Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-01
From the New Orleans Courler.l
IL CEN SCOTT S0UND1

W. ,,. IN lie south which forgetting thrr pforsl-
','- If ,p,,uurnniising hostility, accepted nm n urf
l.e angnp.d in desperate effort 10 elace the efforts
- nor nyn arguments, by bringing against ~ fie'co ne
,n,- charges which they had but recently pieeI!e" "sn
.e .7 IN attempt hls utterly failed. It's aniliofs
49, ,rs themselves in a series Of contradictions winch
tircry destroy their ctrdblly Inc "hY .eni, :" '.'
rrmpts aeainEt Pierce has been to DIZZY - 'is'
ocuurn.tr ,yiteucr which, 50 Tar rom sustaining e'
,ro.r. Mr. Pierce have always perh iic mr."
rS am. consistent advocate .! I!'e ,'sita - " ~
,,t ,h, North has vet produced. Pubc opinion Is NJ"
con vinrrd this point The question: as lar ~ e'e
nrerueI j. conclusy,y settled He mas been trec and
tlcd worthy u the confidence and support o 'hc
Did Gen stand on the ground, dd Ms previous
ui Mons and actions show AN equally clear RECORD e @
ts would exclusively parizan: the question IN Inc Gi
.ipn wuui simply De an Issue between he W hS 'hu nc
Harllr. such but before the struggle can Ne r.
] - such an entirely party character, il must be sho"
, IN the great sectional Questions before the c'"ny
Doth candidates occupy The same position. That lhis
,,i,, ~, The political history oil the country
T., AIR Pierce have man whose ""olc poi'i-
l lie has been marked by constant consistent and an
nrn suupo ol The rights OF The Sontl man VINO voted
h' in Congress against oil the ansaVery movements OF
ur dms and gave earnest support ~ '.e r 10
,r.t I'M, The Senate by 1lr. Calhoun IN 1885 VINO
, ~, .,rIv iav DENOUNCED abOlonSts and ADDITION
i.,u in unmeasurrd terms, aud VINO since "e", w -
nm, lion that has arisen between me TWO Sfa.
~ cnuiry has uniformly spoken tor ana aced WIN u"
S,, On the other side hnve General Scnt pre- seh',-
,s the WEiu candidate for The Presidency no" ooes n
stand what j. his present posllon-"ial nav oss -"
I n,rnns! On these points the question: a. 'a as Cot
rns MIN mus, be settled. As 10 his present posoh We
yr only 10 refer the columns o our hs co'ehoare
10 show what they thought when 1t was heir interest ~ u"
nose Scott. :, i.,-
In saying that the position which he occupies IS DANCE
ans ,r the South rely entirely on wing testimony W.
,s, 40 nothing more Than direct attention 10 ie speeches
and actions Of Messr- Faulkner, Gentry Io"Mos Lyons
parnaO,s Stephens Williams Cngman, and host Oh DINER
yhir whose attachment I" party IS no; so strong Is 10 cau
,,.n II, swallow their words and 10 believe III NE safe
~ ,d ur:n.., Of candidate merely because h. has r."
.iy. tl. nomination Of Wing Convention lhsY do NOT
rl inclined 10 their own arguments una ~ Eiei
minority composed - Northern Free Solers, ana re itin
SmhrTn Wings Before the Wing Convention assembled
sectional struggle ur the nomination had cDnllhentea
M North was devoted Scott; The South was devoted 20
Fillmore, some sectional cause must have produced ihs
nnnl division Even wings do not act without noi'c;
even whies DO rally around different candidates "io'
Same Sufficient reason To discover what that reason was,
n i only necessary Know the facts OF the case, and 10
.I 10 mind the arguments used on cnch side respectively.
The Northern supporters OF Gen. Scott were Mr. Seward
If New York Governor Johnston OF Pennsylvania, lhu-
low Weed The Albany Journal Horace Greeley OF e ~
= Tribune The Boston Atlas, Buiio Express Rochester
Democrat Ohio Journal, an6 every NoTtherp wing
Gamer al Free Soil tendencies His southern supporters
rou not as the Bee t0rcbly and uuhiuy remarked be dts
covered with five hundred rnagnItylhg microscope
The Southern Wings it except Governor jones Of Ten.
nessec Mcssrs. Mangum, Stanley OF North Carolina, ard
Mr. Bolts Virginia. and perhaps few others were nnaii'
uu,sy r A Fillmore. The Southern Wings were IN Ia
vnr of Mr. Fillmore, because he was in favor OF The Com
,nni. measures and the Fugitive Slave Law The North.
rn Wings with exception Of that small majority which
vas faithful The determined 10 beat
Mr. Fillmore for precisely the same reason that the South
| JuDTlu
existence o this sectional difficulty. lhny Henonmcei
Scn as the associate oi Seward J"nston Thgrow Weed
ana lhaddeus Stevens and they called On Southern wings
IA rally TO ,r support Fillmore in order defeat the de-
sions of the Free Soers who determined 10 impose
candidate Of their choosing on the whig party.
