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v : ' t i . V I !! .1; 1 .r f V t ahouijabow that ihe adoption o,f this mea gurc will settle almost agitating question, find give peace, harfnony, and mutual con fidence to the different sections of the coun try,il would yield a ready submission, and gladly surrender to it the opinions 1 have expressed, i ll would then go heart nd soul for the adopt ion of the measure, if its certain lesuh would be the detent oi the party to which 1 belong in the coming election, and, 1 had almost said its defeat now and forever.! from the Nidontljlntelligencer, September 5. 1 THE CAMPAIGN, No. VII. a eq in frank, honest o. o and firm candidate, pled tn Hministtlr the Government accord v . . to the strict principles or the federal Constitution? If she does not. General Taylor cannot fail to command ner conn ddnce. lie hah ar combination" and a sotal, indeed, , Where every god dots seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a Mm" Gen. Cass is! the third candidate. He " if England wants it On the 10th day xJ .et her have CAROLINA WATCHMAN I . ..J .ul I !.,nri... and by the public press. Iamstron- j r- pi AUgnsi, loiu, iuc ; " ' d ; h opinion that a change Li o.l tnnh- nn tK IV irwnressea wim r .,V I Senate of the United States took up the lj Two Million Loan bill, with tbe YYilraot nroviso in it, which had b$en sent to it Salisbury, IC. C .rA n.rilriiiff themselrea into conviction i ll , . i ri-vn rnpsiUK.M. .t :.;..!. ii involves snouiu ucuniiuui ; ruu -. of'he National Legislature and left to tbe pco. QNERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR, nU f ik. onnfederacv, m their respective 10 cal governments. Briefly, then I am opposed to tbe exercise of any jurisdiction by Congress over Ibis rnattei ; and I am in favor of leaving to tbe people of any territory which may be hereafter acquired the right to regulate it for themselves, under the general principles of the consiiiuuuu The following! irticle is, as the reader will perceive, from a distant correspon dent tho general complexion of whose politics is democratic, and between whom ahd the Editors therefore there exists no particular political sympathy. The facts v ncnuccu..uB j - .,. , nmor--ftV Kv reauirins two tipon ; and, as such, ought to be made dTds inslea(j Qf a majority to make the Widely known to those whom they most !nLmination. Jj JThc Convention laid down a plattorm JoE principles, of which Gen. Cass said, in his letter of acceptance, that he " adhered to them as firmly as he approved them ccrdially." ! Let us now see what this Baltimore concern. f I To the Sbnthern States. ' Michigan, August 28, 1849. I It is proper, in a matter of such traii- cendant importance as the election oi from the other HouSe. Mr. Miller, of Nfcw Jersey, a member of the Senate, made the fo lowing state ment on the 22d of June, 1848, in debate ,.!,i;nn firinrr the dav for the has received the Baltimore nomination, u" ,c7,pX. I ltd is baptLed as the nominee of the De- ! adjournment of Congress j mWacy. But it is only in name. The j Mr. Miller. Atj the first ,0"1 ' r ! i wpmv.ninth Congress the Two Million bill, as proceedings oi ic uuiiu-miuu i j - - . ,l0 Cilar. South Carolina had no legitimate H was called, came Jo the , Seoaia from he a. Kn, A sinHpindiv d. ! Mouse witn ine v uinoi Viu.v ...... r M.FnnHlinrv nr uti.cjiie;. ... ii.c.. -j. .,,., ,ir iK soaaw.n. rXmrust 10. 1840.) and 1 niS ICUCf auu j u.il, assuming to represent a single Uis- --j - j fixed for the ! ganization of the Baltimore Convention, t. L .v, ot ws nl owed hv the i aDoul Dau a" u""r UC1 ' . i ... r fo , , f P.nnor, r ... ... wim'm . i ad burnment ot Congres?, tne uiu came up lor prooucfu iuc nuunuauvi.. -..v .... invention to usurp the power ot casting ...L.Lnoifmm Alalia ma. r- T)r.Gwlpnrv. The General subscri- (Mr. Lewis) moved to strike put the proviso. ; Ded to the "Platform," which denounces The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Davis) j the Wilmot proviso, and any interference took the. floor against ihe amendment and in Congress with the question of the cx- ; favor of the proviso, and spoke until a few min- . tens:0n0 or prohibition of