The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-24

was weakness" in all he had written To be sure there
was the little letter to Archer sticking OF Boltss
breeches pocket But as that letter written mrsl,
TO say what the General ooua write in the event OF The
nomination, il did not much matter. But now an awk.
ward fact has out about what puports TO be The
ieegraphc despatch by which Gen. Scott accepted the
nomination and platform. appears that the General was
visited by members of the Tennessee delegation on
the day before the nomination. That delegation was The
first 10 ia for him. To member OF that delegation
the despatch IN question addressed Now the story
that the agency OF the telegraph in she business
was all sham-hat the document was no telegmphic
despatch, but written pledge given, the day before the
Tennessee delegation. to the nomnaton-,hat il
was, in fact part OF that "bargan'' of which we
have heard much, and which wing journals have called
by such hard names-and finally that the whole tele-
graphic pretence a nice little trick to bambooxls
both the convention and The people into the belief that
General Scott. warned perhaps by his previous "weak
nesses." stuck siudly to his word that he would net
write before the nomination.
II this shall all turn out 10 be so-and there now
little doubt of tit will form Gt appendix to
that false chapter which MIR. Webster says the doings
Of the Wing Convention have written in the history OF
the country; and it will 20 to show the fairness and
sincerity which the wings and their candidate show in
their dealings with the people
To exhibit this matter as il is, copy in the first
place from the Signal" the campaign paper issued
from the Republic Office in this city. the following pas
sage in regard 10 the despatch in question, il stands
in the official wing report Of the doings of the conven.
ton:
"Here Mr. Jones' ofTennessee rose not to make speecb
bur real ,ssage the convention-one which would
be acceptable the conventions the whg party
and to the Union. 1t was from Winfield Scott and wrs
followss
"WAsursGros. June II. 1852
Having The honor OF bens The nominee for President
with the platform Of principles Which The Convention h
LAID 90 IN Please show this TO 9. b Duncan.
with respects to friends,
WINFIELD SCOTT"
Now, in this connexion copy. and pray the special
attention of readers to the following statement, on the
subject from the Knoxville (renn. Pebeian Of the nth
inst We think makes out very clearly tina, this pretend.
photographic despatch telegraphic despatch all
thai it not sent after the nomination, as il purporis
to have been-bu that il was slyly slipped into Governor
Joness pocket Tie day BEFORE in order secure the
nomination If this be So what becomes Of General
SCOTS pledged word that he would wrise nothing till
after the nomination If SO, then why was ele.
graphic despatch of acceptance on its face intended 10 be
read publicly to The convention. required be specially
"shown to G. B. Duncani" The whole thing ia a trick
But read:
"GEs ScoTr's PLEDeE.-The Nashville anncr SAYS the
read by Gov Jones from Gen Scott was
not read till after the nomination made Scott had
promised that he would write until a nomination wss
made and the Banner though he had written
word TO secure the nomination. he lost moment alter
it had been conferred in placing himself the platform
adopted
Lawyer Sneed, in his speech tn ratification meeting
held here the 9th inst, said he would make cieaa brsa
and tell all he knew about It, On Sunday morning, before
the nomination made. the Tennessee delegation de-
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returned in the evening bearing pledges entirely satsac
tory and covering every possible ground oil objection
Now which of these two deegatesfhe editor OF the Ban
ner or LAWYER Sneed- we believe
WHAT kind of pledge did this Sunday messenger take
back to the Tenneses delegation which Induced Zodoof
fer, Nethedand, Co, - dssr Fillmore and go over TO
Scott IL certainly could not have been pledge,
for they had the declaration of j. M. Bous ManRum and
veracious Jimmy Jones, that Scott sound on the
compromise question and surely the Tennessee delegation
woad have asked the elder Of the Hermitage church TO
20 back Washington and talk again Scott and ,ell
as what he says. We will presume folly on
he part OF the Tennessee delegates The editor of the
Banner had said he could for Scott he would
write. One hour after General Scout nominated the
following note the Banner says, read by Governor
Jones #H
WASHING ros, June 81, 1852
Having the honor Of being nominee for President
by the Wing National Convention shall accept the same
with III platform Of principles which the convention has
laid down. Please show this to q. u Duncan
+" With respects 70 friends,
tho State believes that ts letter the NOM
naiion. 1t may have been read until Afterwards his
doubt the identical pedge which Inc Sunday messeu
ger brought back rom Washington and this written pledge
furnished few delegates (wbo wanted Scott from the start
to get the nominaton) 70 vote for him IL II In reply
espatch notifying General Secs that had the nomipa
ton, why should he General Please show this 70 O.
B. DuncanP
General Scott the Banner would not write
The nomination, but lost time In putting himself
platform by means Of tn, pledge Governor Jones read
How did he get the at'orm Not pl~ds himself
to the convention, but simply win to some one
yet unknown, with req,,s that O. b. Duncan should
know he ths platform
"Genuy, VILLAINS, an other prominent, v higs we're
afraid to trust General $685. ,vsa n editor Of the
Banner said he could not we flr him une lie would
write. Now we ask the editor OF the Banner TO do q
Lawyer Sneed-' make clean bresstef it, ID ell us II
this pledge which Governor Jones read on Monday the
2lst is not the same which the memsng ob,sncd from
General Scott before the nomination Did you NO, Il
or know OF Its existence before you voted for him
Monday morning. after the Of your specal messen
CERT
"Some member Of the Tennesses delex tion no doubt
had this precious in his 'bceches-pochct a. Il vas
in the hands al who did intend should ey,r be
" Scott nominated, except by few who
had seen II be fore the convention met Monday G. B.
Duncan to see IL, and all the Tennessee
delegates. who chose heard its read on SUNDAY
evening Tnis was the pe Is o which Lawyer sncsI said
covered ever ros, HE gro'n'o oh sctioa.'"
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