Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-03-24
THE STANDARD.
RALEIGH, N. C..
saturday,, MARCH 20, 1852.
THE REGISTER OUT FOR SCOTT.


Tine to the orders which were issued few weeks
since from Washington. the Raleigh Register comes
;,r,d in an Editorial on the position of the Whig
srv: and in the course Of its remarks, though it
,,esses preference for Mr.. Fillmore for the Pre-
soev. it announces it's readiness to 20 for General
Scott. 1t says:
uWe do not hesitate to declare our preference for
Mr. Fillmore over all others for the Presidency, but
whilst We do this. it is not because we have any dis
inst either of Mr.. Webster or Gen. Scott on the sub
e, Of the Compromise. They both proued their de-
ntaou TO it ,rhiist it under consideration. -
Now we affirm that the Register has no proof Of
uy sort that Gen. Scott was or is in favor Of the
nconpromise - The fact is, the proofs are all the
other way. The following letter, written by Gen.
Scott just year ago. in reply to some Pennsylva-
MIA Wings, and published soon after it was written
in ,he New York Herald, will show " here the Gen.
enl is on the compromise" Here is the letter
"WAsHlNeroN, March 26, 1851.
SR: have received your letter. (marked " conf
unlisl ") in which, after committing the error Of
sppo.ing me to be fully before the country as the
shg candidate for the presidency" you proceed to
nsrrogae me many points OF grave public inte-
rest.
Permi. to say that, considering We shall proba.
BY only have whig candidate for the presidency
through national convention, and that cannot be
its nominee except by the force Of the unsolicited
Panlaisy Of large masses Of my countrymen-
Considering, also. that, il my character or Princi
pies be moi already known it would be idle to al
snpl supply the deficient impression by mere pa
per professions of wisdom and virtue made for the
OccdsiOn-
And considering tina. if l answer your queries. l
must 60 on and answer others already before me- as
well as The long series that would inevitably follow,
10 the disgust of the public
will beg permission to close this acknowledg.
nsns Of your letter by subscribing myself with great
spect your obedleEt servant.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
-, ESQ.,, Harrisburg, Pa.
rs must add that write and say nothing on
!1'c subjects which am unwilling to see publish
Gen Scott, it will be seen, has opinions for the
pubic eye-or rather, his political opinions were so
We'll known tha to repeat them, would be to - dis.
s'a the country-or rather, he was IS considering
Saehef 1t was best 10 continue considering or to
'Peak out and so. not having determined wha, 10 do
e'a'on TO the 6 compromise. he informed his
pennsylvania friends that he was still considering"
Oen' Scott, 1t is well known, is the first choice Of
00S Seward; and nne-tenths OF his friends and
Pa'zans In the free States are Seward men. For
Sanee Gov Johnson, Of Pennsy Ivania, is for him {;
'soare the masses of the Wings in that State, and
+'' me masses In New York, including GreeIy and
"''e" ork Times; and every one knows that he
''' recently nominated in Maine by portion of the
legislature Of that State mos. hostile to Mr. Fillmore.
"'0olon to this, it is stated as matter for regret
some OF the Fillmore journals in the free States,
~. r mat the Scott men are electing to the Wing
wv '"0"ai Convention the avowed enemies of MIR.
.1u0e such as ex-MarsEalls, exp Postmasters, &c.
'""'e been removed by the latter for their Seward
4~noencIes; and secondly, that the IS higher law''
S'oA In New York already raising notes OF sri-
~ ~pH over Mr. Flmore's inevitable downfall. The
''use Star complains, for instance in the btteres,
' 0' 'he neglect of Mr.. Fillmore by recent meet
y: o" me oneida Wings, and adds; "There is a
M. 0eyond which forbearance ceases 10 be virtue.
a.. i" point the "hgher lzw faction aare reached. II
persist In their present hostility to the National
n u. ration, their blood be upon their own heads.
"m sM new York Express notices this, and says:
aa s above is from the Star, plain spoken jour.
abola' lned at Syracuse. The Syracuse Journal. the
Ro",a organ in the same place, parades these Scott
ae o"Iuns' with the remark that General Scott is
"Hu,,s "aa 10 feared by our opponents. and with the
dales :. OF personal triumph over other candi'
doe, f very clear to Us that this sort Of bragga
c Of p0wi"g up as it does, act Of personal neg
Wand. l.: 'es'dent Fillmore, and studied silence To-
so c %'s administration, can result in no good eth
H. e"' scott or the Wing party"
Of 'o'egolng. from Wing Fillmore paper, is fol
Yo,L sung. 1t proves that the Scott men in New
,,,. "s Identified with the IS Abolition organs, u
Vi, "s' they have, thus far, treated Mr.. Fillmore
M,, studied silence and neglect" The Express
III, In the same article, of those Scot, men il
hs; 'e' "whose Zeal is measured by the intensity
w. n W. aes''e to be reuenged upon Mr.. Fillmore an
VIA, 0''' t0r supporting tie e0pro"ise measare'.'
il '0es That prove? Does it show that Gen. Scot
Hs,, compromise -" mani If so, why should hi
a,.. :" Mr.. Fillmore's own State, seek s. to b,
g,.' upon Mr.. Fillmore" because he supportel