slavery. He utes before ihe adjournment, i No vote was threunon resigned his seat in the Senate and returned home. What has since followed ? A compro mise bill, for adjusting the slave question, was reported to the Senate by Mr Clayton, and passed by that body. Mr. Felch and Mr Fitzgeraldj the benators from Michi OF LOUISIANA. tl tlie whole of the votes of South Carolina. The Convention excluded the delegates of tlie largest State in the Union, in the wjorst and most insulting form in which such exclusion could have been made The Convention violated the cardinal prin- ! taken upon the question, and the bill was lost for ihe want of time to act uoon As soon FOR VICE PRESIDENT. MILLARD FILLMORE, OF NEW YORK. WHIG ELECTORS. Dist. No. jr KENNETH RAYNER. - 5 EDWARD STANLY. " 3 HENRY W. MILLER. 4W. H. WASHINGTON. " 5 GEORGE DAVIS. C JOHN WINSLOW. " 7 JOHN KERR. 8 WILLIAM WITHERS. 9 JAMES W. OSBORNE. 10 TODD R. CALDWELL. " 11 JOHN BAXTER. as Mr. Davis had taken his seat ueneral Cass catrre over to this side, of the Senate, and with much earnestness said, in the presence of Sen ator3, that he regretted much that Mr. Davis had by his speech prevented the vote from be ins taken : that he (Gen. Cass) and every De- I i in; mis sui cci . " Resolved, Ttat Congress has no power iidder the cousiiiuiion to interfere with or con- , This statement, so made in the Senate the territorial government of Oregon, with mies of your righta on account of supinenrss in oar Vncillation of opinion change of views land votes, measure one day; opposition to it the next, justify 'the conclusion that the interests committed to the person, whose public cdurso is marked; by such inconsistency, are placed in unsafe hands. Infirmity of purpose, timidity ol action, disregard of consistency, superinduced by unworthy ambition, are not! the suitable and fit cha racteristics of a president of the United States.1 Y6u must not istifler yourselves to be deceived by a name. The word " De ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE ! ! IUa lectins ! A correspondent of Ihe Raleigh Register, in order to arouse the Whigs of the State to the importance of the approaching Presidential Election, proposes that five or G;T rrmrwl tnw Meetings be held simultaneouslr on the gan, the friends of General CaSS for the 4lh d of October next, at Morganton.Greensborough, mocratic Senator from thz free States would Presidency, voted against the compromise Raleigh, Wadesboroagh, Weldon, ond Newbern. We like the suggestion, and hope that the Whigs of this re gion will act upon it. A meeting in our humble opinion, should be held at Statesville.as Morganton is most too far away. What say the Whigs of Old Iredell t Wake up and shake off the coldnens which binds you down ; let the cohons of Executive corruption feel yourstength. Shall the vote of North Carolina be given to the ene- have voted to sustain the proviso; thai air. a- bill. leu would have led off, and all the rest would It was'sent to the House, and there un- lWidentof the. United States, that every pljat form is as regards the peculiar insti- ( h foowet. He. said that he was very sor- ppmonintislvKid on the tabic : the icon lection of the Union should distinctly un- ; ttitionsoi the bouth. 1 he following is tne ; that ,h had been deprivei 0f the onportu- ! anential friends of General Cass, the Rep- adopted touch- : nity of voting upon it . that it Vould have set. Jresentativc from Michigan, voting the bill i tied the question, and Gov. Davis was respon- tQ ihe rfetf sible for defeatinji that result.' the sleep of dec But this is not all. A hill to organize dcrstand what it u invoked to repose iis principal resolution there confidence. j r ! Various circumstances may constitute tho basis of faith and trust. The local Testdence of a candidate, his Identity 01 , t;rI tbe domestic inslitutions of ihe several ; by Mr. Miller, pn his responsibility as a : the principle'and substance of the Wilmot ranks? Let not such be case, Whigs of Western No property ana interest wun tne peopie n- , trites, and ttut sucti states are me soie ana Senator, remains uncontradicted to this Proviso in it. was passed the House, the Carolina. The State is largely Whig, and