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that impres sion upon their minds And believing
that y NOW aImust a lorlorn hnns In ihc


that az we are no~ almost iororn hope in the
point ci nunbers, that power il passing from Us in
very direction; and believing that something is
| necessary to arouse md awaken the people 10
awaken their hearts favorahly to the Wing cause
| ] say that Scott is the 10 do that; and now is
the day, and this the hour, that Scott ought 10 be
put upon the Presidential ticket in preference to
| any other man.
lam not inclined, Mr.. Chairman, 10 do MUS
tce TO any meInber of the Wing party, or TO with
hold from any member thereof the need Of prase
which he justly merits; but am very much op-
posed to this system of moving upon the political
surlace, and getting up political ferInent with
reference to prejudices and sentiments which do
not exist am opposed to thus attempting to
manufacture public sentiment, public prediction.
and forestalling, or attempt to orcsa, that senti
| rnent. believe that that thing has been done in
greater or less degree. Efforts Of that sort have
| been made, but they cannot nnd will not finally
| succeed General Scott 10 not the man to lend his
aid in attempting to manufacture political predi-
lectons in his favor. The tent in which he was
raised, and the camp in which ne hes spent his
life, 10 not well alcunted to develop that faculty
| in the human mind II is, therefore, nothing ex-
traordinary, that upon the surface Of public senti
mcnt, these ebullitops make the demonstrat tiops
much talked of. and which are brought forward
tor the purpose Of influencing the action Of the
Wing party in the coming convention If the
feelings OF the American people, and the Whig
part Of that people, properly appreciated and
Understood he will be found to be the favorite Of
that portion Of the American people, to very
great extent, in my view.
So much better has Mr.. Fillmore administered
the Government than the South feared he would
il he became President. that degree of gratitude
ID felt for him that docs honor to the southern
heart; but that does not prove that the men who
have at last this question to dispose Of have
tered into that enthusiasm and that feeling which
the mere politician has demonstrated They
have not. They cannot. 1t ia not in their nature
or their temper 80 TO do. They have not done it;
and the southern feeling, if properly probed and
nscerained, ia or Scott in preference 10 Mr. Fill
| more. know that of late people, in their con-
ventions, have sad the contrary; and the individ-
ual opinion Of any man. let him be ever so high
and admit that II occupy an humble POSITIONS
as nought compared with that declaration. unless
supported by reason and common sense. They
the friends OF Fillmore-admit the fact, far as
the North is concerned. or they substantially ad.
NIT it, that General Scott is the iavorite Aud the
fact Of his being the favortc of the North ia urged
as an objection why the South should not trust
him. Now, do not understand or appreciate the
free Of that reason If the North ihiuk proper
to prefer General Scott, they have a right TO do
So And they-the Fillmore men-wish the infer
ence to be drawn that he, Scott, 10 preferred be-
cause he has tendencies to affiliate with their pecu
liar notions upon the subject Of eavery. General
Scott has none such, aud there ia no event in his
life that jus:iies the inference. He reared in
a Southern Stale In the South hin earliest if
not his best hours, have been spent; and among
US he numoers his earliest il not his best friends
knowing the southern temper and the southern
disposition, he cannot and will not desert us, If
the crisis should come; which Heaven, in its W lis
dom, hope will avert do not know whether
] am right in the feeling not, but do not think
any man upon earth who knows the temper of
the South, and who reared in q Southern
State, ever can make war upon that institution
bccauae he knows how deeply involved are the
feelings and prcjudces of the South in sustaining
that institution. General Scott and the balance OF
this Union must know, that, sooner later, if you
war upon that institution. the power of man can
not keep together this Union of ours. No, sir,
TAe hour OF forbea far that institution
ia concerned, Is at an end; and he who upon
LONG
mighty Republic that we live in. You will have
TO sec its downfall, unless you respect soo,hern
inatitutons and southern feelings, The South
has already, as she believes, been slandered and
trnduced, IN reference TO that subject far she
can bear. Scott knows it. He has mixed with
those whose feelings are thus aroused and thus
excited, and he would be the last man upon cnrtb
to countenance any thing that would carry that
excited feeling to the verge Of civil revolution II
10 not in his nature his temper, and he lovea
the Union, in all Of its parts, as devotedly any
man can, and stronger testimonies of that fact
be produced for him than can be for any other
man. Then he Is not to be doubted upon that sub
ject.
