Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-30


GEN sCoTI's POSITION on THE COMPROMISE
The !ght-al last the twill begins 10 dawn en- this
subject, The Baltimore Sun Of yesterday shoots forth ray
as follows:
GEN ScoTr Asprn CoMeRoMIsE-THE GESEEAts Pc
siToS pFFNEoA Washington correspondent Of the Nash
vile Banner recently had interview with Cen Scott wh"
IL Is alleged, Is iHainan 1t The charge INA lc Of The
mswspapeFF lha MS ?os,n in es"' 10 the Compromise
! Scott, in his conversation win him. sail:
ro1;tss Is nAsTs, biz rot :he ' ets OF the ,ats
,h m ] ae '' eriot Goo when s,' lr" IN Ia - a,
~ W. @ - .Ae a"f.in 80 "ne ilaiey a''r NY
eTs 10 o M M & f sSa, @ es' IN tncf tree ra:. ia no
city Of New io:A and "ie 10 hia: IN substance ow
gained 10: our country lte rcno~n a slary-
These ho"cEe might have sca won by Other lost wou!
have been repaired by ihe ladomiaae nay
rY hut the great battle w! n t.ng inu,S" all
hopeful Of the m the hae .! the OF oon
md the CohstGi>n-iac ericn ni our republican, HGoas
sinG for % inso sey ssors y al rb ,s,eTe. ~ g | 5 rt
ca ssre 10 M:n cors!iat a.i energetic sqqofi'"
tlc also addressed similar letter is said 10 Mr.. Web
ste:, after reading his great speech According tho writer
General Scott also remarked 10 him:
nv iaaaes: hfos Il 10th house, ,s
humble all and :iue"ce lii! comp %
o'e oi iF"''e o'en have pt-se n, House -prretaiy,.
Ihatls very im7nrI"nf r' fv G-Disins whv the Penn
sylvana wing Stale convention whch nominated Governor
Johnston Just before the Christina murders in resistance OF
the fugitive law and while the bill repeating the obstruction
law Of that State ye, awaited in the governors pocko
na! rsto, did, at the time, with great enthusiasm
nae General Scott for the presidency and conduct It's
whole under the open and unGispcted sanction t
his That convention ooS by resolution exactly the
ground of approval Of all the OF adjustment
Incorporated in Hr ClIys bill which General Scott
appears had previously taken his letter that dsn
gushcd senator. Among the Of lr. Clay's bill
thus approved by that convention and its
Governor Johnston and General Sc"uMe tuguire STARE
au not included. The convention in lis resolutions
marked this omission OF the fugitive law from among the
with great unanny, both in preliminary and in
full conventions resolution to nlan,a!a that law as par, Of
the adjustment measures Governor Johnson-tke one OF
the two nominees who was thu spotreserved The Gucs
tion of nj acceptance OF the nomination until that tr'sou
t0n passed and III. in his speech accepting the n0n
nation interpreted tie action Of the contention by declaring
tia 'e fugitive lac open TO repeal as the 'dref
1876"
Such the political movement in which General Scott
consented the chief sraHdardbnarcr in tha,
memorable canvass In Pennsy yano which tile OF the
country turned almost decisive OF the saieiy OF tho
Union In that canvass, the undivided S"u, compel
ed recognise and did recognise that if The wings with
Johnston and Scott their head should triumph thar
triumph would b, the solemn -cpuiaon, by the popular
verdict Of the Keystone Sat" of The fugitive INV part
of the Compromise. To the wing party Thus organized and
led BY General Scott and Governor in that canvass
both the leading whg in this city unGuestona'y
feeling that President Fillmore and his policy had been
thrown overheard this precise question Of the man'e
nance of the fugitive law their honor i; spoken ab
soutely refused their support And now be remembered
that this canvass in pennsySan' thus eoronsy fought
by the democrats and the compromise wings, against
Mesas Scott and Johnston, the head OF the abolition
agitation element in their party the very crisis OF
mOmentous question: whether the Compromise, in Its
vulnerable point OF the fugitive law should stand fall
How General Scott his country for the sud
and pcrlou. and oiious part which at that critical orent
his great made play! Whatever General Scott
may have said written year 6:ore ubout Mr.. Cays
omnibus bill Mr.. Wrbsler's al, o! March speech il is
utterly uneniabe that his great then welded
10 give power tie wn. league which sought TO break
down President Fillmore and his administrations, the
question Of the fugitive law
But there is another point made the above from
the Baltimore Sun which is worthy Of notice. 1t TO
show why Gen. Scott nj the time readily nomi
mated by the Wings of Ohio who epudated in Convention
all obligation maintain the Compromise and proclaimed in
the letter Of their then newly-elec,ed Senator NJ
eternal hostility To the fugitive law. Before the CAST
meeting held in N. York, appears that Gen. s.
