Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-07-14

revolt will take from Gen Scott . single elec
trial s.tc with under any circumstances he
would have obtai,ed Virginia aid Georgia
we're nst expected to sote tor him Tepes-
see we may still count upon notwithstanding
the detection Of Mr. Gentry The thing to
be chieay regretted is that the movement is
calculated to throw disturbing element into
the canvass which both parties and the crun
try at large believe to have bad influence
enough alreads ia distracting the public mind
and il fomeniiGg bitter feelings aud sectional
jealonsies Ii is quite time that there vas
cessation Of that Improbable agi. alton
although demagoages should be thereby made
dumb. and many noisy petitions shsuld find
themselves Of less Importance than they had
supposed.
The Alexandria Gazette says:
If the contest now going on is made assume
sectional character which We most earn.
estly deprecate and deplore-- Messrs Toombs,
STEPHENS. aud their allies. will be the prinei
pie parties to the untoward result. They
ought to be held responsible for the attempt
to array one quarter Of the Union sgainst
the other
As for the recusants themselves we have
not much to say. 70 all such, the true Wings
Of the country have but one response HE
who has no stomach for this fight let him de-
part--his passports shall be made" They
cannot defeat General SCOTS election. We
believe that. no matter What Wing had been
nominated they would have opposed bis elcc-
ton. The kinks &c the Georgia Representa-
tives. and the crotchets of Mr.. Faulkner, ct
id omne genus, could not have been taken out
by any Wing process. They require the
hacking Of the Democratic party.
The reasons given in the Manifesto for the
refusal to support General Scott are uusub
staptial. 1t is mere guibbliag to say that
Gen Scott does not stand upon the Compro-
mise. and its fnality. in its broadest and
most comprehensive sense. He adopts the
Wing platform in its length and breadth,
and that platform is as sound, conser
vative, republican, and true, as any wing
can possibly desire.
These deiections bring no terrors TO the
wing party Politicians are apt to think
that they are more important personages
than they really are, and upon the strength
of that sapposition, assume airs, aud put on
consequence" With the masses. this has
sometimes precisely the contrary effect to
that intended The great body Of party
the PEOPLE composing livery naturally
think that they are just as wise. considerate,
and haowing. as the feac would be leaders.
who, imagine that they have "the world in a
sling" aud that all political knowledge is
conferred in their craniums. We believe that
TIE Wig party. North and South, under
stand their rights, and regard their interests
just as well as they can he understood by
the signcrs Of this manifesto. The amount
of it is then that some six or seven gentle
men, Mem 5ers Of Congress have left TIE wing
party does it follow that the Wing party
will desert its principles--its cause--and
its candidate
The Free Press" upon the same sub
ject says:
But they say. in ono at least of his pub
lie letters he has expressed sentiments min
cal to the institutions Of fifteen States of the
Onion Yes. and in one Of his public spec
ches. did not Mr. Faulkner deliver one Of the
mast severe philippines against slavery ever
uttered in any public body? Did Seward
ever 90 farther in his denunciation of slavery
than Mr.. Faulkner did in 1892 Did he ev-
or 60 as far in reprobation of the institution
as MIR. Jefferson did Or Mr. Richie Of
the Enquirer?
You'd it he fair to doubt Mr. Faulkner 5
present soundness because of the well known
incident" of his lise--the speech Of 1882?
The Richmond Whig says:
Hbat was General Scott in the concluding
passage of his letter of acceptance
FINALLY for my strict adherence to the princi-
Piles of the Wing party us expressed in the resolr-
tons ofthe Convention, and herein suggested, nth
sincere and earnest purpose 10 odpaRce The sredf.
ness and Happiness ellie Reputic, and thus to ches.
ish and encourage the OF constitutional lber-
ty Throughout the world, avoiding every act and
thought that might involve our country in an UNI
just or unnecessary war, or impair the faith of
treaties, AND DISCRIMINATING ALL POLITICAL AG-
IrarIoN INJURIOUS TO THE ISTsRgsTs OF SOCIETY AND
DANGEROUS TO TUE UNION, can offer no other pledge
or guaranty than the known incidents of long
pubclife, now undergoing the severest examina-
tionn
Now we ask any candid man, If there be any
forcein language at all, what meaning the words
italcised and in capitals were designed to convey
And taken together with the previous acceptance
ofthe nomination. with the resolutions annexed ?
do they not establish that Gen Scott will not only
uphold the Compromise measures but that he will
feel proud satisfaction in so doing? To any one
who truly declare that such is not the effect of
the letter with him, we must say that we have the
slightest possible respect for his understanding
We have heard it stated that this malcontent
Mr. Faulkner, has actually determined to vote for
Franklin Pierce in the extremity cfhis dissatisfac-
ton. We know not how this may be- but il he
should go over to the Democratic ranks, we wish
him good ii .,e oft, with Van Buren, and Halet
and Rantou, and Joe johnson. and the Evening
Post OF course we could not ask for The evidence
that Pierce is better Compromise man than Gen
Scott OF course we shou d do no such thing MS
call for Picrces reply to the Robert G. Scott cir
cilar--no such evidence or reply being in exis-
tence, the demand would be unreasonable. We
Should only congratulate Mr. Faulkner on his new
allies, and in the event not improbable that the
scrupulous Stephens Co. should go with him
we should summon our philosophy and endcavor
to survive their departure,
STATE TAXES AND THE PUBLIC LANDS.
We earnestly commend to our readers the
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