Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-11-12
Causes and Results.

copper coorcd legs, giving ulterance to the
able words, e licked Scott" This gentleman re-
.ioced in the appellation ofWm. Bowlegs, Esq and
when rugged up in a frame, with good ' fire in the
rear and fife and drum in front, he looked as
grand as possible, if not more SO.
Now, although Billy might tell who licked Gen.
Scott in Florida, it would certainly require some
farther examination, to place in proper light the
causes which contributed to his overwhe Ginning rout
throughout the country his defeat, or that of any
other Wing candidate was certain and, indeed. had
been most plainly indicated by the of events
for some years past. Yet, while We feel ard would
have felt perfectly secure of beating MIR. Fillmore
or any other man who might have been put up in
opposition TO candidate we would by means
have looked for such complete sweep.
MIR Seward -: that rich Irish brogue," the ''sweet
German accent--his native American letter and all
his other letters and speeches had great deal to do
with rendering Gen. SCOTS fall hopeless. At no
other period of our history has the national feeling
been more strongly evoked and upon no other man
has it ever more strongly centred than General
Pierce, while at the time all the efforts of the
Scott orators and presses unable to combat the
suspicion of Sewardism of sectional eontrol-which
attached itself to Gen Scott in the minds of the great
body of the people, and has forced from his support
every Southern State and every one North, wherein
the national anti-aboition feeling predomnates,
leaving but Vermont and Massachusetts,, VIGOROUSLY
the most subject to sectional abolition feeling of any
in the Union and even in Boston, the mercantile in
terest, eminently cautious and conservative, and
Of its own dependence on the South, gave
Pierce plurality of five hundred. And by the way,
this element of weakness in Scott and strength in
Pierce affords to the latter valuable hint which he
will no doub, adopt 1.-The conduct of his admins
tration which administration should be in the fullest
sense of the word national. He comes in with 4
strength and an endorsement which renders him indie
pendent of all c.iques sectionaSms, and above all
dictation come from what source it may.
General SCOTS next peculiar element of over
throw was his miserable and maladrot attempt
barney the foreign vote close upon the heels of
his previous bitter denunciations of foreigners The
thing was so papable-in vulgar parlance it stuck
OUT 50 obtrusvcly that not votes of foreign birth
was gained by it, willie at the time it alienatcd
the distinctive organization known as Native
Americans and disguised every body else. The
speeches too, in which he gave uttcrance to his ad
nration for bogues' and accents were really such
poor affairs; SO defective in taste tact, that they
went far towards proving the charges of civil in
competency preferred by his opponents. The whole
clectoneerng tour of Gen Scott, suicidal in the
extreme, and lost him thousands upon thousands of
votes. There was gunpowder and himself, but moth
ing either of good TASTE oratory craftsmanship.
The people were getting tired of mere feathers and
epaulets and the general and his friends gave the
affair its finishing touch. Too much of good thing
turned out to be than good for nothing.
But there were also record the various episolary
efforts ofthe General which showed him to be irritable
vain and vaccilating. These were in unfortunate
accordance with his real character at home, proved
by the immense majority which his own State, New
Jersey has cast against him. and combined with 9th
causes to render him one of the most unloveable
men that could we'll have been presented rs a can
didatc for popular favor.
These are some Of the causes which contributed
to the total and unprecedented rom of the wing par
ty under the lead of General Scott. There were
however, others, apart from him which would have
rendered success under any candidate an impossible
ity The first of these was the undoubted ascenden
cy of the Democratic party as eyinced by maoritle
of the States, showing conclusivcy an approval o
Democratic principles by the people; and this was
and is permanent matter, will also be the poll
cy upon which 1t is t0unQeu. VppsluOn 10 our GUN
mercial and monetary system is fast becoming al
much ofan /" obsolete idea -" United States Bank
Another thing was foreign relations, We arr
no advocates Of Flibustierism, but know and fee
that our people demand and will have higher tom
in our foreign relations-a more efficient and promp
protection to car citizens and consuls in fore 81
countries Every lite pulling whippersnapper of
State hardly out Of its baby clothes like Greece o
the petty corporations of South America must not
allowed to imprison consuis and trample on tn
rights of our citizens by way Of amusement. Mr.
Fillmore himself would have been reminded heavil,
of this at the ballot box; nor would the insults W
have borne from the Cuban reflection of Spanish in
science been left out in footing up the account w
do hone that in future we shall claim and eHfore
for our flag the respect due to it under the laws
nations We believe most potenty in the maxim
that nation should do no wrong but we cannot for
get the remaining clause of the sentence which say
that she should suffer none Among the mos
popular movements which the new admins
tration conld make would b. one to institute ne
gotiations with Spain for the purchase of Gu
la. It would be sustained by Congress, and tn
success Of the measure hailed by the great body {
the people. The mission to Spain should be CON
mitted to ADLER hands than have recently held tn
most of Ambassador to that unhappy country ]
fact the Spanish should be the mission.
nag We learn that the Grand Jury, last week, re
fnsed to find bill against DR.. B. Mqnsey, in th