Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-08-04
FIen the Cleveland PIail De ,ier.
Vaughan vs. Scott

vaughan vs. Scott.
The Irae Democrat is of opinion that
Gen. Scott cannot be elected and ought
not TO be. For once, we are happy 10 con.
cur with our neighbor in his very candid |
opinion. The evidence he adduces, is con.
elusive on both points. First, the lying
Resolution Of the Ohio Whig State Con-
vention, declaring that the Fugitive Slave
Law is not Wing measure" and, there.
fore. ''perfect federation should be allowed
Wings everywhere on that subject" Mr..
Vaughn shows to be historically faise.-
He says:
Mr.. Webster defended the Compromise
measures, as Senator. As Secretary of
State he has done all he could TO mature
and sustain them. Nor has Mr.. Fillmore
been less earnest or decided. Every in
f1uence he possesses, he has welded in
their behalf He has made il test Of
Office holding. The tSeaoard Wings Of
New York-that is, those who opposedsthe
Compromise, have been dismissed from the
public service therefor; and the organs Of
the Administration have clamored for il as
the only badge of National Whiggery.-
Every influence he possesses, he has wied-
ed in this behalf, and every officer in his
Cabinet, save one, has openly seconded hg
efforts. All by letter and toast, BY mess.
nge and speech, have made the Fugitive
Law SINE qua non. Say, then, iha, the
adjustment is not an Administration
measure. Tell the people that s'the Ma
tional Administration, under the guidance
of our Whig President, Millard Fillmore"
has not declared it 10 be their policy! As
well spout to the winds! They know bet.
ter, and the geiters up of these resolutions
know better. The Compromise measures,
Fugitive Slave Law and all, are, if any
thing of the kind can be, special objects Of
defence on the part of Millard Fillmore and
Daniel Webster.
But Mr.. V. goes farther, and in his hext
paper shows the folly of Whigs attempting
to make President oftheir soap eranuated
old General. Coming from the South, Mr..
V. knows the temper of the Sou,herners
we'll, and he speaks per card: He says:
Resolve as Wings Of Ohio may about
toleration, perfect toleration, 'lis no use;
These Georgia Wings, and all Southern
Wings, in cotton regions, and out of Ken.
lucky, will resist Gen. Scott, resist any
man, soldier or civilian, who does not cry
with them, "The Union as it is," "The
Constitution as it is" "The Compromise
as it is.''
And here is quoted an article from tha.
leading:Southern Whig paper, the Sayan.
nah Republican, which fully bears out the
EDITORS position. The Republican says:
Candor requires Us to say TO our north.
ern brethren once for all, that they may
nominate General Scott, (and possibly eleci
him, though we doubt it, that no pnry a
the South can take any par, in his nomi
nation or election. Not one Southern
State would cast its vote for him, except
perhaps Kentucky, and we hope she would
not. Either Mr.. Fillmore, Gen. Cass, Mr.
Webster, Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.. Doug glass
or Mr.. Butler, would carry every Other
State against him. We need not say
Wings as we hare been, and Constitution
Union men as we now are, that we shoule
rejoice at it. 1t may be replied, we know
that Gen. Scott will abide by and enforce
the Compromise measures. But the fac
that he comes forwasd under the auspice.
Of MFR. Seward of New York, andl Cover
nor Johnson Of Pennsylvania neilhel
: Of whom the South has one particle of con
6dence-is enough TO damn hi M to uttel
defeat in this section Of the coDfederacy
The South can never cooperate with .
party in which such demngogues and NAL
contents are officiating priests. They bott
claim to be Union men, just as their cola,
borers in this latitude do; and yet they lene
all their influence to the stirring up ofstril,
and revolution.