The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-22

of representatives of that State the late regular SEES
sion, and is presiding over that body, in SPECIAL
session.
The War OF the sections in the vyhig Conven-
The National Ineuigsncer of yesterday recognises as
follows the fierce sectional strife which has ragged in the
Wing Convention:
"By the Journal which suboin readers will per-
ceive that The convention consumed its whole time on Sat
urday late hour in the evening, in further and fruit
less efforts to make nomination; when. worn out by Ia
tgue and the apparent hopeesness OF further trials that
day, il adjourned this moningths fortyfourth haito o"
Saturday night being but little udrfaat from the f't taxi
Friday
"This unprecedented OF things has arisen from
inexble adherence the part Of members either 10
the srprsd Preferences Of their seperai eons.srciss their
personal predictions, OF ftness political
justice, or the motive of availability"
The meaning OF the Ia,sliigeneers language TO the
several eonstaueness represented in the convention
becomes clear when it is observed that save in New
England, where the vote is divided between the anti
slavery influence represented by Scott and local pride
concentrated upon Webster, the convention exhibits
in its fortysix successive ballotings strictly sectional
struggle General Scott receives from all the States,
excepting Delaware, (Which is generally recognised
sort OF neutral ground) not asgie oots. that OF
Mr.. Bolts and friend or two Of his in Virginia. Mr.
Fillmore the other hand, has tho whole bulk OF the
sectional strength Of the South and few struggling and
powerless from the northern delegations In the
bosom OF the wing party then. the struggle for the
idency has already 10 be clearly defined hoste
auaya sectional civil waE--be,ween the North and the
South. As write, she universal expectation is that
the minority section win be and that the
anti slavery agitation wings OF the North will name,
against the united southern resistance, the representative
Of the wing party in General Scott.
Such result will give new and wholly uuprecedent-
ed and most il-omened aspect TO American politics as
represented in the wing organization. rally Of the
North against the Souih, under The banners OF sue.
cessul soldier Can any fact more ponentous be irn.
aginedi Yet who deny word OF il Everybody
knowsalmost everybody admts-ihat General See At is
not presented candidate upon any groun Of
civil qualification. Not wing in ten, the ountr
through pretends TO believe tina, be is as ft for The
presidential Office even as Mr.. Fillmore. or lha' he will
WELD its powers az judciously they ave beer
welded since the death OF President Taylor sronge
confession of Gen. Scors want Of qua6cat ION canno
be made. Again il is not pretended that Cen SEQ,
represents the whg party a, all in the which tina
party represented by Mr. Webster True en- Scot, ha
committed himself to almost all those wing errors whic
have been condemned again and again hep sope ill the
have become obsolete, save as they Nv rsh anze
into new and odious Vitality by his ,om,nstiup B,
his commitments to these explod>d doc,rne 90 hav bee
marked by such inconsistency and y.lf-conradic ion
have been so plainly the eredens o. time servin am
biion-have been mixed up with 40 MANY strange crotch
els and vagares OF individual opp ,on-,ha The sober
rejecting portion Of the wing part evervvhere will coil
anu "s"'u ,sco' ron any attempt 10 present or con
slider General Scott any ia or anthem, tic impersooa,o
even Of whg doctrine or lcy. He Is brought forwar
on wholly other grounds, He il nresen fed because h
a4'ns o. an Toe eminent political leaders the land
'Js''tes' found among the fa,at,arbas uernly and
the last refused pubc 10 rebake the an avery faua
clam Of the North.
"na' .. record he has given 10 letter or ~o on III
'uo'ee oil slavery and its kindred questions il b. vi and
sond And san the vital question Of the time has bee
The maintenance of the constitutional rights OF the South
so lar as they ae secured 10 the Compromise tax IN as
whole and IN all it's parts. General Scott has ma de NJ
record at all There is not letter from him il
anybody's 4" breeches pocket He has waited for
nomination. before he speaks He has taken that nom /
nation fron the enemies Of the maintenance Of the Com
promise against the protest Of those who would main
san IT. and in this position he now stands ready. we
TO make the subject some vote soliciting dec
'aahen, which his organs have already denounced
osiof ehand as "a guIl-rap and cheatp Add 10 this
'na he IS already committed to the fules, wing e,en,