The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17

cOnsilbtion can be successfully enfurce
aud carried out. Daniel Webster's po
sitiCn upon the Texas resolutions, as the
stand upon the solemn aud Obligator
records of the country, does not come il
conflict with their views. aud can ia n,
wise embarIass either his or their action
IN regard TO the oPen question Of CaIilor
MIA and New Mexico. Webster aud hii
Whig c"mpeers. irom the South as vel
as from the North, with The fouitude ol
an unbending patriotism. boldly stood up
and met the crisis thus thrust upon the
country by thi, Texas annexation, and
iea'lessly discharged lheir duty in way.
That has challenged The highest praise Of
Inc best and purest men. But nOtw ith
standing they done all that men could
do, To ensure their defeat The resolutions
by The vote of democratic majority in
Congress. became tie lac of the land;
and NOW flshbth; because Daniel Web.
slhr "commends the poisoned chalice to
The lips" "f thDse who trewed the infa
nous decoctiOn. he is monster Of treach
cry. the very Judas Of modern politics
Now. gentlemen, this mode OF warfare
Will not answer the purpose intended -
II The consequences and results Of the
action Vt the BaItimore Convention. are
Coming home To roost," We would ad
vIse tou TO point the engines of your
wrath TO another quarter. Let your an.
alhemas be levelIed at those of your
democratic brethren in the South whe
gave you the alternative Of "Tcras or
d'Sun'O"" at Baltimore in 1874. You
know this is historical truth we are tell
ing you. Do you denyill Look at the
following evidence of the fact. At
large democratic meeting held in Charles
on, 5. c., Immediately before The assem-.
bling of the Baltimore Convention il
was
RssOl1ed. That in the opinion Of this meeting
the honor and integrity Of our Uuon require the
immediate annexation ofTexas; and that we hold
it 10 be better and more to the interest of the
OF the southern and southwestern portiOus of this
Coniederacy. to be out Of The Union vitA Teas
man In II Dtthout her.
The following resolution was passed
at meeting held at Lawrence, AIaba.
MAJ
ResOlved, That the possession of Texas i, in
tinltely more important 10 us Of hi, seetton Of
The Union than lOngeranHezafiOn and f,iend.
snip tIth The HortheasterH States, md if zee hare
10 yiefd either, IL cannot and SHALL Sor BIZ TEXAS
A large meeting of the democratic
citizens Of the BarnwelI District, in S.
Carolina, was held a short time after the
Baltimore nominations were made, at
which the proceedings Of that Conven-
tioH wete fully ratified. The Richmond
Enquirer, at that time under the editori.
al supervision Of Thomas Ritceie, now
the senior editor Of the Washington U
MON. and the bitter end reviler of Pres.
ident Taylor and his Cabinet, copied the
proceedings of this meeting into his pa.
per as evidence of the enthusiasm of the
South in favor oft Baltimore nomina-
tions. The following is an extract from
the proceedings of that meeting:-
"After the preamble and resolutions were
read, Colonel Trotti rose and addressed the mee-
ling i'll their support for more than an hour with
great elOquence and ability. and was interrupted
i the course ofhis remarks by frequent and long
continued .plaudits. He dwet with great force
aud earnestness upon the importance of the i'm
mediate acquisition of Texas as a measure of M.
tonal deience, and exposed the deceitfnI position
o! Lord Aberdeen and the British Government
on the subject He conclusively demonstrated
that the safety if not the very existence e!the in
stituion OF slavery is dependant upon the success
Of the measure, aud tontended with great power
and ability that THE oSLY TRUE ISSUE BEFORE
THE SOUTH SHOULD BIZ Texas OR DisUYIoS."
And thus endeth the first lesson of mod.
ern Democratic Consistency! aud Dem
ocratic Honestly