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,jy S. RUSH & CO. J.-CH or MR. I’L \YTON, (IK IJKI.AWAIIB, , (Ho Presidential Election. Jn StXAT*. Ji’LY 4,1848. _ jpvjnK cuiicludrd nil elnliormc address lo (JiTipral Tnylur, iiml enHcd upon! ‘• C ltu , jnd nppcially die (Hmiw limn ■ - ‘. t . s , inm (lit* priupiplp* upon which Uen.L , r--i~uinctl ns a cimdidnte I'aj ilh* Pres- | * ! 7'urT* rose m reply. Mr- Nimm, “f Con -1 ‘ , ; |r ClaytuM to owler, denvins his i|„ wli.de smi|ect introduced hy Mr. i ■ “ 1I ( ; v ..ni.n IMr Dallas, the Vice I’tcs- | m he.ir uny debnte upon lire call 10 ur .,l ilir ijs hoi* lo tie iuii rti order. Hut the „ vine taken iaiu.eilialely niter this, iivei | r i ~tvr 1 n to pioceed, mHwilh*uiiUng the : 1 i|i. Vice President. , N |!|,II addressed the Senates (olmws: ~! ~| i lie Chair was indeed unprecedented,, ‘.e in ►(’;’ ‘sitioii to his own solemn decision -ish-iy similar lo litis, mnde by him only n ri.ijo- Neiiher I nor mv friends origmnted I ilelsne. l. i werertuiteni toleoee Gen-1 i.. i’ Vi.-i in I lie hapds id the people, une win unanimously hear me witness unit; ,i7> r introduced nn irrtlevnnt topic into uny de-1 ’ ‘l 1., political ti tends ol the gentleman who ’ c Hnir beonn the discussion. They attack * ‘ I miiir and his clisracter, and (coffin! at his * ihe Presilrccy. They were allowed to pro. inliiwt inl'irupthn from ihr chair, through a j . ,-h extended through the greater purl oi two In- Vice President was, by the rules ol the ~ , un d in cull Ins political friends to order, il lie , a ..debate was out of order, llut not awo <1 . was heard from his lips till 1 took the floor t ’ . .id ii„.|| he arrested the debate,and pain seal ... v |:l)j4 I ‘ natikT from Mispissippi hod charged upon rac ‘ vtVnds that we desired to evade tire discussion i i Taylor had no principle which we dared I said that lie hud, on consultation with his! la ivr:l to provoke us to a debate on thin nib-! ■ I.,see that we should “dodge no Wows which t ,lry and honesty we were bound to take.’’ He , irtanied us with a design topa*sthe resolution for v ournmeiu o! Congress in order to avoid and I c :ms very discussion lie went further, sir. He j t -il me personallv to meet him in debate on these f s Yet, after he had been permitted to indulge of attack on me and mv friends, his own , oeiates seize the occasion, the moment 1 rise L up the glove he has thrown at my feet, to dodge L ounter. These ire the circumstances under | t ; veuiy-one Democratic Senators have von and 10 j r,c Ur* freedom of sueecli. They have a large pnr r , r jty here, hut such ami so gross was die injustice i f attempt to stifle a discussion which they them- that a majority of the Senate had ov< r c >ir purpose ; and to that majority and eejrac the chivalrous Senator lioni Mississippi,(Mr. | : .vho had expressed Ins own deep sense of the , Hff done, I tender my tlianks. ,\y already stated to the Senate that I hnve no jiHC’ess to tiie opinions of (ton. Taylor which ii.t m tin- possession of every member oi thra hotly I f\prv nti/en of the country. Honoring his char ,a. i sincerely do. 1 have never yet had the ideas- , ii: “duct ion t<i that distinguished man—l have r „ : -*cd a letter to him in my life, nor rect iv <r ft.cn him. I have formed my opinions of the j : tii*’ man from ht* writings and actions, and • i any other may have seen m the pubhc prints, j aus of mforinutiop all have equal access,! i form nn opinion as well as lean on the fiuryct of debate. ; \ TAVLoR, THE CANDIDATE OF TFTE PEOrT.E- • is also due to Gen. Taylor to say, in the I of i us discussion, that thepo-s rion. which he has ‘ r: fteiore the country, as a candidate for the I itr; cv, has been entirely misapprehended in the j p m this debate. He has Iracn held up here ns j \ a Whig candidate, bound to sustain every •I ; T(’i|i|p with which flint pat ty has been kfenti :ecu alledged that he is bound to carry ou’ * 1 1* ! • -and <d>cy ail the behests ol a mere juriy 1 1- merely nsa party man—that he isbound an ; -u !v parry pledges—and that he must carry 1 t ii lazatds and under all changes ol time and >•. every ancient known in * sure jif>pos (l f’’ vg party. Now, undoubtedly (ten. Taylor - it luo not understand him as occupying 8 tuition as rbat whicii I hare just and serU and - t. is repudiated it in every letter having rci r this subject. y ‘ that he has been nominated by the Whig it it also t*ue that he \v is originally norni i tneetmg,composed both ol Whigs and IVrn ‘lioutands of Democrats lud iioaimated him f presidency before he was nominated hy the v;y Naturalized citizens and Native Arneri secuons of the country, had nomine ted him ived the nomination of the Philadelphia And now’ the great objection urged is. that the Whig party ol the Union lias i ‘: ;.i noinmalk)ii which (ien. Taylor had pre received He was nominated hy the V\ big i B” a at l‘ lihdelphin with the assurance th it he i ■ In cveiy letter he wrote on that subject ’ j that lu- wasa Whig, but he uniformly took ■ - 1 i m inly ground that, if elected President ol States, he should not consider himself the j ViV t or tool of n party, not even of the party to iiuJ been attached through lite, hut that he 1 ■ President of the Ame.iican people. Un- , 1 • uuistances the honorable gentleman from : can find in> difhculty in answering the ques- i he ha- pn-pounded with regard to lire prin- n ‘l aylor. If lie willexaimnethe # prmci ,; winch General Taylor has written with ref- Bi’ 1 i- ‘iihject, the letter of Copt. Allison, he ground on which he places himself asa can ■ • ill • American people. Before 1 proceed! ■ “Baton Rouge,April 22, 184S. B'-I reiterate what 1 have often said. 1 am ■ not nn ultra Wing. If elected 1 would i ■ nere President of a party. 1 would einleav-{ dependant of party dominion. I should B * adini'iisn r the Ciovcrnnient untraiHincl schemes. -The veto power The power given by -"ii to the Kxecutive to interpose his veto, H’ v conservative power ; hut in my opinion B" v '> he exercised except m cases of clear vio- H hie constitution, ur mamlest haste and want ‘Mon by Congress. Indeed, 1 have thought ■ \ years past the known opinions and wishes have exercised un u • and injurious in - m L'-gnlativc depaitinent of tlie Govern- | t this cause l have thought our system was ■ f undergoing a great change from its true B 1 >'• jirnwiial opinions oi tire individual who B’ ! "Ph'ii to occupy the Executive chair ought ■ “ l ’ the action of Congress upon questions ol 1 B’ 7 ! "-y ; nor ought lus objections to In* inter- 1 B quest ions of coustuuti4>nal power have I B ‘ : ‘•> the various and partmeuts of Government B 1 mby the People. B’ • I'OII the Mil (,#4 lof the taiiff, the enrren* B “'‘l'loveinent oi our gieat Itighways, jivers.f B “>*, the will of the People, as expressed B Hepiesentulives in (’ongiess, ought ti> he ‘•ad earned out by the Executive. Bk I ~~i he Mexican war. 1 sincerely rejoice I ‘l’ ‘’ “I peace. My life has been devoted to 1 B 1 upon war ui all times, and under all raff"” v-, ns a national calamity, to Im* avoided if A di national honor. The principle* of ,ls well as its true policy, are ojgHtaed I - - .n..t other nations und the dismember- \ B “ “intlies hy cunqucht. In the language B ‘Washington, ‘Why should we quit our! B ground V In the Mexican war our I it vindicated, nnipiy vmdicaied ; I 1 - te ll1I sof peace, we may wellntloid t t II “* , v ' 11 magnanimous to our fallen foe.” I Vi . h£ 1 *■ ruL . iuMri<.\ or nmui niorrr*. ir ntnn.l, tiefore (hr r.nimrv nnl ml, ‘ bm, THR (JRRAT KKPKR ■ ‘CHAMPION OK Till: I'iiiN ■id,.. 11 *!-: RKillT OK M\N TO SRI.K- H • Ms uiHintnius tlra principle that j " ,, li* right to guvern. He stnn<l# pre thnt ’TliornH* Jeflersmt origi f’Hr,y diHJ'rence with John Adams. l,< t H from the loiter of Tlioiimh Jefleiwm the grounds on wlrehthe Re ■ ‘ 1 ‘ ‘‘.H cniuirtmce.l its oppositnui to the ■ In| I'XM'uiive power, and to which it ■,, ‘i* i'lilie lib volume of Jcfferoni'* - Wc Hnd the letter to which I refer *'> 1813, and contains the following lift? and Tory belong to national h ■ i“ r y They delude Hie temper and i'Oli ’ •••n-rwTjt imliviilunU To coine lo v *” be- tiroes when you ami I be- B ,l * ‘ w ** well renramber tin* violetil H • | f ,, l lira 4|,| Congres<4 .nnd ill -ir bit* | V I ’ ere tn hy ■*l together ; B „„ l v ' >,SK to iiv <*l England, and we ihe untry. m ” ii iih tiri _ ’ , ’ , ‘i , ‘ti!utioii wns fiut info motion. ” ‘ mo drawn We hrol.e into I||B Ti!i’' u Ml* G*v- riini* nl n tis i u 1 I'-’ * Cbe Repnhln nn patty) ■ “ IA THK M*WT PuPI'IiAU ■ Vi: in; urn,;u riii-; \i,.m: m • ri ‘"'V uks TO kvii.m. , ‘ lb re y.ni an I I oepriru . u, ‘l I,’M v iri'.Tl \oiir nimr !§J| ‘ ‘*■ other s. rafted unite “ TVL.r ANt) (JIN CAVI. H. ; , .’l’ ‘ttenl rirw • (V.Mia'iil 1 ?v Uu * ‘bffer. an 1 stand at issue ’ 1 I *ylor places hiuis* t upon SHg'’ ~'j ‘• i ‘ M th*’fotnulaiion ul all repub t * ‘“fht of'the imjoriiy to , 1 ‘ po|iu ar branch of the g..v ----1 1’ that Ira, if elected Freni m “ reejs’et tocui Uc says, fiirri • f*> r e, m r':<*n nci* to nil those great questions which hnv e j heretofore ngitated the noun'rv, and which are projierly ! within th powers of Congress, that he will be raided 1 Ihy th*’will ol the People, ns expressed by their Repre- Hemalives. On the other hand, wlwt says General i*^* 9 He denies that the will of llm |e< pie I stinH govern. Tie maintains the high federal doctrines . lof nnciei't days, that the President of the United States, ! with his veto power,shall control the will of the people : If “ stands up a* the champion of Executive power,and has received his nomination from n party convention, iindto cireurM'-tnn.vs v* hlch I think, when carefully ex- I nmined hy tire American people, wiiis4*?l his tine ns a ; ean lidate Itefore them. Wlwt were these circum- , j stances ! ! LO -no uisw OPPOSED TO TUB ROLE OF THE MAJORITY. 