all that is mong whom he resides, the integrity and ; proper judges ot every thing appertaining to j Mf Mi,jer proceeds : ! Representative from Michigan voting for necessary, is that every vote should be poiy. When Stability of his character, are shcient, th,ir 6 . aflairs not prohibited bv the const,.; t r ftn ,K. it. It was sent no to the Senate. That reflect for . moment how the country ha. been dis- ... ... .. i i; n .,i...i....j 9 ii hi iirtriik union 11ir nil pntirr.i nr iiif nruii iiiiiiiixis nr - '-r- - i nn implicit vrcliance on his his action in his executive li ,J M:,,nh 117 ihp Thr Million bill U)odv struck out the obiect onable restrie- honored by tne recmessness ot I olK Oetnocracy.it oe- prmcples and jotnauce g?" ! m , I L , u St, the Wil-ltion and returned it so amended: the hooves every man to be at hi, post-to come out fioru Capacity. ; ! r iu inaynn rj - " -' , 1 ft m vr ,T ' . tn - , -b; ' ' lt the re.iraey of private life for neason .nd help espel . ' i kit rrlnltitn lhtrlr 11 rr n. I.n I a t rl I i lnfl i hl iiuiuu Ml u. I iii uruaiui jiwin iiUL3C iriujru iw . v. un ui in o i iiiiii. um. ... .on tne COntrarv. '1 ' i it u a, a i Kill I.., ;n .u .t i the men trom high paces who have been the cause ol ...I . .1 : i .1 .. : . ( Air. Imham) mnvpd to amend the Dill lV in- t h revtrihnn trip pnrpspntal VPS rnm ' . SUnoort of a , " l.a,rt" .au" ""T. 8 i :....:..i u t. rk "nA o7 . ; , . i A ..T . l Z this stain upon our national character-who have run ' s i ,i a l. ii . . . ii ..i . H. . u . bci nil" iiit in in iii. vi 1 1 1' 1 1 in i . x ur ivsv uiiui t nn .-r 'jto ftr ii r irrun I'nrin tr v i i i r i in fUrin ite Contll'ui' Loebfecoprincip!? s. ocracj and all tl.cir from tho facility nw and trample in tie d ; utages cf the C-':. and again in lis candidate, althotj:. ', nee of the Natict ul It not this slan Jet the Country, and as t existence 1 . If rc had lirnc sr. and enumerate inst a r this fame editor and hare done the es.tr. i :. people would ju-t 1 ' in the Standard an ! thej would believe t! purest fellows in tic cates of disgraced t: have been puhliod to detract ftom the c' : blast hi reputation t. mane man. Mit.-n The onscrupulc . goguesof the tocc all their attempts to lor are vain, have t upon Mr. Fillmore, t! the Vice Presidency, the attention of tljf Lewis Cass, but tL ; i most egregiouy. : that its astoupdit; ! General Taylor w; to make a great fu have been wrjttcn i 1839, avowing hini , which i completely the letter which ' f i.i.!.jf.i. i tWncy to diminish the liappinoss of the people, ; 1,1 a spcecnoi some lengin, oppqseu me amenu. ai d endanger the stability and permanency of ! n,e'"- This speech m reported, and I refer lH Union, and ought not to be countenanced b) any friend "f out political institutions." i This is allu'ell enough, so far as it goes ; bj. t let tis recur to the past, to see what course Gen. Cass and his peculiar home fri ends have hitherto pursued in relation to Senators to it. Recollecting what had taken j place at the previous session, I rose at once of the Senator from .Michigan, so directly at ! Fitzgerald voting again in opposition, to majority, and for the Wilmot or ordinance restriction. The Senate were notified ot this vote of the House, and finally receded from its amendment, Mr. Felch and Mr. column from Mr. a ..at the Country in debt and arrayed one section agaiiut ; Oayie Ol ' Aiaonr;. the other on the tubject of Negro nlavery, by adding iorth Carolina, W,. These are aubjecla mUP-nrf,vpnt lhr V worthless territory to the Union. urtlt 1 t f I lio rrri t a rrrta ! ro 1 1 rt r f K rmi u, I rr.la In their adjustment depends the perpetuity, the safety, resident, put lt and the happiness of ihe Country. Into whose hands , mouths. Ilurli it then, shall the settlement ol these important questions be ltKl ju. f IlimOrr ! Bingham, given? If Cass should unfortunately be elected, we ! UU0Jiti0n of Sid have no reason to expect an equitable adjustment, but on the contrary, he is pledged by the miserable batch of ft if. Neither is the YVLi ... . .. . . k I ho snntri mi fno nun&tiAn variance wUh his sentiments declared althelast session, when the same measure teas before the i neither is this all. Mr, Senate. I also stated what had taken place on t of Michigan, in a speech delivered in Con this rilomentous tonic, nrecrnant with : that occasion, and reneaied what I understood ; cress on the 7th ot Auirust. 