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THE WHIG.
Athuu. Thunday, Saptomber 28,1848.
THE PEOPLE'S TICKET.
roa i>itF.aisp.!iT,
ZACHARY TAYLOR,
Of Laai.iani.
BOB TICK PIFSIPKXT,
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OP NEW YORK.
WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET.
2d. W. II. CRAU’roxD I fill). Am
3d. A. W. RF.noi.fc. 7th. Y. P. Kmc.
4tb. William Mosr.LT, I 8th. Geo. Stapleton.
whig CONORESSlONAL NOMINATIONS.
District*. w r .
( |V.—J. N. WILLIAMSON, of Newton county, thirnis to all men. and faithful to none—unsound
' V IA MRS M r?ATTTniTM -f n.tf.lk • ***“* loaumen, ana jaumjui io none—*unmnmo
that a more zealous, energetic, whole-souled. eelf-earn-
firing and patriotic set ofWhig* cannot be found in the
State than are the Taylor men of Lumpkin. Therefore,
B will, on their pert, repeat the invitation, “Corson*
■cox* all.”
It ia hoped that editors favorable to the election of
Taylor and Fillmore will give a wide rirculAtioo to the ge
neral nvitation to men of all parties who desire the cal*
ration of the country to meet with the Taylor men of
this District at Dehlenega on the 20th of October.
Taylor Nca, ire you all Beady t
" One* more unto tic breach, dear friend*—Once merer
On next Monday the people of Georgia frill
be on to exercise one of the dearest right* of
freemen—that of choosing, through the medium of the
ballot-box, suitable persona to represent their interest*
in the popular branch of Coogrem. This U an impor
tant duty at all times—now, when the country is rent
by sectional discord, and fierce party fends, it is doubly
Such men should be selected as the people
confide in—men of stern resolve, determined to a
tain to the last the rights of the South, and ever ready
to vindicate hcrliooor.
In each District in the State, there is a Taylor man
and a Cass man before the people as candidates fur their
suffrages. Let the people remember that in choosing
between the?#, they chouse between Tatum and Cass
—the former, the brave and generous old soldier, born
and nurtured in the South, and whose every interest
and feeling is identified with us—and the latter jurt as
completely identified in birth, education, prejudice, and
interest with the North—and who, consequently, on
the great rectioual issue before the country, must l* un
safe—a man of whom it has been said by a Southern
Democrat, and a member of the Convention by whichhe
was nominated, “he it a time-serving politician—all
final rally •* Iks " nntenified Democracy
-aayarallelrAoaslsaalaaar-AaoUseraanct-
iBff of the Athene Clique.
Great Lathnila
The Cassitcs about here claim that i
The “Overseen of the Poor,” alia* the Athens clique (there is great enthusiasm manifested i
??pond to
Couventii
been presented
attempted to hold another meeting at the Town Hall, Gen. Cass. Now, this is all humbug, as we have
on Saturday night last We have not been informed of, abundant reason to know. A case in point occur*
the object of the convocation—whether the Hon. How- re j ; n this place on Tuesday morning. After drum-
ell Cobb had lost his “certificate of good behaviour’ I m ing around town on Monday night, and disturb-
funusbed by the clique at the preceding meeting, and j j ng ^ g j Bm b er8 0 f our quiet and orderly Citizens at
wished to get it renewed—or whether they intended to j a very h oar op Tuesday morning, the Cass-
Mtoe orders to “the faithful” to be ready with alltbe|j tes 5acceet Jed i n parading about a dozen men
usual appliances oo the day of electiao-or it may have ! (a cons ij era b] e portion of them « dyed in the wool,”)
been to “hurl the public indignation- against ril such t(> pQ tQ th „ great ma5S meeti ; n FmnkUn county!
been deviated by a Northern Locofoco ProviscLt)and , ® ne J oine <J ,l—not cve * small squad of
notwithstanding the beU on Saturday night was tolled delegates.. This
The Evidence Accumulate*!
READ, SOUTHER#PEOPLE, READ!
We have been giving from week to week copious
extracts from the Northern press to show Gen.
Cass* reed position on the slavery question. It will j
be seen that where he is best known he is univer- |HJ|t||l|U(w||K u|
sally considered favorable to Northern views, and . j^ ay an ,j
in many instances claimed is i “ better free- j with such illustrious
sMi.MisTiti.1t Me. Vis Bures!” We ehouldi LER.” *
like to see the Northern C»ss psper that does not 1 vert \
claim him ss » free-soil man ! They, from their t „' e Umte D States,
position, most know bis real sentiments better than GREAT EVIL ni
of LEWIS CASS and WILIJAM O. BUTLER,
Jj* as it has not the name tf a Slaveholder on it, nor
that of any man interested in either the perpetuation
or extension Sla very ! f ’
At a Democratic meeting held at Middleborough
(Mass.) the following, among other resolutions,
were adopted.
“ Resolved, That we co-dially
; the Baltimo
as CASS and BUT-
NEW TERRITORY OF
isld be fraught WITH
V.—JAMES M. CALHOUN, of DeKalb.
VI—JAMES W. HARRIS, of Clarke.
The Taylor Platform.
* purpose* to accomplish,
i but my country.
“ I have no concealments. I hold no opinion which I
would not readily proclaim to my assembled country
men ; but crude impn-i-inn* upon matters of policy,
which may be right to-day mid wrong to-morro’
perhaps, not Xho best test of fitness for office. Oi
cannot be trusted without pledges, cannot be confided in
merelr on account of them.
“The power given by the constitution to the Execu
tive, to interpose hi* veto, i* a high Conner
which alioulq never be excreted except
clear violation of tbe constitution, or manifest haste and
want of consideration by Congress.
“ The personal opinion* of tbe individual who may
happen to occupy the Executive chair, ought not to
control the action of Congress upon questions of domes
tic policy, nor ought hi* objection* to be interposal
where questions of const itiit i<ma! power have been
tied by the vuriom depar
quiesced in by the poop!
