Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-20
RICHMOND ENpeigIIEa.
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or sIe'ao'e Potll'n OF his earlier military had il
eoufse-'ro'n section Of country in which he = known
aaVc been no stranger and in which found al one time
usapoin them large nunbt! Of Supporters and adire
nc &c m III This extraordinary dcvclorment is the
:. r. GENERAL Scott that he upasid General jack=ons a,
minis tfatlUn, and carried IL through s pi.nt couc
>. win the Monster Bank and the money pu*er 'up3
=; ms oacE :" The Lesser jewels in the scllln. ar
c eH'e devotion he manifested for the pure prtnce
OF democracy for the independent irea and for the gene
raj policy advocated by The democratic party and oppose
ny The Hhg party Of which c is now tile leader In lS3
he present Wing candidate, by his protcslrion was
T. hodcl o Jackson Jealous one that he sought
appropriate 10 himself the whole credit Of The "f
= Hlckorys administration lie himself declared that hr ha
uheta aladIsons and Monr"os Administrations and 10
Jacksons he had carried MG upon his bact That he hae
a5ays been democrattiat lie iOye 10 that party Jor hi
po"calJuuc Indeed, the special object strong pro
tslhtlons OF devotion democracy recommend him
sell the National Democratic Convention then soon TO b,
held as the nominee OF the Democratic party Then
any ng but dumb upon the great issues Of the day.
avoided any thing else but writing "a single word
the nomination. Then, he had not Gov. Seward, Gov
Johnston 10 his boat through The hazardous eddes and
breakers of political nomnaton He therefore pushed
his own boat and nurscd with the vclies anxiety the De
mocratc demonstration in his behalf Rochester, New
York He soon ran aground His little took disgust
Jackson school, went straight The bottom unwept &c
few months after however he turned again the very
anpodes of the political world; not in the Democratic Con-
vention, for which he had trimmed and squared his sails
with much diligence but in the Wing Convention OF
54O competitor with Clay be The representative and
embodiment OF Whg politics; and with Harrison, for the
palm of military renown.
The fate which he met in the competitor with Clay and
Harrison before this Convention was as melancholy us the
deseon he had experienced from his democratic supporters
in Rochester. He was nominated by tho Wing party.
Although the claims OF staesmanshp postponed
those of the cooked hat and epaulees; although prin
cipes Of The party surrendered Tor the music Of the
drum and FIFE yet the splendor OF his sodiership paed
the recollection OF Tppecunor Chippewa and undys Lane
furnished insufficient credentials their hero Scott
not deemed available military chieitan. Harrison
red oil the palm.
Notwithstanding his defeat in the Wing Convention, he
remained Wing, and returned his first love He no
longer looked the Democratic party for his polilca f-
ture Notwithstanding his Hercusan services rendered 10
that cause in bearing Gen Jacksons administration upon
his back" rumphantly the PROSTATE bodies OF The
monster Bank and the Whg party his principles retained
decidedly federal aspect He forgot his love for the pure
principles Of Democracy his nativity upon the soil of Jeeson
his preferences for gold and silver currency and his
parIiay for Independent .reasury because he his
future distinctly chalke! The Wing party IL in IN
swer TO letter requesting The Of his before the
ensuing but somewhat remote Whig Convention that
25h October, 1871 he replied among great many other
lhnes "ff had Ind the honor of The occason
he session Of Congress Of lsi would have
given in favor OF the land distribution bill the 5nkrup bill
aud the second bill for creating fiscal
long tecn under conviction (say, for years that in
BanTE o" the United States, is nos -, "",u ,r :!