1848. has la . . . : . . . i . .. .. .. r . . i r . . " - . - - : i i . i t t sq much importance to the bouth and so 1 Oen. Cass to have said in the Senate, and then Ken extreme positions in lavorol the Wll resolutions adopted by the Convention which nominated j t resiueni an oiu thlich danger to the Union. The South is ! called upon him to give to the Senate and to the ! mot proviso, and against all the views of him, and by his own speeches and declarations in die Mr. F. ever draw C mocracy" has alwavs fascinated the ima ! nerous ; but she will pause before she j country tits reasons tor the sudden change in j the bouth on the subject, lie complains Senate of the United States, to add more fuel to the Un',iPJ States Trc;. ivo uci Luiiiiucuuc t j a Mian uu litis ; I ' " - - j - f t-.- j moi, in niu jvjiut i r.iuiuuuu ji uuugi nam uj " w iui(ucri. - iuji n 19 muuc iu njinko himself 1 ric " assumed as many forms and colors as the tance en- Cass, in reply to me, commenced for the annexation of Texas, no authority the election of that siern old Patriot, (Jeneral ZACH A-j ' " , chameleon. j b' sa) inS thal he WJls surprised at the extraor- : is granted to prevent the introduction of RY TAYLOR, thaf the people of the South and of ihe j f lhp Vuh"c as L' i On the first day of March. 1844. Mr. ! ,narycourse of the Stmator froni New Jersey, : slavp . intQ an t of jL He complains Union, con have any hope that the interest of every ec i --j Edwin II. Lothrop. the Speaker of the i n fca,,.'!? nim ,0 an acco,u"1 J T"? that a provision in the Three Million loan ul ,, F i . . .l c . n "ut sa,d ne was prepared tor iti and then took ; , ... r ,Q, , , . . Ubuse of Representatives ot the State of from lhe drawer of hisdesk a mJnuscipt speech ? 1817. declaring it "as an express iu cnigan, came down trom the chair, and ! mt.mnrnnA ua rn,A ,nlha a',' iunaamental condition to the acquisition did not deny the statement made by me; but j of new territory from the republic of-Mex-said, in substance, that he had not changed his ,co hy the United States, by virtue of any Ihe best principles of sound Democratic' H calculated to extend the area ot slave- opinions expressed tlie session before upon the treaty which may be negotiated between Government. Hut.-place Government in : r3 anti as a violation ot the true spirit ot subject of the proviso, but that that was not the them, that neither slavery nor involunta- the hands of a man who merely professes 1 Constitution of this Union. ! occasion nor the bill in which to apply the pro- ry servitude shall ever exist in any part this creed, whose; every movement exhib- j j This resolution was referred to the Com- j viso ; that the object of the bill then before the j of said territory," was stricken out bv the its the practical reverse of these features ; ijiiUee on Federal Relations. j Senale was to enable the President to conclude ; Senate, and that the House concurred in of American Democracy, and who sus-i ! The lion. William Norman McLeod, ! a Jaty of peace with Mexico; that he did not . lDe vote to strike it out. He maintains tains or resists measures as thev mav tend ity the Committee on Federal Relations, ! wsn to do any thmg which might delay peace ; that Congress have full nower to leo-islate to elevate or depress the aspirations of his W the Cth of March, 1844, reported back ha' !l ,,e no use to attach i the proviso for the Territories in all cases, slavery or, ' ' ambition ; and the essence of the princi-1 tfr resolution without amendment, and ' a!6 ! others ; and that he " should prove recreant m r ? twu v nocv recommtnueu its aaoption. , .. . . r. . . ... , to the memories of the past and the hones That gentleman, who resides at the " r i! . ! of the future, if he should fail to insist in. Wo observe that there seems to be some dif. tJJ u ro, m r . r t i o "ns nor uie occasion. ue aiso snoKe oi me , .. . . , . .. , . . fil1"8.0.1.1' Mane. lot of Lake.Supenor, resoi1Itinn3nf init,Pll(.,iin.fv,im