“ Upon the subjects of the tariff, the currency, tbe I
Wilmot Paonso and an exert to tux Socth."
Shall we insult Southern men by inquiring at this time,
when Northern fanaticism threatens to tako from us
every right claimed by the South, whether they will
support the man nurtured in their midst, and whose
long life of puhlic service presents strong claims upon
their gratitude, or the offspring of tbe bot-bed of North-
Abolitionism, who has had all his claims for extra ser-
rice* cashed at the National treasury f This is a grave
question, and it becomes you, fellow-citizen*, divesting
yourselves of party prejudices, and determined to act
for the good of the country, to meet it like freemen.
Can you, os Southern men, on the morning of the elec
tion, look upon your innocent, helpless children, whose
right# are involved in this issue, and placing your hands
upon your hearts, honestly say, “ We run trust 1
momentous question to Lewis Casa.” If not, then y<
duty is a plain one—you should not vote for those
long and loud, we have been informed that but eight or
ten persons (and only three members of tbe clique) were
attendance!! “Oh what a fall was that, my coun.
trymen." Time has been when the tolling of the bell
and the issuing a bull by the clique could assemble
Wick, “ tbe thing is about tofixsle out," now; or, at
least tbe signs of tbe times indicate such a result—
“ Well, we don’t know, upon the whole,” if it would not
be as well to give up, for we can’t for the life of ui see
bow they can for a moment make “the rank and file”
believe that in voting for the Wilmot Proviso, Mr. Cobb
faithfully represented their interests, or that Gen. Cass
is a man whogi tbe South can trust on the Slavery ques-
It however, they should attempt to hold any mi
meetings between thb and the Presidential election,
would renew our advice to them, to send straightwaj
* 1 Tennessee for Miss Fanny Wright, who claims to be the
founder of the Locofoco party, and get her to “hold
forth’ as is her wont, in defence of Democracy, Social
ism, Ac, and, perhaps, from the novelty of the enter
tainment, she may be able to “ draw” a crowd!
\3T Well! we shall have to - take back” what we
said about the evidence the editor of the “ Vanguard
of Anti-Slavery at the South” alias the Southern Ban
ner, had, as we thought, offered of returning.sanity!—
In his last issue lie is repeating the insult (to Southern
men) of publishing tho 7th resolution of tbe Baltimore i
platform, (drawn up, it is said, by an uncompromising
Provisoist) as ample security on the Slavery question.
He says he never had tlie resolution “ stereotyped,” as
charged in the Whig; well, we don’t know that he had,
in the sense in which printers use that word; but we
. . were informed by a friend that he had kept it standing
i- in lit* column*, and that was what we meant by the
didates for Congress who favor his claims, but cast your j term; we havo not a file of the paper to examine, nor
suffi ages in favor of such as support the people’s candi- j do we tako sufficient notice of the wishy-washy twaddle it
departments of government, and ac- J date, the brave old Southern planter—who, though ] usually contains to bo able to state how often the 7th
Rough, is ever Ready to defend your rights and the in- resolution appeared in it* coluin
. Mt C(..',r Rredt Uthwa^ riyern UkeV m3 j° f T“'
harlmrs, tho will of tlic people, a* expressed through It is usual, on such occasions, to make an appeal to
their representatives hi Congre**, ought to be rtopect- i partisans to be at tho polls. This we shall not now do.
* - viTJuil^^mTr^drcnRirt.ncE,. i, a \ U» |,| < g iJ * ,,t impM^nc. of the »l-
national calamity, to be avoided, if compatible “ ” *
Cass! and just such enthusiasm
"great Michigander” everywhere.
How the Locos can expect any express!
euthusiasm for their Northern Abolition candidate,
unless by the “ darkies,” is a mystery to us. We
struck forcibly with the truth of a remark we
heard a gentleman make the other day. “There is
ngle Cass man in Georgia!—
Such a man could not be found before the nomina
tion ol the Baltimore Convention, and they could j
not have been manufactured since. Those who are j
wedded to the Locofoco party, and feel bound to
abide by its behests, will support him—not because
they have any love for the man, or feel safe in con
fiding theii interests to his guardianship, but simply
because the party requires this service at their
hands.” True, every word true; and the Demo
crats themselves know it is, and how can they ex-
| pect an enthusiastic support for their Abolition can
didate! They may “sugar-coat” the “pill” as
they will, but they will slill find it impossible to in
duce those who love COUNTRY more than TAR
TY’ to swallow it! The “children” will never
—But, we have been asked, How does it happen
that the Democratic leaders appear so confident of
success, while some of the Whigs seem rather de
spondent! Well, this is not at all remarkable-
each party remembers 1344—the unexpected sue-
of the Locos then gives them nn unwarranted
ee of confidence now—while the unlooked-for
defeat of the Whigs makes some of the more timid
ranks feel somewhat apprehensive of asim-
. ... you any longer doubt! The neighbors of Gen.
res P° nse -j"° j Cass—the organs of your party, conducted by his
bosom friends and published at his own door, as- , . .. „
.ore,™ that he ue feee-soil lias, and that if “ c|I *"ii|, .nvidlencr’.Hunkering nt leart 1-JOO.
you expect any thing else at his hands, you will a gloriuis gathering ol the old unflinching
f I be decieved—that were he not so, they would not Democarry of Lynn, who have fought their way
0 “»-««-».«»onbtu,i f? wh« **■:';S
s platl'ori
a specimen of enthusiasm for
1 felt for the)
‘ glori
dence have you on the other side ? Nothing but
the bare assertion of the very men who, iu 1840,
assured you Mr. Van Buren was safe ou the slave-1 The ti
rv question! They deceived you then—they are were jku
trying to do so now. Trust them not. Read and j
examine the facts (or yourselves. Ponder well the 1 jj utler
effects of such madness before you cast your votes ! meet ou
so as to secure a party triumph by SACRIFICING ; “ Rest
THE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH ! We continue | on! - v P|* r
itions, among others,
ion of the Democratic
Plenty “n
i of the same |
i Cass paper dyed
sort” still on baud.
