The daily union., 1852-09-12

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by which others have been judged many OF them his
superors aud not his Inferior Were General Scott
now democratic candidate instead OF whig candidate
ard i certain items in his accounts excited comment
and surprise. every one OF his present admirers would
gloai upon the disclosures, and hold him sterny re.
sponsible. The who slandered jackson would
hardly stop at this The men who proved migrate 10
Clay and to Webster would soon reconcile such duty
to their convenient conscences.
The Republic honors by asking US certain questions,
which we shall freely and frankly answer and close
an article already too long And first,
Does General Armstrong believe that General Scott has
ever misapped the public moneys That he has made
turns OF moneys expended Ia service which
been expended That he is greedy of money that does
belong him aud that IL selected he will be surround
cd by who will plunder the public treasury and find
precedents in General SCOTS encourage and us
fy them 70
The two first questions substantially asked by
the Senate and answered by whg officers OF the present
wing administration The third belongs the same cat
egory and is decided byhe process To the fourth
we reply unhesatingly that General Scott is not wiser
and better man than Gen. Taylor; and as the latter
was surrounded by bad men-by some of the worst men,
indeed, OF the day- is not profanity 10 say that the
same may happen with Scott; with this difference in the
two cases. that Scors ministers, should he be elected
would probably be Gaphins on the one hand and open
Toes of the constitution the other; and thus they
could punder the principle OF practical hostility to
our free institutions. Again il asks:
Does General Armstrong believe that General Scott is
vain, weak, and asoca,ic ino!eran interiors, and
eaten up by suspicion of oil men whom he thinks stand
in his wayP"
DE Witt Clinton has left his opinions OF General Scott
on record, and they go at least far this. John
Quincy Adams had Secretary OF War (P. b. porter)
who issued order-now ex.ant in choice English-from
which quite much might be inferred There pas
sage between General Eaton and General Scott during
General Jackson's administration, that would be good
answer TO the Republics question But, for convenience
sake, advise nqung whig and democratic friends to
read the correspondence between Governor Marcy and
General Scott during the Mexican war-a full and
pointed response to the question. We give the follow
ing opinions from leading whg papers before General
Scors nomination undoubted testimony:
From Albany Evening Journal of March 90, lsis
In the character OF General Scott there is much very
much commend and admire. But the mischief is there
is in all he does about the
Imne ediately after the close OF the campaign of 1910 he
grauitous letter. making himself candidate, in
which all OF unwse things said to return and
plague" his friends II he should be candidate. And
since that time, with faulty which seizes upon who
get bewildercd in gazing the White House," he has
been suffering his dim the gories achieved by his
swotd.
] From Editor OF the New York Tribune
Send delegate to the convention, if you can for Clay
if Clay, Corwn if NOT for Corwin for Seward
if not for Seward, for Taylor But last Of all for Scott
Scott is vain concoicd coxcomb of man His brains,
all that he has in his epauets and If he should be
elected President, he would whig party into tat
tiers in less lhan six months
| From the Fredericksburg (va) News.
We should not think Scout 'can it," lie mill.
tary chiefain and the people tired OF military eheI-
tans We have had enough Of them for the half
tury But this is the only objection Gen. Scott He
committed absurdes which have dsgused the peo-
Pile His hasty plate of soup, connected with other
dents in his ridcnous Marcy correspondence prove him
unfit Tor elevated civil station he is without equal in his
military achievements His Mexican campaigns rank him
incomparaby the ables captain OF the age But beyond
this he is utterly without qualification.
The Republic asks more.
Does he believe het General Scott is less patriotic
national, less CONSERVATIVE than Gen Pierce ~
II the following sentiments from known and eminent
wings are 10 be credited, zoe do;
From speech Carngton cate,, or Florida In the
las, Ccntress1
Mr. chs,.map, tho organization which General Scott
would his election would be the that which
could now, and may 1885, elect Mr. Seward and would
control the Of both either The election OF
the New York, and of General Scott by such
Organization, would lead precisely the same results
and former would follow the consequence
the latter, il the Union held together till 1886 The Eject
would be % open wide the hood-gates oil abolition aga.
ton, and every Constitutional compromise
whg the North, all oc whom viii be prescribed, and
treated as outside batbarans" Far better will 1t be for
the national OF party that CONSERVATIVE DExo
Graf be elected.
Hon. Meredith r Gentry, OF Tennessee, in his late
speech In Congress said
CAS- loyal whg who has never proved unfalthful TO
party-my self and my southern whig friends will be re-.
quired fall amaby and ubmssivey into line and con-
sttute the guard OF Mr.. Stewards column and give
him voices swell the ubilant eruation Well per-
lhaps may try. [Lsugherl Bat my opinion is, that my
utmost effort sh will resolve itself into groan fdes.
pair. cannot do IT, will Put that down In your
notebook. 'Well, whai will do Join the democratic
party 7" (Lnughter.1 do think shall. do not
know what shall do. But know will do what believe
TO be duty My present impression Is, that shall deem
IL consistent with my pride OF character to sta nd
aloof the BAT II thought mans vote or
one mans influence necessary cast the OF Ten
for Pierce and Kng my voice and my should
be given them unhesatingiy, against such nomna
dreams that southern State will for Gen.
era Scott the presidential election, dreams In my
opinion, dream that will never be realized"
Hon. Robert Toombs, OF Georgia, in his late speech in
Congress, said
candidate Of the lrce. sol wing OF the whg party. Even
all acknowledge of the Compromiss in Congress the
convention. They haay gave him the nomination TO
them he look for his election them he
y look H elected for aid and advice In carrying gov.
eminent His election would reopen the sectional strife
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