Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-04-30
From the Washington Union.
The Sectional Camvnss for Gen. Scott.

The Sectional Canvass for Gen. Scott
We copy below the view taken by the Baltimore
American of the arrangements lately made by the
Wing Congressional caucus to surrender the abs0-
lutte control of the Wing National Convention to the
antisavery agtators, and to elect General Scott, IT
possible by ayowed sectional canvass. The A
merican is of the most thorough going Whig
journals in the country, and has always been marked
by the moderation of its the sectional issues
Its indignant protest therefore, against the counsels
which now bear sway in the Whg party goes far to
show, in connexiOn with the declaration OF almost
the whole Southern Wing press. that the Scott
movement now led and organized can command
at the South hardly enough support to make cen
siderable exception to the unanimity with which the
Southern popular vote will be cast against him
Messrs. Mangum, Staniy, and Ward will from pres
ent appearances, hardly be able to organize re-
spectacle Southern Wing bolt in Gen. Scotts favor.
if he receive the Wing nomination, in his present
position of manifest hostility to the maintenance OF
the fugitive law. 1t is manifest that almost the en-
tire wing party Of the South will sympatbize in the
spirit and follow the lead on this point Of Messrs.
Marshall, Gentry Williams, Cabeli, Outlaw, and
Brooke. and their associates. who either withdrew
from the caucus in disgust or refused to participate
at all in its proceedings. Indeed, other result
could be anticipated when the Northern Wing ma
ority had declared in substance, its fixed determi-
nation to have sectional canvass and to repudlate
all the obligations of the Compromise bribe for
whig-aboltion votes Upon these proceedings the
baltimore American comments as IOlIOWS
6 The Congressional Wing caucus, presided over
by Southern Senator, finds it expedient, it would
seem, to rule out the Compromise from its dellbera-
! tons. Did the caucus and that Southern Senator
and other Southern leaders who went with him.
dread to lose the favor and the votes of Mr. Seward
and his faction If these things be So it would be
better respectfully suggest, for both OF the Con-
ventions that to meet in this city in June to adj
jOurn at once upon assembling and go to Buffalo,
Let them not pretend to a nationality which they
| show themselves so incompetent to maintain; let
them shatter their platforms, and use the disman-
tied wrecks for fuel to kndle the fires of that sacri
flee at which the rights of the South the supremacy
of the constitution, and the integrity of the Union.
to be offered up at the shrine ofsectionasm for
it is to seconalism that they succumb and yield the
tribute of obedience.
THE country will hardly allow itself to be de-
ceived upon this point. Men of the South of all
parties cannot but ask themselves, Shall we allow
our political actions to be controlled and the ex-
preston of our political opinions to be suppressed by
fanatcal body of seconalists at the North hostile
to us in the extreme and who will avail themselves
of the concession thus yielded to advance more ex-
horbitant demands? Shall we offer encouragement
to abolitionism by thus tacitly acknowledging its
| strength and our own dread of it? How sup
pose otherwise than that the whole North-eyery
non slavehulding State-will hasten to occupy
ground which shall have demonstrated to be po
ltically strong and commanding? These con
fusions force themselves into view, nor can they be
kept out Of the sight of the public, matter how
perseveringy the politicians who do not wish to see
them may persist in binding themselves
THE wing caucus or those Southern leaders who
sustain its course, to Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.
Webster. and through them to the whole country
now and henceforth, that whenever a Northern man
shall be found bold enough and patriotic enough te
incur the risk of odum at home in the support of
constitutional principle which secures the rights and
the safety Of the South, he must not only do it al
his own peril, but with the assurance beforehand
that those whom he befriends will abandon him
without scrupe to the tender merces of those whom
he has offended for their sake and for his dutys
sake and that they will thus desert him when they
m ht uphold him. and when they light make his
cause triumphant with their own-showng gratitude
for services done to them and rendering manly &C
acknowledgements for services done to the country.
The country, we doubt not, will take note of this
virtual announcements"
GENERAL LOPEZ STILL AIIvE.-The New Orleans
Crescent SAYS: One of the returned Cuban prisoners
states that he is credbly informed and has
believe, that General Lopez was not garoted Blu
tina, another Individual. notorious criminal, who very
much resemhed Lopez, the sufferer in the tragic
scene at the Para de Armas.
Our informant states that Lopez is confined in on
Of the dungeons of Havana, where without light, with
out clothing solitary and scanlily fed, he is daily sub
jected TO the most excrutiatng ortures Spanish in
vention it is said, has been put to the rack TO inven
tortures sufficiently refined for this scourge of royat