Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-05-10
From the Ohio Summit Beacon. !
Scott la Ohio.


We have been asked g if Gen. Scott can carry
the State of Oho?" We answer, emphaticaIly,
Yes! There is not State in the Union so en-
Enthusiastically favorable to the old hero as Ohio.
Enthusiastically, harmonious was The express
sion of the Pennsylvania convention, few days
since, ittSspuld be more than equalled in Ohio
if n State convention were called at this time.
Of this there can be mistake. The evidence
reaches US from thousand sources, and in a
form that shows it is not the result Of political
management-for that has been all direc ed to
the suppression of popular expressions in this
direction--but is the offspring OF an abiding
| confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of the
man. In 1848, after the withdrawal of the name
of Judge Mclean, the whole vote Of Ohio,
with two exceptions, was given on several sue
cessive ballots for Gen. Scott. The ebullition
Of popular feeling that then took 80 many by
surprise has gathered strength day by day since
that time. In northern Ohio tue feeling was then
almost unanimous in his favor; and he has done
nothing to ALLEVIATE any man who then favored his
nomination. Hence we are not surprised TO find
that, as his name becomes once more the raDying
cry of the country, those who were then with US
and for US, but we're temporarily driven off sub
scquently by the final action Of the National Con-
vention, are again gathering around their old
standard, and cementing anew old friendships.
We meet such every day--men who have not
clare their purpose to do battle under the lead Of
the old and well-tried patriot They are ready
TO support him, not as an opponent Of the Com
promise-for they do not regard him as cham
pion Of their views on the slavery question-but
as an honest, straightforward who has
shown that his sympathies and purposes are right.
| They are satisfied with the TESTIMONY he has
borne in the past. They would not ak him, as
President to take sides with them but they ex-
pect him to 90 into the White House with hands
clean, untrammeled and unpedged, save to carry
out the good old Wing doctrine by leaving Con-
gress free to do its pleasure on all questions.
II General Scott is placed in the field as the
Whig candidate for President, occupying his
present position he will carry Ohio by u majority
! no; less than ten thousand. This is as certain
as the dawn of election day. He viii receive ten
thousand votes from the ranks Of our naturaliZed
citizens that we're never given 10 Whig candi-
date. The Reserve will roll up for him her an
cient Wing majority; ana every county will con-
tribute its quota TO swell the victorious host.
Let these facts be understood at Washington
among those who are seeking TO mark out the
ground to be occupied in the coming campaign.
Ohio maintained her integrity as q Wing State
up to the late Presidential contest. Her wishes
were then dsregarded, and, disappointed and
disheartencd, the organization was broken up,
aud she became an easy prey TO LocofooDism. Now
she asks for an opportunity to retrieve her error.
After suffering 50 much Of humility and disaster,
she has a right to ask that her voice may be
heard in the Whig National Convention Of 1882,
and the whole West stands ready to back her in
this clan and to emulate her zeal and gallantry
in the contest