Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-07-31


uniform Rule, and ifitis not unconstitutional it is
ridiculous. This would give unequal advantages to
foreigners and therefore violate that equality rights
which lie the very Threshold of political stem
We may be told that it would be optional with the
foreigner which mode of naturalization he would Sc
ectthe law as it stands, the years service
1t may be presumed the latter would be frequent
y selected; and hence say that the army would be
swelled the legal Standard and applicants excluded
destroying as we have contended, not only all uni
formity but erecting by law discrimination hateful
and odous to every feeling of equality But as Scott
says this is suggested by "his military experience"
In regard to the policy of the administration, Scott
says should he be elected he will look among those
who approve it to carry it into execution. That is to
say will be proscrptve and from the friends of the
Greeleys and Stewards he will select his cabinet and
governmental agents.
He finally says, that for his strict adherence to the
principles of the wing party expressed in the reso
luons and "heren suggested that is the abolition
free farm plank, and the suggestion of military expe
rience in regard to the law of nauralizaton-he has
no other pledge guarantee to offer than the known
incidents of long public life. That will do.
But we now come to point not found Immediately
in this letter of acceptance, but the influence which
apparent in that letter. propose to bring forward in
somewhat clearer light The Courier will not deny
that Scott is repudated the North by many thous.
ands of good and wings And why is it SO Is it
because his whiggery is suspected Surely not. Is
it because he is regarded incompetent. We should
say not Let then. if reasonable solution
be attained for this opposition none of those have
supposed, being true.
6rSt no, ardo frio de
before the contention 1t has been stated that
State convention nominating Scott affirmed the Final
ity of the Compromise measures. We know that most
of those and presses ardenty in favor of Scott did
opposes have opposed, and still continue oUppose any
such afirmance ofthose measures a Finality Is
this true. Now, the other hand the friends of
Fillmore and Webster did affirm those measures as
Finality. In the Congressional caucus, those meas
ures were affirmed, and if we rightly remember the
Courier intensely pleased thereat its gratica-
ton so keen, that it twitted the Democracy of
reasonable or secession purposes, because similar
affirmance failed before Democratic Congressional
caucus. Are not right in this :,
An afirmance then, of the Finality of the Compro-
mise measures, orthodox and any man who did not
take them final settlement of the question of sla
very, traitor a secessionist, according to the
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measures, the choice of the Southern Slave States
because he open advocate for the approval of
the Compromise measures as Finality. He was put
forward the Southern candidate for the Presidency
because of his known, and openly avowed determine.
ton to adhere to those final settlement
of the questions they embraced
All that we have said in regard to 1fr. Fillmore ap-
plies Mr. Webster. He too, regarded those meas
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that he boldly staked his political prospects on that
ISSUE and on that issue alone. On that issue then,
Fillmore and Webster went before the National wing
Convention, Mr.. Fillmore being the Southern, and Mr.
Webster the North ern choice, the record shows.
Now, how does it happen that both these gentlemen
are set aside by the convention for Gen. Scott He
has said that he regarded the Compromise meas
ures a"Final settlement in principle and substance
of the subjects to which they reate"-never and in
accepting the nomination, he studiously avoided max
| ing any such announcement. His friends North have
not, will not do so. 1t is clear then that while
the convention favorable TO- and did announce that
ltregarded those measures a"Finalityt was Fore
ed to accept candidate whose opinions were unknown
on that subject from the hands of men ,cho openly and
seolously opposed those measures Finality.''
Why was this so 1t has been said that Scott was
selected because of his availability Andin what does
this availability consist We have said that it was
sisted that State convention that nominated Scott
proclaimed to the world that regarded the Compro-
mise measures as Finality. We have said that
SCOTS most ardent friends North, were those men
who most zealousy e2ounced those measures. We
have said that the Webster and Fillmore men North
and South did regard those measures as Finality.
Scott received 159 votes on the 53rd ballot, and of
the ballot received ll2 votes, and of these only
were from the Free States. Is this not conclusive
that SCOTS availability consisted in his supposed OPP
position to any Fnality of the Compromise measures
it necessary to say there is division at the South
in regard to the Finalty of the Compromise--that in
every Slave State the Fnaly of those measures was
regarded as the Alpha and Omega of what was an
nounced the Union, or Compromise party. At the
North the wing party split in twain those measures
and we that in the nominating convention, the
man who had staked his political prospects on those
measures who, before the country had announced in
bold and manly manner his determination to regard
them Final Settlement in principle and Substance
of the subjects to which they relate, could bring to his
support only Eleven uotes !, Will any man dare say
that Scott, had he, like Fillmore and Webster early
announced his determination adhere to those meas
ures Fnality, could have secured the nomination.
His silence made him available and nothing else
Thousands of the men who oppose Scott at the
North do the ground alone that they believe he
is opposed to the Compromise as Finality
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