The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-10-21
From the Yazoo Democrat.
Hon. Walker BrCoke--His Speech.

Onthe arrival of the Hon. Walker Brooke
at this place, he was requested by number
Of citizens to address tie people in yiujiea-
ton Of the position he has taken in regard
to the Presidential election. to which he con-
scented, and on Monday night there was as
spmblod the largest gathering we have seen
during the canvass. Sir. Brooke commenc-
ed his speech by saying that he was rejoiced
at having an opportunity in the vicinity Of
his home, where he was known, of defend
ing himself from the many charges that were
made against his motives in opposing the
election Of Gen. Scott to the Presidency
He was satisfied that here justice would be
meetcd out to him, and that was all he ask
ed That many Of his political associates
differed with him and they certainly had a
right to their opinion, oall he claimed was
an equal immunity for himself He then
commenced to give his reasons for opposing
! the election Of Gen Scott, and we confess
we never heard more candid, independent,
straight forward political speech than the one
he delivered. He said that the Southern
wing delegation spent several days in Wash
ington, City, previous to the meeting of the
national wing convention, and that in the
frequent caucases they then held, it was a
greed almost without dissenting voice that
southern wings Dug ht and could not consist
emily support any man who was not thorough
/ ly identified with the compromise measures
the fugitive slave law included, and it was
universally conceded that Gen. Scott haC
maintained a fatal silence upon this subject
He declared that General Scott never hat
committed himself upon this subject and de
, fed any to show where and when be hat
done so He said that Fillmore and Web
ster were fully identified with those meas
ures, and their official conduct in regard t
them was fully up to the requirements Q
southern wings, and this was the reason VIII,
= they were sacrificed, and that Gen. Scott, be
cause he was non-committed, was used a
an instrument for this purpose. He SAT-
that the Freesoil and Abolition party foun
that theycould accomplish nothing by a SEP
arate organization, and their object was no7
to sectionalize one of the two great politics
parties and with shrewed sagacity and
nice discrimination, the effort is now mad
upon the whig party as being the most cas-
seduced, and as an evidence of this, he mer
toned the fact that every whig conventio
' held in nOn-slave holding States, for the pu
g pose of sending delegates to the nation;
convention, had failed to adopt resolution
T. approving the compromise measures, and
many of them they voted down proposition
: of the kind, on account Of their hostility [
the fugitive slave law. Gen. Scott was tt
: candidate of delegates appointed by sue
conventions, and he could not as a souther
man support him. We regret that we ca
: not give full report of Mr.. Brooke speec
. for it is one that we would like for every so
J therner to read. He was listened to vii
:. profound attention by every one Of bot
= = parties, with the exception of some four
y y five Scott wings, who could not rest patien
= ly under the burning truths that our Sen
: tor was relating. But we have no dou
! ! they feel ashamed of their conduct, as tn,
= received no sympathy from their party friend