The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-08-21

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rseklsssness and pfoa Saey.
This was the Wig case - wiss sss~ius whsa Ca
Scott was nominated We iasisi shs 4 psosss GA.
spread conviction anoaE lhs leader. u lhs GAG pan,
that General Scott was TIE very man ua4si mhoa 4
the presidential chair GsgAihi.m woall pso.pss sas
flourish. even az i al aadsS Gsassai Tayof ns ssa.
Vieton impaled neither 10 Gsn, Taylor hot Csa sson
any tendency 10 corrupt persoaai pafscpaion n sash
practices Blu, the conclusion rssisl upsa he essam
stances in which both were placed Roth wsns mea
taken into politics, Of their own chosen wail d his
BY seheming aud masterpieces poilcians Bod wsss
without suitable experience. irAaias sn8 qaal.acaoa
for the presidency Both were 10 rely uany apoa eehs
men in their administration Both were accustomed 40
that military management Of affairs which makes bat
too often the statute and the established regulation
yield at the discretion OF the commander 10 Ihs sa
gencies or the policy OF the hour Ia General Soosr.
case too, there was what did not appear ia 0eaers
IayloPs-a positive and grainiio"s ~esaral,----. :.
the worst acts OF wing financial abuse, Scott was on
record as bank mana bankrupt.bill manahd IN IA.
of wholesale distribution OF the proceeds OF the
public lands He has, moreover, recently declared, Ia
substance, that he cannot the power check
any such legislative abuses, nor in fact all with
out the gravest scrupes In fact he record ia favor
OF its virtual abolition la addition 10 this, there
contrast in the characters OF General Taylor and General
Scott public which the country did not fail TO note
General Taylor in the management OF public money.
was thought to incline to ECONOMICAL perhaps to parsno-
NOUS habits With General Scott the very reverse was
the His enormous acquisitions for the Mexican
service his famous correspondence with Mr.. SecTe
tary Marcy shows, as,onished the comprehensive iudg
ment and the wary foresight OF that great master in the
art OF civil administration Those requsons s event.
proved far oulran the exgences OF the case And when
the OF General Scott in Mexico to be set
tied, special law was, as is well known, needed and
enacted in order to enable the War Department TO pass
them Facts like these have made the conviction gen.
era throughout the country that in the management,
OF public affairs General Scott, by character and habit,
ncines to an open. handed, not to say oseniatious,
expenditure Of the public money public account. II
was natural that the whig journals above cited should
bear this in mind, when they predicted that this was the
very man for Galphn ,aif' 10 select for lis candi-
date, place in power, and then rule or caole to the
accomplishment of their purposes.
II we have carried along with the convictions OF
candid readers to this point in explanation oil the
wide spread disaecon in the whig ranks at General
SCOTS nomination. it will be still more easy TO under
stand the immense and Irresistible unanimty with which
the democracy OF the country spite OF all past dissen
sions now rallies to the support of the democratic cand
dates Both Of them especially representatives OF the
true democratic policy of economy and frugaliy in the
Roth Led in ia
gard At once, upon General Pierces nomination, the
Republic opened its batteries upon him by showing. in
tabular FORM the sums OF public money which he sood
NOT pote to e1pend The baser part OF the wbig press
followed suit and invented all sorts OF falsehoods to
caricature and ridcule his alleged tendency TO
tenchment and economy. In their blind party zeal
they forgot that in his democratic principle and policy
in this respect, General Perces character and record did
but completely respond not only the general sentiment
Of the people, but also to the capital political demand Of
the present hour With an annual peace expenditure
Of over fifty millions, under The auspices OF wing ad.
minstraon restrained strictly TO routine expenditure BY
the impossbiiiy of carrying gigantic wing schemes OF
legislation through Congress with porten,ous muster
roll OF official Manifestations in part like Gaphinsm
and Gardinesm already become public scandals, and in
part now in the course Of development by the invesi-
eating committee OF the Senate with the whole country
including especially the best of all parties in
Washington confessing alarm at The prodigously ram
| fed and powerful "lobby influence which now be-
.eges both the executive and legislative chambers
and which is thought by many 10 equal the power OF the
United States Bank when that institution wa, most pow
erful with this state OF things forcing itself and
more upon the public observation and yet failing
veal even hundedh part OF its real magnitude dan
ger, The people have cone TO consider that stop must
be put 10 this tendency or will cbange-atay change
the whole character Of the government
The restoration Of democratic principles and policy tc
power is felt 10 be the one possible remedy and Frank
lin Pierce among all the democrats Of the land is hailed
by the people as The man whose whole record show,
him be the fit and special representative OF the demo
cratic policy applied 10 such a task.
We have set forth the grounds upon which The wings
themselves appear entertain in this connexon special
di.trust Of General Scott
The whole issue is thus, BY the showing Of both par
ties, fairly presented to the country.
We will deian our readers longer from the remarks
OF the Boston Courier. They belong to and form par
OF our view Of the case, being wing ayowsl tha
General Scott was mol nominated the ground Of prin
cipe, nor upon the ground Of qualification upon The
ground OF availability. Concurrence in this whia
view Of bis nomination, will bring out in startling prom
inence tie Galplia theory, 10 account forit
Now what General SCOTS views Of national er