The Hartford Tin
wool, says
“ A Northarn man. particularly a Democrat
“ Free Soil” man, must be beside himself who Qui
will vote for any other man than General CASS; J any
and by withholding his vote, indirectly aid the elec
tion of General Tayloi
institution of slavery
whose nomination w
the slavery interest.”
The same paper ta
THAT THE DEMOCRATIC ] At thc broak,n i
PARTY AND THEIR CANDIDATES ARE
IN FAVOR OF FREE SOIL AND FREE AND
INALIENABLE HOMESTEAD LAWS.”
Resulted, Thu
hthc j lo Convention, thai
udisputab'.y procured by ! that, by
a* it* true policy, are opposed to die subjugation of other the hearts of the patriot myriads who arc determined
Mr. Fillmore's Platform.
“ I DISAVOW MOST UNEflUlVOCALLY,
NOW AND FOREVER, ANY DESIRE TO IN
TERFERE WITH THE RIGHTS. OR WHAT IS
CALLED THE PROPERTY’. OF THE SOUTH
ERN STATES.”—Millard Fillmore, in the U. S.
House of Representaliies.
(leu* Cass' Northern Platform*
Rest deed, THAT HOSTILITY TO THE EX
TENSION OF HUMAN SLAVERY IS NOW
AND EVER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PRIN-
Cl PLUS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CREED, and
THAT TO ABANDON IT AT THE PRESENT
TIME WOULD BE A CRIME AGAINST THE
FREE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH OUR IN*
HTITUTIONS ARE BASED.—Resolution of the
hi!a Democratic Contention if Michigan.
•I AM NO SLAVEHOLDER-1 NEVER HAVE
BEEN-I NEVER SMALL BE. 1 DEPRECATE
ITS EXISTENCE IN PRINCIPLE. AND PRAY
FOR ITS ABOLITION EVERYWHERE. WHEN
THIS CAN BE EFFECTED JUSTLY AND
then, nothing that vre could say would arouse them. It
tough for us to know that “THE SOUTH EX
PECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY.”
oplc-tl
voting 10 withhold lialtt t
rallgntiou of Ucn. law
Certain it L«, that he has it in hi* last issue, and woul
offer it to his reader* as (v- suppose) “indemmty fc
the past and security for the future.”
A* to his insinuation that from his dlgnihed elevatio
he “ seldom, if ever, feels called nn to notice the petty
attacks of tlic Southern Whig,” why all that i* just
simply ridiculous 1! He, doubtless, found it very con
venient not to notice seine of our “ petty assaults f as
for example, our correct)
ry last, that on Wilmot*# propositioi
To desponding Taylor men (if any such there be)
we say, lift up your beads—the gray streaks of the
approaching dawn are now visible in the firmament
—gird on your armor—he faithful, vigilant and
zealous—(and who will not in such a glorious
cause !) and a most triumphant victory awaits you.
Mark what we say—Gen. Tayi.or will be elected.
All the signs of the times point to that result. Nor
I is be alone dependent on his own unequalled
i strength in popular confluence for his success.—
j This, of itself, would be sufficient. But to render
ce doubly sure,” our opponents are div
ent in Fcbrua- j deJ and distracted in every section of the Union—i
resort to direct the free States by the Van Buren movement, and
Wc presume it i* known to all our readers that thc
Hon. Axmutw Stiwabt, of Pennsylvania, during the j
late session of Congress, in his place in the House of
Representatives, charged Lewis Cash, the Northern
candidate for the Presidency, with conduct grossly cor
rupt in claiming at and receiving from the public trea-
iry vast sum* of tho Peoflk’s Mo.set for prctcudcd
extra services while Governor of the Territory of Mich
igan—that when he introduced his resolutions of inqui
ry, designed to ascertain from the public records, the
facts of the case—either to prove or disprove his alle
gations—they were voted down by tho Loccfocus, who
knew that the records of the Department would establish
Hr. Stewarf s allegations ! Thb is doubtless known to
all our readers—but do the people of tbe Sixth Dis
trict of Georgia know that the Hon. Howell Cobb, their i ^
to no law establish
, if the Whigs speak
3 say they know ’
taxation for thc support of the war, “ some forty mem- j the slave States Cass’ open and notorious opposi-
her*, almost exclusively Wuios, voted for it," when, 1 tion to our institutions has, and must continue tc
in fact, upon reference to the ayes and nocs, which we divide the party, and give to Gen. Taylor, the lion-
published, we showed that twenty of the forty “almost j cs t Q |J Southern planter—the glorious old hero
exclusively Whig?" wero Locofoco#! It is doubtless j w h 0 never surrenders”—the support of such
very convenient not to notice such a “ petty assault'’ as 1 ^ j ire f er co unlry to }>arty. While this stati
this, and numbers of others ofa similar character, which j t bj n » s exists in the ranks of the “Michigander,”
time made upon the Banner. , t *j e f r j en ds of Taylor, from one extreme of the Un-
reader,thm li e-VET, Ircquentljr j ^ ^ ot h er , preae.Han undivided fmnt-and in
that great contest between the Rights of the People
and the Prerogatives of the Crown, must, as their
gallant leader has done on every battle-field, come
tng^so.
“ Zachary Taylor would
slavery in the pew territoi
truly ot him ; the Southen
with them on this subject.
“Taylor would undoubtedly sanction slavery
the new territories. Cass would not.”
Once more—
“ Gen. Taylor says the South should never si
mit to the Wilmot Proviso, and his friends claim
he will not veto any bill relative to slavery in the
territories. Of course he will sanction the estab
lishment of slavery in those territories, whilst Gov.
