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.hs.e aus..ion.. whilst .o.ing sscret,ry Of War.

| these questions. Whilst acting Secret,ry Of w ar
subsequent to the death Of General Taylor and pre-
vous to the formation of Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet h,
exerted his personal influence to the ut,nost to
"effect the passage Of tho Compromise n,fas,.rs u
| Now, understand this to be true in part and
true in the main If MIR. Cabell has anyw here
said that General Scott was only in favor OF The
-four acts distinctly known the Compromise
bills" never saw the statement. II ia the first
time ever heard Of the '}our acts" &C.
In my former letter to you said, 81 do not be-
ieve at this time there is man in Congress,
from any section or of any parity Wing, Demo.
crat, or Freesoil-who does not know General Scott
Is In favor OF maintaining the Compromise acts''
never dreamed that any one could suppose 1
meant by the Compromise acts "the four cts- dis
tinctly known as the Compromise bills." meant
all, from No. to No. 6, incusivc--the whole dis
hncHy kn0lCn "six measures of the Compromise. ;"
And II the writer of the eye on the Capitol" had
been at all acquainted with me-to say nothing of
the gross injustice to General Scott-he would not
have supposed meant any thing else
In MIR. Cabell's speech Of February 3. 1852, he
thus speaks Of the President and the Secretary of
State
"rhe present Wing President, (Mr. Fillmorc,)
in his message has said:
"'Thc series OF measures to which have alIud-
ed arc regarded by me a settlement, in princi-
pie and substancc-a final settlement--of the dan.
gerous and exciting subjects which they en-
braced'
"And the Secretary of State Mr. Webster, has
also said, in his letter to the Union meeting in
Westchester:
"'The Presidents message, at the opening of
the present session of Congress ex presses fully and
plainly his own and the unanimous opinion of all
those associated with him in the Executive admin
istration OF the Government in regard to what are
called the Adjustment or Compromise measures of
last session."
Now is there Democrat in tho United States, of
any character for truth intelligence. who would
say they only meant 'the four acts distinctly
known as the Compromise bills?"
Did the Wing caucus of December l, 1851, when
resolution was adopted regarding "the series of
acts known as the Adjustment measures" mean
to refer to only "the four bills ?" Did the Demo.
cratic caucus, in which resolution Of like charac-
ter was introduced, mean only ''the four bills"
No; had this been the Interpretation, it is proba
bic Cleveland, Rantoul, Preston King, and others
might have allowed it to pass. When, therefore,
say any person is in favor OF "the Compromise
measures" mean what thought (until saw the
last letter of the correspondent of the Expressly all
men meant-the whole six bills. / think the CORE
spondent of the Express will see, before the termi-
nation of the Presidential campaign, that some
Democratic dodger will thank him for the word
zine TOUR DIS Will De supported IN the South
as the Compromise candidate, and in the North
not having voted for the Fugitive Slave bll-as the
abolition candidate Of Haett, Rantoul, Cleveland,
and Sumner; the man who voted for "the four
bills
The editors of the Express, in the preface to my
letter, say: "The Erpress has recently, and al
ways, taken pleasure in doing the amplest justice
to General Scott as Compromise man." This
remark do not wish to gainsay. No doubt the
editors understood by ga Compromise man" what
understood by that term. They probably do not
intend to endorse all that their correspondent says
No paper, believe, does But if the editors ap-
prove the sentiments OF the writer Of can Eye on
the Capitol" they have queer way Of "doing the
amplest justice" and would be rather a backing
out than ga backing" Of ones friends.
In conclusion, there is 4 homely ndage, that che
must have long handle to his ladle who eats
coup (no offence to any correspondent l hope)
with the devil" | remember the adage too well
to think OF vcnturing upon a correspondence with
a letter writer but if"An Eye the Capitol" can
become an eye IN the Capitol, shall be "always
ready" though with "meek ness' hope, to give
nm answer to every man that asketh me reason
for any opinion ! may entertain public at
fairs
Very respectfully, yours,
EDw. sTANLY