i(T tvi,;K on the application ot the prohibition of sla- ficuliy in -deciding how Mr. Calhoun stands .in. iMichlgan, states that alter the commit- he d .)resented durinnP the: session, and to ! very to the new territories acquired from on ihe Presidential question; and although be Cihations. and alrtiost universally govern ed the political actions ofialarge portion of-the people ot tjiese United States. But Jt'is not the workl, it is the reality that constitutes its charm. Freedom of opin ion,' equality of civil and political rights among citizens, frugality in public expen diture,Jight4axrM, whether imposed upon importations or hpme property, are among ihtroduced a resolution deprecating the annexation of Texas to the United States, pie, so" attractive to a Republican, vanish e from otir hopes, and is mingled and lost in the transient expediency and policy of the day. You have, fellow citizens, before you three candidates for the Presidency. Mr. Van Hurcn has accepted tho nomination from a new-fangled party, called the ''Free Soil" men, made up of Abolitionists and lion of the Country will be impartially looked after. ! Feeling an irrepressible desire for the preservation of the glorious inheritance handed down to us by the fathers of the Republic, we appeal to the people of North Caroli na to come forward to a man and help to prcsenre un impaired the principles which animated and cheered our ancestors in their ftrugglcs for liberty. Let the meetings projosed above be held, and let the enthusiasm of the year 1840, take hold upon every pure Whig, and a complete and glorious victory awaits us a victory which will tell forages to come, and establish Whig principles upon a foundation n;t easily undermiii- Ul .if ui iwoiuuuu 10 uu cuarge ue which 1 had referred hirn. and said that ho had i iUeXICO. marl a at r.hn rloi,.n n I.:. vhiited upon Gen. Cass with it, and that , examined them, toge.her with the resolutions ! Mr. Stuart of Michigan, in his speech from Wa.hinSion. it us so nut together, that v " w - - - -m w i' -r a ww v a. a j a m a i i inn 1 1 1 iiiiii.ki vm iiiiuii mr .i ;i i iik u nn i n i i a i i i w. i i ibii ii i ii iirriu i in a v-i w w -v i n r i . it in substance. i ihofi rai...j- i..n,A ... . ' I k;ii olul p' t..,.. . ,pi , 1 ,,rti,u." e public was as much in the dark as to Ins - - , , ' : ...... wa. VWV A7V UIJ, OfllU iC UUJ III jn mt: inn oi 4iarcn, ioi, ine resoiu- whereabouts as before. Theie has been for DC7" Wcundersta: have formed a j appearances, are v. r meet ingi, and mahis approaching i-lt-ct i about Town that seriously of carryiirj : this is so or not, vt not Lu surprisei th '. culations. Tht re i tremendous cxeriii party to accompliili are quite saucy Jisic Let this be borne in of Rowan, so that v. all their hopes m ; v How they expect to from the apathy made known, bet : t!. Drovision or fnndampnlal law; hn !wl nl think i fii-nr- r,f h IVi7 ,,....."o l ..- r.. WI,erea Wilmot-proviso-pemocrats and Whigs. liSn passed the House by a vote of 32 to hey were intended to apply to the bill then un- General Cass whose latest' 7jrofesiion in the lasl week n,li,e a, intercs-ting discussion ! ture to sa. that wit! oer consideration. , thc Nicholson letter, was against it ! ko')l "P 111 ,he I'arleston Courier by ser. . and wire pulling. 1 parl,CU ir'' aS. Mr V.H" U"ren l i I!1, Ietter !T U' Uree"- b33-.R ; This, he it remembered, was the first ' The who,e delegation from Michigan cral correspondents on this subject. One con. j The Whigs of Nov nMn!?. 11 ' notions incsc ! General Cass principles. x cUyot Detroit, dated at IXiles, October 13. ,i w ir .-n t c -J t.'7.-V IJIItA-l.