Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-08-21
den. Scott and the Compromise.
Facts which are Facts, Submitted to a Candid
World!
Gen. SCOTS Speech to the Mis-
sissiDpi Delegation.

Gen. SCOTS Speech to the Mis-
sissippi Delegation.
81 feel gratifed, gentlemen, at this unexpect-
ed cali, and am glad 10 see before me the ac-
credited men of Mississippi. The nomination
(which has been conferred upon me by the Con-
'~vention of which you were members, IS an no.
snor greater than | deserve. and whether de-
sfeated or elected, | shall always regard it as
the highest compliment which cou. be beatow-
ed upon me, and us more than repayIng me for
che little service | have rendered my country.
4 am 1reH pleased, tao, gentlemen, wjh The plat
farm yop hare adopted; IT MEETS MY HEARTY
AND CORDIAL APPROVAL; and let me assure
YOU, gentIemen, hat this is no newborn faith
'in me. Years ago l entertained the sentiments
depressed in that platform on the SUBJECT q
'Somhern rights. | can assure you that | was
'one of the first 10 give in my hearty and cor
dial approval and endorsement of those mea-
'sures, when they were before Congress-
There were but two Others ahead of me in
point of lime in their advocacy, and approval
of those measures. [ mean. Mr.. Clay, and
Senator Foote of your State. As early as
1850, wien first brought before Congress, |
'openlv ayoWed myself the friend of those
measures, and then, and since, AS many | think
"a, an average of FIVE times 4 day, have | open
~ and publicly declared my sentiments 10 ev-
'cry man, woman and child who has approached
'me on The subject. | have not sought nor have
i desired any conceaIment Of my views and
'opinions in reference 10 hem, and il is a mai
Ser of profound establishment and regret to me
chat my sentiments have been so grossly mis-
Represented, and that | have been made the
Subject Of such unjust and malicious SANDER.
NY name has been coupled with that Of Mr..
VIM. II. Seward, and / have been charged
with entertaining sentiments in common with
'IIim in reference 10 Southern institutions. No
ching can be more uujust or fII>e. 1t is true,
i am personally acquainted with Mr.. Seward,
and that he is personally my friend-but | am
mot responsible for his peculiar sentiments, nor
of those of any other man who may see pro-
~ '" DfIlOib AhN3 "'H Nv Lh|H ''ifS
'bet,er than lie, what my opinions 4 and al
ways have been. / made his acquaintance
sometime in the year Of '36 or 7. | had not
met win him, or correSponded with, Or inter
changed Communications with him, however,
the inie val from ~ 10 80. In the
latter year, during the pending of the Com
promise measures before Congress, | met With
him in travelling through New Jersey. He
approached me upon The subject of those mea-
>ures, and asked my opinion in reference there
10. | replied to him in these words: Sir, I ,
AM DEAD FOR THE CoNsTITUTIoN-DEAD FOR
UNIoN-DEAD FOR THE C~oMPRoMISr-
AND DEAD AGAINST ANY MAN WHO
IS OPPOSED TO THEM OR EITHER OF
THEM. Tie language used by myself on
that occasion was so positive and emphatic .
that in abiding to it since, for he we'll remem- ,
berS the conversation, he has even charged =
me with rudeness. :,
81 have seen some service in the cause of our :,
common country, and am now advanced in IL
life. | have endeavorcd to gain at least a name =
or upri9htness and candor; and | challenge ,
he world to produce a single witness, who =
be believed in a court of Justice, who :,
say that | have ever, by thought, word or :,
Iced, said or done anything to justify The mis- 6
representations tIIat have been made as 10 nv :.
entiments and opinions. or That they have
,een Otherwise than as expressed to you here Il
his day. II any such man can be found, lei al
i'm be brought forward, and I I'M wilzing that h
ny past life and services shall be forgotten, and f.
hal The uord infamous shall be w1 inen before r
nd after my nanae." p