~ bill of the kind. How can it
objectionable than
It is known to our
notice tho “ Roorback*" of our neighbor,
attach any importance to his wise saws, but to show j
thc public what degree of confidence a paper which |
falls into so many mistakes is entitled to at ^eir hands.'
ay b
), then, that Cas
Taylor on the slavery question at the North ?
not so. The assertion is too barefaced ti
And yet again—
“ Now it is a fact that Gov. Cass was not the
candidate of the South. The Southern delegates
exerted themselves to defeat him. They were dis-
opposed to the
off v
la Gen. Butler sound on ike slavery ques* ! And not only will Gen. Taylor be elected, but he
_ T , . !. 1,.. . w j. i will get the vote of Georgia. While we write, we
Tho Locofoco\ in order to shield their YortAcmcarv- , ...
didute for tbe Prereideucy freim lie j»,t ehurge of Ah- \ h »" “ 1 ' ner, ‘ gentlemen
UtioHism,have been so busily employedin the promulga in Middle and Southwestern Georgia, who assure us
tion of falsehoods concerning Mr Fillmore’s position on {that if the people of Northern and Western Georgia
this question, as entirely to lose sight of their candi- j do their duty, Taylor and Fillmore must carry the
into UArt an. WitUKU JtMLT A in Li'. . _ ~ .. .* date for the Vice Presidency—thc patron of the Gam-! State by a very large majority. The people of North-
PEACEABLY AND EASILY FOR BOTH PAR- j voted k•withholId from them lighit* blcr * -Suniby bwso-race! What pledges has Gen. But-! «*m and Western Georgia, weal! know, are wide
TIES.” (Jen. Cass’Pamphlet. j , question, ^ is act,^ ^ ever. r. j er given tbe South on this question f Now, wc dare j a\vake,and will do their whole duty. YVhat say y<
tho Locos to reply. They may say that he is the resi- j friends, are you not all ready to make one more
Cobb, believed Gen. Cass innocent of thc charges brought
against him, would he not havo demanded an investi
gation, as due to Gen. Cass! anvl on the other hand, if
're^mtiat'of'ow G'o'r^aM w it, tree, .* ! boli *" dhi " «"»?• <*> h “ «“ * h ° w * *” did >-‘
Tl*e Whig Creed.
The re*toration of power to the Peopl
and legitimate purposes.
j it not due to the People, whom Gen. C. had defrauded,
nte-perem* of the Government ft™, thefrupof De- j °“ t u >' *1™1<1 be made I But Mr. Cebb
itmgiytiie, and Spoiler,. | voted again* givinj tbe people any light ™ thi, ,ub-
dent of a slave State; but this they argue
of Gen. Tatloe is no sort of security! How, then, can
they expect tlic country to take it as security for Gen.
Butler f
We call upon thc Locofoco press of Georgia to shew
(if any they have) why Gen. Butler sliall
The restriction of the Veto tr ilbiu logitiitmt* lbnitn I jeet-n. bo doubtlere thought they knew too much «1- Kt dOT „ „ Abnlttknut. All the evidence we po;
Tho curtailment of tho inordinate patronage of the | of the corrupt conduct of the Northern Abolition
Executive, bv means of which Elections arc controlled | candidate for the Presidency l
kes a very different view of j limited -.11
about the people of a territo- j thc subje
y setting the slave question, from its Southern : territories
oadjiitors. Hear what it says : I crea.*in<r
“ Gov. Cass is opposed to asy lepiala
’osgress relative to slavery in tbe Territories^ ( will twvur do Wmtiw.
Ie must, then, be opposed to a law recognising-jy' “ RryWctil That thc charge against the Den
ilavery in these Territories. ,
“The Federalists have very strongly urged that
General Taylor being opposed to the veto, would ]
not veto any bill that Congress might pass upon |J
the subject—not even the Wilmot proviso, though /Democka
he declares that the South ought never ‘
to that proviso. He would not, then, t
* 'very in those Territories.
[very one opposed to sla vet.
Gov. Cass occupies the best position—and indeed
the only true practical position—for the pec
ith whom he would leave the whole matter, 1
settle this question in a short time, >0 suit ti
selves, and Congress canuot prevent them from do-
A short Biography of an Office-holder!
GEN. LEWIS C.ASS,
"THE HERO OF HULL'S SURRENDER,"
Born Oct. 9th, at Exeter, New Hampshire, son of Maj.
Jonathan Cass,
A brave soldier of the Revolution, and sat uncompro.
arising Federalist; who, we presume, taeght
the subject of this memoir to wear the
BLACK COCKADE.
Emigrated to the West at the age of 17, and alter ed
iting for awhile a Federal newspaper, was elect
ed to the Legislature of Ohio, in 1806, as an
avowed Federalist, but finding that «*.-
profitable, shortly afterwards pro
fessed to be a Republican,
And drafted an address to Thomas Jefferson, who,
having triumphed over the Federalists, then held
the reim of Government, and had many of
fices to bestow.
In March, 1807, appointed by Mr. Jefferson,
MARSHAL OF OHIO.
war in 1812, elected a Col-
sl in the Ohio Regiment, in which he
greatly distinguished him
self bring the
FIRST MAN TO LAND ONTHECANADA SHORE,
Which achievement he performed by pulling back a
jwor private, who was in advance of him 1 be
lieving, then, as now, that common
men should give way to
such transcendani greatness as he possessed.
The magnitude of this undertaking may be inferred
from the fact that the Canada shore was in tho
quiet possession of two old women!
