The daily union., 1852-09-05
asusraI scott's Availability Compared with the
i, success OF Harrison and Taylor.

general SCOTS Availability Compared with the
success or Harrison and Taylor.
Apah from the election OF the elder aud younger
Adams. the whg or federal party has succeeded
"a power in this country unless BY the aid OF military
0oi,e and glare The election of two heroes each Of
sbom died on the threshold OF his administration. has
cs saved that party from that defeat which is always
,us 10 oyerake il when bold enough 10 proclaim lis
principles These the contingencies which have res
eusd these doctrines from oblivion II there had been no
ambitious soldiers soldiers with ambitious friends,
there would have been no whg aseendency since me
DAYS Of John Quincy Adams And the loud eiamor LOT
the fortunate hero questions OF fitness, OF principle ana
OF broad national policy were postponed uhui ha' pc
rod OF reckoning when severe trial proved IN 'he mus
OF countrys disaster. how little the people haa made
by their bargain Hundreds OF thousands mad taken the
soldier candidate without making an inquiry about ca
Oscy or opinions had taken him upon the pledge OF
Marty leaders that his views were the reverse OF the
views OF bis prominent advocates. But they soon re-
szed their error the sad consequences OF admnisa-
lions controlled by desperate parisans who could never
obtain that prominence by popular vote which they had
secured by pressing into The presidency their military ia
yorites The same men are now attempting TO play the
,ams eame but they are compelled TO make the effort
fortunately for the country and for posterty in the lace
Of The admoni,ion which is furnished by the examples
referred TO- The people, happily, have been twice fore
warned and il will be their fault il they are not
henceiorward completely forearmed.
The friends of General Scott, when he was nominated
expected 10 see him float into the presidency upon re-
sis.less wave OF popularity. They have already been
taught TO their bitter cost how utterly mistaken they
were in their calculations and, above all, how utterly
infatuated they have been in guiding their movements by
the light of the rumphs of availability in ls4O and in
1874. There is no bewilderiDg enthusiasm, such
aroused the Northwest in favor of Harrison deepset-
lied hostility to democratic policy. such prostraed Van
Buren, no universal paralysis of business, such as fur
nshed food for Misrepresentation in that most uckess OF
campaigns Nor can the friends OF Scott lay claim to the
fortunate circumstances that surrounded Taylor from the
beginning of his candidacy its close. There are no
democratic organizations for Scott like those which pre-
sented Taylor as democrat and which, under the sane
ton OF democratic gave Taylor hold upon dem
ocrac confidence which his subsequent adoption by
the wings could not entirely shake off, Above all there is
now no divided democracy sustaining the democratic can
dda,e for President The great fact stands out prom
nen and unchaenged--tha the whgs are dipided. North
snd south in regard to Scott, and that the demotrats,
North and South, united upon Pierce Hundreds and
thousands Of wings who voted for Harrison and Taylor
now unaterably opposed to- and publicly committed
against. General Scott. Hundreds and thousands who
stood aloof from the regular democratic candidates in
1910 and in 1874 rallied under the flag OF Pierce
and King.
II was said that in 1s4o any other whg candidate but
Harrison could have been elected because there was an
almost eparabe detection in the ranks of the democ-
racy brought about by the industrious and successful
assaults upon that noble policy which has since been
triumphanty vindica,ed. And in IS4S notwithstanding
the large and commanding vote received by Gen. Cass.
sssai leader them the which brought about
his defeat raceabe not alone to the advantages of
the whg party in their noncommttal candidate aud the
military hurrah, but to our fatal divisions Had we
been united then, General Tayors laurels would not
have svailed to carry him into The presidency.
In opposition, them 10 harmonious democracy, North
and Soutb-a democracy standing together the same
great platform OF constitutional principes-General Scott
vainy opposes his military capital. He cannot draw
the argument from The experience OF other wbg cand
dates and claim that they iriumphed on that ground
alone, when history teaches the He stands upon
his merits soldier simply. unaided by the divisions in
the ranks OF his opponents and unasssed by the cordial
cooperation of the wings The experience OF the cam
paign, far have advanced upon H. and the les.
Of The recent past, show that il is libel upon our
eountrymen 10 say that they mised by the halo of
victorious general whenever he is candidate for high
Office and tina, they forge, in all cases great principles
amid the consequent cIamor and hurrah The sequel of
the contest viii make good the promises Of the begin
ming, and November, while il will restored full
and TO complete power terminated and reconciled de-
mocracy, viii wipe of the asperson that the American
people really to worship at the feet OF any avaab
iy. no matter how incompetent for the station TO which
aspires.