Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-09-03

Qualincations OF Gen. Scott.
Extract from the ueech Of Mr. BELL Of Ohio in the House
of Representatives, July 20 loozJ
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RIVER AND HAR-
BoR APPROPRIATIONS
The Wing party and Gen. Scott are in favor OF
and support these measures Proof-Resolutions
| of Baltimore Convention and votes. Gen. Pierce
is opposed to those measures. ProoE-His votes
and Democratic platform.
TAXES TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT.
The Wing party are in favor of an economical
administration of the general government and OF
raising revenue to support it mainly from du-
ties ON imports See resolution of Wing Conven-
ton, rs follows
as. Government should be conducted upon
principles of the strictest economy, and revenue
sufficient for the expenses thereof, in time of
peace, ought to be mainly derived from duty
on imports, and not from direct taxes; and, in
levying such duties, sound policy requires just
discrimination and protection from fraud by
specific duties, when practicable, whereby suita-
BILE encouragement may be assured to American
industry, equally to all classes and to all por-
tons Of the country"
| The Democratic party refused to proclaim their
opinions on this subject at their Convention. But
1
| favor direct taxation.
RELIGIOUS ToLERATIoN.
General Scott is known to be an American at
heart and practice on the subject Of religious
freedom. He is for equal privileges to all. The
Democratic party of New Hampshire, who first
nominated General Pierce for President exclude
Catholics from Office, and require man to hold
q certain amount of property to qualify him for
office Such is the constitution of that State;
and that party, who had the power, voted against
amending it.
PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
The Wing party and General Scott are in favor
Of affording protection to American agriculture
manufactures, commerce, and all branches of in
dustry by discriminating tariff of duties, &C.
General Pierce and his party are opposed to it.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE PUBLIC
| ... LANDS. -
The Wing party are in favor of dividing the
money arising from the sale of our national do
main among all the States in an equitable pro-
portion. The Democratic party oppose it.
THE RIGHT OF PETITION.
Gen. Scott never denied the right of an Ameri-
can citizen under the constitution, to petition for
the redress of grievances.
Mr.. Pierce voted against it in Congress.
refer to the journals
| ACTUAL SETTLERS UPON PUBLIC LANDS.
Gen. Scott, in his letter Of acceptance of the
nomination, uses the following language:
81 therefore barely suggest, in this place, that
should |, by the partiality of my countrymen, be
elevated to the Chief Magistracy of the Union, l
shall be ready, in my connexion with Congress,
| to recommend or to approve of measures in regard
to the management of the public domain, 50 as
| to secure an early settlement of the same favor
able to actual settlers, but consistent neverthe-
less with due regard to the equal rights Of the
whole American people in that vast national in
hertance."
By reference to the Senate Journal of Janu-
airy IA, 1889, you will find the following propo-
sition pending in that body:
| "And be at further enacted, That when any of
the public lands of the United States have re-
NAMED unsold for the space of fifteen years after
the termination of the public sales, the same may
be entered and purchased by actual settlers on the
following terms, to wit: If q settler is DESTROYS
| to purchase residence of eighty, or less than
eighty acres, he may enter and purchase the same
at fifty cents per acre :"
Upon this proposition the vote stood-ayes q,
noes %. Among the noes were Franklin Pierce
and William R. King, The votes of the Senators
from Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Michigan, and Tennessee,
without regard to party, were given for this pro-
vision, which was defeated by the votes of Pierce
and King; and yet the poor man of the West is
asked to vote for these men.
VETO POWER.
General Scott disclaims the exercise of the one
man power to thwart the legislation Of the peo-
| pies representatives.
General Pierce when Intercepted upon that
question, either refuses to answer or keeps his
answer pocketed, but permits his friends in one
part of the country to say he is in favor of, and
in another part against, the exercise of such mo-
narchical power.
| QUALITIES OF THE HEART.
General SCOTS whole life has been spent in
that kind of service that has made him familiar
with the sufferings of all classes in all conditions
| of life of which he has been among the suffer-
ers But, sir, the wounded, sick, or hungry SOL
der, the afflicted and disconsolate widow, the
victim of the cholera, the captured prisoner, or
the wayfaring man in distress, always found n
sympathetic friend in Winfield Scott. No man
was ever turned away from his door or his tent,
in distress, without relief.
! As to General Pierce, l will not say that he
does not possess these qualities in high degrae,
for have no personal acquaintance with him
but if he does, he has at least on one occasion
had a bad way Of showing it. Mr.. Chairman,
after the death Of General Harrison, when his
widow was mourning the loss of her late bosom
companion and earthly protector; when she was
poor, and her husband had spent oil his means
in moving to your cnpital,-there was bill
brought forward in Congress to allow the widow
Harrison one full years salary for her deceased
husband. Franklin Pierce not only voted against
this bill, but used his influence to prevent its
passage. But, thanks to the benevolence of the
members of that Congress, there were few that
thought as Mr. Pierce did The bill passed, and
the lonely widows heart was cheered with some
relief.
CIVIL QUALIFICATIONS.
| Gen. Scott is far superior to Mr. Pierce in this
respect vet the Democratic party-no, sir, |