July 15, 1812,
At the head of 280
men, has “a severe conflict” with
some 8 or 10 British soldiers at the Duck Riv-
Bridge 15 miles from Detroit [Note, on his exami-
nation at Hull’s trial, lie himself swears the soldiers
left thc Bridge without offering any resistance,
but it is presumed he is mistaken, as his
biographers have made tho
above statement]
On hearing of Hull’s surrender, entertuining the fear that
some of thc women or children might cut them-
When Mr. Andrew Stewart introduced his resolu
tions in the House of Representatives, 00 the 5th of
August 1848, calling for thc accounts and vouchers iu
and tho Puhlic Liberty endangered. | Tbo Washington Battery furnishes the following ae-
Relrenchtncnt of extravagant and unauthorized Ex-. count of Mr. Cobb’s course on that occasion. Read it,
peuditure*. I people of the 6th District, and #ay whether you can
An end, a positive end, to all reckless experiments up-! confide in the man who would not confide to you the
on tho Business, tho Currency and tho Enterprise of tho | facts in regard to Gen. Cass’ unjust appropriation of the
Country. * I public money to hi#
Tho assumption of tbe Cosstititton os thc Platform
of onr political iaith.
A Return to the old anti safe paths of honesty, era-! tbematter ofGen.Cass’ extra allowances and
verity, patriotism and public virtue! I plained expenditures, he was voted down by tixty-one
graaf... = I Loco-focos. Mr. Stewart merely asked the House to
FREE BARBECUE! jSSSE-SSHSS
these vouchers to the American People. Thev must
^-•1 Fiet! Barbecue will Le given at be withheld. They must be suppressed. Tux truth
Oglch^ Cournj. on j “ og-im* rerepre*
SATURDAY, tho 30th of Soptezuher, I ing the roles to admit Mr. Stewart’s resolution, we find
AlltLe Ptoplc ofCtnrkc, ilaJi-on. El^,. \
Oglethorpe, ami the other neighboring made a lung speech in the House of Representatives, to
COHUtia, are TmxrlMln iveiled In altmd., “P 1 *” '■ In pre-preinj t«- thu .preck, he lad
ri- • , j/, . > . . .taken occasion to look into the accountsand vouchers at
l-Sr Distinguished Orators hare been inn-! (k4 Department, which were denied to Mr. Stewart.—
ted, and trill doubtless be present on the ' Mr. McClelland, therefore, knows what these account*
occasion. *2^ ** S*"*" , ,hcir
»R*.**.o—**ws I*
~ — j facta the vouchers exhibit sustain all ^lr. Stewart’
GREAT TAYLOR HASS HEETING j charges and would condemn him in the eyes of tlie peo-
At PaMoatg*. j ** jfr. Cobb, of Georgia, also voted against the
W e pub&hed
Taylor Mass Meeting proposed
ga on tho 20th of October. We desired at that time J demanding on this point I deri
to urge upon our reader* the importance of securing a j tho gentleman from Pennsylvania intends to charge, or
advertisement of the Cammitteo of Iuvitot ion came to i United State*." To this Mr. Stewart replied: “If tho
hand. That notice wtR be found m anotheroolnnm this ! eentleman wants my opinion, l>o shallhaveit IN MY
OPINION HE DID.”
Well, what says Mr. Cobb to this f Not
fort—an effort worthy of the occasion—to
your country from the hands of the spoilers! Let
your reply come through the ballot-box.
Keep it before tbe People of tbe South,
That the editor of the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Deal
er, who claims to be in Gen. Cass’ confidence—holding
private conversations with him, solemnly says: “ We
claim to say that Gen. Cass is as good a FREE SOIL{
MAX as Judge McLean, and A MUCH BETTER ONE
THAN MARTIN VAN BUREN P
Democrats of Georgia! will you, can you, dare you,
ite on Monday next for such candidate# for
favor the election of this NORTHERN FREE SOI
MAN I
vreek, and wo would direct the attoatiou of all w
den to il. Wo hope they will all commence making | But* we fimTthis sanve Mr. Cobb—when Mr Stewart
preparations to attend the “mountain gathering.” Let : tried to pasa his rest Jutkn of inquiry, to bring out the
every section of the State balargcly represented—let the vouchees to prove his allegations, or disprove them if
lotriudm rid kijtttofcn vovoi thefatire *■<«*.
board, and together participate in healthful mountain
cheer, interchange ideas, receive mutual encourage-
Beni tr im each other, and uracli good will be effected
by the meeting.
Nor have the committee confined their invitation to
is a better free-soil man than Martin Van Luren,
claim Gen. Butler too, on the ground that living in a
slave State, he has never owned a slave in his life, and
that, like great numbers of the Kentuckians, he is in fa-
of emancipation ! Now, we know not how true
this may be; but if true, it certainly presents a much
itrongcr case against Butler than tlie Locofocos have
been able to make out against Fi’lmore.
The fact is, wc do not think that an intelligent Demo
crat in die country believe* Fillmore to be an Abolitionist
—with the evidence before the country they cannot be
lieve it—and the charge is only made to secure their
candidate for the Presidency, (whom they feel that i
ingenuity can sheild from the same charge) from t
close an inspection by the people. But all such cffoi
will prove futile. Tlic people arc not such dolts oi
idiots as not to know that it is of infinitely far greater
importance to them that the President should be sound
on this question—and they will scrutinize clearly Gen.
Cam’ position, which must result in a concurrence in the
verdict of thc Hon. Win. L. Yancy, who says he
“ Unsound on the Wilmot Proviso, and an enemy
the South.” | ti*,. clay Mi
As the locofoco* seem to be so fond of pledges, if j
Gen. Bctlzr has ever given any pledges on this ques- • This ridiculous farce, which was nipped in the
tion, they had better publish them at once, as with Cass ! bud by a letter from Mr. Clay, peremptorily relus-
“ the britchin* is broke," and nobody will be willing to ! ing the use of his name to endanger the election of
trust him on this great question. So. gentlemen, let Gen. Taylor, and assurances from “the great
call him.
