The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-07

by measures which they deem beneficial to the
lcountry; for all who are willing to cOnfide in
me truth and honor Of an old WING soldier;
the letter of General Srotr, in its fair inter
probation, ought To be entirely satisfactory.
The letter of Mr.. GRAHAM is equally pointed
and satisfactory with that of General SoorT;
and the compliment which he pays to his dis
unguished associate is one which may be cor
daily and feelngly responded to by every
Southern Vine.
We owe il TO General Scorr in this cuhnex-
ion to add that, as far as the measures of Com
promise are concerned, it is well known that
he was soictous for their passage, and exerted
himself to accomplish it. He was in favor of
the Adjustment, the Fugitive Slave law in
cluded, and to this point we can cite no more
sufficient or conclusive testimony than that of
one of the DEMOCRATIC Representatives from
Connecticut, Governor CLEVELAND, Freesoil
follower of PIERCE and KING. la his speech
in the House on the Homestead bill april lst)
that gentleman said:
General Scott was, by Mr. Fillmore. placed
| temporarily at the head of the War Department.
and, in that position, coupled with his great mill
| tary fame, able to, and did, exert powerful
influence in favor Of these Compromise measures.
| 81 desire to do justice to the man who has been
| arraigned here, and charged with hostility to
these mea sures or at least that he did not, does
| 6 not commit himself in favor of them Justice to
| that distinguished Wing requires OF me that
| should say he could not have done more He was
as active a could be found in getting these
| Compromise measures passed was here, and
| heard from every quarter that General Scott was
as active and energetic in his efforts as any man
| in Washin gton, and never did labor harder
: than General Scott to prevail upon the Freesoil
members of the Wing party to abandon their pc
| silion and to adopt the Compromise as measure
| of the new Administration.
"These measures were passed mainly through
the influence of Clay, Fillmore, Webster, Scott.
Foote, and Cobb. These were the men who car
ried them through, and every man who was in
the last Congress knows it,
So ia his speech of the Sd Of February, Mr..
CABELL, of Florida, stated Of his own know
ledge that General ScoTT "eXered his per
sonal influence to the utmost to effect the pas
sage of the Compromise measures"
But there is point Of the WING platform
equally interesting TO the Southern States with
the position Of the candidates upon the
Compromise question We refer to the
principle of Non intervention. 1t has been
well said by an eminent Northern divine that
sit is singular oversight, in the reasonlngs
: of our American inlerventionsts, that they do
! not see how, in case of such conflict, the
same principles that will send material aid
: from Washington or Boston to Hungary, in
one emergency. will bring it back from Hun
gary or Germany to Charleston, in another
And so the Pittsburgh muskets and Cincin
natl saddles, if not too iimsy for 50 much ser
vice, might return to equip the insurgents of
: the plantation, and open fire on our South
ern cities. There is no logical security for
order anywhere but in patient adherence to
the principles of peace"
In this regard the VINO Convention has
planted its candidate npon the policy of WASH
| INGToN. In this regard the resolutions Of the
Democratic Convention are silent. What
this silence means may be understood by
reference to the proceedings of the Germans
of the city of New York on the occasion
Of receiving the farewell speech Of kossUTH.
1t is now obvious that kossUTH has abused
the hospitality extended to him by active in
reference in American politics. This inten-
ton he has always disclaimed in his speeches.,
until he was on the eve of rec barkng for Eu
| rope. In his address to the German citizens Of
Boston few weeks since, he said that he re-
garded 'the presence OF the millions of Ger
| mans in America at this moment as
| pRovIpESrIAL oCCURRENCE'-and it is now
evident that he has awaited himself Of
| his opportunities to appeal to our German
population in their native language with
the view of exercising an important influ-
ence over our national elections, that he may
subvert the policy Of WASHINGTON and involve
| this country in the struggles and wars of Flu
| rope Therefore it was that, on the point OF
his departure, he took an open part in an
avowed political meeting of the German cti-
zens of New York, and encouraged the adop
ton of measures for the transfer of their poiii-
cal influence to the DEMOCRATIC party, upon
the condition of satisfactory assurances from
the candidates and leading party organs.
| We copy the speech of kossUTH and the
! proceedings Of the meeting in full from the Of
fetal report, as translated for the National In
tehigcncer:
REMARKS OF XOSsUTH,
| Prefacing the reSoyes of the Ns,o York Grmans,
and The resolutions adopted by the meeting.
"Finaily, l regard it as my duty to utter few
| modest words as TO the mission Of the German
citizens Of America in their position as citizens.
! do it, because the naturalized Germans OF Newark
have expressly asked me to do so. They cay that,
since The origin Of the Union, no Presidential
election has had higher or greater significance
than the present. That is true.
"Thcy say that the condition Of Europe, the
voice OF the majority Of The people, and particu
larly the interests of the United States, render it
an Imperative necessity that the course OF political
isolation which has formerly prevailed must be re-
linqushed, and the principle of active sympathy
in the international relations Of Europe be cstab'
lished Therein they again right.
| They say, moreover, that the platforms of the
two great parties d, ficient and do not CORE
spond to the spirit Of the tmrswhich If also true
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