Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-12

me with Gen. Scou's nomination. being thus re-
moved J conceived it to be my duty. and forth.
with determined to support him.
Gen. Scott and the Com pro mise.
The Wing politicians and Editors of the
South were generally in favor Of the nomina-
ton orNfr. Fillmore, in preference 10 General
Scott. and therefore. no very active efforts
had been made. prior to the meeting of the
Wing Convention. to controvert the assump-
t'on'by Gen. SCOTS opponents. that his posi-
lion upon The Compromise measures. was one
OF doubtful character. The refusal or failure
Of the General 10 write letters, for the mr.
pose OF securing his nomination. has been COM
mented upon, and attributed to the assumed
fact Of his Entertaining sympathy with The
Abolitionisrs and Free sellers. and being in
alliance with them, to secure his nomination.
That these were the merest assumptions,
any one at all familiar with the history Of Gen.
Scott 5 life. might have known. 1t was the
most unlikely thing imaginable. that he. " ho
had devoted so much If his life, talents and
energy. to the services ofthe Country, and who
had contributed so much 10 its glory, security
and defence, should have belied the whol..
tenor his he. and furnished his unsulli d
name. by lending his great talents and reputa-
ZION, TO Il miserable faction. u sectional party
Let any ca, ilIer read his letter to Dr.. Thos.
p. Atkinson and however much he may disa-
gree with Gen. Scott. upon the abstract ques-
ton of slavery. as domestic institution. nm
less he has foregone conclusion to find faulr
with any thing Scott says or does, he must h,.
compelled to acknowledge tina, his opinions
upon the subject ofthe powers of the Federal
Government in regard 10 slavery. and the
proprieiy of any interference with that instiu.
ton from without the slave States. are emil
nen,ly sound, conservative and pat riotic.
Suhjoihed we give an article. clipped fom
the til weekly National Intelligencer of tho
2sth OF February 1850. which will set at rest.
forever. the question as to what position Gen.
Scott has occupied upon the subject Of the
Compromise. from the time it was preached
in the Senate by Mr.. Gay. on the goth Of
January 1850. 1t will be seen that being in
ehC ShN vi -NCW 1bFhv ou the OCCASION OF tnfs
great Union meeting at Castle Garden, on
the evening of the 25th of February. 1850.
although he had not participated in public
meeting for forty years. he felt bound to be
present on that occasion. to aid in the effort To
preserve the Union. and to sanction by his
presence and his voice a compromise OF tn.
slavery question on the basis of Mr. Claws
resolutions; u hich resolutions, though differing
somewhat in the settenentthey proposed from
that subsequently, effected, Covered the whole
subject. the Fugitive Slave Law included, az
will he seen by reference to them. And this
was Gen. SCOTS Course, while many Of those.
who now pretend to question his soundness
on the subject of the Compromise. " ere throw
ing every difficulty in the way of the Compro.
1pise. and endeavoring TO get up a national or
ganzatiom at the South. by means of the
Nashville Convention, which might have re-
suited in the most disastrous consequences To
The Union, and to the institution Of slaverv it.
self We publish the whole article, to show
the temper and spirit which animated the
meeting. Can any thing exceed the noble
sentiments uttered Ivy General Scott on that
occasionl There were no Stewards nor
Greelys nor Van Burenslno Roots present
on that occasion The position then occupied
by our glorious Candidate was as far removed
from that of The Abolitionists and Free. so;crs.
as light from darkness, and from that position
he has never swerved for moment. Will any
man now Doubt
1t may be true that Scots nomination has
gwen dlss 'Iisfaction TO some Fancy politi.
cians," who, as the Richmond Wing saws.
cost more To keep them than they are worth;
or who. like the Indians gun. ZOOS, more than
they come TO-" bur, they are not the men who
make Presidents. The Wing party has sur
vived the detection Of ADLER and better men
and it will now be able to live through this
withdrawal of men, who. have heretofore but
served as "wct blankets" to the Party. From
the great boly of the Wing party, aud the in
dependent and patriotic of all parties, the NOM
ination OF the great defender Of his country's
honor, independence and lberties-the hero
statesman and pcace.making con.lueror. meets
with response, which, en- the 4th day of
Novembe, next, will drown forever the croals-
ings of the faint hearted and the clamor Of
opponents.