Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-08-12
]salltjtal Gga0ing.

| MAuRY Co, July %, 1892.
70 Jas. II. Davidson, SeOtt ElectO
for the SIKH C0ngresSiOna
/ District.
! Enter, aiming for you now, as here
: tolore, the highest regard, aud TO
you the kindest feelings of IN olt
. acquaintance, premise By saying
that | have Witnessed your activity
/ in. reconciling the disahected whig.
to Gen. SCOTS nomination, which has
| induced the writer to ask you re-
spectfully, to favor the PUBLIC with
your opinions in answer to a few
J pl;Gn inquiries.
lst. IS Gen. Scott, fromthe known
incidents of long public life, > for
or against "leveling a pistol at the
breast of 4 fellow-being in private
combat?"
I'd. Ifyea, by what principles of
"higher-law' can you feel such inie-
rest in the success of the man who
has bid defiance to that ''Iaw' he
law of God?
Sd. Do you hold it to be, or are
you ''pcrsGaded thtt it is a high moral
obligation Of masters and slve-h6ld-
ing states 10 employ all means not
incompatible with The safety" e. not
interest," Of both colors, to ':mqlio-
ratc shyery, even to exierminatioh?"
4th. If Il high moral obligation
to do a thing; is not. The neglect 10
do that.imposed bya nigh moral OBJ
ligation,' in violation Of tlIe 'higher
law power?
9TH. Ifa high moral d pligation"
10 extcrminate slavery, ihf fn NOR ally
wrong TO keep in slavery the negro
raec;and if you agree with Zen. Scott,
you are bound to clear y our skirts
/ from Individual moral guilt, by ex-
termina ating slavery within youftda,
Ifrol. :
H 6tha Are you in ftver. 9r are you
inclined to .Ehesitate betweb bn exf&ad--
ing Che period Of resider ce be fore
NAT humiliation, aud total repeal Of
all acis on he subiec'? or does your
mind Incline to the latter?
7th. Is your mind "lrd ID viii III
diga'ion" when an alien les his pc
iition IIeforf a Judge, PREF paratorE to
becoming q D American citizen 10
ENJOY risht ) and privileges y0a e"4oy?
Sth. Arc You in favor Of the an
nexaiiqn of the British Provinces
@our n4ighlgors on the other side Of
,ihc St. Lawrence and the alles, .
and would you '-be most happy 10.
fiaternise with Upwards Of $780,
900 Of British aboliiionisis,l oar
Northern aud Northeastern neigh
bors?.'
9th. Are you in favor of -'gi Firs
to all foreigners the right of eli zen
ship, who shall faithfully serve, in
time Of war, one year or board Of our
public ships, orin our land force, reg
ular OF volunteer, on receiving an
honorable dischargefrom the seryi Fe?"
I0tb. Your opinion ia answd r to
The above question, is sought spec cial- !
ly. Would not a law carrying out
the above be in violation Of Tie Con I
stitution, and would it not make our
army anl navy nothing but horde /
Of unprigcipled Swiss and Hessia ms? (
1Ith Are you in favor of 81 bus"
making the distinction between for
eigneIB who serve in The army, over
the pllenI tradesman, mechanic or till
er.or the soil? Il
l2th. Are you in Glyor Of Eir. Fill I
more'9 patriotic sentiments i. ! 4ub-l
stance, that IN dlscharglng his Sifl-
eial duty as President Of The Uni tied
States, lie had7appointed no hlaIl J 10
Office opposed to the lax or It's exc
cution, known as the Compromise? !
18th. Does not Gen. Scott in /
sidiously assail Nj. Fillmore, in his |
letterof acceptance, with a view Of
securing the aid Of the 'Nhigher law"
parity when he @should seek to cul-
tiyatd AdsmoaY and f,iaIe,9laE senti- |
mentB throughout the whig party, |
(abolition wing is no doubt meant,) |
without attempting toreduce its mem
bers By prescription, to- exact uni
f6rmity to my (his) views2
18th. Are not the views Of Gen
Scott that these questions relate to,
apti-republican, and against the views
entertained by the whig party here |