1 lie very first rule adopted by the convention ussenj- j bed at Baltimore was, that the wifi of tie mniority j Should not govern—that the vote of tveo-tbirds should be necessary to mnninnte the President. They had ( laid down that doctrine Iwlnre on a memorable ocea ®*Y 51 ’ T r l**r to the Baltmiore nomination of 1&44 J Ii” result reminds me of one ol those games of cuds which h called “f4nl!taire, M in wjneh yotr know a'man playsiignins: hhnsHf. Did vou oyer see a man sit down to play thru game who did pot cheat himself! ‘i'ly* l>*muciatic lemleis. on this occasion, undertook to play “Solitaire."—'Phc \Vhi<t were iu>t prcsi*nt to fie cheat ed —and the very first actor de -res was one ainoomi’ i* n my ju gment, to a most Hagipous frauds not ouiy, np*n the country, but upon the party itrw-lf. It oidain j *‘d that the will ol the people should not govern, and j that no man should be noiniirated lor tie Presidency I without the vote of two-thirds of that Qpnveution.'--*- 1 Well, now. what must be (every bocty knows what was the cooscqii nee in this an s •) the nctvssary consequence I i the estsblichinent of such a principle by any party ? 1 1 We can all very well estimate the power ol one liun- I dred thousand oiiice holdeis, many of them nnxiou* to perpetuate their dynarty Tliey can pnek a IVniocrat t jc convention with more than one third of its members,• , though they might not be able to coubrol a majority, j 1 hey can send on their relations, their frtends and de | pendants, as delegates, arid, under the operation of then tworthirdsTtile, govrtu the convention, ltvuisso 1 on thisoccjuion. Ail liie gentlemen who composed the convent ion went to Baltimore hound to iiounnau* some candidate tor tbe Presidency. To fail to nomi j nnte hy ti convention would be to dissolve the party.— ‘They were eonij)elk , d,the!cloie,tomuke a nomination, ami when fhey entered the convention, they were met j jby a r 'de declaring that tTi* vote of two-thirds was ne cessary to nominate their Democratic candidate for the I Presidency, ‘t hey knew that within tlie walls oi the convention there stood a packed minority, of more Ui;ui i one-third, rem.-senting the office-holders of the coun try, who co Id veto or negative the norniuation oj any mau not sufiservient to their views, or would not per petuaut thutr dynasty, or continue tliem and Uieir frienda iin office. Thy candidate# all understood this before- , iha ltd, atid oil such lie wlio makes the most ; j satisfactory burgain witli this clique of faction—con- j 1 stunting more than one third, bni not one half of the couveimon—is sure fco receive the aommauuu. No i I other man can get it. j 1 say again, every candidate understood this, and i every future casididate will, ui all future Democratic | ! CmiventroMH understand it. Laoii of them will know it js impossibleJbr him to procure the nomination, unless j jhe can procure the s*rvice ot tta(ee who came there tor | ! tlie purpose oi suataiuitig thevpselvee in office, lie is , hound to lend himself to uJi their views. Il they desire I jto establish a platform of political faith, he must sub- ! set ihe to it. H • has no ojUjon. He must either retm- 1 | quish aii hope oi tlie norniuation, or suhascribi.* to every j and gma that this clique may choose U lay down. Uu i der th-seeircumstancea, 1 nsfi, what is the inevitable I j tendency of the party, which has nomtnated Gen. L< w- , . is Cuss {- -Does it not doeUTly fend to the rale of the lew over the many and even ud.y to a uioiiaichyi lttendsto I rl e establishment, in the first instance, of un o igarchy, | or an aristocracy of ofhi e-holders—able lo dictate tiie ! nomination ot any man tliey please. They have a veto on the acts ol th convention us absolute and effectual : as that whicti the PieSident of the United Stutes, whom 1 they may nominate and elect under the magic name of ■ Democrat, may have upon the laws ot Congr-ess and • the will of the reopi*. Undouoiedly me gieat mass of the Democratic pariy is honest atu! ptttrfotic. We who are Whigs, and op posed to them m polities, are entitled to a tree express- ’ j M ’ ll ot their opiiiAon in uiaßingu party iK>minalion ; and Whigs ua well us Dem- crais are Jetrauded by ibis po- liucal legerdeni. iii —tlris Locus pneus— introduced by |S4ime -olilien 1 magicians into that party withiu a tew yea s past, which compels that patty to accept a nomi nation made and forced upon them by liie uuimrity *— Such were the CkTcumstances, spell was the fraud, such I wtw die e-tfbii:-hedrine nnd iron law uuder which Gen. 1 Cass received his nomination. G*N. CASS ON THE VETO POWDER I vet us inquire, hi connechmi wirhtiiit*, whnt are some ! ot the other doctrine* oi the par'.y to which G*n. Unsa has beeq lied to subscribe. Auiutig other dungs, j tlie re stands prominently tlje assertion of thegr-at j right and duty of the President of the U. States to ex- ! ereise the veto power without ref. ranee to the lnnita- I lions prevcMbed by die fathers oi die constitution.— | Every one who bus j*erused the “Federalist,” knows that Mr. Mad son and his associates uniformly main tained that die igreHt object of the veto wa -to enable 1 : the Executive of the U. States to defend the constitu | lion and the executive power within its limits. No i inan ot their day pretended it was designed that tlu* veto power should be extended, as it has been, to every ! aci of ordinary legislation, and every instance in 1 j which a party intghihy the aid of it elevate or sustain i | its*it against the interests of the wtioie country. It never was imagined by any member of the conven- , ; tion which formed the constitution that the veto clause 1 ui that instrument could be so construed by the most i latitudirtanau expositor, as that the President ot the U. , States should be enabled by the force of that clause, to become a part cf the legislative power of the country.— Now% however, you find the doctrine laid down by 1 this party, boldly in their public prims, that the Prew- I dent constitutes a part of die legislative power of die country, and that the veto power is unlimited, and was i j so intended to be by those who made the constitution. ! Let me call the attention of the iSennte to a cousiJeia tion oi the principle upon which this veto power w’us inserted in the American constitution. Tlie first sen tence of the constitution declares that all “the legisla tive powers herein granted shall be vested in the Senate | and House of Kepresenfaties.” No part of the legis- Native power is given lo the President of the United Slates. Iu the jugdment ot die ftthar# of the Repuolic i the Executive never constituted uu eseeutml coinpo nent part of the legislative p4>wer. A qualified power of revision was given to him ; but it was never intend- I ed that lie should exercise any legislative power. In ! order that we inav understand this subject, winch #n- 1 ters largely into tne great question now before us, let ! me read a portion or the debate on the adoption of the j constilutioii. lam particularly desirous of tlie atten- 1 tion of the heiMte to this point, because 1 wish it to see j by whom these extreme notions m relation to the yeto power were originally advanced. REPI BLI CAN OPUHONS Os THE VETO. Ihniug tins scosiou of Congress wc have iuard the honorable Senator from Ohio, (Mr. Allen) utter very strong denunciations against Cos . Hamilton ns the in tuitional advocate o! kuifiy and riioiiardnra doctrines, i I and a traitor u> the cau*.* ot liberty, ido not bland I here tor the purpose of branding one of the greatest men the country ever produced with ignominious charg es, but desire to show that the great lender of the Fed- ! Lral party, when tins subject was first puis* tiled to he oonsuletutmn ot the old Continental Congress, was the | verv man topn ss this veto p-weruuoii the conventiou, and to insist upon its being made absolute and imqunti 'lied. In Vtttilisous State Papers, page 151, we ie#d : i “Mr. Gerry’s proportion being now iielore tlie coiu- I mil tee, Mr. VVilson (then called a ‘consohdat ton feder- j a list’) ami Mr. Hamilton moved tiiat die last part of it : ! Is* struck out, *o as to gim the Executive an absolute ‘ 1 negative on th* law*. There wfis no danger, they 1 I thought, ot such a jiower being too much i-xeicised. ! il was mentioned by Col. Hamilton tuat the King of 1 (treat Hiitmii had not oxerted his negative since the Revolution,” (i. e. ’ That is lli argument to favor of the absolute veto I made bv out* w lio lias bni represented in this chain j her us the great aristocrat und monarchist of that day. ! Mr. Gerry, a Democrat of that day—— Mr M a Nor a, (in his teat j Republican. Mr. Clayton 1 thunk my liinui tor the word— Rcpublicati isu much betui iiaute. “Mr. limy said he saw no Niossity for S4 great a I colilio. oVct 1 1ic L gir.uture, as die i>est melt ill the . couutiy would be eotiiprised iii the two branches oi it. “Di Ik an klin Min Ihe was sorry lo diller Iroin his code ague, lor whom be had u veiy great respect, Oil , 1 any occasion, but he c**uld not lie pit uu this, lie had had sonic expeueiice ot lilts clu ck in the Executive oil j the Legtoiamr# under the Proprietary Gov riimmt of ‘Pennsylvania. ‘1 lie iiegutiv oi ih Governor was colistuiilly made use ol iu ••Aiort liiouey. No gH>d law wli iU'vei could in* jais#ed without a private liargum 1 * nit Inin II tlie Executive was to haves council such j a power would be kmi 4i*j ctioitiihle. It was tin* (lie iimgol (ireui tiiilaui imd not, u* was said, ext lied luaiieg dive since hie Kevoiuuon, but that matter was 4 asdy explain and. Th * l>nb sand emoluments now given io me members oi Puiiumieiii tendered it uune • ts-uiy, ev l y tiling being done uroidliig to liie will of Un; umi.sti is. ii* was itliiiid ii a Ucgaiive sfmuid he given iis piopowd, liie limie p*wer mui money wroul I be demanded, III! a* tiisletio g Would be got 10 itifhienee and bn * the |.egilaiur# into complete sub/*ctioii tome will ot me Executive.'’ Plleii C4iuie toe Republican shoemaker, Rogci ii.au. U hat did U<- say ( “Mr Hhkrman was against rnablmg any man to stop the w ill • Hie wlnde. No in ill coukl *e found so fur above all the rest m wisdom lie thought Wrought lonvmi oursclv< • ui hii wisdom in revising the laws, but a t j noil him to overrule the decided und cool ..j.rni , - I the I gi atuTc Mr. W said in Ins speech l*r the veto, uwrr might he tempestttoa* inounms iii which utuiiioMii< s i.ay rail high bvtweell ll.r Executive slid iegisiaiivc bra nc s.fiud hi which the jorum < ught to Lc a It to tie‘end it sell .“ Mr. iit'ruft had been in tavor of u single exemitive magistrate , hut could fie have entertained an idea that a coo p.etr n< gntivc on the luws was to be given |mu. 11 cerininly ah*mid have acted very dtfletemiy. It had h en observed that in all countries tin* etfVOUW fKiwer •alii s Constant court# oi imits# Tina wuacutam M ACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY Al GUST :?(, is.is. j*y th* case in Great Britain. Ocntlumen :e*med to , iiimk that we bad nothing to apprehend frora nn nhis • of ilia excoutive power. Rut why mi-jhr not a Cntn- I Inu* or a Cromwell ariae in this country as well ns and others r i *^ r Bedford, cf Delawn up, was to every j elieck mi the legMutorv, even tiir rmiiMsitof division first pronosed. He lhough l it would bo sufficient to I “ ,a, k out O’l lira Constitution the fmuhdaries to the leg j udhtiye authority, winch would give nil tl4* requisites comity to the lights of the <klmh departinV'ntT. The i r |'s* itativos of ijn* people were the best judges of what was f<\r their interest, and ought to be under no I external Control whatever. The two branch-** would }• ;Muce h sufficient control within the legtslorore it “Uol Mason ob# rved that a vote had already, pass ed, he found—hi* was out at the time—for totting | im**rxe<Kiive powers in n single prison Among flrase I <*weis wot tin*t ot .appointing to oWiiTs in certain m- ‘ d'hcig'ububi# wguu'sot a Ucgulive Jnnl been well J explained Bv Dr Fiunklin, us proved by experience, the best H ail test*:. Wilfnot the same door be ojn-nn! lieiei The* Executive may rcimae Its indent to nec'*- saiy inea.-uiTrt ini new apDOuitments be referred j jo him| uud having by degrees engrossed aii these into bieown hands, the AmericnuExecutive, like tin* Brit ish, wdl by bribery and influence, save himsdf tlie t trouble und odium ol exerting liis n*gtVve afterwards. ‘ ” e .re, Air. Chainna it, going very inr in this busi ness M'** me not in it-ed constituting a Unti.-h Gwv cminem, but a more dangerpuq inonarchy—an elective : one. \y e nre introducing n new principle into our sys- I tern, anti not as m the Rrituili GovernmeiH, f where tin* ExecuUve lias greater figbls Ip definsd*— Uo i mean to pave the way to hereditary inon-j archy l Do they flatter themseives that ili*'7M l ople will * . ever cotihuu totjach an uutovuiion { ililievdo, 1 vsu- I 1 turs to t*l! them they are mistaken. Theycop'e.never , will consent. And do gentlemen consider the danger ’ jof delay, and the still greater danger of rejection, not 1 t * ur a moment, but forever, oi the piun w hich aholi be ! [ proponed to them l I Notwithstanding'he omjfeision and injuxttce expe-i j ri4*nced runongst os from Democracy, the genius of the t.copia iu m lavor oi it, and the genius of the jieojde must !> consulted. He could trot but consider tfie Federal system ns in effect dissolved by the aiqroitnnient of this convPiitfoirWdeviac u better one Arid do gentlemen look forward to the dangerous interval between the ex j t.notion ot un old and the establishment oi anew Gov jernmeitt, und to tn ocx-iieuot oonlusion wnu li may en )je? Hr hoped that.nothing ltk# a mouojchy woulT ever be attempted in this country. A hatred to its oji- ‘ pressions had carried the people through tlw* latr lie- ! V"iutiou. V\thituotbe enough to enable the Exi cu- t tivc to suspend offiuiaiye igwa until tliey shnllbe coolly ( revised, and the object mna to tlnnii ovenuled by u great er majority than was required in the first instance ’ — lie never could agree to give op all the rights of the rpcople to u single magistrate, if more ttum one had | bi-en fixed on, gi cuter powers might have beep entrust ed to the Executive. He Imped this attempt to give jsuch powers would have its weight herenitt r ns an | argumeut for increasing the Humber of the Exccu i ttve.” After thie Dr. Fra.nkLin again spoke against the ve to jHwer, treating this quest roil ns it it involved that of i u.onurchy or repJtbhe.amsra; and one passage of hu j speech coiHrmisa propliecy uo remarkable that I must read it lo tlye Senate: • “ The first man put at the helm (of State) will be a ! good one. Nobody knows what sort may ctwricafreT- I words. The Exeouiive will be aivvays increasing here, [uuelsewhere, till it ends an a monarchy” Thus, liien, it appears th t fixe opinion ol six out oi [ nine who participatt and in the debate was that un übuo- : lute and unqualified veto would introduce a great mo- ! ‘it cnicvii * jtute tiuw oar inOfiiutrons: in other woids, ‘ t at.t u executive would becouvei bednuoa niutmicli iiy i it .idopi.o.i. ‘J'nui was tue opinion ui Franklin, ot . yiason, qt Sherman, of Bedford, of all except the ultra j Federalists ot the day. THE LOCOFOCO DOCTRINE ON THE VETO IDENTICAL WITH * THE OLD FEDERAL DOCTRINE. ■ Now, where are we —What is the party which Ijow maintains tins ultra veto power ? Tlie party that arrogates to itself the name of Democratic That is ’ the j>arty winch places in the foreground ol its political ’ platform the doctime of the absolute and unqualified i-jaxerciw* of the veto power. That is the party which (Sustained the absolute and unqualified veto oi\ the land bill in IMH3. That bill to distribute the nett proceeds of all the public lands among the States, who li paas- \ ed both lloust*s in March, le*33, was a bill which j w'tMild have given the people of each State in tins Union i the mean* of educating all their children without | 1 taxation, and of improving theiF harbors and rivers.— : | t tiese lundshave been since wagtail upon land-jobbers ‘ and unrty lavorites, on Government contractors and J office-holders, and not a dollar of all these uunumber- . ] ed millions has been giv-en to those who owned them ‘ ins rightiully as any man on earth ever owned his own ! | house. By nn absolute veto—“a poclct veto”—a vile trick , i and a fraud upon the people and their representatives, ! th.stun wusdetealed after the re presen la tiveS of the na -1 lion had passed u by yeas ‘JS nays 40—more than two thirds! ‘rhr bill passed within the last ten days of tlie session, os three fourths of all tlie laws of Congress 1 have always passed, and always will pass. Experience j shows us that the labors ol Congress are consummated j within the last ten days of each session, and that bills j which have been discussed or matured for months are | generally signed nt the close ot the session If, there fore, the Tiesideut can, toi the wantot ten days, witli -1 in which tlie constitution allows him to retain a bill tor i ins withhold his sanction and refuse to re iturn the biH, he can defeat it, although two-thirds ot ! each branch should be disposed to pass it as ihe conotl- ‘ i tut ion auin"iiscihem to do The Senate, as welt a* ‘ tne House, ui March, 1833, stood re dy to annul the , veto on the land bill Th# Senaiors from North and Sou lb Carolina, (Mr. Mangutn anu Mr Calhoun,) ns : well as inysell, were present nt the time in the Senate, j and we are all here now ready to attest tins to be true. ■ Tlie President obtained secret information of the spi | rit of the Senate against his veto |>owcr, and pocketed the bill, iu defiance of the whole spirit of the consti tution. Paul was a gross case ol the exercise ot th# abso lute ami unqualified veto, which has never been con ; ! detuned, but always approv’ and, by your pseudo De hnooracjr: and it is a fatal precedent, which may vir tuuily aunui the whole power ot Congress. The quasi- ! iu*d rule or power ot revision by thecunsti- | I union, subject to the will of two-thirds ot each brunch . ol Congress, has b< en exercised in the cases of the bill ito pay the lute rest due the States for expenditures in I the luet war, die v inouu bills ot luiprovetuem of nvers 1 and iiurbors, the bill to recliarier die bank, die bill to ’ equalize the session ot Congreo#, the French spoliation lull, and hi so many other case* that it is difficult to enumerate them. ‘1 lieae vetoes hnve been sustained ‘by the Executive arm, sireugtbened as that is, and al- j ways wm be. by a venal qudsubsetvtent prnas and die .etJy aid of me Post Office Department, with a bundled thousand (ulire holders, many #i whom wdl always “crook die pregnant lunges of the knee where limit may follow fawning.” Tlie whole veto power, as thus exercised, is now sustained by the iiui luuoic platform, and promptly adopted by Gelt. Cass, in his acceptance ol the Baltimore nomination. It is ’ pan of his established owed. UEV. TAYLOR S OrtNIONS ON THE VETO. On the fiber hand, how stands the man support 4M< ana greu ixud Ydui subject ! He denounces the ‘ kingly power—the power for the exerctse of winch n ritauitund a Bourbon lost their heads—and confines the veto to the cases in which the fathers of the republic | intended it to be exercised. Hr tn*ats it as a “high Conorivalive power,” Bo did they.