The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-08-27

lSciotc. from which we make the iollowin
extracts;
"But let me give you the facts about III
lsiate ofparties here / know large numbe
Jof honest Democrats in almost every town
lship in this county, who will support Scot
and Graham; and but tlpo Wings who hay
depressed themselves opposedto Scott. ~
You may just sci down Scioto county TO
Scott and Graham BY majority GREATEI
THAN EVER GIVEN 10 ANY WHO
4 1ICANDIDAlE FOR PRESIDENT SINCl
| lS40-ant should Scott obtain larger ma
Ijority than given to Harrison, it will not sur
prise any Wing or intelligent Democrat il
these pafts.n
| we have seena great deal OF this kind o
lbFaggadocio,not only during the presentcam
lpaign, bat long before it commenced, AM
We have long since learned not TO attach tn,
slightest importance to il. Whoever is S,
lindiscreetasto base any hopes or calculation
upon it, will find himself egregiously disap
pointed. We feelin no way Inclined to fol
How The example Of those who indulge in
fsuch windy bloyia.ions. Nor shall we posi-
ltively dispute the facts, stated by "a Liv
4 Wing 10 be within his own knowledge
| It is clearly impossible FOR us to do so.-
| Many "honest democrats" may have toll
him that they were going 10 support Scott
who have been silent as the grave about j
| TO all Others. But this we can and do, in al
lsincerity say; we do not bslitvc one word o
THAT statement. That there may be, here ant
| there, man who has heretofore called him
lself democrat, who will vote for Scott, VIZ
| think quite probable--we never knew po
Elitical canvass when there were not sucl
changes. But we believe that such case,
are fewand far between, There is one tbinl
eertain-We have heard of two wings who
lwlllaot vote for Scott, to ore democrat who
Twill, And we can assure botho whig ant
Idemocfdtic friends that we have not bsel
laltoge,her asleep. ~ sg
AS 10 what is matter Of opinion in -the a
{ bove extracts, we are, of course, more at lib
erty. We are here as much entitled tospeal
positively as the writer, and we aver That he
has not the shadow Of aiomdation for any
such opinions as he expresses. There is not
one ''intelligent democrat who shares them
| with him. So iai is it from being true, that
a whig majority larger than that which Har-
|rison received in 40, would MOI surprise any
Intelligent democrat here, that there are those
who firmly believe that Scott will obtain a
smaller comparative majority than any wbig
presidential candidate has done for sixteen
years. That he can get the vote that Gen.
Taylor did, arergard as an utter impossible
ty. These are our opinions--i( they do moi
prove well founded, we will acknowledge
that we have been wofully mistaken fol
once at all events.
But we have something more 10 say, before
we close this article. Is there a democrat
in Scioto County who intends 10 vote fol
Gen. Scott? lfso, lie. me ask you, fellow
democrat-what for? Have you lost conf
| dence in the principles of your party? What
| has happened 10 produce such result D.
Those principles are The same in essence anc
lin practical effect that they were when ihey
received the sanction of Jefferson, Madi-
son, Jackson and Calhonn They are the
same that they were in days gone by when
side by side, with your democratic friends
and neighbors, you held them aloft upon youl
banner, and triumphed for their sake over the
hosts of federalism and whiggery. Read
them. The very sound awakens glorious re.
Observation-Disclosures Of the earliest DAYS
Of the republic, when :he sages of our party
laid deep and wide The foundations CT oul
greatness and our power.
Are you ashamed Of the history of your
party? 1t is one long record Of glory. 1t is
the story of our nations grandest achieve.
ments. 1t is the story Of the war Of l8
l2-ofthe war with Mexco---of the acqui
si;ion of Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Cal.
ifornla. 1t is the story ol a glorious strug.
gle for the Constitution as it came from the
hands Of our fore fathers, for equal legsla.
tion and universal suffrage. What is there
in all this for you 10 be ashamed Of?
Certainly you have neither lost confidence
in such principles, nor become ashamed o.
such history. What motive, then, can in
duce you 10 vote for Gen, Scott? Is it tc
gratify your opponents? Has their treat
ment of you in past time been such as to en-
title them to ask you TO sacrifice your prin
ciples at their request? Have you forgotten
the abuse they have heaped upon you with
out stint, and the ridicule with which the,
have treated both you and your principles
Did one of them ever call you by more re
Ispectful epithet than Locofoco"? Ant
listen TO the style in which they speak of yol
now. We quote from the Wing Review
the national exponent Of their principles AM
their sentiments
(Which Of the two passions, pity or contempt
is fttest to be exercised toward the candidate
of the Democratic party, and their constituent
among the people2 Pity for the fate Of geniu
and ability, wasted in fruitlesS and disgracefu
contest, or contempt for the dog-lik fdelit
J with which they maintain the political preju
dices of managing constituency ,OhO cannot dii