North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-12
CEN SCOTT.

The nomination of General Scott, in Pennsylva-
MIA has put the political world in universal commo'
ton. All other news of that character Is swallow
ed up in it. The importance of the fact cannot be
overrated but why it has been received with so much
excitement is scarcely exp'icable NO man who was
acquainted with the existing politics of this country
oug ht have expected anything else. The last three
years, like Macbeth's witches, point their skinny
finger at the new Thane of Cawdor. He has grasp
ed at the crown before now, but he has hitherto a,
ed because his time not come. But come IL ~ 10
at last. If he fails it will not be the season sIa
In the first Wing Convention that met any WIZ ~
lin the Union this nomination might have been IUoheu
for TO certainty. Scott is the only man lne w -
party can be prevailed upon to touch 10 'e Srs
campaign. Neither Fillmore, nor Weos'ei, noi ny
have the smallest chance for their honliia On LII;
ton wing, and unsound as the last named men ar
upon most constitutional issues lh'ol'L.s , III
interests, neither of them comes up ~ nc ei into
down bv their masters. They have all ialen INTO
tho erroI of making concessions TO the Soutn'
ALL in words at least, PROMISE TO inaih'dlh 'he
,iyn Slave Law, and that has sealed the 1ate OF te'
Ill SCOTT is the man of the North, and The Norm
Ills tbe balance of power. Scott has promised notn
;ng to the South. He is identified with Seward ana
his cJioue-has been soalways and from the beginning
The things which killed Fillmore, Webster, and
CLAW before the Pennsylvania Convention, were
sufficiently apparent. The motion offered for the sane
ton of the Fugitre Stare La,0 aoaS O0ted do'on oy
majority approaching unanipfty. There the tale
was told.
Tbere WAS another reason which settled the nom-
nation from the first Gen. Scott has those elements
of clap trap by which only the Wing party has ever
succeeded in eecting a candidate with their unPopu-
lar PRINCIPLES Whenever they have run Statesman
thew have failed because the people see In states
men only the embodimentS of principles, and they
have yet been ready 10 endorse the principles
of the WhiG party. But when blinded by the glare
of itary achievement, they have on two memorable
occasions been prevailed upon shoulder the loads
of bank, tariff. and consolidation. Experience has
taught the Wing party to rely on no other hopes OF
success, and they never will again when they can
help it. Let no man ever hope again to De the can
ddate of that organization, unless he get up some
grand humbug of that sort. 1t has rather 100 much
selfish sense-its instincts of life are too vigorous
to permit it unite its fortunes with any other man.
AS there is no one in the country whose military
eclat begins compare with that OF Scott there Is
no one whose chances for the Wing nomination can
be measured with his. Whether his chances before
the people will be great Is quite another question:
One can have but dim anticipation at this date of
the approaching contests result But although we
believe General Scott to be very much the strongest
candidate of the Wing party, we think the chances
are at least equal the other slde,-lf we do but
avoid the DID, broken-down used up, standing fogle
candidates of the Dem ocratic party. Though the
North has the preponderance OF power In the
Union, and can claim the nomination, the South
holds the balance of power between the grand parties
of the North, and decide the election. The De-
mocncy are certainly identified with the South as
the Federasts and protectionists dominant In
the North. The South therefore, is nearly certain 10
90 with the Democratic candidate, and against Gen.
Scott Besides this striking item in the account we
attach very much less importance to the military fea-
ture of the present case than we ever did before
Scott has done greater things and has ten times the
military genius of either Harrison or Taylor. Bot
with the memory of their services, those old men pos
sessed simple, straightforward planness, not to say
honesty of character, which never fails to be aPpre
cated by the people, and which attracted their SYM
pathy in spite ofa arguments to the contrary. Who
can find grain of this sort of thing in the compost
ton of Gen. Scou1 1t is notorious that his charac
terstics the antpcdes of theirs. He is the most
ostenatious and artificial of men vainer than all the
peacocks of creation, selfish to the last degree of sell
fshness. His military achievements have been
great; but who remember them any other
than the fruits his anbitiOn2 Who connects them
with the idea of patriotism 7 Rich. En-.