The daily union., 1852-07-04
General scett In the south.

We copy and commend to the special attention OF our
readers the following able article from the Macon1es-
senger and Journal one OF the most influential whg
gans in the State OF Georgia. It states the OF the
southern wings against General Scott concusvey, with
out oversiang il in a single particular.
The Republic thinks the South ought TO be satisfied
with General Scott because his letter follows up his tel
egraphc despatch and accepts platform and nomination
together What else could he do! Could anybody ac-
eep, the nomination and decline the patform What Gen.
Scott could do in that way he has done ln terms he has
refused to pledge himself 10 the platform In terms nc
has said that he will not be governed by conformity 10 1t
in making his appointments In terms he has plainly IN
maed that he will WELD the peo TO protect II and
in most explicit and emphatic terms he has interpreted
into il policy which it does not conain in regard to the
public lands and the naturalization laws. Now we ask,
could Mr. Seward himself, had he fit TO force his
oton nomination instead OF Gen. Scots upon his party,
have done anything than this TO place himself in
position OF complete independence of the platform
We say, them that General Scotts letter has done all
that letter accepting the nation could do to render
him obnoxious, not alone to the wings OF Georgia and
the South but to those wings everywhere who hold that
the government should break ITS pishbd fai in the
matter OF the settlement OF the sectional controversy.
Some OF the Scott organs insist that some OF the free
soil democrats-Mr Rantou for instance--are going TO
vote for Gen PIERCE and therefore his position before the
South is as bad as Cen Scotfs The subjoined article
eectuay disposes OF that point The question is not
who going to vote for Cen Scott, but uho brought him
fopard and thrust him the whg party bs potsd for
In other words whose preferred candidate he, and
why was he so preferredl The answer is, he was the
chosen candidate OF Messrs. Seward and Johnston and
their followers He was so chosen because, until his
nomination he alone, OF all candidates. stood dcggedly
silent, and would not write the first word in favor OF
maintaining the Compromise. This fact gave him his
nomination This fact is backed up by the terms OF
his letter of acceptance, have seen, and is re-
lied on to give him the main part OF the support he will
get II was thi. fact which set Mr. Webster and Mr..
Fillmore aside to make way for General Scott, because
they were supposed to be committed to the maine-
nance OF the Compromise and against renewal of the
sectional controversy Now, does any man pretend that
ANYBODY supports Gen Pierce because he is supposed not
TO be committed against renewal OF the sectional asta-
ton Does any one pretend that he was nominated on
any such ground Does any deny that he is any less
committed on the question OF further anti-savery sgi
,ation than any one OF the eminent men whose names
were before the Democratic Convention There is no
presnce OF the sort The Republic tries TO make point
on, Of the fact that General Pierce, being away from
home s understood not to have received the letter OF
Mr. Robert Scott in relation TO the fugitive law in time
to answer /, before the meeting Of the convention The