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Editorial
June 3, 1848
Wisconsin Herald
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
A scathing editorial attacks Lewis Cass as the Democratic presidential candidate in 1848, portraying him as a Northern man wholly subservient to Southern slavery interests, unfit for power.
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LEWIS CASS, For President.
If our political opponents had ransacked the world in search of a puppet to be moved at the will of Slavery, they could not have found a more supple thing than Lewis Cass. He is the very pimp and Sir Pandarus of the Southern Overseer. He is exactly a Northern man with Southern principles; he seems no more indigenous to a free State, than a cypress tree festooned with moss, seems indigenous to the granite hills of New Hampshire. He has sold himself to the black spirit of the South; and it makes the blood of an honest Freeman tingle to see such a slimy reptile trying to crawl into power.
If our political opponents had ransacked the world in search of a puppet to be moved at the will of Slavery, they could not have found a more supple thing than Lewis Cass. He is the very pimp and Sir Pandarus of the Southern Overseer. He is exactly a Northern man with Southern principles; he seems no more indigenous to a free State, than a cypress tree festooned with moss, seems indigenous to the granite hills of New Hampshire. He has sold himself to the black spirit of the South; and it makes the blood of an honest Freeman tingle to see such a slimy reptile trying to crawl into power.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Slavery Abolition
What keywords are associated?
Lewis Cass
Presidential Candidate
Slavery Puppet
Northern Man Southern Principles
Anti Slavery Attack
What entities or persons were involved?
Lewis Cass
Slavery
Southern Overseer
South
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Attack On Lewis Cass As Pro Slavery Presidential Candidate
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Cass And Anti Slavery
Key Figures
Lewis Cass
Slavery
Southern Overseer
South
Key Arguments
Cass Is A Puppet Controlled By Slavery Interests
He Is A Northern Man With Southern Principles
Cass Has Sold Himself To Southern Slavery
He Is Unfit For Power As A Betrayer Of Free States