Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-05-27
Prospective.

their repeated asseyerations that they
Will not support this or that man,
even if nominated by the Wing Ma
tional Convention, shows a growing
interest upon the matter of Presi-
dent making in the whig ranks in
our section; and it also shows a de-
gree of uneasiness, a want Of conf |
dence in the selection that will be
made by their leaders on the 10th Of
June. The little they have at stake, /
it is feared, will be jeopardied 10y al
bad selection Of candidate for the
Presidency. They seem to have no
dread Of mans being chosen who,
will fail to carry out former whig no
tons Of the proper policy of govern
ment. The bank, tariff, distribution,
&c. &c. play no part in the pretequi-
sites Of an acceptable wing candidate.
They have narrowed the matter down
to one idea sentiment-the fnality
Of the Compromise. Engage when
you will with wing. friend in a talk
on politics, and our word for it, the
greater portion he Will have to- say
will be relative to the Compromise,
its finality, sc. Well, we reckon this
is well enough, since former wing
notions have become obsolete. No
use to be prating about matters no
longer desired or expected; better to
take up the Compromise, OF some
other democratic triumph. There is
no hope Of success for them, in CON
tending for the Old issues; past e1
perience proves this A new trick
or scheme seems indispensable. It
would be worse than suicide to hope
for victory without something fresh
10 gull the masses with. Hence, We
find the whig leaders in the South
espousing the Compromise-clinging
to it with death-like grasp-even
contending that it originated with,
and was finally placed upon the stat
utes by, the whig party. Well, if
the Compromise, or its being made a
final settlement Of the slavery agita-
ton, viii satisfy the wings, and we
knowlnot that they ask for more, no
one can blame them for tenaciously
coatending that their candidate must
be compromise wing in the fullest
'sense-without doubt or prevarica
tion-rendered genuine, by his own
signature. Surely, we should expect
this. 1t is reasonable is right
But, viii this be done? Will such a
candidate be selected by the Wing
National Convention? That's the
rub. And if not, what will they do?
Will they keep the promise some Of
them have voluntarily and repeated
ly made to support compromise
democrat? We have heard such
promises made time and again, by as
reliable wings as Lincoln county al
fords; and they are as radical in this
region as wings generally get to be
anywhere. For our part, we are well
satisfied from the ''lights before us,
that the WING National Convention
will select Gen. Scott, or some other
whig who Sc position on the Compro-
mise will prove equally doubtful, for
the candidate of their party. Should
they do this, will the wings in the
South vote for him? We have heard
democrats say they will, and offer as
evidence the tone Of their leading
newspapers, and the proceedings and
speeches of recent wing meetings
assembled in the South. 1t is con-
tended that the Nashville Wing and
Banner ate striving to prepare the 4
masses of whiggery in our State Tor !
a result Of this sort, by the publica- {
tons they are making as to what is )
sad to be Scots position, and what !
will satisfy the wings in the South of S
the soundness of their candidate s
upon the Conpromise-none Of which h
,ah be construed into an unnistaka- h
I'D fact that he is, beyond all doubt, :
Il favor Of making the Compromise
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