The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-01
General Scott and the Compromis

We published the other day the report of
General Scorr's speech to the Mississippi del
egation, in regard to the Compromise measures,
after his nomination at the Baltimore Conven-
ton. To this we now add letter of Hon.
WIN. A. GRAHAM, the VINO candidate for the
Vice Presidency, showing General ScorT's po-
sition while the Compromise measures were
under discussion.
Is it possible that any WHIG in the Southern
States can rise from the perusal Of these docu-
ments without the conviction that he should
do himself and his country irreparable wrong
if he should remain Indifferent TO the success
of WINFIELD Scorr, and thereby contribute
to the election of man who, whatever may
be his own political attachments, is the "cREA
TON AND CHOICE" of PIERRE SoULE, VENABLE,
FORSYTH, BRowN, RBErr, and the Nashville
Conventionists on one hand; and of Preston
KING, CLEVELAND, DIX, the VAN BURENs,
BUTLER, MoLoNY, CAMPBELL, H. B. STANTON,
and the Buffalo Conventionists on the other?
Is General ScorT-brave, patriotic, national,
conservative, as we all know him-to be set
aside by Vine inaction, indifference, or in
fidelity, for a man who will come into office
backed and surrounded by the politicians who
have been doing what they might for the last
four years to bring about dissolution of the
UNION? &.
We address this TO the CONSCIENCE of the
generous and high minded Wines Of the South.
In the struggle against Secession and Abolition
we have contended side by side with you,
zealously, consistently, successfully. Are we
to part here? Are you to lend your aid to bring
into power an administration in which ABoLI-
TON and SECESSION will occupy all the places
Of trust and power7 Will you leave any thing
undone to prevent catastrophe which would
bring Mr.. SoULE into one Department,
JOHN VAN buren, into another, Mr.. VENA-
BILE into a third, and Freesoilers and Fire
eaters into all the rest3 Will you leave
any thing undone to prevent result which, in
addition to all this, would commit this country
to Judge DoUsLAs's policy of annexing all the
islands on both sides of us to the mid channel
of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and declare
the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of Mexico
closed waters to all the rest of the world? ID.
home to the business and bosoms Of all true
Wines of the South. You kno,c that ScorT
loves the country for which he has shed his
blood and whose arms he has covered with glory.
You knop that his soul is too large and liberal to
be wrought upon by any mean, narrow, sectional
considerations. You know that he was born
among you--that he has passed a large portion
of his life among you-that VIRGINIA, the
mother Of Presidents, claims him as her most
distinguished son--that the world points to
him rs the most marked man Of the age--and
will you-oAS you abandon such man, and
thereby insure the triumph Of a man undistin-
guished in military or civil life, and known as
the CREATION AND CHOICE" of men whose
only hope and aspiration for the future dwell
in the fond contemplation Of communicating at
some future day the nascent treasons Of the
Nashville and Buffalo Conventional
We annex the letter Of Mr. GRAHAM and