—They declared, 1 I by ibeir expusiiion in Use “Federalist,” that ns chief j object was*Co enable die Executive to dehuid himself i j when StlnckedThey meant it to be n shield, not n sword “In inv opinion,” aay# Gen. Taylor in his let | ter to Capt. Allison, “it showd never be exercised ex cept m cases of clear viola tion ot the constitution, or , manifest haste and want of conaideration by Congress.” . H'*inofh*#fly ndds: “Indeed, 1 have thought fir many pi* p it, i • Ain vD opinions urn I wishes of the Ex tcudvv nave < xerciaeu undue and injiubNiu infiuenc** upon th** legislative department ot die Government , ; and from this cause l hare thought our system was Hi danger ui undfi going a great change from it* true theory Bir, if he had been forty year# in these hall ’ instead ot th* tented field, lie could Hos have more I t’lnrouiffily Ulldcrsto dthstrue tiieoty of fins Gove 11 ment ami its actual nn i inevitable tendency, as now admmistcreJ it is evident fi* has, in ihe s.lent hours allow* and nun untie camp, by the wairhfiir m the night, or aqiid the intervals of bailie and tiiiiuary service, id ply studied the genius ut our Goverunieiit, und its ! piaiMKNil sdniiiiNtraiion Sir, it would asnsunie more time than t neressnry 1 for iuy puiposc to nlk'W huw often lie* will of the |mo pie, ( .vpiessed by llwir K< pres-iuaiiv s ill UungresHfins ■ fieri! delenletl by the iron will* Ia President, uud es pecially bv the exonhac ol lus rtiomtrefiiciil negative on tlie laws. In tfie Iniigunge ot n diemi .msb'd stsles -1 man, ‘ the extreme im dicins ni die custuuiiun has 1 b‘(uiilie out dui y loud,” Every uum who rriiieiiib‘is the liixtmyid the last twenty years, uillh* ar me wit ii< .hat iii ihisirsperl the modem fremocracy luive dulled to a letmiiless distunre from th* old land mnrks ui r- pubiicanieiii The Executive prerogative is n<> j kuigei the Su jrct n attack, but its advocates have J been the unceasing asmilantsof tlie right* of die people • and of do* popular tuuiich ot tin* Government “'liie 1 p wer ol llH'ciaxwii tins mcr*nM*d, is increasing, and 4i.i (lit to be diliiinidied.” lie has bioken down the I p wer of the je iqile to Improve their riven* and harbors, dictated anew and untried eyswtn ot currency, m dee- t pue ot th> ircxpresseii ojumott ; and even gone s.. inr as | 1 to deny the tight of Congteas to |siy s puvste claim to an American i iti/en I rder t the claim f French spoliations on our com- I , iihooe prior to |ma. t**r the liquotHtioii ol winch a lull 1 pa-<**d b tu llotiseu cl (’otigr* us two y**srt ogo : a bdi, | Hi” ptmc plc ot winch be never uudeist>*od , a bill, to Wiiictf it is palpable h- never gave a w*e| saktetttion in inside, t hough Congress passed It aftei having held it •Hitler oieideri*tK>ii lorn period ol nearly fifty ys*r. | , Tit- Govt ut merit Imijciis *1 to lieu (>• ‘tiuieitt of tin* i j p- 1 pte, und has b* ootne a Gvcrutm id cf one man— j , Row# , soy* Junm*. i continually ftcwlmg front the I | iiutuy to the lew, and 1 may add. trout th- tew tot*n# | 1 n** >ne man power is the subject of unc* *mg *ui* KV | amo g some if the advocates ot the Bultumo* Gonvili t<ut platform, and one of the delegates lately made n I upeech to show its superiority bv concent rating nil rr * . onsi!.ility in one head, instead of. dividing n among inaby, thus frankly avowiimhis nref**ri*tKcfirifie mon- , arch tea I to the republican nUtcipW e’ must arrest this terwb'iicv to n monnehy if wc mtu: 110 iemam n republic. When you talk r< me about \\ hig principles, tariff, ihe currency, internal iinprovfinrntu, Wind bjlln.ni,d public pp.. cinv. I ~U r>u olili. n..h I nm a Whig, yet 1 hold that, iu conr l"” ‘with the urcat princiiilo, now a* i.snc Lewis I a*( un.l /.whary Tuvlor. the mherariwiplcauf anv|Mrly ever vctknowu in iliih C ‘.iiiiry (uio in- Sl'/UlllOWirr I HU , Cll |l,J UJIOH, in til., cjrcthin of /. .''Ti*'ry It, vior. to vimlu-Jiio (iu* right of man to “••11-iTovemuKriil. ami (Iu- ri*h4 of ihn fVoplc thrimch iii ir rrpiuspniaiivcHiu C.inKrf, lomakc law,, lam rnllMl upon lo deny lha riyhi of (lie !’ri-u,tem .and rim U. Slaiesioasaume the potilion of a l*ai?lator; and v.h'iH rv.-r (hr day shall come thni Ilia ritrhr lo h-.riahle shat! I he ncknpwlrdifd. tha, moinerl the rapi’hluumetiaraci er ot our(ioveriiineiK utteriy ceflae. (ue.viai. You may eu: It what you pleaae—you may alyle (lie man nl the lieaitotllic (.overnineat a IVai,lent,as R-'-aimrie 4e.-.a in lliefirat inatnneaaiyh-.i the Fir-, Conan!, and after i wnitis I .inpcmr of the Kepuhlic—but to all intents and purposes your n puldic is at nn nul It lieoutues i mu -ni-vhy, an ck*ctiv# monarchy, tin* meanest and most * iT<*wp’ruble form in which that kind of Government 1 cun exist, JS#UE DtrWEXN AND CANf. ‘'T.fhen, ’* the principle upou which 1 invke issue wn i th<‘imuoralde gentleman from Mississippi in the np | prpach'ng PrepiflmtMdmuupaign- ® mean to Stand hy • •Mi lay !or ns the representative of the of man to sHt noTviTnmem. I mean to support him because he ( • 1 ’ n ’ bol i|y n*hl nobly proclaimef himself before the . cMi \if- ihe champion of this gwnt principle, dwt 1 T should .‘tavern In all those cases where i ih* bitht*re of fftr republic intended that the veto power . shoninta applied he ffrrlares that he will exercise if.— In alicaars where a bill passed by Cratgres.* isclenrly ’ nnd manifrstly unconstitutional, oi - haabeen passed in : haettFafid Without due consideration, he will be prepar leu to apply the veto, He is ready to ajiply it to sus tain lira Enion of tliese States against any dsngeroos rnfiaption of the institution. But he will permit gie people Iu govern themselves. He will sttfler tfw* Representatives of the People and the States, in these hulls to make laws. He will not set himself up as an essential part <*fthe legislative power of tiu* nation.— Me will, when he reaches the Presidential chair, spmd hy tic* peat princi|d4*savowed on ibis subject bv Madi son and his compatriots of 1787, and utter'y repudiate : the kingly maxim practised upon in the present*day.— ; TS ic rob, tic jobeo, tic veto. Stet pro ratione ro | tuntns” I propose ts look o little further into ihUr subject, I | i <*siiv the Senate and the people ol the country to uu- | uerstan i what kind ot Governmcni wis sought to be ea- | tnblisbed by lh*ls* who introduced tlie veto pow*r into the covistitutiontdtbe U. States, nnd th* kindre4l prill- ■ ctplea which actuated them hi Mndison’a papers w*e find a copy of the constitution which Col. Hamilton, j the father of the veto, intended tu propose, Ilera are { three of is provlsitms. ** Artiti.el.—Brc. 1. The legislative power shall ‘ b” vested in two distinct bodies ofpien, one to b** call ed ihe Assembly,the other the Senate, subject to the j negative hereinafter mentioned. “ ArticletV.—-Sec. 10. The President shall hnve n to negotiate all bills, resolutions, nnd aefs. ot the two Houses ol the Legislature about tube passed into laws. Art* hi? 1 FT.—B**c G. hall lvdd ! thoir place* during good behavior, mnovn 1 !k onlf hy co vie tion on the impeachment, for seno* crime or inis leiucanor.” I fife are the principles of the Government which the author of the Veto power intended “*0 introduce. It s manifeat that the uiind of tfie author of the V**t power was at nn inffiiite distance from the opinions of those who made The constitution. It is evident that he in tended ‘o establish a Senate tor life, nnd to make the President a pa/t of the legislative power. LOCO-FQCCISNI CONVERTS THE RXPUJUJC INTO A MON ARCHY, But the Executive practice in these dajrsCaliof which seetrlstnhe fully approved by Gen. Cass) is not mere ly sic veto but sic voln , sic juboo. He now assumes* (b** initiative in addition to ihe v**to power. He not only recommends,but dictatt-s to Congress. llis opin ions are daily quoted ill debate here, and control our legislation. It has been but four days since, an attempt I was made by th# Be nature from Kentucky and Tennes see (Mr. Underwood and Mr. Bell) to remove the ob [ struettons in the uver Ohio, at Cumberland Island— 1 Every body here seemed to think it right to remove if; ; I but it was known und said that the President would ve to the hill w hich contained it, and the improvement fell. So the navigation of the Ohio must be obstructed ; till Taylor can put mil right by allowing Gongresrto I make laws. We have now not a single river or har -1 l>or bill before Congress—not one measure of Internal I Improvement. Why ? Because we know ft h Idle to ; waste our turn* in pMROg them, as the President has 1 publicly avowed hiu resolution to veto them oli The will uithe people is nothing. AH men here look only to the will of the President. He is the fountain oF power. Now, in the British House of Commons, under a limited monarchy, the independence of Parliament if secured try a rub* which makes it out of order for any member to state in debate what is the w Ii of the King; and uis perfectly true,as Colonel Hamilton stated in the Convention of 1717, that no Kng of England, his dared to exercise the veto power a*nce i!e English rev olution produced by the Whig* of 1688—-one hundred and sixty years ago Why! Because the exeiciae of n j rower S4> despotic, which wholly denies to the people | the right olge 1 1-government, wouki, even in that inn- I lied monarchy, have cost any English moiiarch Ins head. Queen Victoria would not k<*ep the throne a week under one of our Presidential vetoes. We have the name of a republic, but stat norninis u nbra—u stands but thy shadow of a name, i first cam * into Congress nearly twenty years ago, and l ha/e since l*een an attentive observer of men and things here, though one ot the humblest of die actors on tins thea tre, where men, with ioui professions of Democracy on their lips,cherish the most despotic principles m their hearts; au J inowsjy that the monarchial ten dency has every year been growing stronger, that rua ! ny ot our iegisiative acts of tlie must important eliar l cter ore