The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-10-19

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dirty looking individual soss 20 address them
-He was Hosce Gfeely. Said h.:
Gentlemen. You uls admitted here not
because you have a rieht, bot osczaise you
are wings. must telI you The position
you occupy. Having 40 certain state 70
give tie nominee Of tins ~conven.ion we Fe-
cognize 10 title in you TO make the nomi>
nation. You are welcome 10 sitAt the
great wing table. bu. you are our poor kin
you may eat, but you shall not ofder the
servants"
And what was the result? A few high
minded wings left the convention in disgust
bot the great majority bowed in humble
submission to the disgracefuI position. They
voted pr Fillmore some fifty times; but at
last Seward opened the door. and exclaimed
10 his legions, in the words Of Cromwell
" Now is the time The north ballotted
in her might. aud Scott was nominated
The demons Of abolition sent up a howl of
exultation that shook the old walls TO their
base-for the south was both insuIte5 aud
defeated.
Then came the adoption OF a platform
Greedy again spoke: ''That we may have
peace in the family, let the south haye the
honor to present the platform ; bat mind.
let us alter the matter and adopt the paper"
So a southern man presented the resolu-
tons of the platform, but a northern man
took his pen and run it through every south.
ern feature. So the convention adopted a
sheet Of paper in the ~hand.write of F., south
ern wing. in~terpolated by a northern wing.
Then came Gen SCOTS letter of accept
ance--evidently written before he saw the
platform. II accept the nomination, with
the resolutions annexed" The Gen. then
laid down a platform for himself. 1t is ve>
ny illiberal towards our foreign fellow citi-
zens.
The following gentlemen aid presses,
among many Others of the wing party, de-
clared they would not support The nomina-
ton
Messrs, Stevens, Toombs and johnson,
Ga; Faulkner, Va; Brooke, Miss, White,
Abercrombie, Ala; Gentry, Williams, and
McNairy, Tenn; Jeniler, Md, and host OF
others.
Boston Courier and The Atlas; Georgia
Sentinel; Savannah Republican, Whining
ton journal, Day Book. Jour. Commerce.
and Courier, NewYork; ETC., etc., includ,
ing many other influential wing papers Of
the south.
These gentlemen and presses assured u,
that Gen Scott was nominated by the abo.
litionists Of the north. At first, [ was sur,
prised that any southern man should sup
port the ticket, but then | reflected tina
the press was powerful, and that in Missis,
issippi. the wing press was. unfortunately
controlled almost exclusively by gentlemen
born at the north educ ated there--whos.
parents and estates are there, and who's
sympathies also are there. They came on
fer Scott, and told southern wings he wa
their man, and the platform was in tn
hand write ola southern wing! BY thi
kind Of pleading. they restrained many from
boiling. until, by dint of falsehood and Sian
der Of Gen Pierce. they succeeded in pref
udicing many Of them. Hear yon Draw
Ter. pierce tainted. he gave a boy a cent
he was slapped in the face, he is antiCath
olic." etc. Is it not disgusting. Can yo'
tell me what all this slang proves in favo
Of Scoot? Does it make him any better
any more sound! Does IL explain to til
people what he meant when he said
am persuaded that it is a high mort
obligation of masters and s~laveholdin
States to employ all means not incompati
BILE with the safety OF both colors to amelit
rate slavery, even to determination"
Though opposed to incorporating wit
us any district densely peopIed with til
Mexican race. ] should be mist happy
!. tratemize with OUT Northern and Nortl
eastern %neighbors."
"In the District of Columbia. with u
consent Of the owners. or OH the paymel
of just compensation, Congress may legi
: late on slavery at its discretion"
|, II now h ESTATE between extending d
period OF residence before nataralizatio
: and a total repeal Of all acts Of Congress
ON the subject. my mind inclines to the Ia
ter"
"Fired with indignation, two friends S
down with me in my parlor, at the Asst
House, TO draw up an address designed
rally All American party"
"lf elected President. he would recon
mend Congress to enact a law requiril