Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-04-21
MR. STANLY'S LETTER.

Mr., Sanly says, in his recent letter, that General
Scott " as earnest, ardent, and jealous friend
Of the compromise measures there in the Uni
ted States, - and he adds: 81 know, of my own
knowledge, that he was SO, before their passage
Though Congress and afterwards. In reply to this
"a Correspondent of the New York Express. a Whig
paper, says:
Mr.. S,anly afinns this-and afirms that General
Scott is in favor of The fnalily upon the ground
that he helped to carry them by reasoning with GER
tain members of Congress, &c., exeTting his person
Now this is, perceive, in part-and yet it is
not true in the main. Gen. Scott, no doubt, as MIR.
Cabei says. was in favor Of the four distinctly
known the Compromise bills, viz
l. Admission Of California.
| Q. Organization of New Mexico. .
3. Ten Million Texas Bill. .. ...
4. Organization of Utah.
But, there is proof that he aided in the passage
Of OF acquiesced in the passage OF the two repeal
able Bills:
/. The Abolition of the Slave Trade in the Dis
trici of Columbia.
2. The Fugitive Siare Bill.
In the passage of these Bills, the the Offset of
the other, he had ha,ld-a,d there IS proof that
he acOud eet the po1Ucr Of his ADMINISTRATION, If eiec
ted, to maintain them as part Of the Compromise
Measures. On THE CONTRARY. WE HEAR FROM Gov.
SEWARD AND HIS ABOLITION FRIENDS ALL THE WHILE,
THAT He WOULD NOT"
Mr.. S.anly says he prefers Mr.. Fillmore, but that
if Gen. Scott should be nominated he will give him
''cOIGIdi, WnOIe.SOuIeOs
is, he is in favor of Mr. Fillmore because he is dis
tinctly and publicly committed TO the " compromise;
yet he would 60 cordially" for General Scott be-
he knows, privately, that Gen. Scott is also for
the " compromises! Now lie; US see what ether
Wing gentlemen. belonging to the slave-holding
States, friends of Mr.. Fillmore, have said this
subject. Mr.. Cabe, of Florida, Wing, recently de-
clared that if the Wing Convention should " succeed
in sectionalizing the party, by attempting to curry
favor with the eesoilcrs, and refuse nominate Mr.
Fillmore else kao,On by his occupy
the national and constitutional position, the
Wing party, as party, thus perverted, UouM and
shOmId to erist in the Southern States" The
Hon. G. II. Williams. of Tennessee, Wing. in a
speech delivered the 3lst of March in the House
Of Representatives, said
Mr.. Chairman, if Willard Fillmore and Daniel
Webster shall be aside, under the circumstances
Winfield Scott shall be nominated as the Wing
didae for the Presidency, in my opinion the people
! of the Southern States will protest against
'The deep damnaion of their taking off,
further state, that The party which shall be guilty.
al this yng time. Of nomnatlnga whose opinions
not known. will, in the language of S. S. Prentss,
Of Mississippi, sink deep that bubble will never
rise to mark the spot at which il went down. 1t must
be So it ought to be So deeply rooted and EN-
bedded are the Compromise measures in the minds
of both Wings and Democrats in the State Of Ten
nessee, that il each member from the State-Whigs
an1 Democrats-upon this floor, should go home with
nomination like that, " coming in such question
able shape, and make their utmost efforts sustain
such a nomination, they would meet with overwhelm-
ing and inevitable defeat"
! On the same occasion MIR. Williams said:
"Mr. Chairman. General Scott is either for or
against the Compromise. How is it! Who can
answerl Some gentlemen say he is for it, and others
that he is against 1t. If he is for the Compromise
that 10 all want to know. Let him declare it. If
it is intended to fix movable platform, snit nor
thern latitude and southern one, it ought to be
known. ] am not controverting the fact that Gen.
Scott, in private conrersatiOn, uehcmcnfi declares
himself for the Compromise. But there must be some
mystery he is not '0thng to put in toriting ,ohat
he triH state in conUeraation. Mr.. Chairman let
put ourselves right before country with regard to the
great question Of the day and of the age Let both of
the great political parties pursue the which
have pointed out, and nominate two sound men un-
equVocally pledged to the maintenance Of the Com
promise measures and repeats the Abotionis,s will
either be driven into separate and distinct organza-
tim, compelled to renounce their heresies and
merge themselves in the Wing and Democratic par
tes.''
The Hon. Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky a
distinguished Wing. has also written letter on the
subject, in which he says that Gen. Scott. in his
present position cannot obtain the of Kentucky
any more than he command the powers OF Heaven;''
and the same gentleman adds: ...'
Unfortunately for US, Gen. Scott is, at least, not
known a statesman. He has no experience in the
conduct of civil affairs. He would be necessarily
thrown upon those who would surround him. Mn
dear sir, haze learned lesson tek but too tve
to permit again affections TO warp and to eoutr0I
our judgments in the selection of President. We
know nothing of General Scott tesman except
some knowledge OF his views may be gathered from
etters-and these few in number-he has written
from time to time-some to advance opinions, others
TO retract them when advanced.
| These touch questions some extent obsolete,
or not likely to arise in the administration Of The
presidential Office, and afford no guarantee to the
country of the the civic capacity the States
man. Iregret to hear that the General determines to
lUriie Silence is quite as much to be
dpIored by has friends the fuency @ his pen hereto
fore. If he abides in that determination long, there
need be hope Of success with his name. The people
already suspect that surround him, and influence
his action. in whom nv section places no confidence
Political utilization with them and political annhila-
ton with US follows truly and certainly as cause
and effect. But. you may say, General Scott surely
will "re-that will be arranged an due time. Well,
reply that the effect Of the writing can best be told
when the people shall see what may be written. 1,
would be wrong to pass judgment on volume
until we have read it entirely through. All mean
to say now is this There are too many of General
SCOTS letters exant already unless an addition is
made to the stock. If he wrles all will depend on
the sentiments he shall express he does not ,vrte
he cannot hope to obtain the roes If single sIareod.
ing STATE, and understand it, the rest cannot elect
him.
Now, these three Wbi1 mamhare If C,nrras.