The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-07-28

not content to respond, that he favorable
TO such Organization, but claimed !or himself
that he and two others, (and tor aBght he knew
from more recent Developments, those other two
were his present lcolaborers, Johnson and Sc
ward) were, at the time, originating and
organizing the Native American party. This
did not make his hasty plate of soup very So
vpry to him. For these and Hums r.us o'',eI
reasons, Mr. should feel IT TO b. HI q
oppose the election of Gen Scot lie N,4
also give few reasons why he should supa@
Franklin Pierce and WA. r King The fist
was, ihat he sincerely d. sired 81 dsit al y il.-
field Scott and he knew better way ac-
| conplish that ohjec', than ior him and all
others, who desired To effect ii. To dp So, hy vot
lug against him. Gen Pierce came peculiarly
recommended to him, by the fact that he sought
not the office, bu found by II. Gen. 7.
had served his counrry rhfully and ably in
the House OF Representatives., and the Senate
OF the United States he had been rendered by
the people of his State, ihe hiehe%' Offices
in their gift, and he had been pr"ff'red hv fiE
| Polk, the office OF Attorney General OF tie
| United States, which he had declined, ard no
occasion had he fell II his duty, or bad h's IN
clinltion prompted him, to accept OF I'll, any
| office, either State or federal, except whrn,
| pa riot, lie conceived ii tn be obligatory upon
him to meet and to queN the dangerous damon
of abolition fanaticisns.
In him Mr. p. thought The whole country
could confide, both North and South, and when
such was presented to him, in opnoaiiion
to Winfield Scott, he did not hesitate whom 10
choose He would ask hi5 whr friends one
question, and he desired an answer, Out non"
came Ito tell him why it happened that Miliaid
Fillmore, whose fidelity to the South no man
questioned, whose administration had been
satisfactory to the whole country, much so
TO silence even his political enemies, was
pushed aside, and Winfield Scott selected as
their standard bearer Could any other sn-
| swer than that MIR. Fillmore could not get nc
abolition vote Of the North, and that Gen Scott
coud' And if this be so, then if Gen. Scot
should be elected President. the free SOL party
of the North will become the recipients ot r."
patronage Of the government, from the Cabinet
down. 1t was trse, that in regard to the. aNoii-
ton of slavery in virginia, Gen Scott said, had
he been a member of the Virginia Legis iaiure
! IN 1881 and 1882, he would have voted as Geo.
| W. Summers voted, fo. ipation.-Geo.
| W. Summers, however, gave that vote under
| an excitement which pervaded The whole pub
lie mind of that day, and since has maniu.ly re-
canted, bnt Winfield Scott, ten years after
wards, in the cool dispassionate retirement OF
| his own home uttered that obnoxious declara
ton, and 1t still stood out glaringiy before the
country and unretracted. MIR. P. declared
that, he had said in the beginning, his
position painful one, he would now say
in conclusion, that it afforded also some
pleasure, as it would give him an oppor
tunlty to witness the progress of this cam
paign without deeply enlisting his energies
either way, and thus enable him to discharge
his duties more faithfully to himself and his
| clients If he lived to the day, he would
assuredly do what he ardently hoped every man
who loved this Union, and wished for its
perpetuiy, woun also do-go ON TO the polls,
and freely and cheerfully cast bis vote for
! Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire for Presi-
dent, and WIN. r King of Alabama for Vice
| President of the United States
| Mr. r. frequently interrupted by the
most vociferous cheering ct the very large
audience present When he had concluded, he
was asked by Mr.. Thos. S. Flournoy what
objection he had to Mr.. Graham; he answered
that the tail of the ticket was in the wrong
| place.