The daily union., 1852-10-28

nothing TO with H. or a knowledge OF il but III,
wrier does mol stop here but brings both The knowledge
ani tns appreciation Of quite home 10 you Hear him
ihat the political principles pnaessed by Gen Scott ii
cal with those indicated by his organ aud by the resolu
uons above quoted there s the abundant
gable proof lie received and read tho sun regularly
and Y was the only ou'-and-ont Scout paper in United
States, &c '"Bal he visited This city (ioches,eO in ,ha
year 70 ioo1 sleF his presidential Interests person He
sent for the prominent Of the Scott ogani.
xtton and they sccordinEly called upon him Lagle
Hotel He there expressed 10 ilem distinctly and EN-
phatleaiy his unqualified appreciation of the whole
meat by which he had been put orward democratic
candidate Tor the presidency and he urged per-
severe, and declared IN the his gratitude
to these genlenen for what they had done him." &c
he stated TO the,D without eguvocaton ervation
that he was dcmocsaf had always been democrat ;
,ha, ne had sustained and supported every democratic ad
nnsfaon since he came upon the field OF action that
s locked q ai party Tor hs political future, and that its
Tnese facts Gen. Scott VIII have the hardihocd to
decay They nre voucled Tor by men whose Integrity will
ao' be questioned and whose yeracy needs snsporl.
Their at the service OF anybody who wishes
Inquire AS 10 ihelr credibiy il will be found
peachabe as the documentary evidence which comedies
win and coTioooratrs their testimony" p,
The writer describes yonr foregoing avowal of demo-
cratic prncles as being very satisfactory TO the democ
racy OF Rochester, and had you stopped there, that hey
would doubtless have continued their support 10 you;
but that you went many Steps further in your self
audation, and irretrevaby overdd and spoiled every
thing, when you told them that you had " carried Gen
aeas hep n1pas y1nl
ton was here WHY, these people adored and almos,
worshpped the Old Hero as the greatest Of dead v
ing statesmen; and TO be told ha, he had needed your
help 10 carry him through his administration, and while
he, the nan OF iron nerve still alive at the Her
mi'age with muscle hawn, end bones enough sull left
him 10 have borne whole political Mount Atlas upon
his shotIders-why, il was qulle too much for them
They regarded the presumpluous annoyance OF the
sumption as hardly less amazing and offensive than so
glarng aproahauon of the truth OF history. No
der heyaaz al you in marvel and amazement and that
with instructive and simultaneous CONSERVATION, they
stomPedM, and never stopped TO take breath until they
had bounded back into the folds of he real democracy
And thusended your first striving for the presidency
Nothing daunied, however. under this discontinue. you
rallied your energies and appliances with promplude
once more and Piled them deity and amain but not this
time amorg the democrats but among the wings Thus,
In lb40 you were candidate for nomination before the
Wing National Convention, which assembled at Harris
burg Pennsylvania in May OF that year need offer no
proof of this because il is known 10 every body Well
you mustered there in considerable strength hut you had
come so recently from your daanee and embraces with
ing eapsed) that il fell below that OF either OF your CON-
peuiors. Resolving however, that the military prestige
should not be lost sight of You dexeroly wheeled into
column with your military competitor, and contriving
among you in the melee 10 shuttle old Harry Clay down
TO the bottom OF the pack, up turned Maj Gen. William
a. Harrison as the trump card and thus resulted your
second striving Tor the presidency a4
Sui undauned you took Time by the forelock, and en-.
tered az once into the ensuing for the presidency
but with more comprehensive tactics and quckened
Zeal
In 1914, iii also well known that you were again
candidate Tor nomination before the Wing National Con
ven'ion. which assembled in Baltimore in June OF that
year You oresaw, however, at the threshold of the
canvass. thatit might be pfedfn 10 wider space
rpsIrss vench ns and re.oubis nnd ihev
were at once resolved on with early appliance and sur
pIisng activity.
in your published letter to committee, bearing the
precocous date Of October 25 Al, out you with
haunting colors and in full blast a radical wing, and
OF in favor OF the leading whig OF The
session OF Congress OF that yeartha is TO say.
the land distribution BILL the bankrupt bill, and the
L,,v a.It ~ "A
fell swoop" all the principles which you bad professed
in common with The Rochester democracy just ten years
before. aHs
In tie letter you spread your net still wderand
having eye 10 your iavorie North you sought to lure
recruits thereto from the vicious and fanatic hordea of
northern anti Masonlsm, for you say, 4" have not been
member OF Masonic lodge for thirty odd years,
yier Of any lodge except one, now more than sixteen
years ago"
Now sir, this sentence is full OF significance and you
bad motive for putting IL forth The world is curious
10 know what was that motive II sou did not thereby
intend to let the anil Masons understand that you had
log ceased TO be Mason, and TO have hea infer that
you had fepudaied free Masonry, and bccausefar from
regarding II now as benevolent aud most charitable in
sii uon you deemed u most hnrtiu and pernicious
society What did you nlend II you had other and bet
ter reasons Tor such statement, they entirely beyond
The reach oi ken OF mine Indeed the fair inference
from your letter TO be that you are opposed To all
secret societies, with the solitary exception OF those
formed By students and professors in academies and coll
leges which YOU very properly say, for purely lie.
rary purposes" That niefeHce Your decided
dsapproVaO O all other secret sociees FIee- MasOHs y
Fellows, and all
But ii seems General that you had also an eye about
the tme TO another vast faction which had been
heaved into life from the boilngs and eeryesoence OF
The political caudron and was spreading with amazing
growth, and into great political importance, and
pecally al your lavorite North. This was native.
Americanlsm SO, on the 10th of November Isll
ou inJlteJ your famous letter 10 George Washington
Reed and Others, (naviss ol phadelphiaD in which
tsier informing them that your native sentiments had
originated ms lar back as S35, lyon declare now hes
tate between extending the period residences before
naturalization and total repeal o tho acts of Congress
Your letter. OF course, took with the natives and
you were nominated with enthusiasm the native can.
didaie for the presidency.
But you thought You might need still another spoke in
your weel ios the whig nomination. and doubtlrss YOU
seized upon }, with the more ayidy as il was another
LUSCIOUS ha 10 catch The sympahes and support OF your
isvoriie North. This was an,i.saveryisn About This
time The slavery party OF the North and West had
shown, al many OF the Slate elections, vast increase
and most formidable electoral power Hence came forth
your memorable letter Of February ., 1913, TO r p At
knsons ESQ, OF Virginia, upon The slavery question
Say no more oi this astounding paper for the present.
serving s dissection Tor future cpstleD further than
10 remark, ths, The feles abotonsi of them all could
scarcely have expected IRON you with all your northern
proc vites) sentiments 20 congenal with his own and
40 which a his doctrines OF dire and desolang fanat
elsm took and rise
AT last the Wing Convention met, and this time old
Harry OF the West proved himself stronger than all the
'isms' you could muster into your service So down
yoq went again aud up Old Harry once more. And
thus resulted your third striving for the presidency
Bnt what ot thail Undsnayed by any disaster which
ever heel you, you again raed fourished your war.
trump and took the ield for the next canvass