The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-10-21
The Wing Candidate, North and South.

Recent events have confirmed, beyond all a
doubt, the suspicion of sagacious minds, that a
the abolition supporters OF Scott are matur- n
ing coalition with the leaders of the free b
soil supporters of Hale The wing candidate a
himself is an accomplice in this conspiracy, e
and an active agent in perfecting the arrange b
ment which is designed to elevate him to t.
the presidency. twas to AVOID inficting an n
outrage upon the abolition sentiment of the v
North, to propitiate and coax it to his sup %
port, that Gen. Scott has pertinaciously re- O
fused to commit himself to public approx a
al Of the compromise measures. No matter
what his high-sounding professions may be, c
his heart was stranger to any other motive n
than desire to purchase the support of the |
abolitionists. He may attempt to excuse his s
OminOus silence, by assuming the lofty posi- f
ton of a candidate who scsrns to promote
his own interests by participating in the can 7
vass; but this empty pretension will only {
provoke feeling of contempt aid derision, !
when it is known that he has already, by {
private conversations and confidential letters, 8
sought to make strength with that very in
terest which he would not condescend to pro-
pitiate at the expense of compromising his
/ dignity by a public dUooCdk of opiniOn.-N
Wings of the South, see the position in which
your candidate is placed. You demand of
him to satisfy your distrust of his opinions
upon the slavery question by a simple decla-
ration of adhesion to the Compromise; and
he refuses to comply with your request, be.
cause he. is resolved not to stoop to any dec
laration of political principle during the can
vass, but to stake his chances of success on !
the known incidents OF his long public life "
With this fine speech he repels your reason
able demands and declines to satisfy your
doubts. But in the presence of the aboli-
ZIONIST, he drops his scruples and his dignity,
> and becomes as plant and submissive to them
as he was arrogant and impracticable to you
While you are left to grope among the
9 known incidents of long public life" for
= satisfactory solution of your doubts of his
readiness to uphold your lights, the abolition
lists are complimented by a personal visit
Il from the whig candidate, and fattered by the
- most generous assurances of his esteem and
>. of his devotion to their interests. General
. Scott could vouchsafe no word of comfort to
!. you when trembling with apprehension for
- the safety of your institutions and your prop
- erty, because his dignity would not suffer it;
70 but his dignity did not prevent him from ma
y king political pilgrimage through the north,
to purchase the confidence of the abolition
. lists, and to secure the support of the foreign
: born citizen. Neither your menaces nor
~ your importunate entreaties could extort from
:, him any sign of appreciation of the fugitive
- slave law; but he could volunteer assurances
~ to Irishmen of his delight in hearing their
. rich brogue,' and to Germans of his devo-
i ton to their foreign accent" 1t is thus
that southern wings have been deceived and
trifed with by the wing candidate He re-
5 fuses to allay their well-founded suspicious
, of his hostility to their interests on pretence
n of official dignity, while this official dignity
y does not restrain him from soliciting the con.
u ~ fdence and support of the opposing section
u of the Union by the most approved arts Of
. . the practised demagogue. Is it imagined
H. that the wings of the South do not appreci
IL ate this inconsistency in the conduct of Gen
y Scott-this conflict between his professions
- to them and his practice to others? They
nc see it, and they feel it, too. They see that
u the pretence by which he sought to excuse
u his refusal to satisfy their demands was hol
lS low and hypocritical, and they feel thai
ol treachery to their interests dictated that re
- fusal.
The conviction that Gen Scott is playing
- false is almost universal sentiment Will
-. the wings of the south. His conduct to
e wards them aroused their suspicious, anC
these suspicious have been confirmed by thu
m events of his recent tour through the north
-. If the hidden history of Gen SCOTS politi
ios cal campaign could be given to the world
- if bis confidential consultations and secre
-. negotiations with the leaders of the abolition
~ party could be reported-he would be desert
r. ed by even the few southern wings who noE
e1S support him. With reluctance we harbo
Ia the suspicion which we now express w
a ,l~ would fain believe Gen. Scott to be incapa
III BILE Of low intrigue and base coalitio
/, ! with the abolitionists For the honor {
'0O the country and for his own fame, we woul
have him maintain that proud position
political independence which he assumed i
order to parry the demands Of the souther
wings But that be has descended from th
ate position, and has engaged actively in poll
ich ical canyass-that be mingles in unworth
The associations, and intrigues with the abolition
ists-is a fact which the evidence of on
W. senses will not suffer US to doubt. He traI
ersed Pennsylvania under the auspices an
lar direction of VIM. f. Johnston-the ma
no who nullifed the fugitive slave act, and abe
ted the murder of Gorsuch. In complianC
Tal with the necessities Of official duties, be lii
roe. gered few days in Kentucky. With til
exception, the line of his tour lies EXCLUSIVE
Var. lv within the acknowledging States. r
ION. a strange coincidence, and perhaps impeill
eml by not very dissimilir impulses, Gen. SEQ
and John P. Hale visit the same section
zoo the Union, and court the confidence Of Il
ott same men. AreWe not justified by what :
and hear and see-by signs and indicatio
whose meaning is obvious to every obserE
fer are we not justified IN our suspicion th
ton, the wing candidates. negotiating for the 81
ike. port of the abolition party7 What meal
and the violent warfare Waged by the abolitio
lists against the democratic candidate? WI
is he the object of the mortal hatred of Jol
lets P. Hale? What is the secret of that pr,
erence for the election Of Gen. Scott, viii
'on- the National Era so plainly manifesto
IThaaa are facts which can only Ia avnlniu