Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-09-21

Now, far their anlecedenrs concerned, this
cord shows very distinctly the position of the respective
pr, sdcnlia candidates the question of slavery Upon
the poInol what treatment abolition petitions should receive
hands of Congress, there he mistake in deter
mining who is The South think there BE- az
little the subject Of the abolition Of slavery in the DIS
tric OF Columbia In the first clause of his letter, quoted
above, Gen Sc"t comedies the of Congress 10 inter
fcre with the relation of master and slave in the District OF
Coumbia-in words abb ish slavery In the District
In the Inst clause of acknowledging the power OF
State do, he says, "it is high moral obligation Of
and savehoing States employ all not in
compatible with The safety ri both cnors 10 ncoratc Shrery
ren 10 ertcrindkon" Nav the power iring conceded in
both District and the slavehoIng States is it possible
10 conceive that "a high neral obligation rests upon The
latter abolish slavery within their limits while there IL no
obligation TO abolish in The district of Columbia "
There is escape from the conclusion that when Gen.
Scott pcnncd that letter he in favor of abulshng sa.
very di> OF Columbia and employing all means
10 effect il no incompatible with the safety OF both conrs
Indeed il idle attempt 10 disguise the fact that this
whole letter o Gen Scott bcrays the dcadcst hostility
the institution Of slavery it exists in all the southern
States.
With these antececns OF tie two candidates be- C u.s.
lei proceed 10 cUnde whether either has done any Thing
10 modify or alter the relative position In which the above
exposition places them. Unit, Gen Pierce nonlna I'D
for The Presidency, there the slightest inImaon
from any quarter that lie had said aught in
ference The slavery question inconsistent with his Official
record running through nine years service in both Houses
of Congress with lis known public action in The various
local struggles that have from time TO time agatcd his
State Immediately after his nomination, the Of the
wing party here admitted his CENTRE soundnrss on The sub
ect Of slavery. Greeley the editor of the New YORK T
hume wing paper of abolition tendencies engaged
the most active advocacy u Gen. Scott, by of inluny
him with ls lreeso rGadera characterized him as "a pro-
slavery bunker Of The deepest dye" After the nomination
Of Gen Scott, however the peculiar circumstances BY which
he was surrounded seeming Ia require IL effort made
Ia impress upon the public mind that Gen Pierce in "pposl-
ton the of his whole life, had nduged quite 10.
Gently IN certain remarks, at public meeting in New
Hampshire calculated to inspire distrust among Southern
10 s real sentiments in regard 10 their interests
The evidence Of this consisted in statements made by
three ahuIionis whose anarica schemes Gen Pierce had
succeeded in defeating (a) or ITSELF and uncontradced
mis-. osy The least of it, very questionable testimony
IL has since been entirely destroyed by the
of almost all the persons who present the meeting
and by tho emphatic denial of Gen Pierce himself under his
own hand. Judging him then, by the mos, reliable of all
est1 his acts and votes IL not 10 be controvered that he
Stands dY up before the country The persistent seadfas
and faithful friend OF the constitutional rights OF our much.
abused section. Now how stands the with Gen Scott?
Is there Thing relieve him from the highly objection.
able ground upon which he placed himself his unfortunate
Atkinson letter in 1887 regret to say that il; my opn-
ion, there not His eden bad his intermediates
IRE w"'s" and his conseqnents worst OF n We have look
ed It'll" into the first let glance the
second % presented by the and circumstances OF
his nouTa ton
will stop here dwell on the known fact tina,
for NOR" than before tue meeting of The Wing Con.
venton was matter OF noorlety .a Gen Scott was the
prefer, snhiatc for III. presidency the lending free soil
politicians IN lie three great States of New York Penn.vl
vann and Ohio; nor that his and popularity were nc
lnaliy used by two OF these gentlemen, Mr. Johnston
Ptnnsyrania, and Mr. Vnton Of OHIO, in aid of cleo
ton TO the gube,nnoria chair OF their respective States
pass By these things and the significant Gen.
Scott, TO disgust the public BY defining his position
The slavery question, and directly The Wing Con-
venton.
BY the votes of what section Gen Scott nomina led
mud under what circumstances his nomination elected
He was nominated by ONE HUNDRED THIRTYrorR SoR
THERS VOTES AND TWENTY. FIVE SOUTHERN VOTES making
the aggregate on the hfyhrd ballot of hundred and
y-nine votes What were The circumstances under which
the nomination madc7 Ii made after the adonon
BY The convention of the WhIg platform containing ccop
milton OF the Compromise settlement of the slavery
question Now let examine the on this part of the
platform, for the purpose of asceainng whether lief, to
decision of the northern friends of Ger Scott il coud
have been adopted Before the ory-sevenh ballot Gen
Scott received more than HUNDRED AND THIRTY
VOTES aud these all came from North The vote
the Compromise feature of the platform shows that there
were SIXTY agan. il; these uni.
tormly voted for General Scott. This clearly proves tha,
there majority Of the northern supporter, OF Gen
Scott in that convention sound on the Compromise mea