North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-30
From the Boston Fost, July Fl.
ppocRESS of THE SCOTT PARTY.

From the Boston rost, July 81
PROGRESS of THE SCOTT PARTY
The proceedings of the Ohio convention that nom
mated General Scott, which declared him oil an WINS
the " most deserving and most suitable, are ~. ~
tleelse ihana prolongation OF the re[mo W. DO
form and the Pennsylvania wing Piau0Im. r nc 10
not allude now to the currency Of tarin panKs' Ihese
are old materials, and of the so1naesL or mos
reliable, and obsolete maueIs. Lne .I III ;bt
now that oyertops all, that is 'ookeo 10 ABOVE ALL 'd
IN Gct Includes aIIis the bearing party action mas on
the maintenance Of the constitution and me
lion of the Union. How will the proceedings " w
con1en,ions stand this test is the question. no"
arc thew calculated restore harmony-to maIh.d'h
in neace and prosperity these States! is the queson'
The resolutions all cGrm that they stand on 'ne Gon
srution the conventions profess that they stsu oH
national grounds. So do the resolutions OF open
named ftee-soilers. They profess 10 be win tne con-
et;tuton-to be pre-eminently national DC ABOVE
all others on the side OF "nt0"' 10 In a, tbs
not this their very Languages DO they not repel the
cbarre of being dsunionists But what tests them
Their acts, their principles, their practices, their
slavery aboltion agtation; and the tendency OF this
Let these conventions be tried by such test, and
how will they stand Do they pronounce decided
" against the politica! agitation Of the slavery ones
tionl No not a word of.l 1t is well known that
il is the very purpose of the Scott Party-from Sew
ard its head, down to the liitlest of Stewards sup
porters-to agitate this question whenever and
wherever they stir up village faction In thelf
favor. Hence their language on the COMPROMISE
measures. These are the Ohio words: " Feyect 1G1-
Grafton of opinion respecting those measures snoto ee
accorded 10 ochigs eUeryWhere." inns 10 'te Ie
approach to a support of them there is. Ana wnat
does this mean1 It means that such course is to be
pursued as will make abolition votes ms can on
ly be done by pandering to abolition ground taking
in dema gogue speeches how unconstitutional the lu-
oitive-sIave law is and how necessary 1t is that 1t
should be repealed. Now, such as take this ground
20 for slave agiation-just Seward goes for 1t in
his fugiive-save law letter. Is such course as this
calculated TO prove them national, constitutional,
or working works to keep the Union, or calcu-
lated to restore harmony
Now, under what circumstances is 1t that all these
movements-we mean those in Pennsylvania, Yer
mont, and Ohio-are made 1t is in the face OF the
secession movements going on at the South Inc
facts of these Observation-Disclosures opinion may be
had as to their patriotism their causes-cannot be
denied The fact that the good feeling, for instance,
that has existed for half century between South Ca
rona and the rest of the Union is gone, cannot be
denied. If anything were needed to show this, the
sentiment of the celebrations of the last Fourth of
July would be enough. II is thoroughly sectional.
1t is just bad the strain Of reeso sentiment at
Worcester. Both celehrations-those at South Ca
rolna and those at W orceSter-are lamentably deh-
cient in the old American feeling. The one shows
that already-no,o-there is State an alien from
the U Mon, as much though she were out of 1t
already. Who doubt this W no can read the
toasts and speeches of South Carolinians-not from
unknown, unnfuential men, but neil occupying the
pest of Senator's governors, generals, colonels-wIh
any but sorrowfu feelings Suppose our governors,
senators, &C., should utter such sentiments; would
it not indicate we'll anything could phGt the
popular sentiment sgas2 The fact. then, is, and it is
startling one there is State ripe for Secession,
even at the expense of civil war. Suppose South
Carolina should attempt to secede is anybody so in
fatuated doughheaded believe that she would
he left alone7 Say what WILL may
the chivalry, they backed by immense interest
that come veal or wo, will hang together-an
interest, say what may, that controls the COM
merce of the world, which the North is at least
dependent for its prosperity as the South is upon
the North. Let then, South Carolina strike blow,
and she would be left alone. This her statesmen
well know. They know that she would not be al
lowed to be crushed without struggle. The cot
ton States all holding in the abstract the
sion doctrines, would join her. And were The sword
once drawn, who can tell when it would be sheath
ed We repeat, there is for the North to
buster and brag. She is in measure as dependent
the South as the South is the North.
Now, what is the honest, she right, just course-to
say nothing Of poi'cy-for the North to take! It's
be 10 put itself in the right the consttu
lion, and this by fulfilling the letter its clauses
the rendiction clauses well the other clauses
But the course OF these agitators-the whole mis-
chievous, pesential tribe of Them, from Seward
downwards to the smallest and softest of the free
sosi sermonlzers-is calculated to make the impress
sion the South that they TO break from the
compact Of The constitution in their practice, while
their language, in ringing all the changes the
slave power, is daily, steady stream of goad and
irritation doing earthly good but 10 put men into
othce. Here, then, in much is violation of
the compact, the North is in the wrong, while the
South is in the right and every step taken in this
wrong direction is step calculated to feed the Sc
cesslon cause. This is fact which sober men of
both the two great parties may we'll look sternly
IN the face first as last. We may rejoice in NORTH
crn institutions, northern sentiments, our society,"
to hearts conten-it is all perfectly compatible
with rigid fulhllmcnt of cons titutional com
pacts-but let US stick by the constitution. If there
be anything in this northern sentiment that will pre-
vent our keeping faith with the States in relation of
country, we should like to it pointed OUT and
have it abjured as as possible.
We, then, charge this upon the Scott conventions
one and a-they do not take strong NATIONAL consti-
tutlonal grounds, when it is vitality important that
these should be taken. They do not in this crisis
speak against slaveagitaon, when such spo
Ken word is needed. They have not even vigor to
come up TO the mark of support of the compromise
measures but directly indirectly sanction their re-
peal They are hence sectional, and in spite of all
their Protestatons, not national. They are rather
calculated to make the of agitation Iise still
higher than to aay them and for this reason thew
ought TO be Observation-Disclosures by all who
raise high above party AMERICAN platform LARGE
enough and strong enoug TO sustain the CoNsrITU-
and the UNION
NEW COTTON MANDATORY. Our readers will
remember some articles cotton manufacturing
which appeared in this paper during the early part of
last week. They were the production of gentle
man conyersant with the subject and Jealous in the
cause. HIS object was 10 impress the people of the
South with conviction of the importance of mann.
featuring as branch of industry, to show the advan
iages they possessed for entering into the business
and convince them that il can he tahIy