The Yazoo Democrat., 1852-08-18
NO. A.
From The Bosion Courier


papers, in different parts Of the country, that
Mr.. Webster will support the nomination Of
Gen Scott. Declarations Of his are quoted TO
ne effect that he has always been a whig, and
always wiii be one, ID .ha end Of bis days We
have 40 do0b cl f. I'D lie sense in which such
declarations were evidently made by him bun
we entertain great doubt whether those declara-
tons will bear lie construction which some per-
sons now attempt to put upon them. That MIR.
Webster viii ever change his views as 70 the
great principles on which the general govern
nent ought 10 be- Observation-Disclosures
which were settledas the policy o. the whig party
IN the days Of its purity and integrity, and which
It owes. in very large degree to his influence
1t were absurd to suppose. That he wili ever
do anything to cause or induce his friends 10
support or sanction doctrines which he and they
have always opposed, or that he vii ever retract
any political sentiment that he has ever uttered.
would be simply ridiculous assertion. But
that be is to promote or aid the success Of the
whiS party under the lead Of the men who are
now its assumed leaders, notwithstanding the
manner in which be has been treated: tlat be is
to use his great influence to give power and con4
sequence to classof politicians who have been
the bitter opponents of the great policy Of the
! lCompromise, which he peni!led SO much to es-
! tablish and perpetu1te; that he will thes enable
these men to overturn what il has cost him 60
much effort to build up; and that ha viii con-
slider himself bound to do so. because lie has said
that he is an1 always will be whig-ors sup-
| positions, in our judgment, quite as improbable
as the idea Of his changing his political opinions
| IT, as we maiusain the truth TO be- q -st OF
men, uomnally belonging TO the wing Parry,
| have succeeded in obtaining the control of ils
organization; who are known to be hostile 10
\ the policy Of President FiIlmore's administrs-
ton who have done all they possibly could to
destroy the influence Of that administration and
to prevent either Of its principal members lrom
receiving tie formally expressed confidence OF
the party; and who have treacherously accepted
PLATFORM solely in order that they might get
their candidate and intending all the while not
to be pound by it; if, we say, these men now
represent the whig party, and act for tie whig
party, we believe Mr.. Webster will not be found
countenancing their exertions. We think hi5
influence and sanction will be withheld from
them, and we believe that the country will thank
him for not allowing himself, upon the poor pre-
tence Of party allegiance to be driven TO such
disqualification.
For what else could it be- Did not Mr.. Web
ster, in his great 7th-of-March effort for tbs
peace and safety of the Union throw himself
into the breach for course of public policy
which these men have always opposed Did not
the presses which are now foremost and loudest
for General Scott resist to the utmost, and have
they not always resisted, the measures which
Mr.. Webster advocated It IS thought, we are
aware, BY some honest persons, that the endorse
memt Of the compromise measures in the whig
platform may be considered as change on the
part Of these politicians Mr. Webste's p0'cg
.ge arc told has triumphed although he has been
defeated We do not believe that his policy has
riumphed with that section of the whig party by
whom General Scott has been procured to be
made the patty candidate We believe that the
formal assent as far as it was given to the plat
form, was hollow farce-a trick to procure
votes for their candidates, rnd nos an honest
declaration of the sincere convictions and firm
determinations Of straight-f t-forward men. We
think that. apart from all other signs, the mere
selection of the canddete is ground for the
,rongest suspicion Of insincenty in this matter
Of the Compromise. Who ever heard before Of a
political party sincerely and heartily desirOus o
particular course ofpolicy under
taking to do it by passing by; in the formation
of an administration which is to be brought ia to
existence by popular election all the principal
statesmen identified with that policy. and the
2ne man whose gigantic influence created and
has hitherto sustained it, and selecting leader
in the canvass an officer III the army, who had
nothing to do with its enactment, and whose
personal orthodoxy of sentiment his supporters
are obliged to prove subsequently by affidavit
In all the canvass thus far we have seen no
more powerful exposure than the above Of the
utter untrust- -worthiness of the whig Organiza-
tion and nomination. The force, cleamess, and
truth Of the statement can hardly be surpassed.
andit comes before the Union loving portion Of
The whig party under circumstances and In
shape wer fitted q command their convictions.
The Courier theu proceeds to make another
point Of I'M poriance. MIR. Webster, it appears,
not only canno. support the nomination, but
he cannot act with the administration should
Gen Scott be elected. His organ says distinct
ly:
ssWe say it in sorrow and in shame-but tits
true. and therefore we say it-that the whigparly
is now engaged in efforts to obtain the control
Of the government, under circumstances which
will of necessity exclude from it one whois both