The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-08-18
SrutlHrl & GaEMer
LEAVING The CAMP

have Rosndoned that patty and REUSED to
support lis nominee than have eyrr hereto
.turs ruAde similar demoRsgPlion. Aud a.
fsotbeF fact IS equally noticeable says the En-
quireF-nAmely. that The leading statesmen
Of that organization RR,e from the first
maintained silence 50 marked, and mani.
tested an igpsllsFsrencrsO so pointed, in reference
tOthe success Of their ca ldidste, as to dilfu: e
itself generally throughout the party and
leave j, without P4rdele OF enthusiasm or
eOn6dsnce. We published few weeks
since, list of several distinguished Wings.
who had announced their determination to
oppose ths election of Gen. Scott-Re!gw
We give still larger list.
Il would seem NJ though the Wings were
Straek with blindness, causing 1trG! not ep-
ly ~ overlook so general detection in lleir
Ggp ranks. as is here prpvided, but the fact
that there never was nomination received
by the Democratic party, with more enthu-
siasm or universali,y OF approving sentiment,
than is that Of Franklin Pierce at this very
time. De lhry not know that every class
oi msn in every State of our broad Un,un.
Vho have ever made any pretentions to sps
tain Democratic principles or act with thr
party, have ahessfy declared their leterm-
Hation to support ardently the nominees Of
Rf the National Democratic Conv,ntion?-1
And nave they learned nothing lrpm the
past? Does not the record Of our poEtasl
contests since the days of Jefferson, assure
them that the Democratic party, when uni
ted, newer vas defeated? But we begin to
10 think that the Wings in their infataatipn
bceaHse their candidates. q military hero
are rrrparing themselves for the most oyer
Ehelming and n,ortifying ruut this Fall which
they have ever yet known, not excepting
their TREMENDOUS defeats by "OLD HIcKoRY.' 81
But read:
Mr. H. Blandy heretofore most active
and promineet Wing and EN- erprising busi-
ness men, I've may say he has bseH for sew,
sral years The most active and influential
whig in GAINESVILLE has snnquced his de-
termination not to support Scott and Gr.-
ham this fall.-AnOrG.
Thomas H. Clay, eldes, son Of the late
Henry Clay, it is stated by tho Washington
correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer,
will not vote for Gen. Scott; and lie avuwed
this determination to his eminant father, be-
fore his death, who approved pft :"
Kenneth Rayuer, heretoiopH 4 distinguish
ed Wing member Of congress from North
Carolina, man bpqWn throughout the
Union; refused Il attend Scott barbecue at
Raleigh; and it is rumored that he will take
aposiIion of hostility to Scott's cleo ion.
probaly soon after the North Carolina elec :
tiUu.
William Slade formerly Governor Of, and
member OF Congress from Vermont, and
Titus Hutchinson, formerly Chief Justice of
thAt State heretofore eminent Wings, repu-
diate alike Jen. Scott and the platform up
on wlish he stands.
judge Edward Y. Hill, in 1849 Wbg
Candidate for Governor Of Georgia, being
requested 70 drah an address to lhe Wings
OF that State, in favor of SeQtt, answers
"Not having obtained my own consent to
vote for Gen. Scott. am unwilling to be
instrumental in persuading others ia do so.
David +. Wheeler, well known and res
pected lawyer, OF this city, elected by the
Wings, lew years since, 10 the State Leg
islature, in which he took leading position,
as we learn from several sources, will not
support gen Scott, but feels inpeled by a
poLfotic desire for reform and resrenchment
vt Washington, to vote for Frank Pierce.
William s. Parham, for several years u
prominent member of the Louisiana Legisla-
cure, and one Of the Wing substitute elrcto-
raj position because he cannot support Scott.
Mr.. Psrham WAS at the State Convention
which appointed him elector, and said then
that his name had better not be uSed as he
might not support the Presidential Nominee.
The Tribune, in its vexaton, insnuates
that Mr. Parham may have been boHgh.
witb ''two or faprnegroes.' The Bee speaks
OF the ''mortihcation" caused by his loss,--
The Crescent the leading Scott paper, says
Nr. Parham lis une Of t6e cleyel'est gentle
men we ever had the PLEASURE tpencounter.
And tAg Delta says the Wing party loses
zone ot its sblest and most popular champi-
Ons in the ate"
A letter in the New Lisbon (Ohio) Patri-
o. from Wellsyills, in this State, announces
That Robert Ralston and E. T. Albert, two
bf the most respected Wings in the town,
Sfe opposing Scott, and that number Of 9TH
rr Wigs go yith them.
Captain Richard III. Ridgely, of Nicholas
vile, Kentucky, an officer in the Mexican
war under the command II both Scott and
Pierce. though always strong Wing,
knows and likes Gen. Pierce SO well that he
has ayowed his intention 70 support that
gentleman for the he'PresidencS.
Thomas NJ. Hays, an nfuenfal Whig Of
Saeo, Maine, in q letter to Pierce ratiica-
ton meeting, denounces the proceeding Of
tho Wing Convention. lie will supp9rt the
Democratic nominees.
William l.. Tste, Wing assistant elector
Er Burke county, North Carolina, publish
cs'a card. declining to serve any longer in
that capacity, Is he cannot support Scott.
"pr gohn A. King, anotherinhucntial Wing
Of that county, has also declared against
Scott, and will take the stump for Pierce
and King.
'"'Gsn. Robert u. Henry. one OF the Whig
leaders OF Buncombs county, took occasion,
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