The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-24

for craftsmanship Were they anti republican opin-
ions Were they not opinions utterly at with all
sound principles of political rghtl And il so. is il not
meisriot-and very material oo-that the wing candi-
date not only carried these opinions in his head for
thirteen years. but that he pushed them 10 their ex-
tremest violence, then pondered them long and then
p,raded them before The public eye his best political
wisdom!
Bat, say the Scott organs, be has rsean'sd them And
why and when did he recant them Not until 10 pro-
Tess them longer would have made his very by
word OF odum He did not recant his natiyism until the
people had thrown nalivism into the gutter. And even
after the people had done This, General Scott did not re-
cant his natiyism ill the Wing Convention OF ls4s was
to assemble, before which he stood candidate When
he wanted the foreign vote--;hen and not moment be-
oredid he write his ecanlng letter Robinson, the
29h OF May, 1915 That letter written for publication
II was written Tor nothing else. The slecoaeeriag mo
ive Of the whole thing stood out naked and moi ashamed
II said plainly as possible 10 the adopted citizens
Come and vote for me, and will say just what you
please neither my long cherished opinions nor my most
emphatic public expression OF them shall stand in the
way Twill eat them all up" And he did eat his own
words in way wonderful and shameful 10 see!
And now, though General Scott has thus recaned his
,oords. deny that there is particle OF proof that
his opinions to the dsfranchsement of foreigners
have undergone any change. Those opinions he had
formed late in life. and the maures investigation and
rehecon running through period Of thirteen years 10
1914. in elaborate discussion Of the whole subject
be had placed his plan TO rob foreigners of suffrage
on his views of public right He emphacally de-
ned that man coming here from Europe had any
right ever 10 claim TO be voter. Such was his whole
fu ida mental theory of the right OF suffrage. Ia his
judgment, up 10 1s4s, when he near sixty it was
and OF right ought TO be, Indigenous to soil
the exclusive privilege of the American born. Now,
on such radical principles of government and polity
mems views do often change at that time OF life
On the contrary they harden and grow rigid in the bres
of age But besides this, the Robinson letter u.s. its
face, make-belisue letter, written to catch votes for
only three or four months before, Gen. Scott then just
returned from Mexico, made speech in which his
views about foreigners suggested by his m,ary
perence." was prominent topic. In that speech be
said not a word, nor gave any hint of any change,
of his old proscrp,ive views. So glazing the
omission, that his friend, Charles King undertook in
srline in the written speech which Gen. Scott had read
something in favor Of foreigners and then The
speech off 10 be printed. without even showing it 10
testimony of an eye and witness who attended as
reporter Now, the giS OF the Robinson letter. written
three fosr months afterwards is that Gen. Scoits mill
ary experience and later reflection had shown him that
foreigners ought not to be deprived of the right TO vote
AS TO his military experience, he had been military man.
and nothing else all his life AS TO his reflection, he bad
been rejecting hifeen years when he made up his mind
in favor of disfranchisement The whole idea of the
Robinson letter after-thoush and electoneer-
ing after thought at that.
We submit to the Scott organs now, that every part Of
this business is very "ma,erI to men who are forming
opinion about Gen. Scotrs fitness for the presidency
Il is very material to know that he is a capable of
forming such opinions he held from ls35o ls4s. This
shows The spirit and the judgment which will shape
his public policy. 1t is very moieiai 10 know that he
put of such opinions to catch votes. THIS shows how
much his political convictions and pledges to be relied
upon.