Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-09-23
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MUCH opposed to being brought into
hem al ! III in this mornings Ban
f4r The editor Of that paper makes
lie remark df an anonymous letter
writer to the Huntsville Democrat,
that, /, who had always been one of
The most uIlcomprom;sing wings in
tie State" am oppobed to Scott, the
OCCASION for saying |
"The remark that DR.. McNairy
has always been one Of the most I'M
compromising wings in the State, is
h great mistake. For ten years he
has ben vascillating in his position
hs Wig, and four years ago, be
|. AIRED against Gen Taylor actively,
dur B the greater fart Of the can
Fass, aha until it was clear that Tay-I
lor would b. successful. lie worked.
with Ius well last summer, but in '43,
P48, ana 40, he was soured and dis
satisfied"
In these days, when Daniel Web
ster NJ. R.S Gentry, C. H. Williams,
and'me III that character are uncer-
enormously read out Of The whig pars
by, PERHAPS l ought not to complain
Iil forced tb keep them c pmpany.-
INor do |. | have no desire to re-
main conn cted with party organi-
cation whith | now find given over
into the lands Of Wm. II. Seward
and his ma IN Scott; and Ldeliberate-
" walk odt Of such company, With
olt troubling any Of the elder ) to
read me OPT.
/, is tr4e that, in 1913, I was
very much dissatisfied with the d ON
Iination Of g en-. Taylor over Mr.. Clay,
ard that ] Elid not vote in that cleo
ton. But the other remarks Of the
editor in relation to me are not true.
/ never in my life voted for but one
dem ocrat, and that was for Andrew
wing, Oh personal grounds I earn
est y supported the wing tickdt, with
that exec ption, in 1919, and the
Who'll ticket in 1913. l have been
q wbig always. I was a whig when
Iit was an easy matter for me to count
my associates in Davidson county
when / COLD number less associates
here than | can now count wings who
will not vote for Scott. ] was for
Clay when D the Banner was for jack
son. TIL ere are very few readers Of
newspapers IN this State who do not
know there Etcts, and | need rot far
ther refer to them.
And II eft, 4 mW not rote for Sc6H.
With all my devotion to Mr.. Clay,
were he now living and in his prime,
! woull not vote for him, if brought
forward by the men who nominated,
and supported by the inAue noes
which sustain Gen. Scott. The men
who nominated him are as corrupt as
the influences which support him are
dangerous to the South and the Tn
ion
And Z uFE pote .tbr Pierce l
know him as a SCUM NATIONAL
Conservative y man. III belongs
not TO the party with Fyhic h l have
all my life een associated. But i
have closely scanned bis public life,
and I admire it. | have read his
public speeches and his public letters,
with an admiration which cannot
resist Of the lofty patriotism BY
which they are distinguished. ]
would be as proud to pc the author
of hts letter to Maj. Lally and of
his speech on Mr.. Cali GUNS resolu-
lions as Of Fashingtbn's Farewell
Address 1 owe, hint, for these
things, the gratitude Of my vote,
p5l4 Ia4H Rqy the debA
/ believe he is the in strumeut des-
tined to crush that northern fanati7
fism, which having bought por-
lion Of the southern wAig party with
promises of office, and having thus
sacrificed the Pd triot Fillmore,
would nse the milit airy reputation of
} vain man in giving US "a higher law
than the constitution
AS certai nly, then, is that I have
been always q whig and "an ultra
wing as certainly as that Scott is
the favorite candidate Of the anti
compromise Wigs Of the north--so |
certainly will vote against Scott
md tor Fierce. Nouss( &c,
BOYD McNAIRY. i