Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-09-01


ceptance IL accept the nomination. with the |
pies laid down In those resolutions are so
broad that but little is left for me to add -
II should neither countenance nor tolerate /
any sedition, disorder. faction, or resistance /
to the law or the Union or any pretsxt, in
any part Of the land can be construed into
any other meaning than unqualified approval
of the Platform, the COMPROMISE Included
Nor can see how the last paragraph but
one Of his letter can be made to mean any
thing but that he gives the known incidents
Of bis long public life, bis character and his
fame, as security for his strict adherence to
the principles Of The Wing party, as express
ed ia the resolutions Of the Convention"
You alege. as another reason why South
ern Wings should prefer Pierce to Scott, the
fact that the latter is supported by 'the open
and avowed enemies Of those measures" 1.-THE
compromise and is therefore unsouad upon
that question. The absurdity ofthis allega-
ton is only cquaIled by The effrontery Of yre-
sentina such argument to an intelligent PEG.
pie Ii Gen. Scott is Frcesoler because
Seward supports him, and Is therefore not en-
titled to the support of the South, pray what
constitutes Pierce's claim to that support, who
numbers among his partizans the two Van
Burens. john r Hale. Robert Rantoul, i.
L. Halle,t, &c2
In answer to the position. which is rather
implied than asserted by Mr. Toombs (and
consequently by vou.) that the Democratic
platform is equally explicit with that of the
Wings, on the subject Of the Compromise, it
is only necessary to point to the facts-tllat
while the latter considers those acts a '.fnal
| adjustment, in principle and substance, Of the
subjects to which they relate the former
carefully avoids the word Final and. BY a
much fairer rule of Construction than the one
you apply to Gen. Scots letter, will mean
that the Democratic party are only pledged
to caecnte them while they arc laws, resur-
1 wing the right to repeal them.
! And that while the Wing party ARE pledged
to support and maintain them, and Insist on
their strict enforee,aent, until further legisla-
ton shall be necessary. which legislation,
while it will guard against evasion Of the laws
on the one hand, and abuse Of their powers
on the other, shall otimpair their present eff
fcicncy to carry out the requirements Of the
Constitution. The Democratic party 'adop-
ted the principles of the Virginia and Ken
lucky resolutions Of '9S as constituting one
of the main foundations Of their political creed
and is resolved to carry them out, in thor oh
vious meaning and import the second Of
which resolutions lays down principles Of con.
struetiop, which, il admitted to be true, and
applied to the Fugitive Slave Law, render
that law "void and Of no force. F" Ii dcfnes
and provides means TO punish crimes which
cannot be reckoncd among those enumerated
ID the resolutions Of '9S and all such laws are
1 declared ny these resolutions Of fs52, to liz
! altogether void and ofno force" Think you
that the Southern Union Wings viii prefer
this platform to their own Z
These reasons, SIR, thus set forth in the
document you have sent me are not sufficient
to shake my allegiance TO the Wig party !;
to impair my confidence in its great principles
or IN the great man who has been selected to
bear its standard in this cempaign And
am confident that express the sentiments Of
the entire Wing portion Of your constituency
in this district, when | shy that Jon have 1T
terly failed to justify your desertio.i Of The
party whose principles you protested to advo-
cate, and to whom you owe your election to
the position you now occupy. And other
considerations, to which | beg leave briefly to
advert, east still darker shade upon the pic
! ture
You said, at your own residence, to Mr.,
Wbitehouse. that you believed Gen. Scott
to be as sound upon the Compromise as any
man in the Union, or words to that effect
! How can this he rccouciled with the charge
you now bring against him, that lie is unsafe
upon IT,
One Of the principal issues in the canvass
3 which resulted in your election, was the Tn
lon and the compromise upon which you stood
as opposed to ant-compromise. abstract Sc
eessionis,n, upon which stood MIR. Bednger.
How can you honorahly or consistently. fra
tcrnise with the Disuuionists, and endorse
the sentiment Of Mr. Toombs, that there arc
"certpin principles settled By the compromise,
for the renewal Of which she (the State Of
Georgia) viii and ought to resist, even, as
last resort to disruption Of the Union T.
The Wing party has distinguished itself
by its devotion to the Union, in opposition to
The Democratic seccssonists-how eau you.
Union man, refuse to support its nominees
The Wing Platform most unequivocally en-
dorscs the compromisc-ho can you, . com
promise Wing, refuse to place yourself upon
it, alongside Of Gen. Scott!
Q zen Pierce has expressed opinions, since,
the passage Of the Compromise acts, bitterly
hostile to the Fugitive Slave law Gen Scott
publicly declared his approval Of Che Cotnpro-
mise acts while they were still pending
can you then, southern, compromise, Union
Wbig, and thus league yourself with party
comprising within its pale all the fiction which
has disturbed the peace and endangered the
the safety Of the Republic for 20 years
Your conduct ran only be explained by
those "other reasons to which you alluee
pardon me if | say that cannot divert my
self Of the suspicion, that foremost among
those "reasonsN is the desire to ally yourself
with what you think the strongest party.
Whatever sir, may have been your mo
tives; whatever may hereafter be your 20
litical course, ! trust you viii End the Wigs
Of this district united in support Of Scott
and Graham. aud if they are defeated they
will still have the pround satisfaction of know
ing that they. at least have done theirduty