Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-09-03
The Coalition.

earnestly requested. By order
S. A. H. McKIM, Sec'y.
A The Coalition.
General Scott has been SO unfortunate in his
life as always to occupy position that subjected
him to the assaults and opposition of hosts of
enemies. He has always had to contend with
the odds largely against him, but his heart never
faltered his nerves failed him, his presence
of mind never forsook him, victory always perch
ed upon his banner.
In his youth, when, prompted by patriotism, he
enlisted in the cause Of his country and his fiery
spirit infused itself into the ranks of his follow
ers, he rolled back the tide of war, and made
the Lion, in his own lair, roar under his infic
tions.
And in the autumn of his life, with a brow al
ready wreathed with laurels, prompted by the
same love of country he led her victorious army
to the capital of foreign country, and conquered
an honorable peace in opposition to their count
less armies, led on by their most distinguished
generals, and in opposition to the obstacles inter
posed by his own government at home, who fur
nished that general to lead the enemy's forces
against him. And when he was arrested by his
own government, and, like Christopher Columbus
brought from the scene of his glory in chains to
appear as prisoner, before tribunal composed
of his interiors in Office to answer charge con-
ceived in malice, still his courage did not forsake
him, and he triumphed over his enemies!
But new combination has been formed. His
ancient enemy, still smarting under his merciless
castigations, and with deadly hatred ranking in
her bosom, bent on vengeance, has joined his
enemies at home, and with them is waging re
lentless war against the veteran chieftain. The
British press has Joined in full chorus with the
Washington Union, Evening Post and all the
allied prints of this country, rejecting views and
opinions as variant as MONDAY and midnight,
and agreeing but in this-the overthrow of the
great man of the age and of the world, who has
thus far triumphed over their separate individ-
ualized efforts to crush and destroy him.
The questions now presented to the citizens of
the United States are: Shall Great Britain dictate
to as tcho shall be our President and shall British
interests be SUBSCRIBED IN coatradsction our oacn
achich ioiu surely be the case if Scott should be de-
.teatedP
Are our freeborn citizens of this republic ready
and to place again the land of Washington, of
the Adams, and Of Patrick Henry in a state Of
colonial dependence upon Great Britain? Are
they ready to close their manufactures to quench
the fires in their furnaces, to withdraw all COM
petition in those useful employments which are
essential to our national independence, that Great
Britain may riot in wealth, and in the possession
of that monopoly, extort from us her own prices
for every article of her manufacture which we
purchase from her?
Are our native-born citizens ready to join the
ranks of these minions Of despotism, that say to
us, in language too plain to be misunderstood,
that we are incapable of self-government, and
that we need their aid? Are they willing to de-
grade themselves and their country by listening
to the insult without giving it its proper rebuke
much less to acknowledge its truth by yielding to
it their obeisance? Will the sons of the Emerald
Isle among our adopted fellow-citzens insult the
memories Of their heroic ancestors, who periled
their lives and sacrificed their fortunes to be
freed from an oppression more intolerable than
Egyptian bondage, by bowling their necks to the
yoke Of John Bull, who, not satisfied to crush
their liberties at home, has pursued them to these
shores as fugitives, to reclaim them to his service
forever?
The London Times assures us that General
Pierce has its "best wishes for his success :" and
again comments severely upon General Scott and
the principles of the Wing party, which it de-
clares are "oDIoUsl" Another leading British
journal, in its advocacy of General Pierces elec-
ton, declares that GREAT BRITAIN "cAN RELY
UPON HIM FOR EFFEoTUAL COOPERATION"
In their editorials upon the subject of the Pres
dency, their denunciations of General Scott and
their partisanship Of General Pierce are equalled
only by such prints as those we have named
above. The coalition is as complete as was ever
the coalition in Massachusetts, between the Dem
ocrats and Freesoilers; but we have confidence
enough in the virtue the intelligence the patriot
ism, the independence and the Am0icdnism of
Che people of this country, to believe that they
will spurn this attempted interference in our ma
tional affairs and that in defiance of British
dictation and British gold and all the appliances
Of royalty they will prove themselves true to
their country and her best interests, by eevating
to the Presidency "the hero of hundred bat
Ties who has never known defeat, and who has
honored himself and his country in every position
in which he has been placed duringa period Of
more than forty years in her service!
During the month Of August 86, 563 immigrants
arrived OF the port Of New York.