The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-07-28
More Discomfort.

Mr.. Geo. w. Purklns, distinguished whig
of Halifax County, Va, and prominent mem
Der of the late Virginia Reform Convention,
announced his intention, in public speech
on the 25th ultino, of supporting Pierce and
King.
We copy the fllowing report OF his speech
from the Richmond Enquirer
"Mr Purk,ns commenced by declaring that
there were periods in the history of every coun-
try when 1t becomes the duty of patriots TO lay
aside the shackles of party, and array themselves
under what they believed to be the true banner
of their country Such period had, in his
humble opinion now arrived in this country of
ours, ard ,hongh it was deeply painful 10 him
tso. hfeTk OF I'D attnchments-to separate from
lone continued assncations--he felt it tn be his
duty, as a Wing, but more as a-patriot, and
! still more as one who loved his Union OF
! American Safes, to separate from his osd
friends and give cordial support to the nomi-
nees of ih. Democratic Convention. He was
not influenced tn do so by he mere fact that
General Winfield Scott had partaken Of a
{. hastv plate ot soup But if gentlemen
wished fr reasons why he would not support
Gen Winfield Scott, and why, in his opinion,
no Southern man. either whig democrat,
should do So he would render them, {" thick as
| blackberres.
The first reason he would give was, that his
election t" the Presidency would strike =
weirhtier blow az he foundation OF this Union
than any other event that h 'ranspired in th,
history of this conf;'deracy. Gen. Scots ad-
vocates claimed get credit f,r hun. b"cau>e as
n willing sprint, after they h'd er"cied a plat
form, he. strobe ape, y upon IT, and beca ne all
at once the arden, advocate of the Compromise
,l,.l
| Bu, he (Mr T J con,ended, that that platform
was erect, d bv the Southern portion of the
! Wbiy National, E., invention, and the candidate
was nomin,ted hy hr northern perinn of that
body II was. therefore, sectional nomination
and if Cen Scot, sh uld be eiects d 10 The Pre-
| slden CIV, his clr cii mus be The result o sec
| tional orranjZation. Tie agitation oi me sla-
yerv question il evrr this Union should be dis
\ solved Won d b. the original cause, and he
! knew tf 10 danger so c!ea'ly threatening that
| r,suti, ~ the fr,nati'n OF sectional par S,
NO ,hprn and S,u h m, whirh would lnev!tably
/ rygntuap IN The triumph of the North; the sub
| m ssinu at tlr. > ~ h. the iorclbie rupnre ot
4 the Tn on.-N ben these cnn~ideratlon~ W re
! The material III which the Z" ha~ty plate If soup
waS comp"sed. he mus. b. pardonpd by Gpn
Sc 5 fri nds il his tas'e reprlcd H. Four
wears aso. he and his Wing friends sood sdp
b., side, and argued ! ng and arduousv gains
the acquisition o; any farrign territory. So a'e
~ i-l'. after the b,tilcs had been fought and
Won, for the vCtur.e- IN which Grneral Scott 5
friends sIailn.d so uiuci, crraft for him, Gen
had written lri,r@, IN which he declared lis
opv;,s.i IL to The acquisition nt one inch o
s urursN TERRITORY, hut in tavor If thr ac
QUESTION, not only of Canada, bnt of ALL h
British Pr, vincrs IN America. THIS sh,we {
Gen Sc IL io be. not an aholiti Ist--h,' wapit
mike sGtch char e upon tini--hut ev d,.t.
: IL ilv Of extending The area of Free Sol. an.
of limiting slave territory, u rough al tine I,
come, within its present boundaries Mir
ud as. IL gen lem n, that q mix ure Of sucI
m,efials in his has'y plate of Soup, made il IA
to na,,s'ating far his stomach L, bear Whc
Gen Silt was written To- b. some gcn,lrm,
) at tn Nnih win, conceived that they wer