Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-09-11

which the Express speaks as well as in the legislature
Another point The resolutions passed by the wing
National convention in which the compromise meas
nres are announced as Fnality, New York voted %
against to II for them Ohio Is against tes for them
This shows "sound conservatives feeling.
We will now introduce an original friend to the
nomination of Scott as witness it is from the cor
respondent of the N Y Tribune, writing from Wash
ington city
1.-THE administration of General Taylor adopted
the let-alone policy. tproposed to have nothing
to do with the subiecto slavery. It said Leave
the fugitive law alone, leave California and New
Mexico to come in as States when they get ready,
'and leave them to settle for themselves all ques-
'tions of slavery arising within their own bounda
'ries' This was the policy of the Wing admins
tration of General Taylor on the slavery question.
"Under Mr.. Fillmore the policy was changed.
The present Administration insists that the line OF
action Of the Wing party on this subject shall be
what it never was before, viz perfect agreement
and concurrence Of opinion, and action upon 1t,
By both divisions or sections of tie party. While
it lis fact that the two wings never did agree be-
fore on the question of slavery, it is proposed nou
they shall agree A course of policy for the whole
party is thus laid down on the slavery question
Certain measures have been passed by Congress
Chief among them is the fugitive slave law, and
the law establishing territorial governments with
out restriction as to slavery. The doctrine is that
the Northern Wings, as well as the Southern
Wings, shall sustain those laws just as they are
And not this only they shall also agree and de-
clare that the slavery question is finally adjusted
that there is to be no more talk, no more action
on the subject. Slavery is henceforth to be ia
booed question in the party. 1t is the pot Rock
in our political navigation, to which oul Wing AID
ministraton profess to have been the Mons. Mail
lefert, blowing off all its dangerous prominence
1t is to be hereafter considered sunk.
''This is the present position of the Wing Ad
minstration on this subject-a subject that ha
long divided it, and long been regarded as ques
, ton on which the two divisions of the party wer
to be allowed to differ-upon which in the yer,
nature of things, they could in fact do no other
wise than differ"
We close extracts by introducing very signf
cant paragraph from speech delivered in the Senat
by Mr.. Mangum
eve must introduce into our platform and GU
creed a new principle. We are to take the com
} promise as new article in our political creed.
have not looked at it very much of late but
f well remember, when it was passed, if you wen
! South you would find but mere majority c
! Wings and Democrats, combined, in favor of it
and if you went North, you would find the major
ity the other way-more Democrats in favor of
!, than Wings, admit. Well, that would be
PLATFORM
The Argus says, that "The support of Seward an
friends is recent and accidental" The Argus is mis-
taken. 1t can be shown by the record that Sewar
and many ofhis friends SCOTS advocates as f;
back 1910, and that since the passage of the con
promise measures Seward through those who act wit
him, have shaped public opinion towards Scott viii
they have been unsparng in their denunciaton of M
! Fillmore and the Fugitive Slave Law. We have a
abundance of proof on this point but we are dish
clined to open matter wholly proftess in this cal
: vass either to Gen. Scott or Gen. Pierce