The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-10-26

GU KNOW taa' MI limore was popular NJ
the south ss a whig; that he j. thorough
tedera!Ist, and that the southern delegates
10 the whig national convention wese near.
ly all instructed 10 vote Tor hs nomination.
Wei, when these delegates arrived in Bal.
linor,, they found Mr Seward standing at
the anti-rOom OF lhe coheenttoh.h0use 70 re.
ceiye their credentials finding they W, re
for Fillmore, he thus addressed them:
" Gentlemen, you cannot aud shall not
have Fillmore. do not object TO him be.
cause he is not good wing, aud has uot
removed democrats from otice--buI. be.
cause he sIgned that infamous tugiIive slave
law. The northern wings will scout him
as monster. More we from the north,
have the night to select our man, aud we II
do II at all hazards--the northern states are
the wing states. aud It u wing is elected at
all ii must he 10y those states. We will let
yon into the convention, however knowing
you eau do us no harm"
As soon as the delegates became com.
torably seated IN the convention, tall, thin
dirty.lookng indivIdaal rose to address them
He was Horace Greedy. Sand he:
Gentlemen, you a,e admitted here not
because YOU have righI, bat oecause you
are wings, ! must tell ycu the position
you occupy Having ho certain state TO
i give the nominee OF this convention, we re
coguize no title in you to make the nomi-
nation. You are welcome 10 SIT at the
great wing table, bu. you are our poor kin
you may eat, but you shall not order The
Servants
And what was the result A few high
minded wings left the convention in disgust
but the great majority bowed in humble
submission TO the dsgpcetul position They
voted lor Fillmore some fifty times; but at
last Seward opened the door aud exclaimed
TO his Iegions, in the words Of Cromwell
/ Now is the time I he north baIiotted
1 in her might, and Scott was nominated -
/ The demons of abolition sent no a howl OF
exultation that shook the old walls to their
base-for the south was both lnsutel and
defeated
Then came the adoption OF platform -
Greely again spoke: That we may have
peace IN the family let the south have the
honor to present the platform but mind,
let us alter the matter and adopt the paper. "
SO southern man presented the Tesou.
lions of the platform, but northern man
took his pen aud run it through every south.
ern feature So the convention adopted q
sheet of paper in the hand-write of south.
ern wing, interpoatcd by northern whig
Then came Gen SCOTS letter OF accept
ance--evideutIy written before he saw the
| platform Z" / accept the nomination, with
the resolutions annexed" The Gen. then
laid down platform for himself. Its We,
ry iIliberaI towards our foreign fellow ci,.
Zens.
The following gentlemen aid presses,
among mauy others of the whig party, de-.
cIared they would not support the nomina.
ton :
Messrs, Stevens, Toom5s and johnson,
Ga; Faulkner, Va; Brooke, Miss, White,
Abercrombe, Ala; Gentry, Williams, and
McNairy, Tenn; Jeniier, Md, aud a host of
others.
Boston Courier and The Atlas, Georgia
Sentinel Savannah Republican, Whining.
ton journal, Day Book, Jour commerce,
and Courier, NewYork etc, etc, ncIud,
ing many other influential whig papers of
the south.
These gentlemen snd presses assured us
/ that Gen Scott was nominated by the abo
litionists Of the north. AT first, [ was sur.
prised that ary southern man should sup.
/ port the ticket. but then | reflected that
the press was powerful, and that IN Mlssls.
issippl, the whig press was unfortunately
contr oiled almost exclusively by gentlemen
born at the north educated there--wbose
4 parents and estates are there, aud whose
/ sympathles also are there. They came out
for Scott, and told southern wings he was
their man, and the platform was in the
hand write ofa southern whig. BY this
KIND OF pleading. they restrained many from
/ boltiDg. until, 10y dint of ialsehood and SLAM
der OF Gen Pierce. they succeeded in pref .
udlclng many OF them. Hear yon Draw.
Ter. Pierce tainted, lie gave a boy a ceut,
he was slapped in the face, he is anuCath-
olic," etc. Is it not disgusting Can you
tell me what all this slang proves in favor
OF ScooE Does it make him any better
any more sound? Does it explain to the
people what he meant when he said
Z" i am persuaded that it is a high moral
obligation OF masters and slaveholding
States TO employ all means not incompatl-
Bile with the safety Of both colors TO amelio-
rate slavery, even TO determination"
Though opposed to incorporating with
US any district densely peopied with the
Mexican race, should be m,st happy 10
fraternize with our Northern aud North.
eastern neighbors."
"In the District Of Columbia. with the
consent OF the owners, or on the payment
OF Just compensation, Congress may legs.
late on slavery at its discretion"
Il now hesitate between extending the
period of residence before naturalization.