The daily union., 1852-09-29
,e,.rd whis Morality Don't rst on scott !


The New York Tribune is pleading. with tears in lis
% d. Marty friends not 10 bet on Scoal The main
.eoo 10 il is Thai il is immoral TO do so. and because
moo,y unworhily obtained Is curse to the receiver
~, osy Of these Seward wings is excfucia,ing II is
-. idea in their experience TO plead with Their party
.od. not 10 bet money because betting is not moral
when aid the New York Tribune set up to be the organ
:, morality in whg politics Was il when 1t denounced
g,vlor and Scott 'journeymen 'hroa'cul'efs' ana
,a,wards supported them for President was IL since
..asuook 10 prove The democratic party hostile 10
..rnsrs, Was il since il attacked the wings al Their
,,uarv elections for gross frauds' or has II got
,.hsmsd OF it's apologies ior The uaiphih' anu 'po
c.aoers We rather admire the cool IDEA OF seward
.A,s morality MS illustrated by the New YORK inouhe
vhose sdtor remains silent when he sees ms eiiowpaf'
..,. filling the whole atmosphere with caamnes against
-. pare and also when he sees the democratic nomi-
- .,.,.ad ~ hostility 10 that South OF which the Tr.
~. has more than once charged him with being the
,o,shiuoer This may be party expedency, but II Is not
..,. as honest men understand il. 1t is, however,
i, .hies ~ ,he Tribune But the real objection OF the
10 betting is the shadow OF the approaching de-.
,,,eb darkeps the pathway Of the Seward wings.
and biehts their hopes with its chilling gloom mat ls
hs cause Mr. Greeley, who is the editor mas recently
hsso on visit to OHIO to arouse the enemies OF the
so,h 10 the support Gen. Scott and to poison me minds
o ,he irish adopted cizens against Gen. Fierce and ne
has returned literally giving up the State TO The democ-
r.c,, Anv one who wishes to his argument PROV
og tha, his mission has failed need only read the New
york bune Of The 18Th Hence he thinks il is awlully
;amnraI for wings 10 bet upon Scott
Resides the news from Pennsy vania ls bad Tor Scott
There il TOO much prosperity there TO get votes against
o democrac party on account Of the ruinous opera
inn, Of the tariff Of 1916" There are too many wings
vho will not vote for Scott in the old Keystone and.
vhat is probably worse than all, the wings cannot hum
bug the adopted citizens while they are constantly IN
going with the natives Hence il is immoral to bet
OOon Scott Look where the Tribune may. il finds no
encouragement for any betting whg and hence il is i'm.
moral 10 bet
II can extract no reason to make betting on Scott
moral demonstration, from the late elections North
Carolina was "a Moper cfies upon the Seward wings
as some old Clay man said when he heard Of Sco,l's
nomination Maine, after all the beforehand boasting
ellp-,o use the words Of the Boston Courier (whg)
when Sco,,s nomination reached that city" fell like
funeral pail upon wig spirits" Missouri, notwith.
standing local divisions in the democratic ranks, gave
|, majority for the democracy, which, to use the
language OF the New York Day Book (whig) al
Scors nomination, .feH like icst blanket upon the
phigs while Iowa, with its signal gun OF distress from
defeated whgs and The booming cannon OF the exullan
democracy was realization of the luguorious prophecy
adopted by the New York Express (whig) after Scol
was nominated; .,ha, the whig party is rsvolu,ionzed.
and conservative wings generally must consider the party
as in effect broken up
Hence it is that the Pharsee Of the New York Tr
bune advises his friends mol to bet upon Scott