The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-10-26

The State of Ohio. having just Civ
en- $4,000 votes OF y majority for the
Democrats. Horace Greeiy the aboli,
tioE editor of the New York Tribune
becoming alarmed ~ Gen. SCOTS pros
peciS. has posted off in great haste Ia
the Western reservoirs in TINT State
aud is there making speeches TO his
Abolition aud FreeSoil adherenls in
favor of his devoted friend General
Scout.
tie evidently sees that unless with the
assistance of Gen. SCOTS speaking in Ohio.
he can overuls the regular abolition eaudi.
date John Z Hale, that, that great State
will 90 against Scott Hence, his anxiety
to keep his Freesoil brethren from gaining
IN for Hale. for he stated ~ his paper short
tlne since that he greatly feared that Hale's
nomination 10y the PitIsburg Freesoil Con
venlion. would be the canse OF oosug the
vote OF OHIO, for Geu Scott. Now. mark
that this is the same lloace Greely, who
eoutemptupusly declared Ia his paper OF the
.otii oi june iast-~-imhedtately after the
adoption OF ;he wing platform, 10y the Bal.
timore Conventiou--thal he "deted, eXeora
ted and SPIT upon that platform, "--whhs St
at the same time and in the same paper,
he as explicitly declares that, "lt is with
no ordinary satisfaction that he gives % the
breeze the whlg banuer, inscribed with the
name OF WINFIELD ScoTT on ii, as the can.
dIdale for President, aud praises aud eulo-
glzes hun rs the greatest aud best OF men,
Now, Is this the same whig National
Convention, adopted the whig platform,
thatnomina,ed Gen. Scott for the presden-
uy, yet we see Gen. SCOTS strongest ad.
advocate and supporter" deiying execrat
ing aud SPlTTlNG upon the platform"
aud AT the same umc going his death ior
the nominee. Greely well knew that
Scott had never approved this platform
but bad only said he "accepted the nomi-
nation with the resolutions annexed" --he
further knows, that he does not approve il,
and that understanding every means have
been used by Gen. Scctt's Southern friends
to induce him to come out iu approval OF
it; he has sternly refused Hence, Gree.
ly's anxiety for SCOTS success, he knows
II he could inc elected, 1t would be signal
triumph 10 Seward, Greedy, johnson & Co
The following arc the grounds and
reasons urged by the Western Free.
soil Wing papers to sustain Greely's
and the Freesoil visw in favor Of Gen
Scott. Let all true southern men read
it carefully. We call attention to the
following article from the " Forest
City," whig paper in Cleveland,
Ohio:
COMMON SENSE PROPOSITION.
"The great majority Of FreesoIers on the
Reserve, profess to desire the election Of
Gen Scott, aud defeat OF Pierce. They
adm; that Scot is by far the bes, man. the
most deserving, aud at heart a lover OF free.
dom and ha'er of SLAVERY. They rea.
dily c1Dcede that, # he is elected. the area
Of slavery viii not be extended. They
know tlIat his nomination was triumph Of
the free sentiments OF the North.
And they know too that the NOMINA.
TION of PIERCE was VICTORY Of
the SLAVE POWER, and If successful at
the Polls. that its ascendancy will be COM
pletely established in all subsequent con-
vcntons Of the shamocratic party. That
the extention OF slavery will follow the elec.
tlon OF Pierce Is as certain as that darkness
follows the setting sun. No power save
the election OF G. IN. Scott can prevent the
consunInation of the schemes Of the Nash.
VILE Convention.
But in The face Of this. thousands Of men
who cherish wing principles, will probably
throw away their votes upon third candi
date, thereby weakening Gen, Scott, and
proportionably strengthening his Pfosslav.
cry. because il must lie admitted that eUeyg
Wing rate cast foy Hale is a rote lost for
Scott, and vote IcsS against hhe ertentton
Of StaUeyy II is not the handful Of Free
sellers that the slave power fights or tears.
so long as is acts as an isolated faction;
bit IL as U,e Great AMI StaUery Masses
Of the Wig Party North. tohieh stand
between Them AMI Me accomplishment ef
their schemes
The main object of tle Freesoilers, is 10
maintain Their organization, and make a
demonstration OF their strength aud purpose
They make no such absurd calculation as
The election OF Hale, nor even hope to ear.
ry single State. Admitting that the con
science ofa Freesoier will prevent his sup
porting Gen. Scott directly, yet would Il
not be better TO indirectly aid his election
than to indirectly aid the election OF Pierce
while directly voting for Hale ? Can a
FTeesoil wing give any other than an affir
native answer? Certainly not. unless he
Is a ShdDs.ocrat at heart.
Suppose that Freeso'l Wings would
adopt the Wing Electoral Ticker Of Ohio.
aud place over It the names OF Hale and
II at tL0sta 81.