Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-24

,Anethsr ebjsesion 10 Scott Ia tins stated
--"I tna No issf opinion thu. Congress,
10 bound b. .hs Constitution 10 receive.
refer and reperssspon pst,ioa. relating 10
dosbsssie atsysfy, ~ in cases Of all othe,
p~sttions stea ssc." II this IL q sin 10
tbs old General. II IL common with Fierce.
for IN 1871. he voted In favor Of receiving
Abolition petitions, snd supported his vote
BY . speech, In which, among other equal
y sensible things. no said III ambulance.
!" .l'st we shosid rseeivs Vii petitions com,
ing from the people, no matter whst ti,sis
character. Bss our action npos hem
shonld b guided BY DOT wi conviction
and Judgment Of tbss merits. Our 10.
eepten Of = petition Of .lis Of my other
character. dess not itpray bur willingness
10 favor, OF our convictions ppon their IN.
tfipsic principles. bn. merely a eompliane,
with what IL assumed rs q right Of Tho
petitioners 10 DO hssrd. though our ul,i.
mats action bs adverse to their prayer.
and wishes" (sss app. Globs, Dec. ~
sud '49) Now. Mr.. Davidson, whiel,
candidate 10 despss. In The mite Of Abojs-
tienis'n upon the snbjsct Of petition, the
Wing Or tho psmoorst-~or rather, IL there
not . singular analogy. OF similarity Of
views between them on this snbjset? II
this DO 20. then oil you say abopt Scot,
not owning slaves. and hspes wonld favor
agitation and emancipation, IL tho msres.
f~anisronsds. uttsrly unworthy a moments
notice. Pierce Ia In favor Of receiving
p~ssiticnsysndi " shst iss leer hole for sgi.
'a''onfe creep INTO Congress. there IL no
choice between Pierce and Scott.
In semsf rsrt Of your s,swsrsnis. yon
very skilfally twis. . negative into a posi-.
tive position, end give to Gen. Scot. a
false position upon questions raissd In his
letters. This IL this case with bis Canada
Annsxation lsttsr, wherein bs says noth.
ing about Mexico. and yet You as.er.
positively thss he fayors ohs and Is op-
posed TO She othsr, Now, / have had tho
pleasure of private conversation with Gen.
Scott, and npo, this very question Of sn-
tsxation, ind 4 kaov no 10 no. opposed
ta the annexation Of Mexico , on the BON.
tfary. II Il ""hp opinion iliat ouy i%pstitp.
tons cen give vitality and energy TO what
Is lacking In this character Of that people
and waiting In their government" Iie
does not o. cctrss 60 the Fillibus,er mode
ef annexation, bu. u farfron being portal
10 annexation either Northeast o. South.
west, unless upon such principles a will
secure the assent Of the people ANNEXED.
Bnt all this il nought. Gen. Scott
stands In the road 81 Gen. Pierce and Col.
King. 10th sstitnabls gentlemen. and lib
aral In their views upon oil subjects OF in
ternationsl poIity. and National politics.
except protection 10 home industry and
river sud barbor improvements /; and | do .
not doubt MI, Davidson but the country
would bs safe ior four years In their hands.
ever II Primes John" should be ono Of
the Cabinet, and Rhett b. ons Of PieicG's
foreign representatives. Smooth your
brow and reisx your. sbs agsin.t Free.
sellers and Frs-eatsrs, for verify / say
unto you, "sss t,sy not aeih your" and
II they ars with you, they are not against
you, and Of course !" Leodocian Goodness
does not spply In your case.
Again, you object 10 Gen. Scott. be.
cause hs u " the candidate Of the Wing
party, nosninated on the ffty.shird ballot"
That IL . plumper Of an argument, and
ought TO havs weight, especially ~ Mr..
Pierce was not fished up until the forty.
seventh ballot. and ever, then 1t was not
known he would accept the nomination.
There ars other points In yonr letter
that / would like to notice, but cannot for
van Of space but l take II tha. you are
more a~pprehensive Of defeat in the o m
ing contest, than you are about the ulti-
mate disposal Of the slavery question, and
hence ] am bound 70 believe that it Is not
because you love the South less, but the
spoils OF victory more, that you have
wrought together such a tissue Of pecr.
~liaritiss. contradictions and nonen,ities.
sre embraced In your "Stewartania,"
put forth ~ ! sound paper in defence OF d
bad position and : hopeless cause.
'4&S ~ CHIPPEWA.
Some Of the Democratic papers are very
mad indeed because Gen. Scott, in his let
ter accepting the Baltimore ~norninssion.
not only endorses the whole OF the Wing
platform but explains his, views in regard
10 acme important smatrers not embraced
in the platform. Those arnisble osgaus
were recently In 4 great rage because the
old General whom they called the ssn,nm
candidate" didn't choose to coose ont in
answer to their cIamorous calls and re-
spond to The many questions they were
putting to him, and now they ne IN q
still greater rage because he Is. a. they
Say, feo cosnmnnicative-becsuse he xiyes
bis opinions as to subjects in relation TO
which he has not been i~nteUogated.
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