Daily American telegraph., 1852-09-18

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the time of the Castle Garden meeting none of
the Compromise measures had been passed. This
is untrue. Let US examine the Congressional
Globe again. There now, turn over to that for
the year 1850, page 24G Look at the proceed
lngs on the 10Th day of January, 1850. 1t re-
cords the fact that that day Mr. Clay arose
in his place in the Senate and read and COM
mented upon his resolutions of COMPROMISE
then presented by him. Before reading the
seventh OF the series, he said: stThe seventh
resolution relates to subject embraced in q
bill aow under consideration by the Senate 1t
: is as follows:
al. ResoIoed, That more etfectual provisions
ought to be made by law according to the re-
qurements of the Constitution, for the restitution
and delivery of persons bound to service or labor
in any State, who may escape into any other
State or Territory in the Union.''
As that matter was embraced by Mr. Masons
bill, the subject was only alluded to by Mr. Clay,
with view to its endorsement
To render our adversaries fully satisfied on the
subject, we here insert a part of the I'd resolu-
tion adopted at the Castle Garden meeting. on the
25th of February, 1850:
Ne"oS''S"t
nsitted to the Senate of the United States bv Mr.
Clay, toohng TO complete and FINAL settlement of
dD questions relating 10 slavery, on sohch the feel
ingS Of tie Northern and Southern sections of our
country haze been e1ciled against each other, we joy
fully recognize the basis of an harmonious and
brotherly adjustment, &C."
Does this fact look as though Gen. Scott was
not referring, in his speech at Castle Garden, to
the measures of adjustment which had been be-
fore the Senate for nearly two months-the fugi-
tive slave bill for nearly two years-thoush they
may have been somewhat amended
Does not this seventh resolution breathe the spirit
of the compromise, as submitted on the 8th of
May by Mr.. Clay, in the celebrated report en-
bracing the compromise measures? See Congress
sional Globe, vol. 2, part l, 1st session 31st
Congress, 1S49-'50, PIP. 944-948. Il
This resolution, introduced by Mr.. Clay, taken
together, in combination, proposed an amcable
adjustment of all questions in controversy be-
tween the free and the slave States growing out
of the subject of slavery. 1t was his support of
these measures that occasioned General Scott to
remark: Of whatever value may be the re-
mander Of my life, IOouLd give ii in support of the
Union"
In making these remarks, General Scott but
uttered opinions and arguments which have grown
with his years and his Judgment and which were
as familiar to him as household words. He had
no elaborate documentary discussion to make
no citation Of books anI authorities 1t is with
principles he had to deal; and it is in plain, di-
rect statements, which all understand, that he
appeals to his fellow citizens.
From the days when he first received the rudi-
ments of his education, where his earliest aspra-
tions were nurtured, up to the moment when he
came Jorht all radtaRt Nth military spLendor, con-
scious he had sustained the cause of his country,
he must feel that his great powers must be and
will be employed in maintaining the integrity of
the Union. 1t is plain, indeed, that he has
thrivcn heretofore by its progress and success;
and it is, we think, equally plain that, in time to
come, if he should be elected to the Presidency,
his hopes and his fortunes can be advanced only
by its continued stability. On all the leading in
terests of the country his opinions are known
his ground is taken; his lot is cast. Whoever
may attack the Union, he must defend it. The
path he has chosen is the path he must pursue.
We rejoice that, when a man so renowned, faith
fully and proudly devotes to the institutions of
the country the power and influence he possesses.
Our opponents know full well that General
Scott stands pledged in uniting to sustain
the Compromise, including the fugitive slave bill;
and, VIC venture to say, that our adversaries be-
lieve that General Scott is mldH Of honor. If
these things be so, how preposterous is it in our
opponents to attempt to make the public believe,
on the strength ofsuch an assertion that a man of
honor-one distinguished as General Scott by the
recorded tributes of the National and various State
legislatures to his chivaric fame-that such q
man as this is capable Of falsifying bis word and
of being recreant to the principles of honor truth,
and patriotism, which his whole life, since early
manhood, has illustrated. The public services
of Winfield Scott, which have been signalized by
results that have covered his name with imperish-
able glory, and which have exalted our national
character, contradict and totally demolish the alb
surd and ridiculous idea so recklessy advanced by
our opponents. His countrymen never can be
brought to think that because be is the Wing nomi-
nee for the next Presidency, he is dvesed Of those
high qualities which have heretofore constituted
and sustained his claim to their admiration and
confidence.
General Scott is q native Of the State of Vir-
giuia whore he spent the innocent hours of his
childhood, where he drew his first breath, and
received his first maternal nourishment--can he
see her the victim of misguided pohcy-to see
ruin spread over the land of his fathers, and her
institutions demolished, under which he was
taught the sublime principles of liberty.
A NATIVE OF MARYLAND.