Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-04-21
THE STANDARD.
RALEIGH, N. C..
s.TURDAY. APRIL II; 1852.
AIR. STANLY'S LETTER.

Lis
,s.i, this State, Mr.. S.anly took the most decided
In,d for tie compromise :" as finality; that he
=, ,bout denouncing Democrats, who could not
.,u,e Of all the measures Of the " compromise '~
.d,uuionsts and that. in fine, pretending to rise
,he all party considerations, he staked himself in
~ most solemn terms as a IS compromise " man from
I; ut to last. But what do we see now! The same
raIenan comes forward in lette(r the public
r. il which, though he says Mr.. Fillmore is his first
use for President, he avows his willingness % 60
aGsu. Scott; and in the absence of pledges on the
ubsc, as we'll as n the face Of Gen. SCOTS refusal
p,swe, when nterrogated, he assumes the latter to
sound upon the " compromise" He says in one
h, he believes it certain that North Carolina will
as for no man for President who is not known to be
flavor Of maintaining the Z" comPromise" as f.
aiy-in the next breath he declares he has never
MD. and will not now say that g. can't and won't
s,ir Scott, "On the contrary" he continues. II
have always said knew he was as earnest, ardent,
and zeaous friend of the compromise" measures
there was in the United States. know, Of my
own knowledge, that he was SO, before their passage
through Congress- and afterwards" He then repeats
rhihe said to his friends in Washington at the time
Nl CabeIl's speech was delivered, and ADDS. Il
augh, uhere uas kno,cn, I could tell schat I kncU
fGa. &u's opinions and I taattered myself I sooun
khi.rsd."
This, then, is the extent of Mr.. Stanly's present
s'uion to the d" compromised" In 1851 he was for
tn" "compromise" against the world, and he would
support no man for Office who was not clearly and
anairOcally for it also; in 1859 he says Mr.. Fill
more is for it. as matter of record, and he prefers
hn for President. of course, on that account, bot that
ahppens 10 "know " of his /" own knowledge"
Which was obtained in private way, that Gen. Scott
HtSritoo; and that, if Gen. Scott should be nomi-
naa will not be too late - for him to " give him
'''dlal. whole.souled, enthusiastic support" In
'l The Union, iu MI. Stanly's judgment, was in
pa. and nc man was worthy of public confidence
'A'wOsd not, in the face Of all men, avow himself for
hse measures ; in 1852 he ss knows" what no one
else dOes that Gen. Scott is in favor Of these meas
'n', and he " thinks" he eaa IS tell" this and be
skieved.' --.-.- ..
Its evident that Mr.. Stanly is in favor Of playing
as same game which was successfully played in
''h' Gen. Scott is to write nothing for the public
ss-he is to be nominated on the strength of his
military victories, and Mr.. Fillmore rs to be " slaugh-
eed 10 the house Of his friends, as Mr.. Clay was
afhadslphia; and then, in the absenee @ pledges and
'afa' MIR. S,any is to take the field in the South,
tseanng that he knows" Gen. Scott to be in favor
vi as fusltve-slave law, while Truman Smith is to
as 'As stump North, and declare that he " knows -
'a TO be against it. In the meantime IS King Stan
issues his edict from Washington, and the Wings
JUS District are expected to hearken and obey. He
'' nen, 10 substance, that they are for Mr.. Fill
, 'l Just now-'hat they are right. at present. but
1"ae @ may and probably will give the word of COM
-% 10 due time for Scot3 that he has heard. pri-
and in fact knows " that Gen. Scott is sound
v "e compromise -; and that, though it may not
" PRUDENT for Gen Scott to write letters and put
M on the record the subject, yet he is salts
Il. aa him. and he expects his frieHds to take him
r'aly on his recommendation and give him
N'' "holesouled, enthusiastic support" What
.,s sss0ee Is this! Thousands of the sovereign peo-
Dlstrict-the makers and the masters Of this
~equ'red to take his bare, unsupported word in
s'ef OF the very highest importasce, and to act
''s9'dingly! = ....
.s ."s's not the irst time Mr. Sanly has issued his
,,.,'9 "o" Washington. He pursued the same course
1' s'aon to Gov. Reid in 1850, and his meddlesome
:'o"' arrogance and impertinence were quite az
,o,p 'uoOsly displayed then as they are now. He
'''ealars or letters, and had them printed. teetn-
h.. me most unbIushing misrepresentation in re-
S.' ~" 0ov Reid's course while in Congress on the
,...' NY question; bot his trash had no efect-the
treated his attempt 10 dictate to them on that
'"' with Indifference and contempt. -. ..
r;., next We shall show. by extracts from distin-
wing sources, that Gea. Scott is not entitled,
ana s'''clan, to the confidence of Southern men
mr. Stanly stands almost alone as his advo-
We ,.I .'end among Southern Representatives. All
sb;... our readers is, to mark the faeis on the
''~' and then form their own conclusions.
|h,o @ Convention of the Physicians of Virginia
'' aeld at Richmond on the 9th instant.