Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-10
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RICHMOND WING.
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Shocking IpgratI,ude.

ing some very hard things against the South. At n
great Democratic gathering in the city Of Detriot, on
the 18th instant he is reported to have said that hc
desired nothing from the South, and expected nos
thing from their sense Of justice. We surprised
to hear Of the General talking thus unkindy of his
Southern friends. 1t looks very ungratcful on his
part, after all they have done for him-aftcr trying
their hardest to elect him to the Presidency Of the
United States, as they did, in AS
IL he ngloriously defeated by sold lack, it
was certainly not the fault of the Southern Demo.
cracy. We can attest that they did the very best
they could for him. Their time, their money, their
talents, all freely devoted TO his Their
orators travelled the length and breadth of the land
with whole sadc-bags full of documents, labeled for
"GIss and Butler" and they spoutcd eloquently
whenever and wherever the chance offer
cd to rally the unterrilicd en- maSse, around the
Cass banner. Their daily, semi-wcckly and weekly
papers emitted ctfusions in thoughts that brcahcd
and words that burned in behalf Of "The Herr OF
the Broken Sword" The Democracy of the South,
to man almost, went forward to the polls, at the
risk of every thing, and cast their votes for the Cas
and Butler ticket. The lame, the halt aud the blind
drummcd up wherever they were TO be found,
and carried couchcs in carriages and carts TO give
the great Michigander lift
They went for him, one and ALL despite his Ncho =
son letter. The more the Wings pointed to its s',>-
pcious and dangerous purort, the louder they
that the author sound, unquestionably sound,
on the question OF s2Watier s0rcreignty. The iiea.
OF General Cass being anything else than anti
squa,ter sovereignty was utterly prcpos,erous-"a
d-n Wing le." Aud they would go for him ay
how, if they had TO go it blind. Even after the clcc-
ton over, and the old General had told :eln tia,
they set Of fools, for not comp.ehenjug III,
Nicholson lettcr-that it meant squ,tter sovereignty
and nothing csedid hosts Of them still stand bN
him for the Presidential nomination Of the Demo
cratic National Convention of 80; and with il
their eyes reluctantly resign their old friend ana
favorite for the great unknown from New Hampshire
who had only been dreamed Of few nights beforc
in quiet chamber at Baltimore hotel?
Yet after doing all this, for Gen. Cass have the
brazcn inpudencc TO stand up before great gather
ing of the Northern Democracy and tell them that h
expected nothing from the sense Of justice OF III,
South, is decidedly the most outrageous the most
ungrateful piece of conduct that have ever hcari
Of What are VIC TO think OF the Northern allies Of
the Southern Democracy after this? II is not tho
first time our Southern Democratic friends have been
treated so shameiuy. One Martin. Van Burer,
whom they delighted to honor, impaired lesson to
them, not easily forgotten, Of the reliance TO lie
placed in class Of Northern politicians hcraldcd at
the South Northern men with Southern feelings
He, too "cut" the Southern Democracy when h,
found he had no further use for thcm-that they
could not make him President again. and went over
t. more congenial spirits among the Abolition tbc
Gen. CasS cuts them, too like the sage of Kinder
hook, having made all out Of them that 10 10,
had; and not satisfied with thus uncercmoniously
diSposing o. them hc must add insult to injury 10y
giving them unde rstand that he never had any
fidcncc in them no how.
Verify, this ought to teach Southern Demo
cratic friends lesson by which they should profit. !,
lesson that they have been long enough markctaLl,
commodity for Northern Democrats to trade upon auC
ride into oilce-tal all their professions Of rcSpcc
and regard for the institution OF slavery is the mos
heartless Of hypocrisy, and that with characteristic
Yankee ingenuity, they only after using the ne
srocs Of the South "a sharp stick" with which 4
stir up Democratic slave holders to their support. An
having done so, they take the earliest opportunity
dismiss their Southern dupcs with air, and il
terms OF the most supreme contempt.