The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-06
General Cass I'm the South.

S0bs Ia the South.
The Petersburg (Va.) Democrat-a consis-
tent advocate of the Southern Democracy-thus
expresses its views in regard to the ineligibil-
ty of General CAss as candidate for the Pre-
sidency:
:" There is some disposition in certain quarters
to nominate Cass again but this were wantonly
to forfeit the support of the South. 1t may be haz
ardous to speak thus frankly, but il is time that
southern Democrats speaking frankly. II
they have distrust Of they should boldly
speak it out, and not by a culpable silence lead the
Baltimore Convention to the nomination OF a can
didate whom they will not support. Lewis Cass
though the nominee of the party, would fail 10
cure the South for the Democratic ticket. He has
| no hold upon the South-they regard him with sus-
picion. The South CALAMITY supported Cass in the
last campaign upon construction OF his Nicholson
letter, which, returning to the Senate, he made
haste to repudiate unreasonable and grauitous.
Shall We be exposed to like disgrace again Shall
we, after expanding ingenuity sufficient to read
the riddle Of the Sphinxes, interpreting his mys-
tic episte, be subjected to the notifications OF
rebuke for our unwarrantable constructions
Can the South endorse Cass's doctrine OF "squattcr
sovereignty" promulgated in the Nicholson letter.
and solemnly reaflirmed in the Senates This doc
trine DeInoc ratio speakers in the last campaign
denounced throughout the South, and with indig
| nation denied that Cass maintained it. With what
| sort OF grace can we support him now, when by
his own confession we wrong and the Wings
right in expounding his views of the condition OF
slavery in the Territories. Nor has General Cass
commended himself to the favor of the South by
coquetting with Kossuth and the interventionists.
a.. &,
b;guous as the Nichoson letter; and it may be that
the South might widely in interpreting the
orc as the other. General Casa is doubtless an
estimable man; but it is suspected in the South
that he wants the elevated. the dauntess firm
ness Of the statesman, and this apprehension Of
itself would be fatal to his fortunes. In addition
to all these objections, let it not be forgotten that
Cas- has been defeated. He has been weighed in
the balance and found wanting-his strength has
been tested, and what was il He has been beaten
he is regarded with pity rather than respect and
confidence. Under the leadership Of Cass. tho
party would buckle their armor with coward
hearts and gloomy foreboding Of defeat. Let U.
then select another chieftain-one whose proves
is invncible, and whose inspires courage and
confidence. OF such, there are many in the Dem.
ocratio party; and 30 long boast Blu.
len, and Walker, we have no need of the broken
sword and Delphic letters of General Cass."
This is quite as decided, and almost as mer-
CHESS, as the sentence of accommodation
hurled against the Senator for Michigan by the
Democratic Rerie,c, and sustained by the
Richmond (Va.) Examiner, and other writers
of equal vigor and party influence. The Gen
eral is evidently nowhere in the Presidential
race, despite of his high bids on the interven-
ton question.
Whether all of the other candidates named
by the Democrat are likely TO succeed better
in the South than General CAss, is exceedingly
problematical; but with that point we have al
present nothing to do.
notwithstanding the unfavorable prospect
presented south Of Mason and DiXon's line
we observe that Mr.. CAss has quite number
of advocates amongst the village presses Of
Pennsylvania, who endeavor TO exslt his ex-
cellences in a proportion exactly equal to that
in which they decry the qualifications Of Mr.
BUcuANAN.