The daily union., 1852-10-29
General scott caricatured by his Erie nds.


The following passage forms the opening Of edito
ria article in yesterdays National telHgenrer Though
printed and adopted edtoraly tpurpors be copied from
the .sNorth Amercan"--whether the North American
here spoken OF be the Review OF that name whether it
be the Philadelphia organ OF Gov Johnston OF ps0 and
Christiana memory, the National IaeLigenr takes
not 10 say OF course, however the language that OF
the Philadelphia North American newspaper. The leav
ing of any doubt about the matter is only small cleo
tioneering trick
There is (says the North Americano earthly hope
Of arresng the 'ibuster spiritof preventing war; both
foreign and saving the Union itself from the
dangers disruption but by the election OF Gen Scott TO
the presidential office. Apart from his own weasoertan-
ed and welapproved character as lover OF aw ana Or
der and county, of the highest saunches
and nobet class he the candidate Of oil conser-
vatives-a party which is friendly 10 progress, but not to
rapne or license Of kinda party which REJECTS Cnban
annexation and the alliance Of hibnsters-a parry whch
does hall much about CnDan libery as does
about Amer liberty, and American honor and happ-
ness and such he is recommended to the snhages OF
all who in this crisis willing TO stand by their county,
This recipe for saving the country from horrors do
mesc and horrors foreign by the election OF Gen. Scott
is amusing.
Wings would you save the Union and preserve its
domestic tranquility Then just turn TO and place in
the presidency the chosen candidate Of Messrs Seward
and Johns,on-the man whom they made TO stand silent
when every other public man of eminence in both par
ties spoke out boldly for the policy OF sectional peace
and. chief among them all, Franklin Pierce Wings
OF Pennsylvania would you save the Union from
/" disruption p Then vote for Mr. State Elector john
ston who figured in the Chrstiana business, aud who
continued in force the State obstruction law, and give
him chance TO vote his political protegf, Gen. Scott,
into the presidency
Conservatives would you look out for suitable rep
resentstivel Find him in mere soldier at the head
of the army who did propose in letter than
half dozen random and reckless changes OF the funda
n-aisl law of tho iaad
Opposers OF Cuban annexation would you ma the
man Tor your tastes Take him who goes in for the
nexa,ion OF Canada and the British North American
provinces generally and declares his full confidence that
England will sirsghlway agree TO III
Friends OF progress Go in for the man who "con-
CURED in the principles OF the Philadelphia movement.
and who by the boast OF his friends does not care much
about 'berty in Cubsi"
Preyeners of war See 10 il that you vote for Presi.
den, who has made the Of his profession for forty
years. and who OF late before the people, has shown that
.fof This gres, world liuIe he speak,
Save what pertains TO deeds OF broil aud battle -
Do the lea1ng whx presses of the country believe that
the people OF this country be deluded into the sup
port Of General Scott by such appeals as those above
quoted which are, TRUTH the bitteres and the
sernes, upon all the motives and the crcum-
stances which have brought him into the field as the
whig candidaiel
We have already often referred TO the efficient
in which whig leaders and journals have argued this
canvass against their nominee. But we have scarcely
seen anything effective in the way OF bitter irony
against General Scott than the above passage, which the
In'eRgmeer has thus reproduced from the North Ameri