Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-10-01
Another Letter from Mr.. Jenifsr.

You will no doubt have seen some OF the denun-
Citations and still more unjust. insnuatlons winch
the publication of my letter to you5of the lOth Au-
uust has brought upon me. My object IS not fur-
Their to notice them than tocorrect misstatements OF
facts into which some gentlemen seem to nave beeh
lad was not as has been stated, member OF the
Baltimore National Convention though I was pres
emit and saw and heard much of its proceedings
ae0s a member OF the State whig convention WnIcn
met for the purpose of sending delegates to the Na-
tiona Convention, and to appoint electors Tor the
State of Maryland. It has been unjusty-l Will not
saw Observation-Disclosures that had been appoint
ed an electoral candidate my letter of the 10Th Au
gust would not have appeared. will not oeiieve
that any delegate of that convention has given coun
tenaEce to such an imputation. Before and during
the meeting of the conventiOn had been asked by
friends to permit my to be used as an electof
at large for The State of Maryland understanding
that no other person expected or desired 10 be
n candidate | consented And the president OF the
convention did me the honor to nominate me as an
electoral candidate at large. Before the questioh
was taken, which was expected to be unanimous,
another gentleman was named by his friend. Upon
which, hearing that he intended to permit his name
to be used. Immediately withdrew mlne to the DIS
satisfaction of large number of the delegates Not
wthstandng these facts, upon the publication OF my
letter there appeared in one of the Baltimore whlg
papers (the only one to which am a subscnber)
! the following nsidous paragraph:
"Was not Colonel Jenifer an active member OF
the late whig State Convention, and a prominent
trict If he had been successful in receiving the
nomination. would he have come out with his card Z!
Now, pity from the bottom of my soul the man
whose mind is perverted and whose heart SO de-
PRAYED that he nothing in the conduct of a
gentleman from whom he politically differs but de-
ception and dishonor Ask any of my numerous
friends who were anxious that should be candi
date, and to whom freely expressed my opinion
T whether did not my determination, if noni-
mated, to withdraw from being candidate should
the Wing National Convention nominate presiden-
tial candidate towhonl could not consistently give
my support. This is my answer.
am also charged, in that letter, to have made an
attack upon the political honesty of the Wing party
of Maryland and the Southern States who now rally
to the hearty support of the election of Cen Scott
That is assumption which who has any
respect for himself or the intelligence of others
g would venture No such language or fair inference
is to be found in that letter in anything | have
done. written or said So far from any attack upon
the whg party of Maryland and the Southern States,
my object to guard them, far my feeble
opinions could do, against the enemies of Maryland
and the Southern States and of the Union Nor shall
be constrained provoked to make any charge "a
gainst Gen. Scott, or the wings of Maryland and the
South His fame belongs to his country, and not a
sectional party of his country. He take care of
his enemies in war or peace, but he may not be saved
from bis friends
have before stated why 7 could n 1t consistently
! support the nomination of Gen. Scott | will now
briefly assign the why Maryland of all States
in The Union. should not sanction his nomination. -
Look over this vast republic extending from the At
lantic to the Pacific, where do you find the little
It State of Maryland? Separated from Pennsylvania
: bordering upon Mason and Dixons line, being south
= Of North, and north of South. In any disruption o
the Union there she stands-a border State in peace
% hattle-f field in Her present aim should be tt
IS preserve the Union. regardless of party distinctions
or sectional divisions
d How is this to be done :! Discard all those VIII
T. are for revving those agating questions from what
ever section of the Union they may come. 1t Is
: settled. fixed fact. admitted throughout the Who'll
South, that upon the faithful execution of the Com
promise and its attendant measures depends the uni
, ty of this republic. Let us where to look
With the noble exception # Daniel an
e one other. where do you find upon the floor OF tn
is Senate of the United States whig senator from tn
d North advocating southern rights, supporting tn
;, compromise measures and the fugitive slave law
Look on the other side see Cass and Dickinson
and other democratic senators from the non-save
holding States uniting their manly efforts with Cla
and Webster to arrest the deed which threatened t
plunge this happy country in civil war At that aW
full moment it was noble spectacle to witness Cla
O. and Webster, Cass and Dickinson, when DANCE
threatened the Union, di>cardng all political part
er diferences-all sectional feelings-unting on
N man to the rescue of their country similar stat
of things evnced in the House of Representative
IN The two National Conventions have since me
- and each laid down its platform Now, if there c,
ID er device calculated to deceive the people,
is these Platforms both OF which have been violate
by their representatives in Congress since they wer
IT, erected Witness the proceedings Of both houses
a. speeches and appropriation bills and even thoe
he who voted for the platforms do not consider then
", selves hound by them.
Certain it is that whether we look to either branc
Us of Congress- the National Conventions, or to tt
lie principal actors in the non-saveholding States Ii
n democrats sounder upon southern rights and tt
70 Union than the wings of the -slayeholdng State
~ If this be fact, which must be apparent to all WI
oh koc OIL III IL
be be the faithful execution Of the Compromise and i
or attendant measures it becomes the South the who
e South, and Maryland in particular to discard the
\ party predictions, and unite with those of I'll
y North, by whatever name they may be called, in II
preservation of their rights and the Union All
&C. ties In the South for faithful execution Of tt
ed compromise measures except the anpodes of II
aboltlOnlss, whose policy tends to the same result
VI Why was it that Willard Fillmore and DAM
IN Webster. who were justly favorite with the Sou
I'D and all Union wings and whose administration Wi
ns pronounced to be model Administrations not sati
~ factory to the northern wings Solely because the
"u were advocates of measures dear 10 the South
nu Many honest wings have been deluded and led
10. way by the fact that the nomination of the VIII
IN National Convention pronounced to be IMAM
m nous 1t is the custom of ali political convention
or when they meet for common object, to ayr
~ that the candidate who receives majority of II
rs votes, IT OF only one, to be declared unanimous
/ elected. The democratic convention requires tw
en- thirds. This is concession on the part Of the
norlty which is considered odious not to assent to
But IT. after due consideration of the proceedin
al, and facts, the minority, any portion of ther
ant should ind that they had been deceived, and th