he voted as
Senator for the Tariff of 46 though some of its de-
tails did not please him. This impels us to state
some circumstances which inclined to credit
Col. Webs statement on that point
Gen. Cass was our ambassador to France for
number Of years--say from 1897 to leN. While
there, after the reduction Of our Tariff under the
gradual operation of the Compromise Act we were
assured that he wrote home to a friend warmly
remonstratine against the facility afforded by our
low duties to the influx OF Foreign goods aud the
consequent inundaton OF our markets with French
fabrics, irpperes, SC. We have seen an extract
to this effect from letter purportipg to be his but
cannot now ind It. OF course, II Gen. Cass says
he never wrote in that vein, we shall stand cor
rected; bat we think he will not say so. That
letter gave US the impression, years ago, that
Gen Cas- was essentially in favor of Protective
Tariff.
Just before Gen. Cass came home from France,
we were met by Hon. Mahlon Dickerson OF n.
Jersey, who with Gen. Csssl had held seat IN
Gen. Jssksons Cabinet. and whom We well
knew as sn ardent unequiyocal Proteotonst
Mr.. Dickerson induced us to enter with him into
the work Of gcttiDg up Public Reception Tor
Gen. Cass on his return to this City from Pans
This Reception was well understood TO be a pre-
iiminary to the presentment Of Gen. Casss name
as a candidate for the Presidency. We cannot
now say positively that Mr.. Diokerson assured US
that Gen. Cass was for Protection, but we surely
understood that they two held views Substantially
identical and on that ground we lent such aid as
we might TO the Pubic Reception Had we uu.
derstood Gen. Cass's views to be those embodied IN
the baltimore Resolutions, W certainly should have
found better business, while others would have
been found better fitted for this.We make these
statements not to impugn Gen. Casss, but t.
show why we so readily gave credence to Col
Webbs avermeuts.
- And now lot US look at the Baltimore Resolu
tions, which Gen. Cass stands on as embodyins
his sentiments on the Tariff question
Resolved That justice and sound policy forbid thu
Federal Government TO foster branch OF indHsir,
to the detren of another 10 cherish the Interest,"
Of one portion the injury Of another portion OF on
common country that every citizen and every secuoi
OF the country has right to demand and insist upon
an equality OF rights aud privileges and to complete
and ample protection OF persons and property iron
domestic violence OF foreign aggression
Resolved That IL is the duty Of every branch " IN
Government to enforce and practice the most rigi'
economy In conducting public affairs, aud that M
more revenue ought 10 be raised thsn Il required =
defrsy the necessary expenses OF the Government
We ash Gen. Cass to look these resolutions IL
the face and say ii they really contain such
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