Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-31

ed Scott sal dow, and wrote letter I,
I Mr.. Clay, aud pledged himself to siatd o
I fall With him in bis advocacy uf The Com
promise. Again, OH tie 9Th Of Marcl,
! Mt Webster made ,is spppel, in behalf o
! HE Compro,lise Gen Scott sal dow,
, aud wrote letter TO Webster, congratl,
lating him aud The whole country upol
lis national and conservative course. ant
bade him God speed in his glorious work
Again when otle Of the measures d
the Compromise failed Eyeuht votes from
passing The Honse--Ge,l Scott was there
he threw himself Into the breach, aut
by his arguments snd persuastons, he
urged reconsideration Of this vote, Hnt
II Is ml,th to lis efforts that we afe III
debIed fpr tlle rerons deralion OF the nea
sure wllel, had been rejected And yet
we are told that Gen. Scott is not spltnd
upon these questions, aud not to be tfus.
led.
Sirs, in every interview which General
Scott had either with democrats. with
wings. with freesoiiers. or any other char
atter Of politicians land he was accessible
to oil who desired to see Itim) he invara
bly declared that lie was for these n,ea
sites--lad been for would stand
by them and II necessary would die for
them But yet we are told that Scott is
not TO be tr,isted, beca,,se Setca,d con.
trolls him aud If elected The government
would be in his hands Srs. this Office
'ioh requires all the philosophy tile
christian forbesrs,,ce whicl, | possess to
treat it with respect The idea that
Scott, an old and victorious soldier, who
has been al years in Tie service of his
col'ntry-aud most Of that time in CON.
mand-is to be controlled by any body or
by anything save his own Judgment, is
not even respectable noasense' This Sc.
,cara must be mighty man indeed -
And here l will take occasion to reply TO
HE interrogaions wlicl, my friends of the
Appeal have propouuded as to what [
meant by saying iu a speech which | de.
liversd IN New York. that this man Sc.
ward was the "the hest absurd nun in,
the tountry." / meant exactly what |
said. aud | will repeat what ! said, aud
you shall indge what / meant. l. say
again that Seward is the best absurd man
in The country! For | say that every
democratic press IN the the country is alb.
surding lin--half the whig presses are
absnrding him. and every popnihy demo-
cratic orator at every \ road in the couu
Try cries ont. Seward "seward /" "s5e.
ward y And now, If this don't make
good abusing, / should like to know what
does But. we are told that Seward is
supporting Gen. Scott, and consequently.
Scott must be under his influence. Well,
! suppose democrats are TO he tried ty The
sHine rule, What Influence il Gen, Pierce
nnder 7 When you tell the people that
Seward is supporting Gen. Scott why
don't YOU sHy Mt the same time that Van
Buren. King, Cleveland Ranto,,l, "et M
anne genus deeply dyed with abol.
itiopis,n--afe supporting Gen. Pierce -
But such logic Is only fit for school boys.
When did you ever know either Of the
rreat parties TO refuse the votes Of The
treesoil faction 7 There l,as been no else.
tio't since 1886 in which they have not
held n considerable Influence. In 1914
James Birney supported Mr.. Polk, aud
yet who will say thai Polk was an aboli.
Zionist on i,at account And.so 1t was
viii, Mr.. Clay the abo'itionists suppor.
ted him. but Hons will say that he was
| therefore iaillted with frpesoilism. But,
sifs, all this Ii miserable noilsei,sei Dut
there Ia oue roin upon which do want TO
say one word, aud wisl, that all the Sonll,
l@inight hear me. We have heen fighting
| against this religious faBaieesm (tor ii Is
nothing else) for years---bo,h parties Of
the country have passed the compromise,
thus settling those egiiatipg questions, aud
both lave aeaneseed In the necessity of
exignislling this lnrid fame Of abolition
which has east It's glare over the whole
country aud kept ns constantly dissatisfied. !.
II, then, there 10 to be any further agitation
Of this subject, alere in the presence OF ii
southern audience. declare that the south
q one Is responsible for lie agitation -
Who ask you, Is agitafing this subject
now Who is complaining? Il the
nortI, inveighiiig against Gen. Pierce Ia
northern mau) because Of bin acquiesce-
cense IN these measures? No, sirs BIT
1t is the south that keeps mp the hue aud
cry; it IL portion OF The south that as-
salts Gen Scott OH this ground, thereby
renewing that agitation which the con.
ventione Of both parties declared to be q.
naIly settled. And here again declare
that the responsibility belongs to you foe
any further agitation Tie north ia quiet
The abolltionist are disorganlzed and dis.
t,u,, ,l@1
supporting the man OF their clloice--the
Pierce abolitionists supporting Pierce. aid
those who prefer Scott supporting him
But, now, If you attempt to Recognizes any
difference npon this bead--if you assail
Scott because he is an aboitionist, you
thus bring together the disjoimed frag.
ments Of the party. and they viii re-or.
gaDize in all their strength. Let the sub-
iect alone. What would you think of
man who was seeking TO quiet an agita-
ting question:, If he was constantly taIl-
ing about it in the streets And yet you
hear al every corner, that Scott Is co,ityoil-
ed by Separa. This is not true. aud
every body knows ], is not true Sirs, Il
heard an anecdote in Washington. which,
/ doubt not is true. They say, that
southern man called rpon Gen. Scott and
.toidIlim that every where in the south it
was said, .that in the event of'his election,
Seward would rule the governnent.'s-
"Teli me. replied Scotr, athat Seward or
any other man car. influence me enc step
beyond what my Judgment and wnse of
propriety dictates Z Sir. when that time
does arrive. desire all mankind shalt
write The word Il INFAMOU 8 'before and