-ll UO III .t.Vl Wl the principle of the Wilmot; Proviso. Ten davs bt'lore that dav. General Cass vvrnte the following letter to hisj; correspondent men wno surround him, his chosen asso at Ann Arbor, in Michigan, dated at General Taylor, another candidate, was : W'i, he .makes the following statement made so, at first, by meetings of the 1'eO j tolthe Hon. J. M. Howard : pie, W ithout party discrimination. He had Nilks, October 13, 1844. lio aspiration fori the ofiice. He was more; L r. B ',. astonished than any one else at the su . j , AR : h n '? saJ' A'1 a.nswcr lo Kestion of his nomination, lie was in lh ! jll .t,9' ' -t if ip ii i . .i -m mc while id the city of Detroit, about ihe middlo tented.fieldamiJs the most trying events April last, I was in the habit of mee.in- and f h ar, ardently devoted to his milU ccinversing with Gen. Cass daily. The subject tary dutu;!, and determined, as far as the ; of politics was introduced by tien. Cass, and exertion of his best talents would enable ha would comment freely upon political men hltri, to Coyer tho arms bf his countrv with aild measures. Upon one occasion I had a Mjccess ami glorj', and to bring the Mexn cttiveraiion wilh Gen. Cass, on the plank walk can War to a speedy and honorable close. -front of Col. Howard's house, the suhjecl of iijen. laylor was born in the South. 1 wpuch uas the ' JItr Texas 'Jrcafv lie IS 01 a race Uistim?uishrd for i t s r. wh'.cU he made veru severe comments 1 r- I uv iiuigi ui itui.,. in both houses of Congress, the fast friends te's that his language was susceptible of be- 1 napping on the day of General Cass for the Presidency, are ing construed in favor of Gen. Taylor, the i ntMt ftK r .. . to this moment for the Wilmot proviso. Southern man by birth, education and feeling ! SCCt,0M Cl"lt: His immediate supporters at home, the ..,i ..: r., ,, . ?! . auu I'll fit IIS nriHH WiP In nwmrr mirk mnl.. m-w-r Lj We-regret to Washington, February 19, 1847 by Mr. Calhoun in his speech : "remember that on Jr SPr)V c. J 7 01 Kepresent My Dear Sir : Your friend Doyle will be selected as a lieutenant, and I am glad we can give you this proof of a desire lo pay respect to your recommendation. ciates Mr. George Lothrop. Attorney General of the State. Mr. Henrv N. Wal. ker ex-Attorney General, Mr. George E. the Aou, w nearer to you than any man of ei- r r Hand, who was one of the committee to irr party at the orth." ; y , orgia, got ier., t attves ( 2:, 1 ,. . ., " "if . .1 .. r m -' .7 j"? inwio vwiiniic;iii. i irv nrc inconiesiaiiv F,.;.).fNn8 wen as lor Us Dra- ; y-- "iar ."" am '"dined to think! that our darkest true, and founded on mihli monr,ir t vital question of slavery, than Lewi r.. .... 7 I .v-w.wi i,v- ' j nnnr n:is nassen. 11 sfm ii mi hn irnnri ia .-c. 1 I .L. i J - . I . I ww ' nil v innii ve uiipw vni in iii ivm n . iri ii.n .. rn. lie i iJ : . " vu "M- coming out oi tinsctnet. 1uuui.uii 'i inv.iMTa, ns wrii its tor its ora- 1 very and respectability. His family, his ! fl1V TVrwf ; that we already had lum'UMi- !.; .irv:r.:i tj l n 1 totv than we knew what to do w more terri- j.'.- tfOliertV. his domieih ar Runt ho n has an unusnnl ilpiTrn. .,C r,.r,. m?re territory we possesvd the greater -would hour has passed. It seems io me that good is I here is a more de- termiiwil sniril lo simnnrl ihi AHni!nitrntinn a r.t i-.-r. i. . .1 wt . . I II u sound judgment, a discriminating mind i -3 ne a,mcuu)r OI lreservmg me Union ; that than I have seen heretofore. ! It is now distinct- ' .....j i l I'v'i r ' nil I3U I 1111 1 If li.l n nM 1 1 ...ill 1 . n I II. . . . . hould lie lorced into a war wilh ...i;..i . i, ,,. J. v.... v. , ifawvwuv CV. V ! Ill I J f U I. I J thing must give way to a vigorous prosecution of the war, and that no measures must be pro posed that will embarrass the Administration. The Wilmot Proviso willinot pass the Sen- J udge Cone at A tin: in which' he receive : posed to be mortal, happy to state, fror.i ccived' is not corn was thought, would to be -about. Sogrr against Conr, that it ficulty the people cc and a degree of resolution, stability, and , , firmness unsurpassed. He is a llepubli- Pn.and lo a can in manners, liabit. sentiment. As a t hkvas imimi cltize n, ho Koman was ever more remark annex, Canada, to please the North. iiitimntpil to (ipn t':ui thni Pn r - aak iLill III 1111 mEtvlit conn r a 'Piir a o r a r r r. s t n L ! . . L t lible for Stern integrity and patriotism. freblied t God! if England van's Texas As a commanding General, no Uoman 1 lecher hare it ; we don't. It is belter for us Was ever more Uniformly or1' gloriously 1oave a civilized than a barbarian nation for a successful. As a man of honor, he is no ! neighbor.1 . es distinguished. ' I Yours respectfully, C. K. GREEN." nV rPp,y f R (!?e frhe ,ruth f statement has never nddrccd to hitn concerning the 1W bejen publicly denied by Gen. Cass, and it feTidmh hW WOM' ',f tC believed that he has never pr vatelv ted, atlmmister the Government according denied it - lfhdTor.SB,Pi,i1Hf ,h? C,on',il",1ion; ! l'he,Bkl.imr; Convention was then a- ft United btMej. He could not object'' dA,t. Mr. Uannegan, a member of the 10 bit nomination by any set of hi, fellow Sinate trom ,ndial .vasTrW ndlv to he c.t.iens. Ue had accepted the nomina-! njmi'a,ion of Gen. Cass. Ii" ad.lres'ed iinn rT mono nrimo r- n..nt.l: ,1 QUUirSSrll ,v- ,.J i"; . 