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| THIS PICTURE. AND ON THIS
s.In regard to the gen "The FreeSOil Demo
ero policy Of the admin cratic leaders qf the NORTH
| tstrdtion, il elected, are regular portion Of
| SHOULD OF COURSE LOOK the Democratic party, and
AMONG THOSE WHO MAY General Pierce, " elected
| APPROVE THAT POLICY lpiIl make NO DISTINCTION
ron THE AGENTS TO CAR BETWEEN THEM AND THE
| RY 1T INTO EXECUTION; DEMOCRACY IN THE DIS
and should seek to cul- TRIBUTIoN OFFICIAL
tivate harmony and PATRONAGE, AND IN TIL
| faternal sentiments SELECTION OF AGENTS
throughout the Wing FOR ADMINISTERING THE
| party, without attempt GQvERNMENT. Wdsh
ing to reduce its mem- ingt0n Union.
| bcrs by prescription to
exact conformity to my
own views. But should,
| at the same time, be rig
| orOus in regard to qualiti-
| cation for o6ice-retain-
| ing and appointing
| one either deficient in
capacity or integrity, or
| in devotion to liberty,
| to the Constitution and
| the Union - Gen. Scotrs
Letter Of Acceptance
Above is the declaration of Winfield Scott, Wing
candidate for the Presidency, and of an article OF
| the Washington Union. the great central organ OF
| the Democratic party, and mouthpiece.i in chiei
| of Franklin Pierce. Weigh them well. scrutinize
them closely, fellow citizens of the South. Gen
eral Scott says that, if elected President, he shall
ofice-retainng and appointing no either de-
fcient in capacity or integrity, or in devotion to
liberty, to the Constitution and the Union' The
Washington Union boldly and authoritatively
publishes that General Pierce, if elected, will
| make no distinction between them (the Freesoil
| Democratic leaders of the Norh) and the rest of
| the Democracy" &c. Here is proclamation of in .
tentions, frank it is oninous to the South ap-
| pearing in this acknowledged national organ OF
| the Democracy. President Pierce "will make no
distinction," in the "seecton OF agents for admin
istering the Government" between his Democrat
ic Abolition supporters, who would crush every
interest Of the South, blast every hope of the fu
ture, and sweep, If they could, her fertile plains
and pleasant cities, with the bosom of destruction
| and "the rest Of the Democracyv' This unequiv-
ocnl statement means, If 1t means anything, that
| John Van Buren,, David Wilmot and b. f. Hal
lett would be called to the Cabinet; John A. Dix.
b. F. Butler, sc, sent foreign missions, and
| other prominent Freesoilers and Abolitionists
| called upon to aid in " administering the Govern
ment" in other important offices. The decla alton
| bears other reasonable Interpretation. more
| significant warning never was vouchsafed any peo-
pie than this is to the citizens Of the South-to
those who interested in the institution of slave
ry and the future prosperity Of the southern sec
ton of the Confsderacy.
will they heed it, or will they, to secure pc.
litcal triumph, consent to fusion of elements
which must, in the very nature of things, shortly
explode, TO the deep, perhaps irremediable, injury
of them and theirs!
Here is an open and public bid for Frecsoil votes
to aid in the election of General Pierce To secure
those votes they are promised, by publication in
the very highest Of Democratic authority, an equal
participation in the Offices and poDersof Government!
We never yet witnessed such an exhibition of
party proligacy and desperation. Truly did Colo
mel Watson G. Haynes, in his speech before the
Pittsburgh Freesoil Convention, tell his coadjutors
that the Van Burens, Dixes, &C., "knew their
man." Every day adds to the pile of accumu.
lating evidence, and every mail is full of matter
which should cause southern men, Wings and
Democrats, to reflect and investigate before cast
ing their votes for such a candidate as General
PIERCE with all his antecedents, surroundings, and
proclamation of promises, under such unheard of
and dangerous circumstances.
Compare the two declarations together, soc
which it is safest to adopt, and vote accordingly.
This is all we ask.