The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-30

We give in another column The letters in which the
whg candidates for the presidency and vice presidency
reply the official letter OF the president OF the con
|venon apprzing them of their nominations, signify re
|speciively their acceptance thereof
In Gen. SCOTS letter the first point which strike
every careful reader is that in relation the
|o the settlement OF the sectional controversy. its terms
Pare just vague and equvoca they possibly be
without direct and formal reputation OF the compro-
mise resolution. To make this clear put together the
words scattered through different paragraphs OF the letter
which alone touch the poin, in question They read
follows: " accept the nomination. with the resolutions
annexed" and for my strict adherence the principles
1of the wing party, expressed in The resolutions,
OFFER NO OTHER PLEDGE on GUARANTEE than the known
incidents OF a long public life" There is the whole
statements and the obvious remark npon it is, that when
Ihc aboiionls wings OF the North put Gen Scott for ward
their candidate they made an express condition that
fhe was 10 g've pledges the Compromise and now
we find him in terms refusing to give any such pledge
for guarantee" whatever For 10 :" his long public
e" which be offers his only pledge we aver that his
political life consists OF series OF letters written rela
lion TO the presidency, and branded weak" by his
own chiees friends which letters consist of decara-
3ons OF principles Of whch-as the national bank
for inslance-are repudaied by everybody but him
self; some OF which-as his views upon abolition petit
lions and the erte,minaon OF slavery Tor nsancear
direct contradiction to the wing platform; and some
|of which-as his inclination to disanchse our adopted
been. on his showing cherished
Tor thirteen years, have then been partially wholly
backed out Of, on the eve OF presidential nomi-
Ioauon. and in direct view OF that fact On the
strength of these record facts submit to the
lry that If General SCOTS "ong public life" in civil
ipscy is pledge 10 anything, then il is pledge TO i'm
practicable notions. and to headsrong and proscrp,ve
spirit, only mgaied by an inconsistency vaclaon and
self contradiction which the exigences Of candidates.
anxiety and ambition upon the OF nomination OF
election to call forth all their hagrancy and
force On these facts say that whereas The abolition
Isl wings wanted a candidate substantially unpledsed to
The sectional adjustment. in General Scot's letter
Of acceptance they have 90, that very man Agreeing
TO the authoritative wing view Of the nomination and
platform. which denouoces the whole proceeding "a
corrupt bargain, say, further, that General SCOTS
letter OF acceptance has disclosed to the country thai
the South has been drsa3tdty sold in that trade
To show the extent to which this ehea, of the South
disclosed in this letter of General Scott it is onl,
,eedful further to remark that. avoiding all referenc.
whatever to sectional agitation the only agitation which
he speaks Of discoun,enancing" is POLITICAL agita
ton, dangerous to the Union " and the only pledge
or guarantee" which he will give the subject ever
of such agitation ia his long public lfe"-one of h'
chief known Incidents OF which is his letter OF Is4
declaring in favor of :" the annexation Of Canada.
n The breath protesting against further
OF territory on southern boundary Is that Incl
dent" sufficient "pedge" against dangerous polliica
az itaton Z
II this view Of Gen. SCOTS position upon the sectiona
issues needs any further continuation it may be found
the view Of the veto power which he has interpoate
into the whig platform, and to which he has now com
med the whig party On this subject we understan,
Gen SCOTS present position to be in harmony with hi
previously declared conviction that the presidential ve