Daily American telegraph., 1852-05-22
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH.
The state OF New York.

The delegates thus far ascertained to be ap-
pointed stand: for Scott, %; Fillmore, A. Web
ster | to hear from, 3--the election of Moses
H. Grinnell, of New York city, Webster, and
William Blakely, jr., of Cortland, (Scott,) being
tricts are yet to hear from.
The New York Tribune contains some remarks,
to which we would respectfully ask the attention
of our hy-off- the handle Southern Whig friends.
It remarks that the friends of Mr. Fillmore seek
to have it believed that the triumph Of General
Scotts friends at the primary elections is nothing
but triumph of Freesoilism, and says
They know this to be untrue They know
that the nomination Of General Scott has never
been advocated on Freesoil grounds or with any
reference at all to feelings of opposition to slavery
On the contrary, those who have worked to secure
the present result in the State have, from the
first and throughout, EARNESTLY CONTENDED
AGAINST MIXING THE SLAVERY QUES-
TION IN EITHER THE NOMINATION OR
THE ELECTION, 1t has been their wish and
still is, to fight the battle ON THE OLD WING
GROUNDS, such as THE WHIGS OF THE
NATION can unite upon, and such as they have
always been united upon. They have said and
still say, Let us leave this whole matter JUST
WHERE 1T is, 1t is not to be expected that all
Southern Wings and all Northern Wings should
agree in their opinions upon slavery Nor is it
necessary that they should agree. There is no
question involving slavery now before the country
But there are other questions of great Importance
as to which all Wings are agreed, upon which a
decision will be made in the approaching election
Let us unite, then, as Americans and as patriots,
to secure such a decision as we believe will be
most conducive to the well-being of the country
Such is the language and such the aims of the
! friends of Gen Scott in New York. What an
nbsurdity, then, for the State Register, the Ex-
press, and that class of papers, to say that the
victory we have achieved is of distinctive
Freesoism' These journals must know that
what they say is not true.
HQuite as false is it that the opposition to Mr..
Fillmore is based on his having stood by the Com
promise. Mr. Fillmore has been opposed by some
on the ground that he could not be elected, and
that his nomination would be folly by others,
because since he has been i'll Office he has pro-
scribed Wings who are loved and conhded III by
the majority of the party, and has generally used
his appointing power not for the benefit of the
whole party, but of small and malignant clique.
Those are the true and the only reasons why he
has been opposed. 1T is 4 MALICIOUS PEI
! VERSION OF THE FACTS TO PRETEND
THAT HIS FIDELITY TO THE COMPROMISE
/ HAS OVERTHROW HIM HERE In HIS
! OWN STATE. That fidelity has nothing to do
in the case; and bad it been ten times rs com
plete, ind evinced with zeal thousand times
wiser than it has been, it would not have been
thought of or used at this election as rea-
son against his nomination. We repeat that
THE SLAVERY QUESTION HAS NOT Been
BROUGHT INTO THE ELECTION THUS FAR;
and as far as we are concerned, WE DO NOT
INTEND THAT IT SHALL BE We go for
SCOTT AND UNION, and a straight out Whie
victory"