Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-07-29
]5olititul III naing.
From the Nashrille Union.
Spec dch Of Mr. TOOmbs. Of Georgia.


Oh the Sd inst, in the HoGse of
Representatives, Hon. e. TooMBs, OF
] Geol gia, made an able and effective
speech, on the Presidential question,
in which he took ground against Gen.
IScott, and conditionally for Gen.
/ Pierce.
/ MIR. Toombs, as our readers are
awar e, is a whig upon principle, and
acted with the whig party until the
4 form alton Of Union party in Geof-
giia, when, in common With the wings
Idf t hat State, he joined the new or
fanikation. His speech, therefore,
lis valuable not only forIits undeniable
truths, but because it is the language
Of a man renouncing bis party and all
it's favors for the good 6f'his country,
NVha t he says of the democratic can
dida tes and the democ ratio platform,
is the testimony of political oppo-
hent. What he says Of Gen. Scott,
his present position and his past afiin-
ities, is the reluctant admission OF Il
political friend. Such D. evidence Is
entitled to the highest consideration,
because it is free from bias and made
against interest. 1t will have a con-
Trolling influence upon the people OF
the South in making up their yer-
dict between the two parties in Nov
: bember next.
, Mr.. Toombs bears the following
! honorable testimony to the capacity
! 'and soundness of the democratic can
: didates:
i ''The result Of their .abors was
better than could have been fairly
expected. 1t is true they threw over
! board all those state smen to whom
| public expectation and the public
mind had been directed, and selected
la candidate of their own: 6ut tie can
! sdidate selected is a I uir exponent q
tie compromise elen'fat of the Con-
, renaop. From my'small knowledge
| of his history, | take him to be caPa-
| BE, honest md fmlk1M to the Consti-
Rhon, and an early, consistent and
, energetic opponent of anti-slavery
fanaticism in all its forms, and firm
and decided friend of the comprom-
ise. His associate on the ticket is
, entitled to equal commendation.''
lie endorses in the following strong
language the compromise feature bl
, our platform, and the positions of our
, candidates:
! 'sIhe compromise resolution which
was adopted meets tt ie question fully;
the candidates nominated have put
, themselves fully, plainly, and dis
, tinctly upon it. Therefore the re
QUESTION 5f Tie Union n party in Geor-
/, eia is fully complied with, and these
candidates are open to the support
, of the members of that party, with
} out any surrender Of its principles.
= After admitting the complete tri-
umpl of the friends of the compro-
q mise in the democr a;ic convention,
: AIr. Toonibs says:s
@It is deeply to be regretted that
the same result did not happen IN
the whig coaveuti4n.l There were
but two grand divisions in tie latter
Ebody-tEe friends and c7tsnics of the
!, compromise measures. The former
we're divided betwe en- Mr.. Fillmore
and Mr.. Webster, a nd The Altter cd'a-
. ceufrMed on General Seo4. The re-
: suit Of tlleit laborS was, that The com
> promise was adopted, and General
Scott was nominated. The ireq-soil
/, whirs of tlic North have complete
: control Of the whig organization in i'll
! ofthe noh-slavehol{li {liug States, and
.S.ot5's sncccss w.Abe Their triumph.
a nd a triumph fatal to the principles
of the Union whig#, both North and
South. The yhigB who supported
= General Scott for the nomination
were the men who had been most ac-
tive, by speeches and pen, from the
{ beginning OF tins .e1cltement, Inpro-
: noting sectional strife and dIscord-
the men who Stood here in 1850, were
from the beginning to the end o
] this great slavery agitation, opposing
the settlement of it, and are, to thi:
very hour, deadly hostile to the prin
S ciples upon which it was made. Ii
their party conventions at home
: throughout the whole North, dur rins
: tie last year, not one Of them, to my
knowledge, has eonformed to thess