Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-09-08

| ~. aiu Tue territory Ol Il iOrlua, ana lol
'ne PfeVehaoN OF that traffic between the States.
s".Mr. Williams of Miss renewed his motion to
lay the motion to resume on the table, and it was
carried IN the affirmative as follows:
"Reas-Messrs. Benton, Buchanan, CALHOUN
clay OF Alabama, Fulton. Hubbard, KING, Linn
Lumpkin, Lyon, Mouton Nicholas. Noryell. Pres.
tGn' hves; Roane, Robinson, Strange, Upton
Walker, White, Williams e MissL59.
MI, INaysN,iMessrs. An.ei,, Clayton, Davis, Knight
Iohe S VOLTS, Niles, PIERCE, Prentiss, Rug
ges, sln''h of Ohio. Smith of Indiana, Swift, vii
llans ii Me.-l4."
Thus we find Mr.. PIERCE, three years subse-
quent to the presentation of the resolution in refer
ence to abolition petitions, reported by the pndi
Gator, voting in favor of the consideration of an
abolition petition by Congress. We have no evil
dence that he has changed his ground since this
development of his position in 1889.
But the Pindicator discovers that Gen. SCOTT
is Freesoler, and bases that sensible opinion
upon language once used by him in favor of the
annexation of the Canadas, and opposed to the an
nexation of any country densely peopled with the
Mexican race. The Tindicator generously attrib-
utes these views to Gen. ScoTTs desire to acquire
Freesoil Territory, while that paper well knows
that any District dcnsely peopled by the Mexican
race would just as certainly exclude slavery sthe
Canadas. Gen. SCoTT was prompted from entire
ly different motives, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing extract. To give correct view of those
motives is all that we deem necessary, as it will be
at once perceived that so far from desiring to ben
eft the North exclusively, he had then as he has
always at heart, the general good. Here are the
reasons assigned by Gen. SCOTT in favor of the
annexation of Canada -thepublic may judge wheth-
er he was prompted by the wish to secure Free
soil territory:
"In my judgment, the interests Of both sides
would be much promoted by the annexation-the
several provinces coming into the Union on equal
terms with our present thirty States. The free
navigation of the St. Lawrence is already of i'm
mense Importance to perhaps third of our present
population, and would be ofgreat value to the re-
mainder. After annexation, two revenue cutters
below Quebec would give us better security a
gainst smuggling than thirty thousand custom
house employees strung along the line that separates
us from the British possessions on the continent"
The use of the language ''dcnsely peopled with
the Mexican race" plainly implies that Gen. ScoTr
would not be opposed to the annexation of dis
trict of country spmsety peoplcd with the Mexican
race, into which slavery might be introduced
Into country densely populated with Mexicans,
neither Gen. ScoTT or any body else could ration
ally anticipate the introduction of negro slavery
Our deductions from Gen. ScoTT's language are
precisely the reverse of the Indicators strained
conclusions.
Having thus briefly glanced at these matters
which the Vindicator brings up in Judgment a.
gainst Gen. ScoTT, we proceed to show that there
is not single sentiment advanced by Gen. ScoTT
in the language quoted by that paper, that can 'be
tortured into an expression ofhostility the South
This we propose to prove by the Vindicator itself.
1t Will be recollected that for some time past we
have kept at our masthead, Challenge" which
just one month ago brought the volunteer Editor
of the Vindicator into the field. 1t will be seen
that we de6ed him to produce from the record one
word that Gen. ScorT had ever uttered hostile to
the South The Tiadicator undertook to show the
delusive nature of our challenge, and distinctly adj
mitted in its second article that the issue presented
in that challenge was ''decided in our favOr"-in
other words that nothing could be produced from
the record save Gen. ScorT's reported declaration
to Senator WADE. Now, the Viadicator at the
very time it was forced to resort to that miserable
'Roorback" had in its possession thssame Atchlson
letter. and the same letter the subject of annex
alton which he now quotes with such ''hourish
of trumpets." Two weeks ago our author sub
stantially admitted that there was not word in
either of those letters that could be tortured into
expression of hostility to the South and yet he has
the face to bring them up now, as conclusive EVIL
dence that ':Gen. ScoTT's record is entirely at va
rance with the cherished opinions of the South"
If these letters contain such plain, unequivocal
proof of Gen. ScoTr's unsoundness, and have been
all the time in the Indicators possession, why
were they not produced as evidence to the point
long ago? The conclusion is irresistible that they
were not deemed unsound TIVE weeks ago, but are
now. In other words, that driven from every 9TH
or position, the Titdicator has been forced to
sort to them in the extremity of its need.
The clumsy argument which the Vindicator
builds up in defence of his Yankee candidate en-
braces all that Gen. PIERCE has ever said favora-
BILE to the South-all that he has said and done a.
gainst the South and her institutions, being of
course left out of view What the Tindicator
reports him to have said on sundry occasions, if it
proves any thing, only proves him to be just what
the Wings imagine him to be-a man of two faces
one for the North and the other for the South.
The Tindcator says he entertains the opinion that
Congress has not the po,cer to abolish slavery in
the District We do not admit it, but if he does
he also entertains the opinion that Congress ought
not to permit any increase of slave population by
emigration into the District. When EDMUND
BROOKE asked permission to take his slaves along
with him into the District of Columbia, FRANK
LIN PIERCE, JOHN Quincy ADAMS, sc, said ''No,'
when every body from the South said "Yes."-
Was this act of your candidate in accordance with
,lo,r convictions of Southern rights? IfGeneral
PIERCE is theoretically a very sound pro-slavery
man as you would have us believe, it must be ad-
mitted that his vote in reference to BRooxE's ne
groes bellies all his pretty professions
In conclusion, we would ask the indicators
Attorney to yield the point. Just admit that you
are talking about the New Hampshire Yankee as
YOU have talked about all the Yankees that have
been nominated by your party for the Presidency
and that you are abusing Gen. Scorr just as you
have abused all the other Vrginians that the
WbiUs have BROUGHT before the people. Every