50me a ettcr to him shortly after the converse llmnirlii tnnu Win. c.. I , . f . . - - J vunci5ii- obtain signatures to a remonstrance, in What is meant by this sentence, if correctly 1844, against the annexation of Texas reported, we are not informed by those whode. are now warm advocates of the Wilmot nv that the Sooth Cmli,,., . -r I am pressed to death by business, or I would proviso, and equally warm in favor of Gen. lr : hut one thi, :. write vou a longer letter. However, the news. Cass as the next President ! .. . .. ihjecl of papers give you a full account of our strange The foregoing facts are specially pre. 1 laIor ,no,,o,, he maybe far upon nroceedinas. We hare not done much irood : sented to the South" StiM. wiit.m.t ,ro,n man of ,he People of the South. on poli. lie' Said hut lhfv s:iv it ia rl:irL-ffil inif I Tu.. : . i i tics, is cmolKilirallv v me iiicouieMiiaoiv j - "ii iuc public records of let ters, votes, and debates. They are worthy of consideration in every other part of the Union. They show the variableness and versatility of principles and jviews of a politician pre sented to the people of the United States as a candidate! for their Chief Magistrate. If the historical delineation satisfies the South or the North that he will make a ate. It would be death to the war death to nrm and consistent President: pithpr th Unclly known. Does he no for Gen .Tuvlnp uenrl- t... I.. , ------- - -- ...v. ' - -j v. , ..win UC UVCil II t'Jl i .,. m.i an .ii.it-oi iciriiory ot-aiii oo ui iiicuiucr ur uoui, win vote lor mm. l,,e mend oi our institution", and of hone witk i.. il,' I i j .L.l .i t ?.. ..... nvnri wjiu ..I a......... ui...... anuurain tome uemo- i .uan oi integrity, with broad and ty and reform in the administration of our . . i as o imcnui-u. ii no oouoi coniprenensi ve American principles no ong.uaieii with proper leel.njrs ; but things have matter where his political habitation ;c the candidate for whom the patriotic cit izens of all parties, in every quarter of the Union, can cast their suffrages, with an abiding confidence that the Constitution, the Union, the liberty, the prosperitv. and character of the Nation will never be im paired or sullied by his administration. WASHINGTON. Another writer in reply, argues that he is for Cass, and that ho said nothing which could be taking summary v construed otherwise. c do not think it high, instant. The d if! ly important to know how he stands on this flections which Ju ! question ; but since Mr. Calhoun has taken et. on the course of Mr.": pecial pains to convince the people of the South, . that he is and always has been her champion ; UNION M on the question of slavery, it ought to be dis. The September na. U iiti . . - i -in. i i w null oiioi n micr ine convpr emocratic. some Whig some ,rre,pec j tin wilh Mr. Green, above deJribed live of party. I(e ac ;cept ed th et lomina- q sting his views on the annexation lion made by the Philadelphia Conven- i TiM to thp TTninn r, "; re- of now come to such a pass thjat its adoption will produce these effects. It is! distinctly avowed by ihe Southern members of Congress that they would not vote for any measures for ihe prose cution of the war, nor would they ratify any ireaty. if this provision becomes a law. It will probably go hack from the Senate to the House, where I hope the appropriation will pass with out any proviso. j I am, with great respect, truly yours, R. S. Wilson, i LEW. CASS. tional affairs, or does he support Cass, an ene. my to the South, and an upholder of the abuses and corruption which exi.t