Rough and
and with-
TLc uretrpaticn of power tunMu, tlic •rit.ocrec, to. ! »“ tthe h "(* »’'»<” °f' ,h ' E "Pj"
already commenced in the Whig ranks. In North Car- State. That any body should have doubted Mr.
nlioa at the last election for Governor and members of Clay’s support of old Zach, is surprising to us.—
tmSSSOS&rSU"SSL* : H^'.h.tOretgret.t^iotretid^. pub 11 ,. <U-
The above is extracted from that able and dignified
Democratic sheet, the Cassville Pioneer, just for the
knowledgment of slavery in the r
by Congress, and this does not suit the South.—
The Northern Federalists are abusing him for fa
voring Southern views, and the South oppos; hi.:
on the ground that he is not in favor of those views
Is it not singular 7”
So much for the Hartford Times. Now for tin
New Haven Register, a paper just now, very much
in favor with the editor of the Union.
“ Every Democrat who refuses to vote for Go;
Cass, will aid in electing Zachary Taylor, who is
slaveholder, and who the Southerners say theyknm
is with them and of them, on questions touching
slave extension. Free soil, therefore, cannot be
sustained by refusing to vote for Cass. Refli
A morsel from the Boston Times, another rabid
Cass paper, may not be a miss just nowO*^
"We say that the Democracy will continue to :
support Cass and Butler: and, indeed, there is no
other ticket which presents any thing like so strong
claims to the support of those men who are really
of ** free soil.” Gen. Cass is a native of a
free State. He has resided, for almost his whole
free communities. He has no interests in
slavery, and has expressed his opinion against that
institution in most emphatic terms. O* General
fuller is not a slaveholder, and has ever been
inang those Kentuckians who are favorable lo eman-
Of thc sixth District, that the Hon. Howell Cobb
ie of the rabid partizans who was so far blinded by
party rage as to vote for Thompson’s infamous Proviso,
by which tbe vote of thanks to Gen. Taylor, who, by his
unprecedentedly brilliant career in Mexico, has added
so much to our military reputation abroad, was
verted into a vote of censure I People of the 6th Dis
trict, will you “ aid and abet” in that vote of censure by
voting for Howell Cobb! We shall see.
Mr. C, it should be remembered, all at once t
great fancy to Provisos, and not content with voting
for that of Mr. Thompson, censuring Gen. Taylor, gave
his support to the one originally introduced by his
Northern ally, Mr. Wilmot!
INDIGNANTLY BREAKS HIS SWORD UPON
HIS KNEE.
« who witnessed this exploit, unanimously pro
nounce it the greatest act of his eventful life,
by which he won the proud title of
“ THE HERO OF HULL’S SURRENDER P
j a l . In 181?, appointed a Brigadier General and jeans tho
Army under Harrison, irAo, according to Dc-
fourteen miles of the''' 1 ’"
BATTLE OF THE THAMES,
On which occasion, he acted as Harrisons Aid!
Oct 6,1813, appointed by President Madison,
GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN,
In winch capacity, he signed an infamous law to
He replied, “If yt.it had V.’MII' AND SELL WHITE MEN &. WOMEN.
successive Adminsitrations
Fr™i !l,e nnaiJel invh'c'h'it' CvS LTd.'ind’the ! WU * “ ffi ” h ° hcld -“° d '
»“*!>■ <
I did not under-
d earnestly made,
but spoken in a jocular manner, and it excited no
Teclirig on my part. He afterwards went with me
parted perfectly friendly. After my return^ and on
‘ie morning of the 25th, I heard that it was report-
;l that Mr. Stephens had threatened to slap my
iws, and that I had submitted to it and not resent-
d it. I immediately addressed him the following
letter:
the other tickets, what do
Why, they are composed of men who
ire, either from position or past acts, the friends
,nd supporters of slavery. Gen. Taylor is a large
slaveholder, and owns at least a quarter of a million
of property, the security and value of which de
pend upon the integrity of the institution of slavery
being preserved intact. He certainly cannot be
, or hasten emancipation. As to Mr. Van Buren,
is even more objectionable than Gen. Taylor.
i is emphatically the “ Northern man with South-
i principles.’*
Thc previous relations that had existed between
s, the manner in which you met me, and the
tter impossibility of the act, left no doubt in my
rind that you made the remark in a jocular way.
respectfully. F. H. GONE.”
1 this letter to Col. King, with the
he would hand it to Mr. Stephens
which 1 am informed he did on the sa
•veral days, and j
Madia
l left here that day to he abi
directed the Postmaster at Gr<
any letter with Mr. Stephens* frank to
trifle. I left for Millcdgeville on Tuesda
day of August, up to which time I had received no |
answer. I heard at Milledgeville, and also at Ma-1
con and Forsyth, that Mr Stephens had threatened \
to slap my jaws, and that I had not resented it, and j
which was represented to me by my friends as de- j
grading and seriously injuring my character. j
I consulted with some of mv friends in relation t
to the course that I ought to pursue. I
It was thought best and agreed, that I should j
call upon Mr. Stephens and a*lt of him whether he !
intended, by tlie remarks he had made, seriously
to have threatened to slap J
not disavow it, then to charge him with being a j
traitor lo the South, in order that I might be reliev- !
ed from the position and imputation in which his 1
previous threat to slap my jaws had placed t:
I saw Mr. Stephens at the political meeti
Forsyth, but we did not speak : and as the m
was a large one, it was not deemed a proper
including that of
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
until 1831, during which time, he received upwards of
SIXTY THOUSAN D DOLLARS OF THE PEOPLE’S
MONEY AS EXTRA PAY,
Besides his regular salary of 2,000 per annum !!!
