Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-10-15

ASSISTANTS instead of Santa Ann oinonists AZ
Under Gen. SCOTS banner and Il Il DIS fOlows'
have fought and conquered Cur aili ~ nls nams
and Gen. Scott takes the nomination ss, IN the RoS
But IT may be said that such ca som theirhaS
could not have occnrred--that Gen % q have y
honorable soidier, would not have 40 ao scot,
ne IN tact, DID refuse the Presidency fran and H.
Icans; , Al Inns admit. Gen. Scott. -. the No
tics has he not SO acted agree tb s neid Of Nj
SO because he was entrapped by the nh. ne has
were more cunning than he Manvr 20 LEANS ~
try to eyade it by saying that THOUGH :. Ills frien
fuence of ambition, he acted wrono va "naer he
ination, YET he will do right if elected e. the n@
ard and company have had influence oatifS Sen
tofore to keep him silent when it was enough be-,
have spoken, will they not have just as 10 duty
ance after his election? VIII they not n, muck aap
abandon his administration Will he na r,I "a
their supPors,pelng the grea. majority IN h. Ii Seem
man, to sacrifice the small BODY from - - Militia,
And when we are pressed again. as VIZ us SOOlbl
shall be. what Northern man. either WI; e0aalls,
ocrat. will come to our relief? five tb ss Of Den
sacrifice our friends and put in our CIV Dae .MnOi
right hare we to look fer Northern snn s"iles VIA
But it may be said that if We ,efnsppp oft asanl
Gen. Scott, Gen. Pierce will be elected r. ssulf@
a dangerous man, there might be force !. ne Ess
lection have closely scrutinized his Gu ~ Tie
the beginning Of the canvass. Upon ali as aAa
connected with slavery and the rights Of tEs aSi
no man that | know of from any ssa.: ne SOu
Union, has better record While bs I luz, 9th
far as know, true to all the great essanI;a' 9F
ests of his section, his votes and sneaaL ME-
him to have been eminently just and EbSass prom
/ Since his retirement from Congress his 70
been consistent and national. He was ae,;rs b
/ ting down, in the Democratic party &C Ne Ne put
shire John p Hale the Abolition Candida happ
Presidency. More recently he did the s.s l0f
respect to Atwood Mr. Atwood, nol;; ae wy
personal friend of Gen. Pierce, was the n o" nd
nominee for Governor Shortly before the sa.r
when there was every prospect of the suecs..
I Atwood-as his opponent. the Wing candida y.
1 like all the other Wings of New RaDpshrr.' va
to the fugitive slave law-be likewise wrnts Hh
/ expressing his opposition to that measpra q
Pierce, being only then private citizen w.s u Osa
no particular obligation to interfere He m;.l
have said that both the candidates wero oa a. us
standing on the same ground Besides no;,I'
nor the people of New Hampshire had an r,'asI
cal interest in the fugitive-slave law II w,a, lr
a mere question of justice to the South and icy
Cen Pierce took it upon himself to travel s".
lance to see MIR. Atwood and on his refusal "a ts
back his letter, he commenced movement we%
resulted in degrading Atwood from bis Dos;,oa
the Democratic candidate for Governor and IN 4
stituting sound man IN his place 1t was Tins ~,
Gen. Pierce, private citizen, under no esreciaI Il
| legation TO take so much trouble and olum an H.
| SELF acted from a mere determination IA do ;Dst.
to the Constitutional rights of the South How do
Gen Scott's conduct compare with it? In PenrsvI
yania Gen. Scott was nominated for the presdan,,
| by the same Convention that nominated Gov L1S
sion for reelection. But Gov. Johnston refuseds
sign bill passed by the Democratic Legislature
Pennsylvania to facilitate the execution Of the En-
tive-slave law, and was in fact, avowedlv hosil.b
that measure. Here, then, was a proper case 4,
the interference of Gen. Scott he being assoe,ta
in the nomination of the Convention with JObpsmI
Ought he not, in Justice to himself if be was friend
to the compromise, to have written at least Letter
vindicating his position? But, on tie contrary. h.
was as mute as the grave, and lent the whole Teiy
of his military popularity to the support of join
ston. And he was repaid by the exertions Of Gov.
Johnston, who after his defeat by the Democrats
candidate, came to the Convention at BaltimOpga
carried his delegation for General Scott
But it is said that we were represented in tie
Convention and are therefore bound to support ii
nominee. Suppose il had nominated Fred Dousa
the free negro,-the same might have been used
Should it be said that this is not suppOsable ease
then would We not have been bound to support Nh
Seward, who will doubtless, if the South acquiaa
and assists in the election of Gen. Scott be thenT
nominee
IF we are not bound to 90 for any nominee unln
he is a proper person, is not this the time for wh
make the stand Its, however, said that alegF
ance to our party requires support Of its ticket
was De-aturs motto that ones country musbear
ported right or wrong but are we to do the sane
by party The Independent freemen of SEE
ton from which you and come. have not though
so. When Gen. jackson was first elected he did nG
lose two hundred votes in our Congressional District
But in 1910, when his party presented Martin 'm
Buren, as candidate for reelection, there wasa ma
jority of four thousand four hundred votes agana
him. That was an exhibition of independence Wf
thy of American freemen, who ought always to pre-
fer the interests of their country to mere party sue
cess If the Wing Convention has now, as THINK
made, under the Circumstances, an unworthy nomlna'
ton, ought we not to repudiate it! dOn0t at pres
ent see any practical issue pending between the pr
ties, of sufficient magnitude to require US to sast
the Wing nominee at all hazards. All the wing
appear to be satisfied with Mr.. Fillmore's admins
tration. And yet since he came into office, nas
has been no new measure of party character E1I
ed. The sub-Treasury, Tariff, and other genera
laws enacted in Mr.. Folks time, have not lot M,
changed. There is but one of them Mr. fllna'
recommended change in, viz: the arm hlris.
erence 10 that however the last Legislature o, me-
own State, with unanimity both among the "ns
and Democrats, passed strong resolutions agaAsl Wv
increase of duties There seems in fact thsn :st,
no reason to suppose that under Mr. Pierce, ns
should come ill., there would be any material eD''S'
in these respects. =.
But it is said that the Van Burens and OTTER ~.
Sellers are supporting Pierce. IL must DC lsu'
bered, however that he was not Nominated nlO'' 4
their influences, bat in direct opposition TO iDI
was the South, with the aid of the eonserEsI'e ~
ocrats of the North, that effected bis nomInau".
These Free Sellers, therefore, being eEerPO".,s
merely for the sake Of keeping in with he VI ~
fell into the rear of the movement Bn 10 '"e
OF Gen. Scott the reverse was true. lie Na' -
mated by the influence of Seward, Johnston 4"I I,,
er anti slavery leaders. against the united aHa
mined efforts of the whole South and the s:~F :,
mise men OF The North. and if we support EN- 81 ,be
must expect to constitute tail to the army In
itonists in front. 1t may be said that as WV bs
Burens, &c, have yielded we ought to oilu" b
l.