under the present dynasty ? (r The Raleigh Standard denies that the Locofocos hare slandered Gen. Taylor. This is a piece of impudence on its part wo were , matter calcu! amuse the reader, works of the kind, ; in the first nurribcr, teresting articles :;r It maintains its ! spect admirably, k two beautiful plates and Me Solitary '- T&vnc rt I Un T T ; -O i" .. - A: r nhifsttnn i o rr q rt . i U n -: T 1 ..f " ' tl' m i . . iikn. -nd Avnnln h,.t .. . lw w- replied, A " " . X, " iMJl .luc uu'",wr." 01 ' wcl be sets II 7 : . "r " ,U1 yl a manner not -ent rts y satisfactorv 01 lue Provlso- 1 & opposition is put oh up a paper claim to the best portion of New 1 no 1 inn 11 inn iV'4iiim ....... w.. . .....w. v..ii.hu.., wnu j !ahls ir,ends at Washington. He was Part' grminos- How laf the imputation Mexico, ridicules iho pretension with great se ii been tendered on the. SHrm-tprm " nb I 1 . 1 i .? . - . . r 1 0 . r ?. ' ... ... . r r-w- 1 - . . . . . ".n . 1 t'ii 11 fvi hh in rr mnro Am ii .1 i- un in na i rim isiii n in 1X111 ham morn Tl VAIIIlVll, flllU LtIC ltl- i " ...... . ...w vvutuviu I11L ... not prepared for. as it is well known i i . ,or September. . . .. ... Iv ailliusi I - . Aeir Mexico. The Santa Fe Renuhliran nf eTerX man' thal the party to which thii narwr I 140 Nassau St., N. Y tbe 16ih July, having just received ihe message is devoted, voted in the House of Rcnresem Ut requiring party pledges from him. j m,us Fraser Magazine letter was the re- i bers " true, they may best tell. ' Uen. 1 ajior nas, in nil ins correspon- , stt. Jn that precious production he r- I ThU letter appears in k tUnctt, substanttally, umlormly, and con- . versed his willingness to let England have Democrat," issued bv . ........ 1 1 .t.u In. li'inlil tint I . '. Ti 1 - 1 . . . . . . J fe'eted, cannot behe President ot a party. ! lish influence and interference as of more ! al but lUu rresidentiot me-wnvic t tvpic oi consequence, and more dangerous, than! I . I . ttves, to censure the General for the capitula- i have rc: tion at Monterey. He has also been slander- i ber of the Carc! ed by the editor of ihe Standard. In his na. , slarted in Lincolntc per of the 30th August, he publishes an article in which Gen. Taylor is represented to have verity. It says Iexas might as well have le gislated a claim to Louisiana as to any portion n PTlpa 44 T.ma - ! , . w , ...... oiiiuui nir ill - - M- . . . . ....... i. VV;u u: it- iC,"1M g"ern mat country mey will nnd them, wntleu a letter to &n.i li.u:n ; . i , . , , , , ii, . i . u.itK.iiu i t; " -isauru mi lisuil lillMSeil. ,. ' f II . I .. ... v.. .w..au, uiuuhiiq? i .;.ru. I.. ...LI lt. tin M'mlil not r I. .l'i 1 . i . . .iii...., s;vp awlll.lv Inusn in - anit rL.I V, M..' . . . r O I o.o .. .mo i pas, auu went as iar as the larthest in at Ann Arbor, M cb gan, on the 25th of . . 1 r? c:Co ! the Presidency trammelled with pledges. faVorof annexing her to the United States August. 1848 ! ol jas a population competent to elect their tiwn of: ne-Unotapariy candidate, and, if e-i Indeed, he treated the danger from En, i On th 24th rn-L. ,0,.. V6 !he,r ow" ,au and never w t,cinvci, lui.ucucr- i k'iiscih iu iuis unexpeciea ana unjust claim Cass addressed a letter to the Hon. M r Nat. Int. lMcnolson, of Nashville, distinctlv renudi. aling the Wilmot Provisd The following is a passage in that letter ; e ( Uih United fctateaL' ioes thu South ask for any other than arty one could have expected after read ing his declaration to Mr. Green, that, l Why is Gen. Taylor like fortune ? X. Y. Glo.e We can tell you why Casa'a face is like misfortune. It " never comes single." LouiniUe Journal. not to veto the Wilmot proviso. This Mr. Holden knew or ought to hare known was false. He also has said that Taylor has no principles, and that the W higs have sacrificed theirs by nom! inating him. And this declaration it has made even since ihe Allison letter was rublihed wbich : contains principles based upon the only Jrue plat- It is printed on th coin Republican, at itics throughout. Who signed the- James A Southern Dc . of tho I r. if
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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