The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-06-26
Gen Scott.-Thp Nh,.. Nominpp

Uad 10y compromising It With little Mrxica,
garlic and pepper, gold lace, plumacc, and gil
buttons, the whis convention at Baltimore final
ly got their nasty plate Of soup sufficient,
seasoned to enable them To gulp 1t down IA N,
fifty third trial 1t WAS a hard dose. no duub,
egatcs, after gasg.nS over it fily three times, lie
clareL that it did NOT set well on their ,iom,c!-
ani some even threw /, up before tie cnnveu.iur
adjourned. II il thought. however that, If "a,
General can be made to stay in his marquee, T.,
well dclPljned body gulri, under the cosn,
men Of his committee" with a competent adjl
tant TO wrte his general orders" that he val
De able to drill the wing squad pretty w.l
particularly the "wooley heads" Of the north and
the Galphini>ts Of the south, Notwithstanding
there 3, good deal It staggering IN their rlu,s
at the presou, time. 80 that thcy viii by ub.r tr
perform the march up Sal, River" next No
sember, in very decent military order
Through the Generals military achievements
1t Is hoped, by those who nominated HIM thlt
he will carry the lovers OF glory. while his
Mlhcily letter to the "Churchbururr>," Is leaned
upon for hearty support from the Natives IN
Philadelphia and the Merchant princes OF New
lork. Hustle IN vote i kicked overheard
to CRAFTY h,ile malice which Gov. seward
holds against the friends Of the administration
and Fillmore j, laid on the shelf because he f.,
vurcd the compromise measures which, however
had To be mixed into the soup to make it pa
latabc for the south How hi, mixture will be
rel'shcd by the wings in all parts uf The ,ountr,
we are as We. unable to say but -, the wing
party have no fixed principles To Contend Tor
and only fight for spoils, we presume, by the
time Of the election most Of them will have wor-
ried it down.
A. but little is known Of Gen SCOTS private
character and as the whjg papers have taken
the liberty Of commenting upon that Of the dem
ocralic candidate, We have examined some Of the
best wing authorities upon the subject but
with little success. There are, however. few
items which appear worth reprinting. They are
all from wing papers, which, however, Is not
much, in our opinion, to their credit Perhap,
the friends Of Gen. Scott will appreciate them
the more on that account, and for their benefit
We, therefore, give them as we fird them.
Horace Greedy, Editor OF the New York I'll.
jaae, in writiu; from Washington to the wings Of
New York, in 1915, says:
'Send delegate to the Convention. if Won
car, f,r ~
for Cnrwin. for Seward; If not for seward. for
Taylor. Blu, last Of all i,r Scott. Sccttis vain
coScomb OF man Ilis brains. all that he has
.,re ia his epaullttte, and if be should be elected
President, he could tear the wing party into tat.
tiers in less than six months
Now, the y. Y. Tribune is regarded by tie
Wigs as good authority, and they generally ad
NIT It's editor to be man Of veracity-which is
little more than We are willing to DO, although
VIC think in this instance he spoke the truth
spoke JUS; as he thought and believed, and as
every intelligent and unYrj1diced man in the
country thinks. The New York Express, (awbis
papcr) also, thus aluie. to ihi. letter:
1t Is truthful extract from a vcritable letter
written by Mr. Greedy, ARE 50 info'med by the
Albany Hsgisfer (wh. plpeD in print and by
one Of the editors and proprietors Of that paper.
who gave u the maine Of tho ra--nn T., ,vn.,,n If,
was HI1, ss-s IT
The Buffalo Commercial twhi.) al.o copies the
above paragraph from Mr.. Greedy, aui afiirms
that it is genuine, and thinks it IS true The
same with the Troy Wig Chicago Commercial
Adrerh'sr, and a host of other wing haper. in
d.iicrcn, parts Of he country.
With such evidence from vhig parers that
"Ger. Scott is rain, coaesjtei cor-oua5 0 famln
and that his trains, ALL THAT M HAS,
are ia his epadlette' We hope there is no wing in
the country wha will attempt to deny l,-who
will dare to give the lie to so many Of the lead.
Ing Wing papers.
The Wing party, then, according to their own
prints, have brought out as their candidate fir
the highest ofice in the gf, Of the people Of th.
Republic a "ysi" coyeoo5, reio,r brains, ag that
he has, are ., pair Of gjtyaudstas' Truly
lie Is a ct candidate for wli-ccry,
BY way Of further Illustrating The character
Of Gen Scott, aui also to give our friends au idea
OF his strict morality, We quote the following
from letter to the y Y H.rrR written by a
person present., aul who can yyuoh f,r its correct.
He-s. We also copy tla ez;rac. from he B.l!alo
Patriot and Jorrnai, a wing paper:
Gen. SCOT freely expresses his indignation. at
the Presumption and impotence Of Mr. Fillmore in
continuing to stand ia bis way, when the Vi.hcs
If the whig party have been 80 unmistak,bly
expressed m the appointment q delegates to the
Wing Conven,lou. Il j. said that at q late din
uer patty, Gen. Scott made no secret Of his opin.
ions on this point A friend Ut the ndmini.tra.
tIun present, disposed TO Cancellation, or at least
a temporary armstice, took occasion to .av that
Mr. Fillmore had no particular desire for the
! Presidency and no unkni feelings towards Gen
Scott whatever. "Oh no. replied the General
MIR Fillmore, of course docs not care for the
. Presdcncy-we all know that; but why IN the
name OF God, sir does he continue to stand in my
! way, when he knows a. well "a you know that
| am the choice Of nineteen twentieths Of the
wing party T. why. General. hi. Southern
friends insist on IT, They do no, like the friendly
terms On which you stand toward Gov. Seward r
I God d-n Seward! the General will swear
on "A pinch What have to do with Seward, a
mere subaltern Of the wing party-n mere buga.
boo But does any man think am going 90 he
fool enough to throw away the wing free sol
votes Tor nothingi No sir. And il Mr.. Fllmor,
wishes to show his good will toward. me and tn.
wing party, let hun resign. lie stands now IN
bad position; aud the faction at his back are do
ing all they can To crush me, and he knows 1t.
On being informed Of the democratic nomination
of Fierce, Generrl Scott il report TO have SAID
all f.. 4, l..