per but indispensable he successful operations ol shc
vpf he commerce
and currency Finally, Ian lsGed, IL n1m'nh'cd
as candidate for the presidency would yon ACCEPT me no
nination7 beg leave respectfully 10 reY-fes provided
that be required TO rcnonnce any P;iacips PfSSe'
above. Ny principles ure convictions
Thus in tho space OF years, General Scott stood on
either hemisphere Of political globefFst jackson man
OF The Jefferson school, inbrued with e pure Fr'hcts'
dsmocracy--and then Wing advocating Na'io'ln "''"
and the worst measures the ami toaan, The federal
school of politicians
The Richmond Whig has recently given characteristic
exempiicaon o! ifs faness in conducting pocai a=c's
Sims Senator Hale has denied tie truthful
ness of The statements made b. M Mari IN response 10
Mr. Wise The Wnig represents The Union ~ s's'ng
~ doub, ,be statement OF the honorable Senator ana
,h,runon /, SHOUTS aloud that high Dcmycrac authority
sHsains Halc's statement
Now what will the reader think when we u!i'n' ''''
the Union has given any such chu'''a'io''
And vet this is The Union nfir"s' 'hat II "as
an do. cC the statement that Hale had not met Pierce IN
discussion within the time specified but eTarKS 'ha' 'hs i
no disclaimer that circumstance related really
| Here is material ditcrencc oet"ee" ne ''''e'" = "
| Whig and that of the Union ,
And 10 what does the disclaimer OF Senator hale aho""
Ne denies ha, such expressions fell from his ups OF
,hc f AIR Pierce but qualities the denial BY thr insertion
or the aryuapc concerning their meeting IN debate ""',
thounh lhcy did not NEE, debate yet these remarks MA"
have fallen from each So there is sad defect In the o7
caimer But strongly reminded oil ceta'h i'.''
Mooney He narrated marvellous story, ol
of his in "S,ruts ad Ireland and deserving doubt ~ '
countenancc of auditor remarked M yer honor don e
lave nv word shure yc 60 10 Ireland and AK hn o'
Yourself shurc" Senator Hale. like Mooney, SENDS "'
doub,er of his story 10 New Hampshire
Tho hig napcrs are making desperate Efforts TO reconce
themselves TO their terrible disaster in North Carona no
sss desperate than the cScrons they used before tho ec
ton bv lranking slander Of Foss F"Ga " Co TO P"
dnrc different result Some OF them excuse the defeat os
renresenng Kerr have been little knowa by the PeoI
and dead weight upon the party others alieSe that s "
m wa owing 10 local issues which Reid had the advan
aac of being on the radical side But the truth can
not be disguised that tho election was test o parry
strength under the nominations of altimorc, md that Sc''
wos ,hc nIumnc that sunk the Wing The Whining
ton Journal has the following language:
The attempt 10 shuttle from this ma!ter-o make
onnenr different from what il really s-mnst prove No go
-, dead failure East and West North and South II ""
s be felt that John Kerr disanccd because ne had lo
10 much weight 10 carry. Wing gentlemen Know ana nu.
This when they choose 10 be candid about H. EVeynuu
tnows the damper SCOTS nomination cast upon hel
nrnsnec,s and none forget the nntcpaons OF ueea
which were formed and expressed By Wings when me new
yns received These an,cipalon' have all been realized
y 4ss-
GEN. SCOTT A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN la
The psllan, Gen Worth wrote letter giving his opinions
nubIc questions the New York Tribune in its usual oac'
u,rd strle denounced him. and called him "onc q I0
81 sams journeymen Mroatcutsrs And now ths same
hnnc Ia engaged zealous in the effort elevate 10 The RI
sjdentia chair who 10 use lis own chae ian2""s
ia not merely journsyman" bnt regular "So' fs' ga
:, cvtlrn If tho term applicable TO Gen Worth, II 80
tuiny 10 10 Gen. Scott.
THUNDERBOLT IN KENTUCKY.--Ge K. VI
h Kee ESQ., the Whg eector Of Garrad county, hen'ucA
has come out In strong and powerful speech against Ce
he Scott He has mounted the stump against the Whg spea
nd crs who come into that county, and from all accounts
nates the fr y right freely. He present the repr