The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-10

The Adminisfrslion Organs Last Blast.
| For some time past, the Republic has devoted
whnt space ii could spare from Democra'c dis
tons of Mr. FILLMoRg which it could collect.
So evident ha, been its leaning in that dlrectl"n'
that we suppose dissat sfaction must have been
caused by it, for in Mondays issue it pretends 10
be"open to all parties, influenced by none" SCOTT
WEBSTER, FlLLMoRE-anybody the convention
chooses to nominate just the man for IL "ai
Wings alike" and beyond the reach OF "con
tingencies."
/ This sudden change of tune is very curious,
but nobody will be deceived by it. "The cat in
the meal tub" is evident enough to the friends
of Messrs. WEBSTER and ScorT respectively,
the only two other members of the Wing party
whom the Republic admits even to the dignity
of second choice, after our own dear FILL
MORE"
Here is the Republics leader to which we have
referred:
| Mr. WERsTER.-We publish, this morning, a
full account of the proceedings of the great
meeting held on Friday night, in the city of New
York. for the purpose of presenting the name
Of Mr.. Webster for the Presidency, subject to
the decision Of national convention Public
| opinion seems to have narrowed the circle OF
| Wing candidates to three indivduals-Mr.
Fillmore, Mr.. Webster, and Gen. Scott. 1t is
thought that one of these three distinguished
men will be the Wing nominee and it should
be the aim of all good Wings to cultivate such
relations among the friends of these respective
| dat OIL Ia fo nrdi lv
in support of the individual who may be the
choice of the convention. With these views,
| we cannot but regret TO see the language that
has been held by one or two Wing journals in
regard to Gen. Scott and Mr.. Fillmore. When
n Wing newspaper undertakes to say that nei-
ther Gen. Scott nor Mr.. Fillmore can be elected
under any contingency, or that whilst any other
Wing than Mr. Fillmore would certainly carry
New York, any one of the Democratic candi.
dates would beat Mr. Fillmore in the State sew
enty or an hundred thousand votes, we think
the force of party obligations and party fidelity
is entirely overlooked. We beliere thai no man
can be nominated by the national Wing conuen-
tion Wh0 ,oW mol receive The entire Wing role,
whether The nominee be Gen. Scott, Mr. Webster,
or Mr. Fillmore.
a more scandalous charge was never brought
against a party, than is conveyed in the allega.
ton that Mr.. Fillmore, if the nominee of the
Wing convention, will be deserted by seventy
or an hundred thousand Wines. It's well that
the party are forexarned of the treason contem-
plated " in contingency" If it is true that we
have seventy thousand men in our ranks capa-
BILE Of this contingent" baseness, let us know
who they are, and let them stay away from
convention by whose action they do not intend
to be bound.
So far from there being seventy thousand nas-
cent traitors to the convention in the Wing ranks
we venture to say that the names cannot be
given of ten Wings of any influence or consid-
Grafton in the State of New York who will avow
that they purpose to withhold their votes from
Mr.. Fillmore, if he should be the nominee of the
convention-or for General Scott, or for Mr..
Webster. 1t is perfectly well known to the
country that these three gentlemen are all Wings
alike-that they agree in opinion on the ques-
tons of immediate political interest--and that
no good Intrinsic reason exists why a Wing who
can vote for one of them should vote against
any other OF the three who should, on full con
sultation and deliberations be presented as the
candidate of the convention.
1t was remarked by Byron that cant seemed
to be the primun mobile in his day-Cant polit
zeal, cant social, and cant religious. A better
specimen of the political genus never fell under
his eye, or excited his disgust, than these gloz
ing words of the Republic Its declaration of
belief, which we have talicised, demands cred
ulity, or relies on stupidity, on the part Of
those to whom it is addressed equally mon
strousR7d insulting If such were actually the
case-H the chickering's and the bitterness dis
played by the friends of these "three individuals"
towards the others respectively, had been mere
ly trick and a sham, confidence might be re
posed in this statement. But such has not hith-
erto been the case, however much "the cohesive
power of plumber" may have drawn together
some ofthe spoilsmen in the ranks of each. The
hostility and the strife has not ceased and in
answer to the vague generalties of the Repub
lie we will adduce few proofs out of many in
our possession.
1t will be noticed that the organ commences
by Indignantly repudating the idea that the
fidelity" ofthe Wings of New York to Mr. FILL.
MORE or Gen. SCOTT could not be relied on. 1t
considers the charge "scandalous," and goes on
to say that not ten influential Wings could be
found in the State of New, York who "would
avow" such purpose. Observe the language
would apOao. Is not this an ntimation to Mr.
SEWARD, and his Enthusiastically more than
ten in number in that State--that if they will
make no auoaoals, a convenient credulity will be
exercised, and the unity of the party be pre-.
served
But the Southern co-operators of the FILL
MORE organ here have exposed the game. The
New Orleans Bee, one of the most active among
them, distinctly declares its want of fidelity"
and that of the Southern Wings generally, to
one of the three individuals" in long article,
two paragraphs of which will serve our purpose.
The Bee says:
In the first place, the South will assuredly re-
fuse all supportto Winfield Scott. unless he runs
on The compromise platform. No candidate,
Wing or Democrat, can receive the Southern