Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-24
GENERAL SCOTT.

ticles of pacication, by which the recent slavery
troubles were adjusted. They represent South.
ern Wings being i'll at ease in relation to thi.
feature of Gen. SCOTS politics. The policy thai
governs these locooco organs in these pertinacoue
| assaults, is obvious on the first view. They wish
| to unsettle Southern confidence in the veteran
hero, and by bringing dscredit upon him in thi:
section of the Union, to render his nomination by
his party impossible. But surely this unworthy
| stratagem cannot be crowned with success. The
| Wings of the South will not allow their minds to
be poisoned against this sterling patriot. Gen
Scott has glorious public character, as well known
| and as highly estimated abroad as it is at home
His SPLENDID reputation has been won in the SER
uice Of the Union and the rank which he now fills
with much honor, as the highest officer in the
army, was conferred by the Government of the
Union. Is it not, therefore, a rank absurdity to
suppose that he is deficient in allegiance to that
Compromise which stands, in point of importance,
upon equal ground with the compact of the Union
itself! For if the one is ever trodden under foot.
it will herald the absolute destruction of the other.
Gen. SCOTS public existence being thus created
by the General Government, we cannot believe any
man to be so much the slave of party and prejudice
seriously to entertain doubt on this subject
We have spoken of the Compromise as an adj
Junct of that Constitution which contains within
it the igaments of the Union. And are we not
right! Is there in the South who would
witness the overthrow of the one without insist
ing upon the destruction of the other! The Con-
stitution and the Compromise must stand together
or must fall together Gen. Scott is wise enough
to this, for what is visible to ordinary minds
cannotbe concealed from his ample understanding.
We would as soon expect to see this tried sold
Ter turn the pognard against his own heroic bosom
as against his dearly loved country-and not to
abide honestly by that compact of peace and fra
ternity, the compromise, would be to do that thing
But if the strength of this presumption shall not
be enough to remove the last hngerings of doubt
from the mind ofevery reader we beg to refer such
one to what Gen. Scott has done in relation to the
Compromise ITSELF We have not forgot that sea-
son OF public trepidation when the friends of the
Union Of these States, called and constituted the
first great Union meeting at Castle Garden, in the
city of New York. Where was Gen. Scott on
that occasion? He appeared then and there con-
immense 3CGLBIt MS
personalinduence aejb the assembled multitude IN
farour Of the adoption Of the Compromise. And
then, when filling temporarily the post of Secre-
tary of War; his exertions in the same direction
are too well understood to need repetition.
We agree that the Wings of the South ought
to have their Presidential candidate to speak plain
ly on this subject, and at the proper time we feel
no sort of doubt but that Gen. Scott will speak in
a way to satisfy every Wing in the country, in
respect to his opinions this subject Though
we still prefer Willard Fillmore, we have thought
it but an act of justice to write what we have
written and to urge our readers not to allow their
minds to be pre-occupied by suspicious which the
Democratic press is seeking so industriously to
disseminate.
eve learn from the Washington Republic
that the Democracy of Ohio have for some time
past been beset with serious troubles and per-
plexltles The Democratic majority of the pre-
sent Legislature is divided into many factions, the
spoils of victory being the principal bone of con-
tention between them. Another source of diff
Guilty is found in the Free Soil proclvties of the
party, and the consequent impossibility of recon
Cling the State and Baltimore platforms. The
Baltimore platform declares that all efforts of the
Abolitionists, or others, made to induce Congress
to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take
incipient steps in relation thereto-is calculated
to lead to the most alarming and dangerous
sequences; and that such efforts have an inevita-
BILE tendency to diminish the happiness of the
people, and endanger the stability and permanen-
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nanced by any friend of our political institutions.
A portion Of the Ohio Democracy very justly
regard the foregoing as palpably inconsistent
with their own State platform, the first clause of
which reads as follows:
hat the people of Ohio look upon slavery in any part
ofthe Union evil and unfavorabe to the full devel
opment of the spirit and practical benefits of free nsu-
ons and will at all times feel it to be their duty all
power clearly given by the terms ofthe national compact
to prevent it's increase to mitigate, and finally to erad
cate the evil
The Republic republishes long article from
a prominent Locofoco paper of the State, in
which the writer demonstrates against any
dorsement of the Compro Mise measures by the
National Convention, and declares that those mea-
sures were passed in open derision of all Demo-
cratic principle. We quote an extract from this
article, in order that readers may see of what
stuff Ohio Democracy is made:
THE Free Press says that rpedlency demands that
mention be made of the slavery question by the Baltimore
Convention. In our Judgment something more than
pediency demands it Honor orbds acquiescence in less
The Ohio Democratic platform is platform of principles
The Ohio Democracy is solemny pledged to stand upon
it Fidelity demands that platform be allowed to be
constructed for the national party which inconsistent
with it. We do say that the national platform
contain all that the State platform contains but that it
should nothing opposed the assertions of the
State platform The Ohio Democracy have right, and
is their duty to say to their brethren in the National
Convention there principles and the principles of
constituents i'll relation to slavery put them in your
national platform; or say nothing the subject Say
would be respected and its demands would be complied
with But if the Ohio Democracy goes the convention
and says the Shareholder, make what platform you
please give what candidates you please we will sus
tain any platform and support any nominations may be
commended a useful drudge but will command no
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