TO Mr.. Webster 20 approve ar. Holsters po''n
wus Mr.. Webstcrs position al that lime In re
fugitive law7 We learn this from air Webstc.
quent letter TO the Castle Gnrd; ,nee!ing which Ge
tpTEIa,o but on the contrary expressly stated that he
himself drawn dcger, fugitive law 'c tie trial 1y Jury
the Spot part Of ts process or recovery ana Iesor
ton Of the fugitive That Mr. Wcbsers position on
the fugitive law the time when Gen. Scott gave his written
approval of that position 1t was precisely tho position ia
ken at The time by Governors Johnston and Hunt In
their messages recommending the repeal modification ot
the present fugitive law. IT precisely The position ia
form of the fugitive law II was precisely the position Of
which the ancompromise Wings OF New orE, pennsyi-
vanin and Ohio engued under the Scott banner to max"
wor on President Fillmore. II is the position which the
New York Tribune and the wing Of the Wing party for
which speaks now take in the elaborate article quoted In
columns of Yesterday which, in the same breath de-
nounces the fugitive law and the nomination OF Zen
| Scott as friend Of the Compromise!
Belt Observed moreover this position OF Mr. Wehste: on
the fugitive Jaw which General Scott seems TO have approved
time ago. s not the position on mat 4nssuoh mr. W
cupied by Mr.. Fillmore ard Mr. Webster TEefc gentlemen
now are understood 10 stand on the finally g The Copro
mise az is including tie fgiiire la Has Genera! Scot"
ever approved his position is he prepared TO appaF"
it now2 Certainly We have shown, his nam" las teen
freely used 10 break down the of his own party who
maintain this position and because they maintain It. Ger
anly his approval of this position by no means mPed IN
his giving his "humtIe aid and influence 10 carry the con
| ,b,I nj n ~
five or ten votes; for the record OF tho vote shows na nc
measures thus carried the New Mexico b! and III"
Texas boundary bill That t;cnoai Scott is III favor ot
tcse measures doubt That he is in favor of ali
the Compromise except the fugitive law wc thnk pobale
But that he is opposed TO the maintenance OF the fugitive
law as stands think is concinsrey shown by IN"
very evidence which his friends "''"' and by al his %"
| litica affiliations since the mant
| at the North the point at which
| Compromise was felt.
| Should we miscorceive General
| should a letter from him be
| that he is in favor OF maintaining. the /
| and rs q inality, we shall lock with sof
effect produced by such document upon nat secon ~ w
whie party which supports Gen. Scott under the g-
dance and advice OF Msssrs Seward Wade md Johnston
and the organship Of the New York Tribune Should me
eec. of such paper be satisfactory In t,s quarter VIII
hen he time 10 nGuire why il not published during Gc
late conflict on that very question IN ono and pennsySa
MIN and how compares with what was then and there cCc
In the name and ochal! OF Hen Scot' ana aooo"es7 WIN
| hi. full sanction
When all ,h. shall be satisfactorily settled i, will be time
TO discues the attitude before their section o those u
whIys who may show themselves willing 70 s1crihce hi
Fillmore nd Mr. Webser the more recent claims oi ne
newly found military friend who II he did not bear 't
brunt of the battle for the fugitive law, at least presented
by It's enemies leading claimant for The honos OF its
! triumph.-[ Washington Union.
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rCorrespondence of the Charleston Courier.
WAsHrsorc.s MARCH ls-rhe Attorney General mas DO
cd.d In reference to the construction be put on the pro-
vision In the Alabama Mississippi and linos hn1 p','
(which bin Mr. Calhoun spoke and etfo that the lands
must be taken in alternate sections not only within c six
miles on each side of the road but also within the htren