The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-25
The Republic and the WING Nomination

The Republic and the Wing Nomination..
The special organ OF Mr. Filmore's administration is
taken aback by the nomination OF General Scott. 1t is
maneslly perplexed in its search for reasons to
Justify il in sustaining the action OF the Wing Conven
ton In its extremity it not only appeals to party eay
which was ridculed and denounced by the wings only
four years ago, but throws aside the record and with
out blushng resorts its imagination for facts where
with to reconcile the friends Of Mr.. Fillmore and Mr..
Webster to the reputation Of the policy OF the admins
atlon, and up aud conceal its practical
abandonment OF principles which has long insisted on
absolutely necessary to the public welfare. When the
Republic announced the nomination Of the Wing Conven
tion attempted to justify its own support Of that nominal
tion and destroy the well grounded opposition OF others,
by asserting that General Scott is The first choice Of ma
jory of The ohgs Of de Uaion" This assertion is contra:
dcted by the record, which arms most positively and
distinctly that General Scott not the first choice
even OF a plurality of the Baltimore Convention.
The frat ballot recorded the first choice OF the members
Of that convention who represented the majority OF the
wings OF the Union and at that ballot Mr. Fillmore, who
received less than majority OF the whole vote, received
more votes than were given for General Scott II was
only after contest unprecedented, either for its violence
or DURATION that the convention forced 10 succumb
to the Scott forces organized and drilled by Senator
Seward and led on by Gov Johnston of Pennsylvania.
Fifty ballots were TAKEN and the convention was brought
to the verge OF dissolution before majority would yield
to the fear inspired by the imminent peril in which the
wing party placed, and their SURFACES for the
Seward and Clayton candidate Yet in the face OF these
facts Mr. Fmore's organ has the cool eontery TO af-
firm that General Scott is the rG eoies of majority Of
the wings OF the Union and that ground urges the
whg party support him for the presidency. regardless
OF the significant circumstances which preceded and
tended his nomination, and the bad repue and wicked
purposes OF the who were most prominent in
accomplishing il. The Republic even admits that the
nomination OF General Scott sectional hi
uph Its very words are, In the nomination Of Cen.
Seo the northern members Of the whig party haze riunph,d
They have triumphed the bas. OF platform entirely
satisfactory TO their southern friends and allies" Il is
not the northern members who have triumphed il is the
sectional element of the northern wing party which has
triumphed The AMI slavery agtators made war on Mr.
Fillmores administration because he did not veto the
fugtive-save law and would not openly violate his oath
TO execute the laws Of the land Their sectional feel
ngs and their dangerous and unconstitutional purposes
induced them TO bring General Scott into the field and 10
force him the majority OF the wbg party, which rallied
around Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.. Webster What do such
men care for platIormsi VIII not the higher law
which they worship absove them from their obligation
TO adhere TO the one adopted at Baltimore None OF
them were in favor Of il. Up 10 the meeting OF the
convention they ridculed the idea Of platform de
nounced the fugiiive-slave law, and declared their
purpose to agitaie in favor OF liz modification or
repeal, whenever and wherever they nigh, see ri.
But they found that they did not constitute majority Of
the conventions and that southern delegates could not face
southern constituencies should they for Gen Scott
without demanding something in the form OF pledge
and thus attempting TO the horrible suspicious
which his party associations had fixed upon him They
wished to gain these southern votes II necessary
ID open road. Hence the willingness OF the Seward
cohorts to lull the South by permitting the adoption of
platform which would make the nomination OF their ia
vorte possible. Neither loyalty to the constitution, nor
regard for law, desire restore raiena feelings to
the two sections OF the Union induced the supporters
Of General Scott to submit TO the platform. They
used 1t as they would use a bride. They consented
TO its passage with the understanding that southern
wings would then be induced to support the candidate
brought forward by the defenders OF Syracuse mobs and
Christiana murders. Without such an understanding.
they never would have submitted to the platform and
now that II has effected ts purpose by procuring the
nation OF their avore, and giving them the mastery Of
the wing party and the control Of It's organization, they