The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-10-28

acted wrong to get the nomination, vet he
will do right if elected. Buff Seward and
company have had influence enough hereto
fore to keep him silent when it was his duty
to have spoken, will hey not have Just as
much influence after his election? Will
they not threaten to abandon his admins
tration? Will he not, to secure his support
they being the great minority in his party
just as Gen. Taylor did, determine as a mill
tary man, to sacrifice the small body from
the South And when we are pressed a
gain, as we doubtless shall be, what northern
man, either whig or dmocrat will come to
our relief? # are, henainOrity sacrifice our
friends and put IN our enemies, ochat
right haze ICE to look for northern support
again ?
/ But it may be said thatif we refuse to sup
port Gen. Scott, Gen. Pierce will be elected.
IT he were dangerous man there might be
force in the objection. l have closely scru-
tinised his course aincethe beginning of the
canvass Upon all questions connected Nth
st0rery and the rights q the South, no man
that knoa0 Of, from 0ly section Of the I'm
ION, has q better record While he has been,
as far as know, true q all the great essen
; tial interests of his own section, his votes
and speeches prove HIM to have been emf
nently just and liberal to us. Since his re-
tirement from Congress his course has been
consistent and national He acas actiue an
putting doacn, IN the democratic party of NJ
Hampshire, John p H1le, the abolition can
, didate for the Presidency. More recently he
did the same acth respect to Ata0ood. Mr..
Atwood, political AMI personal friend of
Gen. Pierce, was the democratic nominee for
governor. Shortly befre the election, when
, there was every prospect of the success of
Mr.. Atwood-as his opponent, the whig can
didate, was like all the other wings of New
f Hampshire, hostile to he fugitive slave law
! he likewise wrote a etter expressing his
opposition to that mea,ure Gen. Pierce,
! being only then private citizen, was under
, no particular obligation to interfere. He
7 might, too, have said tina both the candidates
! were merely standing On the same ground.
6 Besides, neither he nor the people of New
+ Hampshire had any practical interest in the
n fugitive slave law. Itws there mere ques
tion of justice to the South and yet Gen
v Pierce took it upon himself to travel some
. distance to see Mr.. Atwood and on his re
&c fusal to take back his letter, he commenced
II a movement which resulted in degrading At
Y wood from his position as the democratic
J. candidate for governor, and in substituting
"a sound man in his place. 1t was thus tina
, Gen. Pierce, a private citizen, under no es
~ pccial obligation to take so much trouble AM
y, odium on himself, acted from a mere deter
do Il.
:, rights Of the South. How does Gen. Scott
o. conduct compare with it? In PrHnxy}soni
bo Gen. Scott traS ao0eiH0tod torthe Presidel
!, IcY Jy the same c0HceHtTOR Htvt s,~zoo, i,,ate
- Coo. JohpSf0n .tor fc-eictioR. But Go,
~ Johnston refused to sign bill passed by IL
:; democratic legislature If Pennsylvania
Q facilitate the execution Of the fugitive slal
:? law, and was in fact, avowedly hostile
: 3 that measure. Here, then, was pr0pC
- case for the interference of Gen. Scott, /
T. being associated in the nomination of IL
-, convention with Johnston. Ought he no
~ in Justice to himself if he was friend I
=; the compromise, to have written at least
- letter vindicating his position? But, on ii
n contrary, he was as mute as the grave, an
:, lent the whole weightof his military popl
- larity to the support of johnson. And |
r, r. was repaid by the exTtions of Gov. JOIN
~ ston, who, after his deeat by the democrat
- candidate, came to tn, convention at Bait
oft more and carried his delegation for Gencr
use Scott.
to But it is said that We were represented
tn the convention, and ap therefore bound
icy support its nominee. Suppose it had nom
in mated Fred Douglas, tie free negro, the san
aid argument might have ocen used. Should
nx- be said that this is not supposable case, the
es. would we not have beef bound to support NJ
a. Seward, who will doubtless, if the south a
IS a quiesces and assists inthe election of &c
the Scott, be the next nominee?
Jet If we are not boun, to go for any non
wv nee unless he is proIer person, is not tn
i'll the time for us to male the stand? It
ra- however, said that allegiance to our par
Ter requires support of itsticket. 1t was Dec
he tur's motto that one seountry must be su
he ported right or wrong; but are we to do Il
nee same by party? Thfindependent freem
of of the section from which you and | cor
ded have not thought so. When Gen. Jacks
ain was first elected he didnotlose two hundr
he votes in our congressional district. But
'an- 1910, when his party resented Martin Y
the Buren, as candidate for reelection, the
and was majority of foU thousand four hur
les. red votes against him. That was an exhi
lble ton of independence worthy of Americ
tie freemen, who ought Always to prefer the
hat, terests of their countr! to mere party 81
a of cess. If the wing convention has now, a
pro- think, made, under tie circumstances,
po- unworthy nomination, ought we not to rel
'ary diate it? | do not at resent see any pra
zen; ical issue pending between the parties
rec sufficient magnitude torequire us to sust;
lies, the whig nominee at al hazards. All I
EN-, wings appear to be satisfied with Mr. f
de- more's administration And yet, since
TOUT came into Office, there has been no new me
his ure of party character passed. The 81
the treasury, tariff, and Other general laws, ena
II to ed in Mr. Folks time, have not been chal
own ed. There is but one them Mr.. Film
ONE recommended change n, viz: the tariff
San With reference to hathowever, the last !
asses islature of our own Srte, with unanim
Fill both among hewhigs nd democrats. pas
po- strong resolutions aginst any increase
OFT s duties. There seemsin fact, therefore,
'ton, reason to suppose tina under Mr.. Pierce
$ in he should come in, thee would be any m;
I'm rial change in these repects.
ame But it is said that he Van Burens /
es IN other free sellers are Supporting Pierce.
NOM must be remembered, however, that he
y be not nominated througI their influences,
not n 4boVV, moe