drafted nt the Executive Departments, to ! suit the will of the Executive, nnd that Congress has degenerated, under Democratic Presidents, till it is little b> tter thou the register of the edicts of an Empe ror. ft is hut a few dayssme* h member who ha* serv ed in OmngTesß about thirty years (Mr. Webster, de clared in his place that he had never known a Presi dent *et hu* heart on any great measure winch he did not force througti Cungrese. M*. BENTON’S REMARK'S ON THR VETO. Whv it Let a Democratic rejmrt, made to l drive the ytxonger Adams, from power twenty-two year* ago, make the answer. Tin* veteran member ffwn Missouri, (Mr. BENfe>v)in his rep >rt on Execu tive patronage, May i, WW, after en imerating the monstrous extent of the power of that patronage says * “ The whole of this great power will centre in ihe President The King of England in the ‘fountain of honor the President of the 1 United State* i- the source of patronage.. He pr*mdefl over die entire system cif I’*tieral ap|HJ!iUineiii§, jobs and contract*. He has •power’ ov#r the * ’of the individuals who ad minister the system. He makes and unmake* them Ifeehowei*frotrt tbecirrleof hi* frienii* ami support ers, ams may dismiss them, and, upmi all the princi i pies of hitman nrtion, will drsuiisa ilicuj a* 4lt n ’ ns they disappoint hia exp**crations His spirit will I animate ilrair aetioiiH in ail the election* to State and Federal offieet. There ptav be excepiiona, but ’ th** truth of a general rule is provetf by tlie excep- I tion. The intend***! check and control of the Seriate, * without new constitutional or statuary provision, will 1 ’ e*rtHe to operate. Patronage will penetrate this liody, subdue capacity of remotattce, chain it to tic* ear of power, and enable the President, to rule as easily, und I much more securely with, than witlmn*, the lumniuii check of the Senate. I “ P the President was himself the officer <t the peopfe J elected by them and fespotiaible IP them, there would I he less ifitllger from this concentration of ail powr in hi#hand* , bat il is tlie imnm*Ms of stairsnmi to art | upon things as ihr*y are, and not ns they would wj*h tneintohe. We must then, look forward tr* fh* Ufu*’ wh n the pitbUr revenne mtU he doubled; when ibe aril and military offices ot the Federal Government 1/ ill qu ailrnpled ; when itafiilluenee everindiv d* uals will l>.* mnllifdied to an indefinite extent , when th noininufi#i by tlie Presnlent cun carry any man thmiioh the Senate, ami hi# recevnmendaifiHi ran carry any meuure thnttgh the two Houses of CoturreiM wbcti llu* principle of public actual will be ipn and avowed ;/Ae /*resident wants mv rote and / want 111s patronage ; I will voT Y a* he wishes, and he will oivr ait the nUce hash for What will thishe hut the f -iw *mnent of one mau ami whai is the Govern ment ol one man but a monarchy / Nam* a are mulling The nature ol n thing is iii ns sulstrauce, and the name aooti aceommud ilea itself to the sub-ianee.— Th • fl r *t Roman Emperof was *iy|**d Emperor of the Hepnblw, sn*l the |a*t French Kmiwror t****k tlie same title ; ami their respective countries were )u*t a* essen tially monarchical liefine mb after the assumption of ( ill ee titles. It enniiot lw d**ntel, *r disarm > ‘*d, but that tilts Federal Govertmtenl gruvilnte* to the sun.e |Hint,” Ac Those wlhi inak*- the Premifent must snpiMirt bon. ‘l’livir political (null Irecunu s iiienufied, end ib y mustatandor ietl tag* in l(igiii’i wrong, ; tn**y mtisi siqqiort him ;an*l. if he 1* made contrary 10 ( tin- will <4 the pe4iplf,hc must tie supported not only by j > votes und iqrceclie*, lint by arms.’ UKNERALTAVLn* ON THE TARIFF I proceed n**w to aiwwer smmr of the Interrogation* 1 pr # *• •! v ill# h'*n'raf*l# lietmtor tioin Ms * Pi” • Mini, fi *l. 111 ielafin.l to the t.irill ||*> me wfiiefii- 5 jer Gen ‘rHylor ititt luvor ol tin Tariff Imiisw r that J j tjefi. Taylor Its* exprtMii) deolarxi ill hi* biter 10 Cupi Allison,that lie will on that sub|rcl, sifuntt lu th** ! wifi of the people, Il they, hy tirair re|t*- mtuti es m ('otigreas, {‘lbhsh'in pis**M protective Isiiti law, be will j I net veto if y they eheoei 10 retain th *-l*w jol 18(6 he will |*l Inteliere with it. Tin* .|glintoi I a what is my fx*sitii*!i in regurd to ih’s aurud f-“I 1 sweiibit 1 ttm >1 VV lug.amt. as ii tin • Irl* I ‘•*• j Amennir) tariff id ami tin* pnticipU**l that luritf I 1 uni perfectly content, with the President of Hie Ulil- I { ted aiiaiva wio will permit th wiit ol ifi rvpts*ent* I five 1 - of die p*op|e nnd of the riiatps to income the iqw <t the land. The honorable gentlemen •referred “U letter of mine, written iu 1846. to uiy politt<*a I'lcnils in D *lfware, in which 1 avowed tnyecll to bel w.wit f have always fHt pioud to dcclsr** myself, a li!'*n I ♦* fira |*r*ji< , etrr>n cf Aioenrain indusfrv nnd the land and 1812 ft was# letter written, not, he aeya,{ loi a I resrdentini elcctiou, but lorn Slate election, und nn tlie eve ol it I shall nevei abandon it, but I glory f in the principle it nvowß. Hie honorable Senator iwyiieed if th ’re whs n man ! on thi*4 si.fit o the (’liumher w#io was in luvor cf thnt tar- j in of 1842 > I a-m, hiklJ think uII on uly i<le **f tfie chnmWr will coiftmr with me. Bui lw-l. .>t desire ►(*fl>*r.il Tuylor to twernny torifl upmrt'.ie ceuutrv by . tlie cxurciee of Exeeutivr p\vT. ih >\ imisg *ii that gi*‘;u qii stlotr, to rit the voter uriAhe people gov ern ; nnd no man, beht (tom the Infill or tiom tin* whovfesirea to curb ‘tlie of tiid pe*- ple m thte oobjeot caw justly r#r?l hiMncU n trite re paid icq u. It I s because Gj n Taylor, on tlus as on other great questions, stand# un repaid ice n gn ufitf, we (Tcerre Inn electn*r. occupora |w**ee*ly th** pntlbrm on .MiJctierqon placed iumstflfin tlt#<Hva;iue'para | tic*ill th si*ou.Kry, ig taviw | stvcMgtbyimjg.thu pojiuku biniu hos the (fovermnem and ojipoacd to ilia J tiiqpiienuitMUi ol Executive power. This was the grenr dividing laudinark between pwrtiesin 17*31. But hlhs! | your mt>*k*rn Liempcrocy has been dr j Van by tts * ffic ; holding if-uiiers to n very diffi rent povitiop from that occupied hy Mr. Jeffl*i-si*n. It now a.s Hie nd- \ i / f cn ’ t ' ,, ‘ l’ rt, P. uud support of kindly jmwrr [Here { Mr.X addnsHcil huoseU to ihe Democratio side oi the , cfiaifilrer \ou defend all its cucro ic]nn> uta. Voq 3mrn ihe rights ol ihe country and of Congtesa. T- u ecintNi that the Prevalent shntl put d**wn the will of J the people ; and >ou haveiioinuiateii ft mau wfio stands ’ pledged la*Kre the Convention, by hit letter of accept- j I mice o| your uomiiKition, to veto tne will ol the jteoplc j when expressed through tlicjr representnrives, on all 1 gn at 1 •jNliug questions,iti any other way ilisn os a mere fact *wi in ty By tle action 01 a Couven ’ *n.wicli the was suiiered (o coirtro], and I which took only to cotisi ier nil ihe great t ‘1 tcutroiw wt pefilic policy, your enndid te is pledged ro 1 ve,y die vote of tiie p>-*pie, should eve n nine-tenths ot them decide upon a repeal ol thetarifiTot 1846,and ure -1 enactment of that of 1812! Now, on this ground, is there any hon6rahlc free tiade man who will hesitate to give his suppott to Gen. I aylpr. Every holiest Dminciat—ev< i> native and j every uaUirulized citiaeq— Gcnefal Tayior; nihl no one can uceuse them of apostatizing from any political jsirty to which they tnay have Been otiuehed I us a VV fair, ea 1 unite with mv fellow citizens of the Democratic party in ike #U|ipuit of Gen. Tttykir, I and nil I ask of tnein is to be republican iu their heart, j and allow the Will of the people, to govern ; br that is the gnat piuicifrle laid down by hftn | in the Aliison letier, uud it lowers infinitely above j all other questions ol party ever made iu tins cuuutiy. j cherish no unkind pereo ml f.*efi’ g towards the dm-’ tinginslied gentleman whom tlie D.mocratir Craivcn tion noiwuiated. I havexilways rmert.iMn dhn him the 1 highest regard on account ol the excellence if isp*i vate chaThe But I am now reviewing his public I acts, not his private lit *. I have shown that, instead ’ of occupy tikg republican grou ufihe stauds precisely in 1 the position maintained by Col. Hamilton aud Mr. \V 1 Ison 111 the Federal Convention—Piedged to sustain 1 ultra exercise *d hlxectMive power.and tr> veto and ; P us d*4wn th*- wdl 01 the am >ll of* every *ob) ct ii|kmi I which u irrespooMilde CNfiveniion have find tlieeflion- r ■ tery it* dictate llieti at biliary doginaslo the America .people Th'*se men have thus set themselves up aboveT iberonsti siiion, wild usurpeil the legislative pow-r r lueyß'*t*k t control (lie aiipoiiitment of C.iiel Magis trate, and, like th** Polish Diet, virtually to elect a monarch to rule aud rule an abused aud insulted people. WHICH IS THE REELSLICAN TARTY ? Which then is the Republican party ? It is the great National Party, comprised o? Democrats, naturalized citizens, native citizens and Whigs, patriotic men of all parties—who now ronstitup* fh* gr.*at Taylor pJlrty of -the country. That is th<* true Kepubiicaii |orty; op posed to tne downward tends.icy ut the Goveniuieiu in it*administration—anx ous to avert its progress u> | monarchy ; nnd, unless the principles ot tiiat p.irty be sustained, the liberties of lh* country must, sooner or f later, tall beneath the axe which has been fan*! lo their { root by the proceedings of tlie iiiter<rateii and intrigue- j ing faction which has by turns muzzled,” cajoled, and trampled upon tlie rights of t. c modern Democracy.— j When, then, 1 call upon any man to (-upjH>rt General j • Taylor, I do not ask that he should be merely a Whig j . 