Washington telegraph., 1852-09-01
An Ohio Democrat on stl,e Plat
f0YsapS.s,

otch comments as the following are refreshing
quite, and we commend them as slight vari-
alton" from those the democrats are lately wont
to give We copy from the "Ohio Pcagune,n a
democratic paper, supporting Pierce and King,
and EDITED by a son of Hon. Mr.. Gable. demo-
cratic Congressman from Ohio After saying that
he condemned the Compromise-that the demo-
cratic delegation in Congress voted against them;
but Whilst they are the laws OF the land. he feels
bound to submit to them. though ii he could he
would amend at least one of them, (the Fugitive
Law9 and, quoting the teegraphic iaccrrect report
OF the Wing resolution which leaves out the word
"hnaP' before settlement and other very mate
rial parts goes on TO saw
when we remember that the Wing Platform
was prepared and adopted before single ballot
was had or President; that it took them two days
to agree upon 1t; that the Southern delegates open
iy avowed their determination not to go into any
bailotlng until the Platform was made Just to suit
them; that the Convention deliberately made it to
conform to their vieWs-adopted their Platform
and then nominated a candidate to stand upon it
we are bound to conclude that the endorsement of
the compromise, was SINE qua mOn How DIE
FERENT In the Democratic Convention. There
the nomination was first made. A candidate was
nominated, untrammelled by any act of his own
or the Convention, but who was known TO the
American People as a Statesrnan-a Patriot who
had served his country not only in the battlefield
but IN the councils OF the Nation-a Democrat.
the favorite son of New Hampshire, that gallant
State where the fires of Democracy never go out
with unanlmity unprecedented in the history
OF Conventions. Afterwards when the nominal
tions We're over, the members weary many OF
them absent, and the convention in confusion, the
resolutions were offered and adopted without dis
cussion effort at amendment.
These are the facts, respecting both Conven-
tons. The proceedings show that they (Whigs)
acted with deli5eratjon. The vote on the Plat
form; III the Wing Convention, Yeas, 227. Nays,
&C. being almost four to one. On the adoption Of
the democratic resolutions the yeas and nays We're
not even called In the case of the wings, their
candidate is bound to stand on the platform made
for him or decline the nomination-while the
Democratic candidate is untrammeed by any
action oi the convention that dominated him
Still we do not say that Gen. Pierce is not favor
able To the Compromise measures. but we know
that had not the least part or lot in their en-
actment and as we also know that Gen. Scott
actually used his influence to- procure their pas
sage, is now and was before the meeting of the
whig convention pledged TO sustain them. Gov.
Jones, OF Tennessee, III the WhS Convention,
vouchei for Gen SCOTS fidelity to TIE South
He detailed conversations had with him but few
days previous to the meeting Of the Conventions
in which he said be was an ardent supporter and
friend OF the compromise measures from the LAY
they Were first presented to Congress by Henry
Clay, and that he was opposed to touching them
IN any shape, manner FORM"
lden, Eagle and Eng.