Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-09-15
From the National Inteiigeneer.
uuciser,fs o. the Campaign.

intention toyote for Gen. Pierce. Tho rumor hay
ing reached the ears of that firm old Wing, he dis
poses CT it eectually in the annexed letter, which
we find in the Knoxville Register of the 9th ult.
RuTLEDaE, Augusta, 1852.
Dean Sir; l see in the Knoxville Plebian,a
communication from n Democrat ofthis county, IN
which it is said that am not only uniIendly to
the election of Gen. Scott, but that Will vote LOT
Gen. Pierce, in the approaching Presidential cleo
ticn Why this statement is made, am at loss
to coniecture Il have never intimated to any one
thatI would vote for Gen. Pierce, nor has It ever
entered into my mind to give such vote. H. &C
cordinp to the old rule, "a man is known by the
company he keeps we shall have but little trou-
BILE in finding out the position ofGen. Pierce upon
the great questions in which the South has SO deep
an interest. Iwould be gratifed II "a Democrat
or the editor of the Plebeian, would tell the COM
1nunty how it is that Martin Van Buren,, Preston
King, Wilmot, and other leaders OF the Freesoil
party who four years ago, SO bitterly opposed the
| election of Gen. Cass, and now support with SO
much zeal and harmony, Gen. Pierce! Can there
be but for it, and is not that to be found
in the fact that Gen. Cass did not favor their pc
| culiar views, and that Gen. Pierce does! They
abandoned Gen. Cass for no other reason; and 1t
must De inferred, that they support Gen. Fierce,
because they knoo he is identified oith them IN their
| great Freesoil movement. ~ 5a13
| Gen. Scott was not my favoritc; there are many
others whom would have preferred to him, and
have stated thatI would not vote for him. i, IN
| common with the people of Tennessee, preferred
Millard Fillmore. Icould not get my choice. The
proper to nominate General Scott, but, before do
ing So platform ofprnciples was proposed by the
South, accepted by the North, and adopted by the
| Convention. The principles therein embraced are
dear to me Wing and as an American citizen.
Gen. Scott accepts the nomination., endorses the
platform, and pledges the word and honor of an
old soldier who has devoted forty years of service
to his untrys cause, to abide by them and carry
them out. He is n0io the embodiment and exponent
of these principles and trust lam too old Wing,
and too goodu Wing todesert him no,D; for in de-
serting him, desert my principles. Therefore, say
to the Plebeian, that will not vote for Pierce but
will vote for old Gen. Scott if live. ~ $40 .
have recently seen the statement of Lieutenant
Shields, of SAVER county, published in the Knox
vile Register. know him to be man OF truth,
and he should be believed, and his statement has
gone far TO the prejudices which entertain
ed toward G en- Scott personally.
~ sgr. " Very respectfully, - ~. "a
The following is the letter of Lieut.. Shields,
ferred to in the preceding letter from Gene:a Cooke
the veteran Wing, who thirty years ago represented
| Congress from the district of Tennessee i'll which
he resides: .-a ..sr ....
| SEvlERvILLE, Aug. 6. 1852.
To THE EDITOR: learn by the newspapers that
some man in " Little Kentuck' has become very
angry at me because, l, Democrat shonld support
my old commander, Gen. Scott had supposed
this was n free country, and that man had n right
| to vote for whom he pleased. The writer Of that
article says that am convert In that you are
|
porting Pierce but whenl remembered the trials
aud dangers had gone through while under Scott,
| | did not think that could do my feelings justice
and vote against him. When thought of the long
and tosome march from Vera Cruz TO the city of
Mexico, when we were fifty days in the heart of an
enemy's country, cut OF from all supplies, as well
as from all communication with our own country
and friends, surrounded by guerillas every side
and when you heard of us again we had planted the
star -spanged banner upon the Halls of the Monte
Zumas, and it was still floating triumphanty in the
breeze over as brave an army and as noble n COM
mandcr as ever went forth to battlci and when
heard my brave old commander abused could stand
it 10 longer. We'll do remember with what kind
ness he visited the sick and wounded in that cam
paign, and how he administered to their wants day
after day. tell you, Mr. Editor, the officers and
soldiers under his command loved him. You, my
brother soldiers, remember how he visited the hos
pitfalls in the city of Mexico, and how he administer
ed 10 the wants Of the sick-furnishing each man
with shirt, blanket, pair of shoes, and one dol
lars worth of tobacco and for one drew all these
comforts, and knapsack also, as did all Others who
had lost theirs in battle. But now am to be abused
becausel choose to vote for my kind generous, no
BILE, and brave old commander and that too by
man who fires from behind masked battery and
won't sign his name.
| venture the man that has written against me,
and who is trying TO tear down Scott, never slept
on wet blanket; never stood sentry at night for
his country; was never put on half ratons and hard
crackers, and was never compelled to drink warm
water, unless it was to work OFF dose Of physic.-
But, if am not mistaken, in November next we
will give you hasty plate of Scott soup, that you
will find warm enough for Your comfort, and the
water Of it shall be pure Niagara water.
| But l said the soldiers under SCOTS command
loved him. You brother soldiers, remember when
he was arrested; you remember the morning he left
the army for the United States, and what was done
that day. yes every regiment marched round his
quarters, clad with badge of mourning, in order
to show how they honored and loved him. You
know we had orders not to cheer; but one of the
volunteer companies obliged to cheer and break
the solemn silence, and cheer they did This was
company of sharpshooters that took part at Vera
i Cruz and Ceuo Gordo, and who did much Of the
guerrilla fighting on the road TO the valley of Mex
leo. They were a noble set of fellows, and did
u their duty to q man. You all remember how slow
and sluggishly we marched up the hill that brought
in view of the capital, before the battle of Con-
treras, and, arriving at the top of it, there
our old commander looking through his spy-g glass,
and crying to we passed him:y "Boys, the cap
ital, the capital the capitalp' My fellow soldiers,
how did you feel in that hour? Didn't you feel
new life take hold ofyour weary, toil-worn limbs;
and were not led from victory to victory until
Scott arrested and torn away from his noble
army by his own Government? But, by the bles
sing of God, we will try and be with him again in
November and whenever Scott leads victory is
sure. Newspapers may talk about Sewer county
falling of five hundred votes, and all that kind OF
stuff but with old Scott as our leader, she will roll
up the largest Wing vote she ever gave. The
"pine-knot' boys who served under him are here,
and they will count in any crowd. .-l-a
And now, fellow soldiers, let's give "a long
pull, strong pull, and pull altogether" for our
brave old chieftain, General Scott. eyes right"
"forward march," ]. w. SHIELDS.
Our fathers, fresh from the Revolution, declared
, for American independence. Witness the pream-
BILE to the first tariff, passed by the first Congress
derthe Constitution, approved by G gorge Washing
ton, July 4th, 1889, in these words: az
Whereas it is necessary for the support of gov
eminent, for the discharge of the debts of the Uni
ted States, and the and protection of
manufactures, that duties be laid on goods wares,
and merchandise imported, Be it enacted" &c.