Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-04-07
GEN. SCOTT.

GEN. SCOTT. 1,
The last Petersburg lntelligencer, Whig paper,
holds the following language in relation 10 General
Scott and the recent action of the Pennsylvania
Wings:
"GEN. ScoTr IN PENNSYLVANIA. In our last pa
per we published the fact that Gen. Scott had been
BY an almost unanimous vote, nominated by the WhiR
Convention Of Pennsylvania, and that Ex-Governor
Johnson had been appointed one Of the Delegates
from the State at large 10 the National Convention.
When we remember the course pursued BY this man, |
Johnson. when Governor of Pennsylvania, in regard
to the Fugitive Slave Law, we, of the South cannot
help looking with suspicion If not absolute distust
on any cause with which he and his coadjutors are
connected. 1t is very that Gen. Scott is not
ponsbe Cor the action of Pennsylvania with respect
to her delegation to the National Convention, but if
his cause in that Convention is to be advocated by
such champions Johnson & Co., the effect upon the
saveholding States cannot be doubted. II there be
ground to believe that Gen. Scott Tin the event that
he shall be the nominee, without specific pledges.)
owed his nomination to such men. the South can
come to other conclusion but that their councils
will not be without their effect upon the administra
ton. There is but one way to avoid such a conclu-
sion, and that is for Gen. S., prior to the voting 1nthe
Nationa! Convention to come out with full explicit
and clear definition of his position in regard to the
Compromise. If he fails to do this, and obtains the
nomination by such agents as Johnson, Seward. and
the rest of that band Of political maefactors SO far
from carrying single Southers State, he will not
carry single county, ave. or single precinct In the
South. He will be beaten at the Court House of his
native county, in part of which we are writing this
article 1t cannot be expected that the people of the
South will tolerate silence in regard to great prn-
ciple on which they have staked themselves. and
which they have repeatedly declared was identified
with the liberties of the South and the existence of
the Union, and he who reckons otherwise will, as
surely as there is sun in Heaven find that he has
{" reckoned without his host" We have deprecated
sectional organizations, and have uniformly contend
ed that party lines should be drawn national issues,
but il the time shall come when candidate for the
Presidency shall decline to give pledge to sustain
the Constitution, in all its paris in all its spirit, and
sustain in full force and effect all laws passed in pur-
suance of -and oppose all laws designed to weaken
constitutional guarantees, will resort to any hon
orabe organization to defeat such candidate
In addition to the foregoing the Raleigh Register,
another Whig paper, though it says it has no distrust
of Gen. Scott ont the subject of the 6 compromise
defines its position as follows:
| mo man can receive the nomination of the Wing
National Convention who is not in favor the Com
promise final settlement of the Slavery question.
If Gen. Scott is opposed to 1t, he i'll not come in
gun shot of the nomination. No man receiving the
nomination of the Convention, about whose opinions
this vital measure, there is any doubt, can obtain
the support of the Southern Whig Party. They will
require that the Candidate speak. out plainly, and
plant himself beyond question by the side of this great
measure of peace"
Will the Register stand to that! We hope so, but
| we have our doubts.
So much for the Southern wing of the " harmon-
Gus :" Wing party-now for the views of the North
ern wing. The New Bedford Mercury. leading
and able Whig paper, thus lays down the law to such
Wings as the Raleigh Register and Petersburg In
tegencer:
What claim, then, has the South TO attempt 10
control the whig party Of the Union! = what has ~ II
whg party! And first let Us define what is meant
by the South The term does not include Dela-
ware, which goes for Scott; nor kentucky, which
leans in the dreclion; nor Maryland, which WILL
not be led away by the ultaism of the South 1t may
include North Carolina, but we doubt 1t. Let u.s.
however, concede that it embraces North Carolina
, and it will be found to iaclude one pretty reliable
whig State, besides the possible whg State of Tenn
essee. and the improbable whg State of Georgia.
, The States, then, which intend, in the most amia'
bic and disinterested manner, take charge of the
whig party are North Carolina (possibIy,) Tennes-
see, (possibly,) Virginia. South Carolina Missouri
Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama
t Florida, and Texas. The two first named OF these
States, with Georgia, have occasionally been wing
States, but the other nine have uniformly been demo
cratic States. The chance that any one of them vii
vote for whig nominee for the presidency is abou
equal to that of the lucky holder Of Jersey lottery
l. ticket to draw the capital prize Virginia has only
two wings in Congress; South Carolina, Texas ant
Arkansas, none; Missouri an accidental de'e@at'on
two or three wings; MISSISSIPPI not avowed whIg
h Alabama and Louisiana only one each. In snort
these nine States are the very strongholds OF locoo
-. cosm-not excepting Florida, which has once
@ twice had spasmodic fit of whiggery. None
d these States have ever done anything tor the wn
e cause except to furnish the party with oftiee-hod
N ers and even the they elect as viii gs are who'll
unreliable. If they should dictate to the democra'l
party, they would only be exercising jurlsdlct'o
within their own manor; but when they attempt
lord it the whg party they encroach on tore,g
III any favors from them, and never expect any; cons
r. quently. tie whig party will not feel at all aafme
es about their votes. They are universally conceded
d. b. locofoco Sta,es and if they keep UhoAy out Of
contention there ,viN be damage done thereby TO u
r partv 1t is because they belong 10 the Union tn
they are entitled TO seats in National Convention
es not because they calculated upon to the extent
"a, straw in the canvass Wetrust, therefore, that the
stumbling managers auiN be treated aOh merited Co
tempt, and that member Of the conuentio" '0'H 6e
'' fuenced by their presence or absence lnere are
to sublime stretches of bareaced impudence whlt
hit should not be tolerated, and this attempt OF souhe
locofoco States to dictate to the whg party is enc
.. the sort.''
ST. The foregoing is any thing but complimentary
a. the Southern allies. They are coolly told that tn
have never been of any real benefit to :he wing p'
!" ty. any way-that they "swindling managers
u" in the concern, and merit nothing but contempt
and that it is matter of but little importance whe
ave er they attend or absent themselves ftom the 20
- vention.
-. Congress having passed the bill making land W
-. rants assignable, they are how quoted in New 4o
r. at $l2s to $l35, inactive and in limited demar
~: The bill will reduce their price by bringing th'
md freely into market. --
oce The Washington correspondent OF the N Go
n. mercial Advertiser says" General Scott remark
in the presence Of number of his friends recent
that if he was elected President he should live ab
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