Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-08-12

tory, On d not to identity 1t with pol
ties it is measure EaIr above all
mere party consideration :. He said
that although the compromise did
FALL 81 hort Of what the 81 nth had a
right to expect, yet it ara compro-
mise + nc Was willing to abide by it,
AID All tie democrats North and
South we're willing to DO likewise.
lie was the Grst maa id Tennessee
who m adc j speech in favor Of it.
He sad if the democratic convention
Had brought forward a ca ndidate OPP
posed to the compounds, and the
wings one in favor Of it, he would
vote for the whig. AT ter showing
that every democratic state North of
Mason and Dixon's line had taken a
position in favor Of the compromise,
heasked Mr.. Davidson 10 refer to
one whigstate in the sa mc latitude
that had done the same thing Mr.
d. did not attempt it, for the same
reason that has influenced the Nash
vile Banner-it cant be done. Mr..
N. asked which pf the ca ndidates was
the soundest 4n the compromise,
Pierce or ScoHR lie answered it,
by referring to to Gen. Pivee's re-
peated endorsements Of The COM
promise-his efforts in its behalf in
his oEa State his success in defeat
ing the freesoileB there, and the tri-
umphant election Of Mr. Seymo,b.
over the free soil and anti-compromise
candidate; and to Gen. Stottls OBJ
stinate refusal to endorse it-resisting
the III olftanitids of hundreds, Gov.
Jones says, who wished him to do 50.
Mr.. NJ challenged any one to show a
line that Gen. S. had written in adyo-
cacy Of or approving the compromise.
He said the Genera IS Castle Garden
speech couldinot be tortured into an
effort in behalf gift. Gen. S., said be,
could write letters upon almost any
other subject: the annexationof Cana.
da, nat uralizatiOn laws, opposition TO
slavery, bankrupt law, &c.-but his
fiiendssaid it would be elcctioneering,
for him to write a letter on the COM
promise. Mr.. N. told an anecdote
or two Illustrative of Gen. Stott's po-
si,ion on the compromise, which,
from their being so well and so fit
tingly told, seemed possessed with SO
unusual a richness, that one could
not refrain from a deep shake Of the
sides and a wide spread of the mouth
Applying one of the an ecdotes, he
would occasionally ask AIr. D. if the
Generals position onthe compro mise
didn't lie loose about?- what vessel
was the milk in? MEM. said he had
asked all the Scott advocates Win
whom he had debated, for the assn;
RANGES G en-. S. had given thai he was
in favor of the fugitive slave law;
and they would all answer him, "Lun-
dy's Lane, Chippewa, Chepultepec, "
sc. Mr.. N. showed that the north
4rn portion of the wing cow ention
rejeet6d IFeJSier and Film ore in
consequence of the favor they had
shown the fugitive slave law, d nd te-
naciously adhered TO and nominated
.Srott-and why? The infere nee is,
because he was opposed to the fugi-
Ii Ke slave law. Mr.. N. proved by
i
tile best whig authority that the dem
odratic platform was truly a national
platform. He read from Mr.. Gent'y,
Mr. IoOmbs, and other distinguished
wings, that upon The compromise it
vas all the South could ask, and more
than these wings expected. OF the
whig platform on the compromise,
he said, as construed by south erners,
it might be called good. He read
md commented upon the letters of
acceptance of the candidates-showed
General Pierce's to be emphatic, and
altogether in unison with his whole
life; and Gen. SCOTS to
nave face 10 suit all sections and
actions, and particularly the lrecsoil- !.