Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-28

right if elected. But ii Seward and
company have had Influence enough
heretofore to keep him silent when it
was his duty to have spoken, will
they not have just as much influence
after his election2 Wiz they not
to abandon his administra-
ton? Will he not, to secure their
support they being the great ma :
jprity in lis party ust Is Gen. Tay :
for did determine, as a military man,
to sacrifice the small body from ii he
South? And when we are pressed
again, as doubtless we shall be, what
Northern man, eth Ter Wing or Dem
ocrat, Will come to our relief? If we,
the minority, sacrifice our friends and
put in our enemies, what right have
We to look for Northern support
again?
But it may be said tliatlif We re-
fuse to support Gen. Scott, General
Pierce will be elected. If he were u
dangerous man, there might be force
in the objection. | have cl5sely scru-
tinized his course since the begin
ming of the canvass. Upon all ques-
tons Cd INJECTED with slavery and the
rights Of the South, no man that |
know Of from any section Of the I'm
ion, has a better record. While he
has been, as far as / know, true to
all the great essential interests of his
own section, his votes and speeches
prove him to have been eminently
just and liberal to us. Since his re-
tire ment from Congress, his course
has been consistent and national
He was active in putting down, in
the democratic party ofNew Hamp-
shire, John p Hale, the abolition
candidate for the Presidency More
recently, he did the Same with re-
spect to Atwood. Mr. Atwood, a
political and personal friend of Gen.
Pierce, was The democratic nominee
for Governor. Shortly before the
election, when there was every pros
pect of the success of Mr.. htw0od
AS his opponent, the wing candi-
date, was like all the other wings of
New Hampshire, hostile to the fugi-
tive 81 ave law-he likewise wrote a
letter expressing his opposition to
that Measure. Gen Pierce, being
only then private citizen, was I'M
der no particular Obligation to inter
fere. lie might, t5o, have said that
both the candidates we're star ding
on the same ground. Besides nei-
Their he nor the people Of New lamp
shire had any PRACTICAL interest in
the fugitive slave law. 1t was there
a mere question of justice to the
South; and yet Gen. Pierce took it
upon himself to travel some distance
to see Mr.. Atwood; and ON his Eefu-
sal to take back his letter, be com
menced a movement which resulted
in degrading Atwood from his posi-
ton as the democratic candidate for
Governor, and in Substituting a
sound man in bis place. 1t WAS thus
that Gen. Pierce, private citizen,
under no especial obligation to take
S D much trouble and odium on him
SELF acted from a mere determine
ton to lojustice to the cons tuition
of the South. How does
Gen. SCOTS conduct compare with
it? In Pennsylvania Gen. s. colt was
nominated for the Pr esidency by the
same convention that nominated
Gov. Johnston for reelection. But
Gov. Johnston refused to sign bill
passed by the democratic Legislature
of Pennsylvania TO facilitate the exc
cution Of the fugitive slave law, and
was in fact, avow$dly hostile to that
Here, then, was a proper
case for the int Inference of General
Scott, he being associated in the
nomination of the convention with
Johnston 0ugH he not, in justice
to himself, if he W as friend to the
compromise, to hive written at least
a letter vindicatihg his position?-
But, on the contrary, he was as mute
as the grave, and lent the whole
weight of his military popularity to
The support of Johnston. And he
was repaid by THO exertions of Gov.
Johnston, who, after his defeat by
he democratic candidate, came to
,he convention at Baltimore, and car
led his delegation for Gen Scott.
BIT it is said tlat we, were repre-
iented in the c9nvention, and are
therefore, bound I'd support its nomi-
lee. Suppose il had nominated
fred. Douglass, tile free|negro the
anne argument might have been
lsed. Should it He said that this is
lot a supposdble fhse, then would We