The struggle came and the South defea,td The can
dair OF The Free SOlers nominated Greeley Seward
and Johnston triumphant. They had carried Their
point They had invested sectional candidate with the
prestige OF national nomination. Immediately as II By
the touch OF an enchaners wand everything was changed
Fillmore more mentioned. The chosen candidate of
the Southern Wings consigned 10 his political grave
without even a requiem his memory. DrnuncatiOns Dt
Scott AZ the choice of the Free sI-r merged readily into
rnDnun- ol Scott the choice OF the wing party Weed
and Greeley and Seward instead OF being comaaiei as enc
mics OF South and her institutions, taken by The
hand and curessd fellow workers IN good cause lhry
had suddenly become very good fellows utter all lhr
| COMPROMISED and the Fugitive Slave Law which had
recently OCCUPIED The most prominent place IN tl cor
unn- wnig papers melted before the glorie of
Lundys Lane and Chnubu-co Chippewa and Cerro Gordo,
Just as Fillmore and Webster had fallen beneath the gean
ing sword Scott, AMI the assaults OF his Free Soil allies
But l-anding this remarkable change in Southern
Whg views the tacts and arguments which their papers
Ind made defeat Scott sl They
! DISPUTED an! ndsputabe. They refuse vanish The
,uaniac Of Convention lessen their force
modltc the varying views of Wing politicians.
The question between the North aud South, as far as
c,ncernei is precisely The the question be
tween Northern and Southern Wings before the nomination
As candidate OF the Wing party he occupies The same
towards the South that he occupied towards The
southern Wings as the Candidate OF secI"n he reasons
which were given why Southern Wings should vote for
Fillmore against Scott, are equally potent 10 prove that
try should r Pierce against Scott Al least we can.
moi see why men endeavorcd defeat another whcn he
was an a-pirani for Nomination. means OF reaching
the Presidency should now call on Democrats To assist %
IN erv tim that position II they did not lhnk hr
iii To be nominated we are usied IN thinking tlit ne
: tit ~ be elected.
five now carry our researches little further INFO rr
past shall find that General Scuits nnece'en's are pre-
c;srv rhnSr which wou make him eli.Dl. The candidate
OF INA, section Of the Hhs party which procured his nonina-
lion Tn principal act urged proof OF SCOTS sound
n !. Iai NJ is native Of In. South and therefore in
flied
Ircip- The weakness of hls argument Is evident In
a, anlir-y absurd scarcely Ia rnerr eiGatinn
Bat of his birth lie admitted To crch"a presumption
his that presumption - more than coIncrhh'ancedty
his chang. and ai:,ilinn with the 81
The South order the Presidency. IN addition IT,
S overwhelming tact We have hl- own declaration i the
proof hostility 10 slavery and Ms opposition 10 South
cr principles.
In l5i2 NJ addressed 10 r. p. Atkinson Esq his ceIc
hratd letter slavery In that letter find The iIlnw
ny ian .uagr After stating doe. every ngi'ator from
iInr duwn abolition penny liner that Jti"s
guide the subject Ocn Scott says ne Is Tor gradual
emancipation. and ADDS:
"tienc" had the honor Of seat in the Virginia LIE
ii, arr IN the winter oi 1872 when bill brought
forward carry those We've should certainly have
gwen il my hearty support
John Randolph speaking OF this bill. cha racerizcd it az
M attempt al scfrc insuHccoh ne (TSn Scot) ALSO
says ~ fellows
Bat am persuaded that il is high moral obligation .:
masters ana savenoIding States employ all means
Incompatible with te safety Of both cOiors To lncOrae
Slavery even 20 ertermnntoa
These Bud enough bur Ihty relate
nothing practically "bcctiDnl in fhern. Bat have s
IN, Their and stronger whence 1t is known the first
AMI I:.J. vigorous attacks Ut The aboltnnSrs have been
made slavery in tie District Of Columbia They have
always regarded triumph there the first AMI principal
means be adopted the contamination of their mai
purpose.
Gen recognizes the constitulonaity o aboishing
slavery The District and IN certain c"ntingcnclc!
prnprty. Hear nlm Alter saying that Congress has
power abolish slavery in the slaveh0ing States he
says
II mold The opposite opinion in respect 10 the District OF
Columbia. Here with the o; the owners the
Just compensation, Congress M? e.islc At
liz discretion
From these extracts IL that he advocate Of
cmancII arion in Virginia. that he regards it "HidH
oBLGAToS TO MELIORATE SLAVERY EvES TO ENTERMI-
SA-ioS-hA he believes the nationality oil abolish
iug slavery ID The District ui Columbia.
Thus We have shown that both in position and antcce
dents General Scott unworthy Of Southern support His
position is that OF special candidate of The Free Sie.s
and Aoultnn-tS, whose only claim 10 nationality is
within ard cDntIu the organic ii1n ri the
v hm parry His ansccdents those OF n whu de-
slavery who thinks tia thigh moral obligation
oratc slavery exlerEaton, and who agrees with
The AbolOns:s in regard abolition al slavery in
District Of Columbia and the duty OF Congress receive,