01 a Democrat, but u IC- publican—a Republican not! merely by profession, but a Republican in Ik art, and is j deed. j i The party leaders in the convention that introduced j ; ties two -ttnrds rule, aud luus (I tea led itself, refusing 10 I i allow the majority to govern, have tell aiieudy the eon- \ ’ sequences ot their conduct. This rule was introduced as permanent principle ol the D*mocrntic party in the ! convention of 1814, and was a deliberate iiau*i upon j Mr V'un lluren and mo i. tends. He went into the con ventiou expecting that ihe will oi the majonty would I be allowed to control its aeftnn, and he received the votes of a decided majori y of that csmrrniioo. But i | the pultticmns— those jugglers wboumlerstood the game ( which was to be played—socouu ived rl that a majority , 1 could not control th** action of the convention. They j deluded Southern men by tlra pretext thnt, ns the North had it ruujiirny H votes, their iiisutiition of slavery was 1 in danger, and thus procured their aid to establish the | rule that u vote of two-tlurds was necessary to nomi nate the candidate. They thus rejected Mr. Van Bu ren ; and w hat has been the revolt? Thiapohticel ms- I gician, ns he was called, has apfi.ied his magic touch I to your party, and iu ! it is crumbling mio dual! it is | prostrate beneath his feet at iiiuiuem. ‘l ae HpU n ] *iftJ party fabric—the Regency palace—which by his : wizard art, he erected in the Empire State, lias vamsh- I ed like ihe tunmuig 1111 st, or one of these dreamy man- I sions of which we read m Eastern tales, at the touch ot I one of the genii. The vengeance of the man who was ! tms defrauded and defeated, equals that of Maaeppa, I the prmce of BHniburners: — “ For if we do not mark the hour. Th**ra never yet was human power That could evade, it untorgiveu. The patient seaich and vigil long Os him who treasures up a wrong.” I l say to gentlemen who now vainly attempt to up* } hold this tottering fabric of progressive, aggressive, aikl retfogressive Democracy, that on the day on which you 1 establish.-1 that principle and overthrewim* fundamentai i principal o all republican government, your destiny j was seal and ! From that Imur y*>ur doom was irretrieva bly fixed Nothing could or can save you from the late : ttUaiti NoH any party in this ooun'ry that ahull dnretoestablwfi such an unprincipfe*! rule. The iieople uuy tu* fimnbugg.-d lor a tune, but when they have been allowed upportunity for lyficctiou, j and see a fraud perpetrated, r.-p ated, and eiqolned a principle, by which tin right cl the majority is denied,’ the shackles of |*ity cart bind diem no lou#* r. T'tiey I iiubU>rd this so cued principle from (heir latmis; they j were taught it by their mothers am dst ihe first lessons of tlrair infancy, and they know that without it ihetr f Government would b# converted into a poverrtment of prormuciatuentu#, aiideottfii uotexwian fumr. Wing . ( as 1 am, mui ever buye been, 1 have no hesitation in dt | c armg that il the Whig party were to as#t*uible in con- 1 ! vent ion io-miihtow end h*it*pt such n princtplr, I would * I leave them the inotiunt 1 could ad lre.-s u letter to the 1 public. | UENF.RXL TAYLOR AND THE CURRENCY, i Tlie fSeiiator also inquues what wifi Gen, Taylor do ; in reference m the Suotreasury and tue Bank ! I an swer that Gen Taylor has pledged himself, m th<- Al -1 boon letter, to l**l thrpeiqde govern, if they waut this 1 I imseruble Hubtreusury gitbowv they wt 1 keep it. ft | they want to ri (Mtii it he will umuposr no veto upon tlie | I exercise of then w ill. Uu lire odiei iuind, how stands Lewis Cim, the cfiampion <f the Demucracy f He 1 ; stands pledged lo ret on tile rsiihirensury in spile of lira I Will ot the people. It litre- -filths o. tlie people should come imre demanding the rejs-ul ol ifa Sobtteasiuy ! Uw, Mr Case Would Ts* Ihmiii fto trample upon tHut 1 I will. Winch, then, is the Republican, whk .i ih# true * 1 j Mr. Foute. Will (he gnuiriiiin bear withetv while ; | 1 submit another queetloiil *DS he regard ihe veto 1 power as a conservative one, to fra retained, ot as on** I ’ tots* **truck (Hit and tie* coiw.iui.an { il to fie retamvd, ■ . sfionia it niH Ira exercised 1 Mr Claytu.n. 1 nin very glad tiiat the guitleman has put tins interrogatory, t hold the veto fwiwer to U* I j a great conservative power nl fls- ctHistituti.iti. 1 do not (■ u, nor do tne li tend* of Gen. Tayhn seek, to strike 1 Il irckiii (lie 1 oirelituliou. We legutd ft, as tfie Ulhetstd . the republic eid.as a conseivalive power f enable the Executive lo defend its**if,anl to be exercised preo.se iy w. thin the liiiiitiilioire laid and wn by Madison and hi-* , ii-sooUitea (>l*ll. Tayloi apecifi • u#t* cuiuks l*r writen I he will apply the veto THE NATUKNAL RANK NOT IN IWt'lL I return now to ih** consideration of the qiiestioti <d , tin* cutrrncy ani lira national (..ink, nl which jsnnt the ‘ Senator nit* rinp'ed tlie eonrse of my reinsik* A 1 4 I I recur to me tank question pvti< übtriy, that this matter muy be pul lo rem *o fir a is 11 my power, now and 1 forever. Ido not know a man who support# Gen. Tay -1 lor that entertains the most remora id a of bringing the I qui xtion of a 1 aiional Bonk is |..re tin* C*igrewi ot tint f.-iiUM Ido riot know 11 VV ing ou tin# mb ol vfir cliatnber, or any wli*re else, who chei .sites uny idea *f I reviving (hut qu- stiou Tlie ite.itlennm on un* other J side will rall r tne dry honesf the old Bank ol the U. Statt** 111 our laces, but t.iey wni, by dmng s*, only i , rightm tlu* men ol iheii own puity.w.io Voitdni rion i gi m fur, and earned tiint bulk charter , ami fitey wifi attempt in vain to ride ony 1 niger 0,1 their dd |Nditical ‘t. 1 v r.s mt mui t.ritik pw'V Whites. I opti< fins wi ] mre\ tirev in rcg'ii.l toinat g■at qn sibM, w - k#v* all 1 I : H.. ved tl.u me wfilpsver i**viv *n. It the lX*ui.crai- ! jic R uiy wuiitx.i lliiaui l.* U Mat let tiram ItloVe ! jit We on mis*, ri ol lira e .utii'x r know tiiat n nn . immilh i . coni I ts* 4 tm value t i to.* r.uiarry u -le*. pjstame 1 by lira wifi id huh fist great purtieu of tiu* • j couiiny lamfte in . eefare liere Its* part winch I | I I.k .11 r**.. riiv treiheqi, -Hou I-votvd lor th*.* bank i \ 11 dr IVsid*nt, Oil. Dallas.) wets ih<* chairtnsn ot the ‘ ; .* . I.ll* 1 1 ■j“i t and in.- bid. i uni) i'.l bat lad VV jH*d tn-tva k bdl with your asaLtaiKr. 1 I jourarg 1 ent.v -ur influence, ami Vote , and y>ui aid ‘ I vxiiuid# i muth urtfur lor wbr& Dffhvrti J9l son vs* 1 oeil it, you nnd I concurred m voting against that veto ! I will never deny the faith that is in me. As I thought then, I thitiknnw And tne day will come when your Democracy will, under the pressure ot distress, cry aloud for nnnther bank, but ro Whiff will ever star’ that quesUoß again The qu .(Tion ot n national batik I should be and wit! be n1 lowed to temain at r**sr. nnd men of all parties slia 11 seek to establish, and resolve to ! sustain it by ft unan.mit y which shall pkto# it above the , reach of the demagogues who will seek to destroy it. OF.N TAYLOR AND IMTERNAJ. !MPROVRWKNTS I nm ask* <1 what Gvn. Taylor will do in regard to in ternal improvements That ts a most imp-rat nt sub ject, nnd 1 think 1 have already mrawered the question. It deserves the patient ami must *lclds*rHic considera tion ol every American citizen. But on ibis question, the course ol Hie bold, manly old patriot, is os plain a the sun ut noort day. He will lenwilfis question, aho to the will of the Teople. If iheir Rep#es<*ctntivea in Congress clioote to jmss n bill ,'or Hitemol improve ments, fie wfil not impose bis veto on the law. Nor will he Write any message for the purpose of manufac turing intrrnol improvement men. or tariff’nien, ofauy other kind of politicians. He yviil jmt enter on a ca reer ( f propagaijffifm. 11, Joes not in'eud to p*t up n hot-hed for tariffs or interna I impnw etnent, but know ing that nothing can prosper winch does not rest in tlie confidence and affection* <d the people, be wifi refer these questions to the original sources ol power, and will sustain them all with mffexabte firmness, -o long •■•he people will prannit tliem to aiarul. He does not mean to push thing# to extremes. His udminis traiion Wdl neither be sggreseive nor retrogressive, but be wdl adopt his progress to the mighty energies ad cup >bilnies ol n n iti..n unexampled ih tlie history of the w ‘rid lor Ka advance in arts, us well as arms, in agri culture, commerce, and insuuJuctures. GEN. C ASS AND INTERNAL IMFROVEMENTS. 1 Now, on tlii great question, let me oak. where stands Gen Cuss t I must now, in nnr turn, put the honor h e Senator from VlisaiHsippt on the confessional, and ask him to illuiuinute my path, by shedding a little light 01 this subject. Iliad that lira resolution paused by lira Baltimore Convent ion in favor of ihe exercise ot the veto power,contained these words: lie solved. That we are decidedly ppposed to taking from tlra President the veto power, &c , which has sav ed the American people front the corrupt and tyranni cal domination of the Bunk of the United Stales md from a corrupting system of general internal improve* mails.” From lira statement of Mr Yancey, 11 member of tlie Convention, jt iipueuis that these word.- about internal improvements, which were originally reported by th.’ Committee appointed h draft tlie M Baltituoru phifuHi,” were objected to, for lira reason thus stated by .Mr. Yam-y, m u speech in the ciiy of Charleston. South CarqfiußfOii lira Gib June last, exposing (he deeds of this Convention: “ Anion l#l other things he inatancefL evidence of its unsoo>nln#ssos sn exponent ot Democratic view#, itsrefrjuuj u* ad(*pi ns resoJutions avowing ns pimciplea ntid lira platlurm upon which it designed to place ns nomination. And now murk lira result, he continued : Attr*r<he nomination wiw made.a comutitr.-o w i-i rais ed to report a series of resolutrmis. Mr. Yancey sand that the committee met on th.