This being a losing business to thc Government, he was,
in 1831, appointed by Andrew Jackson,
• SECRETARY OF WAR,
Receiving a Salary of SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS
per annum, (besides the procecde of his SPECU
LATIONS IN THE PUBLIC LANDS) which
ofiiee he held until 1830, when he was,
by the same authority, appointed
MINISTER TO FRANCE,
For winch service he received Sixty-seven Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars of the People’s Money 111
While in Paris, he greatly distingul-hed himself by his
EULOGY ON LOUIS PHILLIPPE,
One of the most corrupt and tyrannical Princes in Eu
rope,
aud by his pamphlet on the “ Right of Search," in
which, among other things, he says,
“ I PRAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
EVERY WHERE 1"
ard j * n I® 1 *, elected by tlie Anti-Slavery Legislature of
Milledge- j Michigan.
\ the 31st j UNITED STATES SENATOR,
Where lie greatly distinguished himself as one of the
“ CHAMPIONS
of HUMAN FREEDOM,”
by presenting petitions against
the admission of Texas, as a slave
State, and by his promise to vote for thc
WILMOT PROVISO—upon which measure
he afterwords changed ground, liaviug devised a
better Proviso against Slavery than that of Mr.
id if he did j Wilmot—viz: Ins scheme of leaving the question
» be settled by the Mexicans, Indians and
Free Necboes, whom
quered 11
here 6et forth, are conveyed to the world. Orators j day. Mr. Stephe
to Atlanta, and remained there >
proclaim them from the house tops—mass meeting,
endorse them—State Conventions respond to them ! !
Lucky Mr. Cass!
n the
sthe
o the hotel I asked him if he had
In New York.
they were false—sre find this same Mr. Cobb, who put
thi* question, and received this answer, VOTING TO
SUPPRESS INQUIRY—VOTING TO WITHHOLD
THE VOUCHERS FROM THE AMERICAN PEO
PLE. <
0T Let not the friends of Old Zack lose sight of the
importance of polling every Taylo» vote in the State
Georgians aMm. TbedtiMttsofthenashboriag Statesin fever of the Tatlor caxdibatxz for Congress on Moo-
—the Carolina*, Tennessee and Alabama-«rv cordially j day next—for they nay rest wdlai*uml that should
invited to attend; tmd we confidently expect brgenum-; the election return* show that the Locofoco candidates
her* .from,tfca mountain regions of those States. Let have received a majority of the popular vote, they will
the haftfrfltoeotomcen from the iMigfrhoringoouidioB of claim it in an indication of CanT success in November,
the “ftarioos old North State” come m largo numbers 1 Although we should not, oursehres regard it in that
and help ns to swell the mighty rbout for aldZmck assd\light, it may be so regarded abroad, and thus do tbe
th* Constitution! Let the chivalry of the Palmetto cause a great injury. We would therefore, enjoin it
State asdtbe “tall sons of Anak” from patriotic Ten-'
aenwemect with os in car mountain council to give
"aid and comfort" to the cause ef the people—the cause
of the rountry—to vindicate Man’s sacrod Right of Self-
Government and the constitutional Hgfata <itf the South,
it Washington immediately after the nomina-
n of Gen. Harrison by the Harrisburg Convention
prepo* of .hewing our mufen .bred the depth ofpo- ln l810 ' * nd ,hen “I "tether He.hit Cut isI the
lhical degradation to which a Georgia Democratic pa-, tuao who would desire either to “ rule
per b willing to be sunk, and the bhse and infamous lies ; ** lr ” continued Mr. Clay with great earnestness
i™ f . t— j - - i of manner,” “ if I have friends—friends connected
Locofoco edrtore coococt for the purpose of deceiving , . regard ot
which arc threatened with destruction ty the continu
ed unlimited exercise of the Veto power, and tha pew
nhilUy ot placing in the chair onoe occupied by Wi
ingtoo the candidate of tho Northern Abolition fanat
ic*. Lrwi* Cass, the “ hero of Huff* Surrender "
Extensive preparations will be made by our Lump
kin friend?, and a warm greeting await* all who will
go to the meeting. We *peui adrucdly who* we ay
friend*, and toe friends of eur noble old duel
to be careful to poll all the Taylor rotes in the State ei
Monday next in favor of the Taylor candidates.
KeatVckp
The official results in Kentucky are as follows
66,466
In 1844, the result stood thus:
Owsley,
Butler,
t had placed me, and the impu-
he had a
At a Csss meeting at Concord, Massachusetts, on | asked him if, it
the 12th of last August, C. C. Hazewell, Esq. ad- j seriously and in
dressed the meeting in a strong, argumentative and He paid that thi
elaborate speech, which was listened to with close said to him, thi
attention. He demonstrated in a lucid manner the | presui
GROSS ABSURDITY of the Whig*, in PRO- j that I
CLAIMING TAYLOR AS AN ANTI-SLAVE- then t
RY CANDIDA TE, the olarikg hypocuisy of the order
Barnburners ix presenting Van Boxes as the his pr
Free Soil Candidate, and maintained that the j ration
only RELIABLE candidate before the people j Before I had fully pronounced the words, even
as a true CONSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTER if l bad commenced the pronunciation, of which I
OF FREE TERRITORY AND FREEMEN,-was ; am not certain, he struck me across the face with a
LEWIS CASS. Mr. H. said— j small whale-bone walking stick. It caused an ex-
*• Gen. Cass was born in a free State, and with i citement to come over me which I am incapable of
the exception of a few months of his boyhood, and j describing, and I immediately drew the knife from
the five years he had resided in Washington as Sec- ' my pocket and inflected on him the injuries which
retary of War, he had been a citizen of free commu- ; he received, and which I most truly and deeply re-
nities. Under his rule and guidance had sprung j gret. I do not pretend to say, that in doing this I
into existence that Northwestern territory, into j did light; far from it. And though all may con-
wliich slavery never could enter. * * * * j demn the act as improper, yet how few are there.
