Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-09-08
THE STANDARD.
pAIEIGH. SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1852.
MR.. GRAHAM'S LETTER.


:, the letter of the Hon. William A. Graham, to
rnmas Loring, Esq, requesting that gentleman to
s.,,nue the use of his name for the Vice Pres
1,r in eonnexion with that of Mr.. Webster for
!, Presidency and also certifying, in dignifed
.- :, Gen. Scott's soundness on the "compro-
4ss."
Mr.. Graham, in addition to his request Of Mr..
j1nr makes two points in his letter, to wit, that
ssrning the fact of his nomination with Gen.
st and secondly, Gen. Scots position and ac-
| j. As stated by him, in relation to the compro-
IN" We shall notice the first point to-day, re-
srns comments upon the second until our next
It, Mr.. Graham says Gen. Scott was regular
and unanimously nominated" This, as naked
cement of fact, is true; but how was this NOM
zaiOn obtained, and what are the circumstances
MIR which it was made? Soon after the pass
!. Of the compromise" measures, the Wing
sllen of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, un-
hi strong feeling of resentment towards Messrs.
ETInore and Webster because they had endorsed
i5se measures, and knowing that neither of them
zJ! tyr this reason, run we'll in the free States,
sll Conventions, in which General Scott was
alsht forward for the Presidency without any
Emoval bv said Conventions of said "compro-
g" measures. The prominent actors in these
lysa:ions were the friends and adherents of Mr..
ward in New York-Gov. Johnston, Of Penn
5saia, who has been justly held responsible for
EIorsuch murder, perpetrated in resistance of
etlsitive-slave law-and NJ. Vinton, Of Ohio,
voted as a member of the House against that
F. Mr. Fillmore was set aside by these three
Fat States, and their Delegates to- the Baltimore
agention were instructed to vote for Gen. Scott
h. Convention was held, and Gen. Scott, afte1
1.-TWO ballotings, in which he was sustained by
States and by the Freesoil influences in thf
Zig party, and opposed by the whole body o
1hern Delegates, with the exception of a por
Aof the Virginia Delegation, was nominated By
lire majority. Are not these things so?
H. Gen. Scott was thus nominated in the fac
The fact that he had refused, after the passage o
:"eompromise" measures, to give them his ap
sa over his own name; and for proof of thi
refer to his letter of March 26, 1851, in which
considers" among other things, that if he wer
asver in that case he would have to answe
Der queries to the disgust of the public,
-de. Does not Mr.. Graham know this to be so
A Pending the compromise" measures, ant
Hther passage, Mr.. Fillmore was brought for
I'D BY his friends for the Presidency, and MI
hams name was associated with his for the Vic
adency, upon the ground, as openly and note
NY avowed, that they were the preferred can
As Of the advocates in the Whig party Of tn
'ave-slave law; and it was urged, in all tn
'npromise" Wing papers from Maine to Cali
"a as indispensable to the quieting of the Slave
fs5tation and the perpetuation Of the Unior
Nj. Fillmore should be re-nominated and re
It'd. Does not Mr.. Graham know these thing
ESQ.,
Ill., Gen. Scott, as we have already intimate
%sWas the preferred candidate Of those Whig
voted in Congress against the fugitive-sla'
land who now stand ready to vote for its repea
SHOT Mr. Graham know this fact to be so?
II 'a' In the Convention which nominated Ge
%athe platform of principles to which Mr.. CIR
fsfeH, was opposed to the last by s'zty-s
t., gates cut of 29s; and two-thirds of these n
Z Fs Votes were cast by the States Of New Yor
- syyVania, and Ohio. There were 107 vot
at The free States in favor Of the platform, ar
h'n the slaveholding States, making in 8
and So, as we have already stated, from tt
aates against it. There were Sc votes +
Platform by slayehoiding States which
a1tedly Democratic, to wit; Virginia, Sou
'pa 'asa, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkans'
lszas; and "a for it by non-slaveholdi'
. also undoubtedly Democratic, to wit: ]
?. ?. : indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, NJ
j. 1psn'e, and Maine. Take these Sc votes fre
: ~ and it will leave 81 =; add these 81 to