* evening of ns appoint ment and set until fen nt tiight. Before it adjourned, thfi resoLutiou in relation to the veto power had been amended so as to show its hippy effect in saving the country * from a corrupting sysiejn of general internal mqimvenranis .” It was uuaniiHously agreed ions sound ( Demoerttie doctrmi* nnd nun deserved cbmp'inrant to t Aii Folk. When (hecoiiiuiiiire met nextmoiumifthe [ first pio|H>oition made was to reconsider that nuioiul mentami strike i out. I inquired why ?It liai been admitted to be good Democratic doctrine the night be fore. The answer was,* Gen. Cass voted against that veto of Mr. Folk, and if we put tins in we will condemn uur nominee.’ “ ‘l'hese virtuous politicians—these trustworthy repre se 1 it#lives of Democracy—had dis<.*<*v(*red by morning that the avowal ot a truth would pul an error to blush ; that lira praise of a patriot would be the condemnation of n political heretic. “ The Vote was not reconsidered, but it was as Mr. i Yancey firmly bsjmved, because it was too bnrefherd I even for tiiat and even if the idea that (ns.* had ; voted against Mr. Po K s veto hud beeu thougiit of be- J lore the amendment was adopted, it never w ui l have 1 gracetl those resolutions. As it is, it will indeed - be -1 cornea shorn iu Ibe side of th** nominee.” Now, 1 ask tlie honorable gentleman from Mrisissip ! pi. will Gen. Ca.-s veto a general system of internal iui- I provesnentsf Mr. Foote; I am not prepared to state further than , this Ifitu it is ibv own upinit*u, which lam aimoei oer : ton is wtlMounaed, that Gen. riass 11 opposed to uny ’ general 6ysiem ol iiifcinal improvements, and that he j would ven> a bill in lavor of such n system. But, as 1 ! said tlra oifit-r day, my own mqresti4Mi has alwii\s be*n | Ui a a tnraiai syetem of internal improvements, within 1 the constitution, would certainly meet the support of j(i 11. Cass. N*)W, I have answered the question sat* i lefactonly, I would ask the Senator w-hetlrar l *enerul 1 ’l'wvior wni withhold his veto, in the case ot his elec* j UOll, tu nny bill for internal miprweurauts that may happen to pass both houses of Congress l Mr! t’iayron. However vague the answer, or tlie , question ad 1 reesed to me, I reply promptly that Ido t not believe the cose wifi occur of lira ueiiberate and j well considered passage of a bill foe guy internal im . nrovement hy both houses of Congress which ou *!it to 1 re condemned hy the American Executive. General ! Tayloi .while pkedged loubide by trie will ot the people, I isaiso tree to restrain any U iaiyor inconsidcruie Lg j mi a tion. Mr. Foote. The question is not whether such r | such u case can occur, but whether Gen. Taylor would so act m certain circuuraUtneea. j Mr. Clayton, (smiling.) It is impossible for me to stnte my opmum as to what the action of Gen. Taylor in a given cose might be, unless tlra case be stated with ! precision. You might bup,h>.** u case iu which Con • gr s* having gone raving mad, would vote twenty-live i millions out of lira Treasury when there were not five . millions ui it,and Hsk me whether Gen. Tayior would veto that. But I am now to ok mg ns ft prdnical man to the cases, wlrch are fikety to occur, aud 1 have not the mot-t disiunt idea that any circu .isuura*# will actu ally exist in which Gen. Taylor wfit apply the veto to u LhII lor intermil improvem -uts But how stanihrhe candidate of the other side of the caiutrar in resjract to thisquestion l I’erhaps os hia pathway anil reuituiis oboeured, the honorable geinleinun iroin Illinois can in form me. Does he believe that Gen. Cate wifi veto a bill for internal improvement t Mr. Ufccee. 1 wifi answer the Senator very frankly, it 1 dul uot believe Gt?u. Gass would veto such a bill 1 would not vote lor him. Mr Clayton, i believe that the gentleman from Ill inois, as well as Gen. Caas.twice voraJ fur tlra river and | haibor bill,and against the veto on that bill. Does he tralieve ibut such a bhl would meet with a veto Itout tTresideut CussT Mr Breere. IJo not suppose that It would. And will) all fiunkness # permit me to say, ttui as l ender- I stand the principle “f ttra Deimraratic puny, a palpi bis J and ist IneWo 11 has always been made between a g-neral system ol internal improvements aim iirareap. vtqeoi tions out ol lira Treasury lor lira miprovenienis o riv ers and harbors. Reasonable upproprtaiuiUa for the I iaiter purpose would no doubt receive the sanction of Gen GassaiJ ih# D**nociatic party. But appr>prui -1 lions fur u vasi and expensive syst m of internal ns ( prove me ms, 1 fiojie never will receive tfie aunct.ou ol 1 cither .Mr i ‘hyttm. We see, from these vague answers, , how difficult it ism asseituin what Gen. t sss diras or iloes not mean about tfiese times. 1 kilo a ttiat he voted in favor ol rrerymirrtkai improvement bill, and agau.-it every veto ol tlram. Now, lha veal w ysfieialotorelo* k , ed to a man’s art# in order to ascertain whut lie iiranut to do ; and 1 haw hitherto ruga filed Grii.riassnsa | high ultra inletnal improvement man. 1 nave always * fwfieyed that he could g<> Imfiler ou llfail übj. cl lioiu l could inysell, and that there were some dungs bewd* Alexico which 1 kMiutl very dtllicult totuki-, which he swallowed wuh great ease. It is appure t ihnt Urare 1 are iwo riennt* r> wio have very d.fU-rent Vi *w* oi (ieu. j Cass* irptinous Upon ih<* subject >! internal improve ] menis 1 ain uppiefransive tb it w>- are to undeiotand j Gen.Ceos one way m one part ol the Union, and dis. ! ferenily in another part, ti** wase.ilfcrd upon by one *l his brands at Cra tvelaml (,Vlr. Wotikrito suite his 1 opumius “U fins subject, bui we were hi formed tint die . ‘ iunm- and couluse.fa” wen* no gu-a that In* evuifi not 1 mnke any reply, tdr.ough he was able to ten me audi* jenee.veiy sudi!rty, much about tiki eirty history, mid | fvo’v Im* hud iisrii from nsnpuiHUve otss’UMty to Ira i*imiic lira candidate ot dra gre a IX'inociiifio (rally.— I uni very muvh nfrmd, Mr. Fresidi ut, tlmt lln* “noise 1 ntitj cnritusHui ’ will omtinue throughout tlra cum, aig 1, uud that we slid! never be able 10 nsreruiiu Ih# tipm ion# of (jen. C *s upon tins iiopiiiMm ‘U.i—cl. He In n w ritlea a letter apoiovmg of the whole Bait more ’ platform Let ine read a poirem of that platform which was nit expunged M tu solved, Uim lira GoiMMiiutioii *lo**s not confer i upon lira Geiu rui Government ih<* power to commence j und carry on a general system 01 interiif! improve i 1 neat.* It reems, then, from lira light before ns, dial die j 1 liiltiiiiore ('otivetitioii Iraki, tlra Government could not 1 1 carry mi a *’ g* o**ial #ystem ol lut'.'ruul nnprov .nent ’ tiut itra honorable nrainbet from Illinois says ii may cur l\ Oil I I t I V II rivet uml lisrboar bdi whicii met Mr IVik's win.*— • | . 11 non as a** corrupting system,” and Mr Polk was, in ‘ ’ thul fepott CiHiiphmeiiUNf lor Ms veto ujoti it. But, i Ins Air. ri aw* had voted toi th oorrupuug system, and ! i sguim*t Mr. Folk’s veto, und it wuh Iraki ucct weiry, I a-. Vlr Yancey prove#, not to con 1 uin the nomin e, ! the ciMtipffmerit wassunek Hit, and by the Committee ‘ i M Hppitwrd. I’fiett, to mystily this wuolt* matter i 1 still lurtlu i, another reNoluiiou puMor.l, “that lira* fruit* , ••I in’ great political trmmpiis of H||, whk’li elected | J onus K. Pn>k, have tulti ted tlie btqra# of the fkemo < rnev nl die Union.” Bui the most suiusmg pan of the | wholu pinti uin it lira ilmns I. hi ol me Bi-nator t<oin I Itlin is between a “genaral system of ituptoreiuv tit,” • un I “mere nppropr itftunM fu riven und haiiH>rs “ I ( l ira Retailor fn*m Vi i%s sippi Ihß ! Ihe liver and lunbor bill onwmsdtouonel, hni suit suntnma Mr. Un#s, wlm, fra says, is lor a libel a* system. The Senator frvui ifil uoih is lor the river mui haibor bill Mt Polk iMignmat unit mli, and alao ag.imat lira bU'rnl system, toto calo Yet #fi are on that piiyforin. Kuch i orthmfox la it iMt clear, Uieielore, thai daa platform lo which (#en. Casa pltMgvd Umrwil by ius niter of* *vw;aaev of the j VOL. XXVI.—No 22. B lt'more nomination requires another explnnmioi from himself ? Mr. Foote. Gen. Gass, in hi* letter nceaptins th^ 1 nomination of the Bn'ftmore Convention, stated that ihit letter closed his prose alor, of frith. McrClayton. I remember that very wpl!. In that letter, after endorsing this unintefliffihle platform cf the Democratic Convention, lu* ndds. that Ira wm nor say uny more. He closed thq door ; bee mie “( An -.i Aluin’’ and accordingly, in hia answer to Mr W<m*l, ol Cleveland, lie refuses 10 throw nny more ligfi. on tlra subject. It is palpable that hisposit Hi is eqtnwKlhi, mid differently understood in difl rctii syclion.- of the Union, and that tlra platform itself is a mere humbug. MFNtRAL TAVOR AND TUB MEXICAN WAR. j Tlra honorable, gentleman asked me what wer# the ! sentiments.of General Taylor in regard to the Mexican war. i think he will find on answer perfectly satisfac tory in the AUison ritter. There Gen, Taylor annoua-, ces a great pmnnple of vast importune *. to lira ooumrv. He uvow s hunseil oppose*! to the iloctrincoi .injiexa lion by conquest He avows himself opposed to war, when the country does not demand it, and in fuforol I ■ net’ anthe ;;e*teral po icy of the nation. He congral ulaiesthe country upon the euccesalul terminutiou ot the Mexican war But be distinctly anno mceshis own principle, CuiiscivAlive hud gi*)ri*>us u it is —owe on which he wihgo.mio (be canvass tins fall—that Ira will oppose mU war tor tlra purposes of conquest. •Mr. Foote. The Gmiotorseems to nave glided oast my interrogatory. The was, did Gen. Tay lor approve of ihe conduct of his own qouinry ; or, did he bold that Mexico wm in the right. AuJ, secondly, when that wur hud beeu waged up to ihe time of tne treaty ol peace, dot's h.