Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-10-19

Inunders lis annual Joyous return. ney Il
must revive the slave trade with all its ,rain
Of atrocities"
They must blow out the moral lights
around US. and exlinguish that greatest torch
Of all which America presents 10 a benight'
ed world, pointing the way TO their rights
their liberties, and their happiness. And
when they have achieved all these purposes,
their work will be yet incomplete. They
must penetrate the human soul, and e.adi'
cate The ligh, Of reasoD.and the love Of lib
er,y. Then, and no. ill then, when uni
versal darkness and despair prevail. can you
slavery and repress all sympa-
ihes, and all humane and benevolent efforts
among freernen, in behalf Of the unhappy
portion Of our race who are doomed 10
bondage" 5 S So
"Our friends who are cursed with this
human evils, deserve the kihdesl
attention and consideration. Their proper
~ and their safety are both involved. But
the liberal and candid among them will not,
canno,, expec, tina. every project TO deliver
our country from il is 10 he crushed because
of possible and ideal danger
/, Yes, sir. there is the 6Daliiy. You may
have vexa,ions and bitter debates in this
Hall; you may pass your laws, and your
resolutions re.affifming them; you may
make and unmake your political platforms;
you may elect. or perchance defeat, Gener.
al Scott. because Of The emancipation ''iEci.
Dent" Of his life. or The manner in which
he may have accepted your platform; but.
you canno. stop all agitation until you first
possess yourselves Of the attributes Of the
Omnipo,enl God. end destroy those sympa'
,hies which he has implanted in the soul Of
man. and which adorn and dignity his char
acier. Such, sir, were the opinions OF the
grea, statesman Of Kentucky, reiterated in
his speech a. Lexington, in le49, fSom
which / quole : ".-
"My opinions on the subec, Of slavery
are we'll known. They have the merit, if
i, be one, of consistency, uniformity, and
long duration. lhave ever regarded slave
ry as a great evil, a wrong-for the present,
fear. an irredeemabe wrong 10 its unIor-
tuna,e victims. | should rejoice If no. a
single slave brea.hed the air, or was within
the limits Of my country"
Mr.. Chairman, | have many more au-
,hor,ies to justify General Scott. as we'll as
those Of US whom the boilers would excom'
munica.e from The Wing party, before they
will consen. 10 vote for our candidate.
could consume, not merely an hour, but o
whole day, by quoting similar opinions ex'
pressed by great men and by small men o
the Sou,h; bu, having justified this "nci
dent" in General Scouts life, by the htghes
! Southern authority. mus. pass on.
CAMPAIGN PLEDGES.
X The gentleman from Georgia, Mi
=. ,oaMRsZ and others. complain that Geners
) Scott did not Civ e n -icritten pledge 10 sur
, port the Compromise measures, prior to IN
O nomination. There may, perhaps, be som
If "inciden,s" in that gen,leman's poitic'
:. history quite as vulnerable as those OF Ger
\ eral Scott. II scru,inized. they nigh. mt
q terially weaken his present position. If
v am correctly informed, that gcn.Iema
!. Joined The Wing ranks in 1910. Gener
~ Harrison was then the standard-bearer-
N LIE, us examine the principles. on this poi
of pledges, which were then inscribed upo
o, the banner which won 10 its support the Ell
ID Glen, aid of the gentleman from Georgia.
Il, General Harrison, in his letter TO the Ne
Or York Legislature, said:
D. "A better guarantee for the correct CO
al duct off Chief Magistrate may be found
pr his character and the course of his form
h. life, than in pledges and opinions Civ
a during the perdency Of doubtful contest
~ ~ Gas il regar
as the subjec,s upon which the LegisIa'u
w may be called 10 act, The pledges and OPT
ir ions should be required, if required al
no of the candidates for Congress"
nd In his celeb 'a,ed speech a, Dayton. Oh
TO in that renowned campaign, GENERi
no HARRISON again said: (Niles' Regist
ali vol. Sc, p, 10Y .'
he "If,he candidate for so high an Office
w deslgna,ed by the will Of portion or n
for jority 9th people: they will have come
The determination Of sustaining such N
from review Of his past actions and i
el. they will not exac, pledges from him Of "
or. he will do, and what he will not do, Tor N
by selection Of him is proof enough that ne
md carry ou, the doctrines Of his party. 1
the plan Of choosing candidate is mi
surer bar against corruption than 'he syst
mas Of requiring promises. IL the pledging P
is pursued, The effect will be, 10 offer
yoe Presidential chair 10 the man who will m
ard the most promises. He who would pie
'.n. mos,, he who would promise most, woult
,he man 10 be voted for; and have no
Jo.+ ration in ,deelaring my belief, that h.
woutdthul A0bject his course 10 be thus
hos up by promises and pledges, would not
Rm 10 break III pm when once in office. Are
views on this topic correct or are they NJ
rom Here The immense mass Of people excl'
ime. ed. They arel They are"
hich In 1848, The honorable gentleman |
Hall Georgia was prominen, in shaping
nc. course of ,ha, contest, GENERAL t
ave. LOR's letter to CAPTAIN ALLISON,
new the document Of the canvass. We be-
J. | for something more, but the gentlemen
d 10 tended that il was the embodiment OF
gen. doctrines. On the subjec. Of pledges,
oc. letter says:
,uo. Crude impressions upon matters ol
pat. cy, which may be right to-day and "
S the tomorrow, are perhaps no, The best tie
essed fitness Cor office. One aOhO cannot be tr
This, ,oithout pledges cannot be confded in M
ch on account of them"
,Ls "lf the American People have moi cor
y. in me, they ought not to give me their
,hen. RACES" TN