Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-23
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
GEN. SCOTT ASo THE SOUTHERN WIGS.

TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23. 1852.
GEN. SCOTT AND THE SOUTHERN WlllGS.
The Petersburg lntcigenccr s quite spunky and will no
be hoaeyugged bruwbea'cn by tho wing INTO The oind
support of General Scott rs he stands. dsagrces with
the Wing in the opinion that General Scott cannot nov
come out with public avowsl of his opinions without be
ing guilty of au Indecent intrusion" Itsays that the Whg
pary of tho South desre aye and require that the nom
nee of their party shall be the nominee because Of his knonn
his publicly aroped appreciation of tho Compromise mea
ses and because of his known Of any sympathy for
or aiaon WITH the Abolltioniss Of the Norh or the Dis
unonists of the South. ,r mol 40 for Geneui Scott It
say this or that his friends for his friends to say this o
that for Gsseral Scott Nothing short OF public and dis
,inct of his opinions prior the meeting OF the nom
mating conveolon will sasy the Wings of the South, OF
secure their support"
The succeeding issue OF the Intcigence contains very
emphatic article showing tina, 1t is not Loco game but
Wing movement, demanding publc pledge" from Gen.
Scott. We copy the article in full
GENERAL SCOTT IN THE sLAvEHoLDlsG STATES
uorse than idle any Whg 10 calculate suppose,
that Gen Scott reesicc The electoral roe Of soory
Southern State in aoranee Of public and srptch pledges IN
bshaof the Compromise General S. may think and pro-
badly with good that the Virginia Wings ought not
to be consulted very deerenIay In the premises BECAUSE
heretofore the of Virginia haa been cast for The Cand
date Of the Democracy But coucedng-alhough we have
strong hopes Of better things In tho event that proper
is puIsued-that Virginia VIII repeat ms ioy OF
former years. and again for The Democratic candidate,
there Southern States which have been heretofore very
reliably WhIg which will for Gen. Scott, In the
absence of these pedges We shall begin with our next
door, and mos, respected neighbor North Carollna. Re-
Gently Wing meetings have been held oil over that reliable
Whg State for tho purpose Of sending delegates 10 Con-
venton which will assemble Raeigh for the purpose
of nominating Candidate for Governor. We have read
The proceedings of these meetings as published in The
CaroIins papers, and as far as wo can remember not
single meeting failed exEress the most decided
preference for MIR. Fillmore the Candidate Of the
Whie party for the Presidency. Now ask s it probable
that the Wings of North Carolina will abandon their hrs
and emphatic choice for the purpose Of supporting
who will pledge himself faithfully 10 adhere to that
policy which has given Mr. Fillmore his strong hold upon
their affecons2 We have no right TO speak BY the card f9
the Wings Of Carolina, and therefore do not presume 70 do
so but that tracing these lines,
all ths party drill which could be bough, TO bear would
signay fail to wheel Carolina into the ranks OF any such
leader Let us next look Georga-a State which Gen.
Taylor carried respectable majority Who, in s senses,
Gun believe that General Scott any other man refusing
falling mako the required pledge can begin TO carry
Georga7 From Florida We have authorized exposition
Of public opinion In Mr. Ca6ea a,e speech in Congress
He tells u.s. emphatically, that Without pledge to
support the Compromise, General Scout and his friends
need no, hope TO carry Florida. OF Kentucsythe Louis
vile Journal the leading Whig paper OF the State thus
speaks ,,o
editorial head the names OF General Scott and Governor
Jones, ot the Presidency and Vice Presidency
"rhcre NAV be state OF in which II will be both the
duty and tho pleasure Of tho Wings of Kentucky support
General Scott for the Presidency but there moi detnhy
formed man here who Goes not know that General Scott
unless he uers pledge himself before The nation 10 support
the COMPROMISE could not ret he of tenth part
Of the hgs of this STATE The city paper, which we alluded
TO- unurls Scot, flag, ,sh, Scott occupies position b.
Gors the pu6 in which nearly quite all OF the "hss oi
Kentucky rouHd decline 10 support him"
If the Louisville Journal any other Whig paper OF
political standing and Influence, were 10 pursue such
course the astonshment and Indignation of the Wing party
would be aroused but there papers whose opinions are
regarded with such indifference that they say or do
just what they please without provoking eouSe or even at
tracing attention.
In Tennesse wo see strong indication that, without the
pledge, General Scott could not carry that SIac athougn
his tcke; should the Of Governor Jones to
Vice President Tie States have thus enumerated are
reliable Whig States and we should be glad TO know Gen
Scott, without pledge, cannot carry them, no" can MS
friends make any show OF fight in other Southern States
which, under other circumstances might be debatable =
1, affords Of pleasure datc on this SUBJECT but
we owe duty 10 The South we'll TO the Wing party,
and with the help OF Ciod will discharge both
General Scott himself be alarmed by the indica
tione a, the South and learn from the ~ u Herald that
the Scott Wings in Washington shave had several private
meetings. and have agreed to prepare letter. to DC
the General which may be calculated 10 remove Inc ooec
toos OF the South hout compromising hts expected sup
por. from The Abolition Wigs of the North The letter VIII
be worded SO contain movable PLATFORM looking TWO
or three ways a, onco HuW dodge the fugitive Stare lar
and yet satisfy the South lltam III ss~a'c WILL A0S"
10 This pan of opsra:ion'.'
corresnondent of the ~ T. Express Whle) also refers
TO the fac, Of the preparation Of such letter to be sgnea
by the General" Now, will the Petersburg Ineleencet
and the Southern Wings recognize such d"sng letter as
sufficient, "pledge" Of soundness2 We shall see
But no such trckery and Seward management can suc
ceed before an enlightened people We haro tho emphatic
testimony OF The ~ T. Mirror administration paper 'ha'
no Whg candidate be elected pon The basis OF mere
party PLATFORM The simple and sufficient reason assShs'
is that he Democracy is III the m'otity, and "a "aK I'D.
lnis;ra;on the exception hnd not the rule OF Po"ca
aairs To succeed the Whlgs it says, have one ana ou'
peg hang hore on. They must Identity themselves
with The pariy Of the Uno We sha II they resort to
this las, desperate tevce proved utter humbug In Vir'
piniu