* not know ihutGen.'Taytot was m favor of <iwi acquisition of territory which lus been made by 1 lie treaty 1 Mr (_la> t*-n. Tne gentleman unintentionally tt - sunivi, by this question, knowledge 01 Gen. ‘Taylor’s I opinions which hia published declarations do not justify 1 , ! and about winch nqjtiier Ira nor 1 can h ive ony know 1- edg • We know nothing of Gen. Taylor's opinions except from the letters which have been published to ; the world ; and m them he haa given no opinion upou the subject to which tiie gentleman rest pi, nor can 1 conceive that it i# ot the Biighteat importance. As a 00 Idler, his position made it tinproper to queetion any I command ot the duel Magisuate, and Ins duty was obedience, it ia uot necessqjry, in this connect 1011, tu 1 di.-raos tfi.‘ question whether tin* Mexican war wu# just ; and nece&eu yo. net. il Mr. I\ ik were running as the i candidate, I might have soiuething to ~y on that pub-, ject; and wirau luanng ol tne cTaiins oi Gm. Cass, ) who approved by nts speeches and voiea i:i tfi*o chsm f ber i very act and saying of Mr. Folk on wain, it nny !be taken up witu propriety. But, so far as Gen. TaV iir is concerned, the question has phased away Vith the war in which he dui ins whole duty ! il he aanounges hunselt ujatmctly opposed to acquisition by conquht hereafter, the question as to theju-ticegl th, Mexipapt war, so far us be is concerned, ceases to !the least imtiortance with men ofauy party iu the FreaideuUui campuigTL Generul Trtylor has done more to tenoinnte the y. jir tliou any ti'iy Democrats in this nation. Even lira Baltimore Convention, in tlra midst of all its pan y action has uot hesitated to introduce an acknovv ledge ment that Gen. Taylor und his gallant at toy, with the other American armies, have done every tiling that could have been doue for tlie honor and glory of the country. Tlra platform buys that they “have earned the arms of tiie nation into Mexico, orowiling it with impeubitable 1 ffbuy i” that their unconquerable coinage, vht?ir during j enteipriee. their urtlaherng|JM , nJ iorliiMe |wh n übpafied in all sides by innumeraLri foes, ar\d 1 that imre'lorniidahle enemyuhediseas sol the oUcfaitc, 4*xnlt their devoted patriotism into the higtu st heroism, ’ I and give them u right to the profound ot their couutiy and tlra admiration ut tin* w*ui*l.” I Gen. Trfyior was not a candidate wl<’n this re -olu tion Was adopted. ‘They thougiit, perhaps, tlmt Gen. . I'n> lor would not Ira iioininfllcd , but they did jumio# to ’ the gnlfont veteran. And I hop*'that ai this mofnent I the Irimocmoy of the Union are prepared to unite with j the honorable gentleman from Mississippi in euiogf* [ urns upon the public aud private v.itues ol Gen. Tay- ilor , S€Vi TAYLOR AND TIIE WILWOT PROVISO. With regard to Gen. Taylor*sopinion on the Wilmot i proviso the Senator ha# the same information that I h ive lie knows what interpretati’ i ought to l>-put 1 ikpon the Allison letter, und 1 hope Gen. 7 i aylor may | never assume the attitude of n sectional or gecjirranliieal candidate. Suffer me to say for inysefi* that, nlth* ugh acting the spirit of the request of the Legislature of 1 D lawareniy colleague and myself the repref-entativesof Ia blaveholdmg State, voted for the extension of ihe ordi nance ot 1787 over th*- territories >f ‘he Ut itrd States to pievent theacfjuraition of any m<re slave t rritcry, yet J we do not intend ever toco •nectouruelves w’tth any 3eo graubical party on such an issue We abhor such a. 1 issue 1 t:i the party struggles of the day, a* tending to th*- most j fatal consequences. Welookupo.i the introduction of I geographical party up* *ll such a principle as tending di . rectfy to the destruction ol the u don of these Stoics; sand there is not one State within thi V* | that !ov**s the union more than the s:naffest in popula- I lioij among tlrain, nil—whose lofty putriotibm ii.ra be come ti proverb, and wlk**- prou*l* -t b*m*t is, tint she ! was the first to adopt tlie America 11 Constitution, n.ij 1 Will be the last lo desert it. No hit The nranof Del aw nre will connect themselves with no such geogrnph- I cal movement. Most of us eiHertnin the opinion that, when the ne- I tion of Congress is mvox-d, tree enietiooid ren ain free, 1 and that siuve territory ouglit to remain uch The | doctrine prevail* and amongusat the time of the Missou ri compromise, and still prevails, that Coriff'ryr. should leave the territory as they found it. We desire to ’ abide by the compromise* of the constitution ; in that I spirit we hold (hat slavery should l*e protected where, it ’ exist un ter the cgi# of the constitution, hut ought not t tube canaedby us where it iravrr existed. But, f re -1 peat, 1 am not prepared to cnl! that a political ques ion, j and I deny that you can caff either this or ih* opposfe I doctrine mere Whig doctrine. No man Ira-* a light ro ! j ay tiiat rhe Wilmot proviso i* a Whig principle. We repudiate the question altogeffjer as a jtelitieal question; und l*ny thai, whenever the ir.iwrii of tin* great * j Taylor republican party, which 1 hold nt tint moment Jto be the great majority of'the country, shn 11 descend so io*f as io lutike u geographical party *. ui ol the Wilmot I Proviso, with a view to President-making or getting offices and power 111 tlra country, they wifi lot**; my rc ! *pect, and 1 think that ot sveiy houest man. An at tempt is now bring made lo force upon us ns a party question by the exir* ine partizana ol tfie Nuith und awuiu. But neither the one side nor the otfic, of the question loini# any purt of our piutfoim ; and I hope mere will fie patriotism enough among ihe American people to keep the question apart from parry politics /merer. For myseU l uiy free to sny that although 1 vo ted hi obedience to the requestot the State, I m part represent, yet 00 dear is the anion ot these Mutes lc me and mine, that and this become a geogreph.c question, I shad reaoit to lira remedy adopted l.y me men of Del aware in anotber cnsianud in another day*—l ofaali act II the spirit ut the men who made ihe constitution, ayd coiupioiute the quesuou; ii lean inr terms equally Lnr • itnu Uo.uunbie bi/tii for tlra North und the South. t Mr. Foote. Do I undersuuJ ‘lra Serum cUv saying that he is not prepared to intonn ai whether Gen. T uy tor wutild teto iue Wdxmu piovrnu, a eu iy W ing print u New England has said lie woifij. and day ton. The letter *>i J qicaks l*jr j iltefi, fluff l.'W gentieuiuil irom Miw>isa,p|U J.r>- pitcra**- ( y she same uicunsihat 1 or tlie Whigs of New Eng land have ol forming an opin on upon this subject. 11 i (>en. Tuylor writes lo me aiulralfai me whnt b intends j todo.i wulbeubie lo inform the gentleman ; but l*a m• te ml; ude my mdtvntuul opinions ou the rater, i die public,or tins august body, would be telly. Tlra .Senator will now iu hia min take ihe aland,and inform 1 me what Gen. Cass will do with respect lo die Wuuiot I proviso ! Mr Foote. No doubt he will veto it. lie ha-r au ’ iiouuoed lus opinion that the Wilmot proviso is uucon j .-titutionui, sod declared dial he wfil exeic.sc tiie veto I (lower m all cases ol uucotiainut.oiiul firws. OEN CABS AND THE WILMOT PROVISO, Mr Clayton If tlra Senatir Unght, then (o*ll (nm stands trafore the country as a sccrion/it eandiffafe—die 1 head ol a geographical party, i Irnpe dmt Gen. Taylor 1 vxiii decline that honor. My hope is mat he w ill never I tend Ins great name u> either iffilrase geivgraphi* at par -1 ip -, foit retain lira power to antic the que lion without j l iking p.-irt with either. To ot the propriety of Gen. Taylor’s position, In us inquire how the Balinnor# Convention met thia question. ’Tory positively tentsed to adopt any reaotu no.l deiiouttruig ihe Wiiinoi Froviso Other iVmo- I crates tterunes iMinbnin* is, when a resolutimi to retmdi- I ate the prmcitde* contained in nw a# oflc-red, threat rued | to dtsmfive the party ; the rcsolui on was st.fied, and the convention Hlent ‘The pnifv express’d no opin ion on tire daugerotis subject : they dared not do it— -1 ‘The platform llray a t* jued did not recognise Huh geo • grapiiichal question as a ouriy question, und this, t# in 1 preens accordance wnh(*en. ‘i ay tor’s iKsntrou. *i lt , till-proviso pin tier ill of Gen. Cuss wus mrinidactuieff ! : y inmseii and lie is welcome to tin* jh mon ol chief f one id those geogra| lucui faction* wuh v h eb Wash- I iiigten warned every Aiiieiiemi to fiave lor -linenon. Annmg the prorraedmgs of the Baltimore CenvcuUon | 1* twnmd Uim 1 Mi. Yancy 01 Alabama, Mr. IVlcffetirv of Florida,and Mr. rioniiiMiider ot boudi l atonna, ro- I poited t ic following resolution : J lies lived, ‘That the diN inne # of non-interferenos wnb tlie rigfits *d pnqraity ot any p*utn 11 *>| tfie |s*opl# | o( tlna country tra 11 its the Hiatcs or im the teintviiee, •by any otners itian the parties interested in (firm,is ib* , 1 iue llepublicnn drsqnne reeiigiused by tins body.” Vir. laocey desired thispniMupie to be iiioot|M>rsted lin lira Ifoiiiuiort’ platform. Now, wifi the rienat r rvtu dissiNiippi letl tne wln tfier Gen. L ssscu.k urred in that | r|M>it 01 nut I Mr. boot#. 1 Imv# no knowledge on the subjest. | I have slated whni mu**t be svkfeni to tlra tv natoi, ilral I Gen. riusudwcuiised tlie VV nmol proviso, inp vsiy ms peet ot it. in the planifst manner, and ruy unprr son 1 1* thnt trie view# will lie sustained by tlie D tiu cr*** y in every part ol our country A# to Mr. Yarn**). i I.o ns mi paaicuiarly noirasd bin views, but 1 thick that lus court. 1 will iiiett tiie general npprobatron of hrs party. Mr. Ciayton (ren. Cass, then repudiates Mr. \ an* ct) • sen tiara nts I Mr. Ff>*te. ido not kmw Mr Clayton. 1 sup|>o#ed that the Senator tboi wuh •iy und* rstood all the optmens o( Gvn Case. *1 r* lw>- 1 . Ulis goßfrenuin uot uavtfrvd witg ;ho o*riiu-?v, c* i ‘