Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-10-06
CAMPAIGN DIALOGUES.

emles OF the COMPROMISE measures"
Q-What candidates did they respectively sup
ports s. 49,
ez n" The former were divided on Mr.. Fillmore
and Mr.. Webster the latter concentrated on Gen.
Scott
{ Q-The Wing organization in the free States
by whom is it controlled?
A-"By freesoil Wings, and Scott's success will
be their triumph, and triumph fatal to the princ-
Piles of the Union Wings, both North and South"
Q-"Who," to use your own Words "has been
most active, by speech and pen, from the beginning
Of this excitement in promoting sectional strife and
discord"?
A-"The Wings who supported Gen. Scott for
the nomination"
Q-How has it been in their party Conventions
at home in regard to the Compromise?
A." Throughout the whole North, during the
last year, not one of them to my knowledge, has
conformed to these principles"
Q-And their elections-how has it been9
A." In the two great States, Ohio and Penn
sylvania, that party candidates who were known
to be averse to them, and Ohio run one who voted
against them in the House, and who voted against
them in the Baltimore Convention
Q-Who was it?
A-Hon. Mr.. Campbell.
Q-Who is Chairman of the Wing Central
Committee of the United States?
A-Hon. Mr.. Campbell.
Q-In Pennsylvania who was nominated by the
Whig Conventions
A-"A gentleman who was known to be deci-
dedly hostile to the Compromise measures"
Q-Who was nominated for President by these
nt-Compromise Conventions of Ohio and Penn
sylvania
A-Gen. Winfield Scott.
Q-How many Wings from the free States in
the House of Representatives of the late Congress
voted to sustain and endorse the Compromise meas
ures?
A-"There were but twelve Northern Wings
who voted for it,
Q-How many of Gen. SCOTS friends are its
supporterss
A." No friend of Gen. Scott could be found
among its supporters"
Q-What has been the course of Gen. SCOTS
friends in regard to these measures?
A." They have endeavored, in every way, to
stihe these principles when presented, and to pre-
vent their aairmance whenever and wherever they
could"
Q-Were any of Gen. SCOTS friends for going
into the canvass without platform
A-They did, some of them, advocate the pol
icy of going into the Presidential election without
the enunciatiation of any principles whatever"
Q-What was the true reason of Fillmore's and
Websters defeat in the Wing Convention,
A." They were defeated by the enemies Of the
Compromise measures, because they its friends
This was the true reason of their exclusion.
Q-What then ought the friends Of that meas.
ure, North and South, to do2
-"Oppose and defeat this (scott's) nomina
ton. My action shall respond to my convictions.'
Q-"Both parties having by their Resolutions
affirmed the Compromise what answer gave
Gen. Pierce9
: A-"He says: Il accept the nomination upon
the platform adopted by the Convention, not be-
cause it is expected of me as candidate, but be-
cause the principles it embraces command the ap
probation of my Judgment This is explicit. L
is what Gen. Scott ought to have done, especially
as he was afraid of disgusting the people by wri
ting any thing before his nomination.
Q-What was Col. Kings answer!
A-"He replies: The platform as made by the
Convention meets my cordial appreciation. 1t ii
national in all its parts, and am content not only
to stand upon it, but on all occasions to defend it.
This is fair, open and honest"
Q-What was Mr. Graham's response
4" He cordially approves Of the declarations
made in the resolutions, and says should the peo
pie of the United States give their sanction to tn
Baltimore Convention, so far as shall be invested
with authority, a faithful adherence to these doc
trines may be expected That is equally full, ex
plicit, and satisfactory. These men did not intent
to conceal their opinions. Their language need
no expounding"
Q-What does Gen. Scott say
A-"He said he wrote no letters to secure tn
nomination. That is true. But he declined t
write any letters because it was conformable to tn
policy Of those who. sought to give it to him. The
wanted silence, and he gaze It to tkens.'
+ ,Q-2What is your candid opinion about his lei
ter Of acceptance Z .,s:sS = So s..''
i - There is not single inein his whole LEI
4 ter which expresses his. .approyaff the Compre
n;se. Or commits him to its faithful maintenance
fight he have done g seonsenlent!y