The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-08-31
scott and Fugitive slave law.

~ reply 70 nm appear we haa W .
pubic, on the I7th, TO rally upon Gen.
Pierce, as ihe safest candidate for the
South. The able, frank and pointed
letter Of Gen. Pierce. on orr first page
which has come to hand since writ.
ing that article--goes 20 far to sustain.
the position we then assumed. and to
refute the rejoinder Of the Courier. that
but little is left tor US to say We pub
| lish thar letter, and leave il to the i'm,
partial readers OF the Courier and Re.
publican, to decide, il, 10Th IL, General
Pierce is moi a safer man for the South
than Gen. Scott, whose position is re.
garded as ut lie asst ambiguous, if not
POSITIVELY repugnant, on the slavery
question. by many Of his own friends.
Even without the letter of Gen. Pierce
10 coIroborate our position, we could
have called, Stevens. Tombes, Brooke,
Thompson, and a host OF other cnligh-
tened wing witnesses to the stand, to
sustain us ; and then we could have
c~orroboraled their evidence by that of
Senator Wade, who declared In a let.
ter to Mr.. Tilden, that
81 have this day had q communica>
" with Gen. Scott, in which be declared
" that be would sooner cut off right
hand than lend il to the support of
slavery"
We could have called Messts. Gree.
ly and Seward-and we could have
called the Flag of the Union-wh,ch
says;
Gen. Scott is a most accomplished sol.
der. but is like a fish out OF water when
he undertakes to dabble in politics. His
letter ia favor Of the annexation OF { canada,
which we published last week, WAS so
PAI.PABLE A BID FOR NORTHERN
AND FREE-SOlL SUPPORT THAT
NO ONE COULD BE DECEIVED OR
MISTAKEN AS TO THE MOTIVES
IN WATCH IT ORIGINATED"
And, lastly. we could have called Gen.
Scott, himself, and clearly shown.
l. That Gen Scott says, {" | am purs
suaded that it is a high moral obliga.
ton ofmasters and slave-holding states
to employ all means not incompatible
with the safety of both colors to ameli.
crate slavery, eve to determination
2. That Gen Scott says, although ops
posed to incorporating with us any dis
trict densely peopled with the Mexican
race, ] should be most happy to frater>
nize with our Northern and Northeas-
tern neighbors."
3. That Gen Scott says. IN the Dis
trict ofColumbia. with the consent OF
the owners, or on the payment of just
con- p~ensation, Congress may lcgislate
on slavery ut its discretion"
4. That he is in favor of the aboli
ton of the veto power, without which
minorities have u protection.
Being thus armed with Gen. Pierce's let.
ter-and donbly armed with Gen. Scott.
own declarations, and the declarations o.
some OF the mist leading wings Of the
country, we never advanced an argument
in behalf of a candidate, better sustained
by facts and precepts, than when we APP
. pealed to the Southern voters to rally upor
} Gen. Pierce as the man most friendly L
> the great institution of the South-as IN,
man who has stood up like the mighty oal
of the forest. unbroken and unyieiding
, amid the fierce storm Of abolitionism, tina
has so furiously ragged throughout the New
England States--as the pure and untaint
ed Statesman-thc Curtius. ready to cas-
, himself into ruin, that his country nigh
/. be saved.
n All that the Courier says about the dem
ocratlc Senate-the election Of Sumner b
6 democrats--the one man powers bu
. balderdash. The Courier knows that Sum
n her was elected by wing votes-it ais
knowsit the South deserts those who hav
been her long and best friends abandon
them to the mercy Of their own mfuriate
!, pcople-that they M be expected a
, ways to sacrifice themselves. for her. !
Cameron aud a Dix have already fallen q
home because they stood up for the right
OF the Southland If we withdraw our az,
rom the support Of their noble compeer
they, too. soon must fall.
o So. Mr.. Courier. believing that the war;
pulse which beat to the sentiments Of 70,
reioihder. has been s,il.ed by a total defea