The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-12-04
From the Charleston Free Press.
GEN. SCOTT, AND MR.. CLAY.

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The Lynchburg Virginan, in publish
Ing the letter Of Gen Scott, submit.
some remarks so just in themselves, ont
so entirely IN accordance with our owr
views, that we feel bound not only to a.
dept them, but to give them prominence,
IN orr columns. Our intercourse with
the wings OF this region confirms us in
the opinion, that Mr.. Clay is the frs
choice OF ninety-nine of every hundred
They are for no premature agitation Of
the question of the Presidency, bu. il
would be doing them injustice to permit
the IMPRESSION to go abroad, that they
are indifferent to the claims of Mr. CLAW
lie is their man against the worltl,H and
will only be set aside by his own acqui-
csccnce or desire, of some high nccessi-
~ which does not seem to exist.
The Eirginian says:-"In the on;nions
expressed by the General, in the main. we
concur, bu. We do not think that he has
acted with either prudence or wisdom in
throwing himself before the country, O.
ven asa contingent candidate for the
Presidency, al this carly period, and al
most before the smoke of the late contest
had disappeared, We shall no, ATTEMPT to
Disguise the fact, either that Gen. Scott is
not oar choice for the Presidency, even
though we gcncIally approve Of his scn-
timents. "llarry of the West is our
preference against the world" Yet we
shah be prepared to surrender this prefer
cnce, if the success Of III" cause, which
is infinitely more important than the elcc-
ton Of any man; shall again require the
sacIiiicc OF its ablcst and noblcst champi-
OLA man who has always been fore
most in the fight, and last upon the field
leading OH the van Of victory. or shiel-
ding with his strong arm his defeated and
retrea,ing friends, and intnsing into their
ranks new spirit even .amids, the gloom
of the most signal discomi.urcs. Such
man-so firm TO his principles alike
when they are triumphant and when they
are postra!c ii tn dast-,o true to his
friends, whether they be, like tn Spartan
band, few in number, or countless as
the hordc3 Of Pcrsia--3o noble, so disin-
tcrcsted; 50 patriotic, so saracious as a
statesman, so rcssllcss as an ora.o--we
say such man ought not to lie overlook
cd by his conn.rymcn, in the dlspcnsalion
Of It's highest honor. Yet We are aware
of the existence ola belief tina. Prejudice,
"morc strong than traitors arms" nav
withhold from him the honors he has
earned by long life devoted to the best
interests his country. Athens os,raci-
scd Arlsldes-and it will therefore be
''no new thing under the sun" if one as
pure and Just as he shall fall a victim to
popular deIusion and party phrcnzy. But
for one, we shall do all in our power to
procure his nomination. For Gen Scott,
the mean while, we entertain NJ feeling
Of personal unkindncss; and should he be
fairly brought into the field, as the Wing
candidate, and the champion of Wing
prlnclpfes,,at q proper !iMc, we shall an
questIonably support him. But we re-
gard this public declaration, on his part,
as premature, in reference as we'll to the
time, as to the superior claims Of at least
one other man to the support of the whig
party; man whose claims cannot be a.
gain overlooked by that party, without
doing gross injustice both to iselrand to
its gallant leader. We shall for the pre-
sent dismiss the subject, with the single
remark, that Gen. SCOTS letter depicts,
with master hand, and in vivid coIors,
many Of the rank and fostering abuses
which had crept into the practical admin
istration of the Government, and which 1t
was one Of tho main purposes of the
Wing party; before it was "headcd" BY
its own agent, to reform. The raliGca-
ton Of these abuses should continue to
be bond of.union among all who belicv-
cd IN their cxistence-as who did not?-
however much they may differ upon qucs-
tons OF policy"