Hut there is remarkable thing in this whole
controversy-in this whole fight and struggle be-
tween the relative friends OF those two mcn-that
demohsiratcd itself TO Inc twelve months ago.
There 10 an evident itching anxiety and uncon-
uoable desire upon the part OF my Democratic
friends to take band in the settlement Of this ques
tion They are all Fillmore men. Why they
should take SO much paine to setue that question
Tor the Whigs is unaccountable to me, except upon
ore ground they dssirous OF select Dg the
candidate against whom to put their man; and
they undoubtedly not desirous Of selecting the
one they think to be the strongest. If they are,
they heve not the discretion they usually have.
According TO my short experience in political life,
they have seccted for upon two or three occa-
sons. Their interference IN our selection has been
disregarded upon two or three occasions; and when
disregarded we have generally beaten them
When, however. they made our candidate, they
have universally beaten Us. Now. If you look at
"A l..y It'll a. l..
three weeks, (and particularly the editorial in the
Union publishing the letter oil MIR CAsrLL-I have
great respect for the edtor,) you will see that he
is laboring hard az possible chow the truth Of
the statement contained in the letter OF the gentle
man from FIorida, Mr.. CARrBL,) that the selec-
ton OF Scott, as he il, the whig candidate, would
be the breaking up OF the Wing party.
| presume that the breaking up OF the WhC
party is an event which, an Individual Of The
Democratic party. he would not have been very
much interested in. lie has no desire to sustain
that party. aud he seems to be working for some
end, and manifests much anxiety to have SOM,
other man put up than General Scott; and the only
motive which can ra,ionally operate upon him is,
he knows that General Scott Is the only man vbo
hns any chance Of being elected. The editor of
the Union labors hard u satisfy the world. and
the Wings in particular. that the nomination Of
Scott would ruin The Wing party, if not the Union
The gentleman from Florida, in his specch and
letter, loaDs to the same conclusions. So does the
gentleman from Tcnnossce. They arc all work
ing for the same end. They all want General
Scott out OF the way. The gentleman from Flor
ida Mr.. CASkLL) annoUpccs that he has prefer
enccs Tor Mr. Fillmore, which perfectly Iegiti-
mate Tor him to eutertrin; aud the editor OF tho
CuDn arprehends that IN conflict with Scott, aud
en- account OF the prestige which attaches 10 his
name. the Democratic hiG might be lowered and
railed in the dust l suppos. that Ia the motive
which operates upon him; and If we are 20 indulge
IN the conjectares and suspicious in which the gen
tcinen from Tennessee and Florida indulge in
gard to General Scotrs purity upon this qucs,ion.
VIC can entertain the same suspicious apout MIR
Fillmore's purity in regard 10 Democratic tenden-
cies and sympathies; IN proof OF which read the
closing reinarks OF the correspondent * % in the
Sun, in which be ssys tbat fimore's popularity
is isincrsasing with The Nor thcrn Democracy, and If
,ney could elect Wing President, Fillmore would
be the man think the Argument they is not
a good and just one. and 10 highly improper. Mr..
Fillmore has never forfeited claim 20 be true
Whigs and notwiths,andipg the advocacy Of bis
claim Indirectly by the editor of the Un,on, he is
good. worthy, and noble Whig-worthy OF the con-
hdence ithcr Of the MOI tn South.
According 10 my opinion, General Scott, too. il
Whia. worthy and true Whig, deserving of the
confidence OF the South, noiwi,bsta nding Ine fact
may be that Seward prefers him to Fillmore
Whether he doss not am unable 10 say Itisn