In his early manhood he had fought bravely for the > who under the same circumstances, would not
conquest of Canada, which would have been effect- \ have been liable to have acted in the same manner,
ed bad he and his comrades been seconded by men j The fact that he had threatened to elap my jaws,
| While b the Ser
tu-nuble right
j TO THE WHOLE OF OREGON OR NONE,
: Aud in connection with those who acted with him,
| came very nearly precipitating us bto a
if he h . | WAR WITH ENGLAND l!
d that he hail. I asked i 1,1 addition to **“#, he afforded the Administration great
1 it, he said that he had. I j “ “ d and comfort" during the Mexican War,
swer, he disclaimed having j declaring, b lil? place in the Senate,
: threatened to slap my jaws ! j that wc could
would speak for itself. Ij “ SWALLOW THE WHOLE OF MEXICO!!"
te taliTt, e'o S 1 A^otwiUreuretding hi, -dereb of high cotpreref
.uld presume what l pleased. I was about | at Duck Hulls surrender, we find him
' to the South” in VOTING TO CENSURE GEN. TAYLOR FOR
yself from the position in which TIIE SPLENDID VICTORY
' ’ OF MONTEREY!!!
May 23,1848, is nominated by the Baltimore Conven
tion, the Northern Locofoco, Abolition, Fede
ral Candidate for
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Which office he can never reach with a “ ten-foot pole,"
who are now promineut in tbe self-styled “free soil” thc c
my face with the
iy of North Carolina, and for which the Whig* of that j f oaa ^ « n wnat *> e sUo '^ ftls "" RY IN THE MOST CLE AR AND EXPLICIT j J
rent, «Jw.y,,e,d,tojaerifire, b.m.eH h,Jit, TEttM8i4nd „ „, n mieht b, defied to fittd any!™: ,
P 011 ® 1 .eomtlry! There has been no raenfi ; Ihintf ofthesame kind in the entire writings of Mar- hits been
TI , 7 , ”° ”r,T for WiS£; lW "K»«»5*™ kind in The entire writings uf Mar- he
... a. People .< error,lo force, | ““ teen nnntend.ng for Henry Clnj, for Wiliam tfn f „ BnrJn . He [Cls! ] „„ inter | stj imine .; R
Hie amdoct of the Democratic lender, io ISM,who ; §£* ” W^b^bLT Ending for pd!t- di * ttor remote- in the extension or perpettmUcn of -
know that I
hole practice of my life
than to do injury.
assured them that Mr.
Slavery.
e against the South) was safe on the question of
■kcr,
That an the evidence we hare of Gen. Cass’ safety is
based on the bare —erlions of theee same men. while
in opposition to this there is now modi stronger evi
dence to convict him, than there ws* in 1840 to convict
Mr. Van Buren of enmity to the South! <
once, will they not attempt it agam l
OO- Don’t forget tbe Barbecue at Bearer Dam
next Saturday—distinguished orators are expected
to be present on that occasion, -
Those who know
of peace—that th
-n ra.her to sufier injury
s last twenty years I have been engaged
susive practice of law, which has brought
__ , stoutly in contact with the interests,feelings,
rismiri!, tore » the “V, '» Oott "m i» no men in the Uninn who and pes.iona of mankind ; yet in all Unit time I do
Whit. Mnn.e—not in the nomin.tion but to the °"S ht to le “ obnoxiocs to the friends of Free not re-enllccl to have had a personal difficulty tvith
throw not lo the man who hat been nominated, but *” '“reto Herein Ven Buren, they prove, not gen.le, as ail my acquaintance will testify, and no
Ven Boren, (who now head, the [ STttCfJSLfcS
dOilmaftwiatLeaiiectknnf v . fr. thc * n y- Hi Short IDere 18 DO
Look not then to Harrisburg, but 1
2 all have, if w
man in tlie Unio
Peinitxitr Out (tr Tajl«r.
nominated by any other people than, themselves.” lice against any
The same meeting adopted the following, among j _ I had no intention whatever of using a knife,
Got. Poindexter has published a long address to
wiu „vr. .. the people of Mississippi, advocating the electioTr
Bateau you be soeasily-victimised" a second time I! of Grn - Taylor. The address is written with grejlT its existence,
ability and point, and admirably calculated to
mot. th. obj«t for which it ™ written. Th<( Ucket the t
Governer published the whole at his own expense public, which can command the su
and baa circulated 30,00 copies gratuitously. /friends of Free Soil, is that which
other resolutions: . {less it became necessary to defend myself against
/ «* Resolved, That the charge that the Democracy^ame deadly weapon Mr. Stephens might use
i favor of extending Slavery, or of perpetuating/against me. I had no wish to injure or harm him;
dstence, is founded in falsehood, and those who pand although the act is done, and cannot be recall-
make it KNOW IT TO BE A LIE, and bt no Jed, I trust that my friends and the public, when
Veaxs object To it because it is a LIE! (> they look at the circumstances, will judge of the
, .transactions with with candor and impartiality,
of the real 1 F. 11. CONI
the tames 'J Grcensborough, Sept. 9th, 1818.
unless the American people have determin
ed to sell their heritage for i
pottage.
and a Lover of the Spoils of Office—A fickle,
stable politician, ever ready to change
with the popular breeze—having
been in favor of, and opposed
HIS EPITAPH
“Gen. Cass—A ]
triguer rather
a Demagogue at home—a Federalist in mi
youth—a Radical in his age—nuking
r to all, and ihithful to none."
The second is by Mr. Yancy. of Alabama, o
Delegates t< ~
r> the Convention which Dominated
We have noticed in our Locofoco exchanges a short
Life of Gen. Cass, somewhat after the manner of the
above; but as it is erroneous and deficient in some of
its statements, we have (in tho language of Benton.)
“ for the purpose of vindicating the truth of history,’*
hastily compiled the above sketch of Gen. Cass’ Life^
which we respectfully dedicate to the DemocraticPrem
of the country.
Note.—Not having a design precisely like those used!
by our Locofoco friends, we have placed otto, equally
appropriate, at tho head of this sketch.