Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-06-01
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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MONDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1852.
"RoBERT G. SCOTS TEST

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MONDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1852.
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| "ROBERT G. SCOTS TEST"
Il Is under this canton that the ~ Y F. Post udes
sneerng article upon tho admirable movement of Robt
Scott ESQ whom the Post characerizes as insisting le
modelling the Democratic cree and improving 1t by the in
ser,on new tenet or two" After nsnuatipg that Mr. s
may keen back some the letters for improper purposes the
Post goes on thus:
If any of the persons named has pledged him:cl
10 Mr. Scott in case he should mo; be ;,h elected h., pIes
five years by majority Of both Houses OF Congress- win
appreciation of majority of the nnllon mitigating The
Slave so much and difficult 10 execute
many parts of The county, he has played the fool grau
tously He has bound HIMSELF at Mr. Scotrs suggestion
oy absurd promise expressive of utter conep or
the popular WILL and making allowance Tor any change
of circumstances or any future state OF pubic oplnon he
has volunteered engagement the folly OF which has not
apology OF being dictated by reasonable lear
Of losing present popularity and which will inevitably place
The giver Of in oisgrace with two.ihi' oi the nston
may be the diversity Of their opinions concerning
the law which NJ Scott asks the candidates 10 uphold IN op
position the demand of the people for its alteration
We are not a. all surpzed the eesuilers being dis
guntled" by tho movement. Washington letter in tho
N. Y. Express says:
The letter of Capt Scott ecing answers all these
gentlemen upon the question of The tna'y of the compro
mise measures the Fugitive Slave law, ETC.. is making
something of breeze The Free Socrs don't Ike The res
what they shall do when they so into chnVentlon
Nevertheless it to be generally conceded now on all
hands, TINT the candidate, whoever he is be- must DC
openly committed to the support OF The Compromise meas
ures, Fugitive Slave Law aGd all
The National Democratic press everywhere seems de-
lighted with the Of Sir. Scott and the manly frank
of the responses The NJ T. Herald remarks in res
| poet TO the Wings:
What are the real intentions of the Fillmore and Web
s,e Compromise men of this State Of other Northern
States in the of the nomination Of General Scott
without platform visible and sefsupporting platform
the fugitive question: Are they for principles or are
they for pundcrf Are they quite ready 10 JON tue AMI
slavery cques and 10 rally the power OF the North TO their
utmost cxertions against the constitutional rights the So
cia the domestic peace Of the Southi Are
they wiling utter all their late Professions to connve at ony
Seward dodge that may be attempted at BalilInorel We
hnye miagivings that they But above all are The
Southern Union Wings disposed 10 be party 10 such
eame7 We trust not They, at least, longer eyade
the clear and simple issue made out upon tho hnay OF inc
Fugiye Slave Law"
The Richmond Examiner OF Friday warmly approves Of
the movement and says that from every OF the gentle
addressed has been received which pledges
him erievaby the support Of the Constitution and the
Fugitive Slave Law Take which candidate WILL thers
FORE the country SAFE We not get nnsound man.
In what noble position do these letters place the Demo-
cratic purity Here are who represent every section In
Il, and there among them all that hesated TO de-
clare himself supporter Of Southern views Could this oe
30, If the Democratic party was not sound 10 the CORE
sound every leaf branch and roosound every where-
By the publication of letters the issue between the
Wing and Democratic parties fairly and fully completed
On side stands ScoTT alone supported by SEWARD and
his myrdons giving in his silence pledge TO future Out
rage and aggression the South emphatic than any
words could afford On the other are the Democratic lead
ers among whom there not that does not wear
upon his front the badge Of Southern Rights on whose
escucheon can solitary stain Of Free Soil be dcteccd not
one stands IN doubt not one whose words can De con-
sdered as equroca who speaks with forked tongue
So do the parties into the great fight What nans there
born on Southern coil and living in the light of Southern
SUM- that doubt his duty now see the shadow OF an
excuse in which Wing treachery can hide 7"
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After ALL It seems that the Union party has swa
lowed up Whiggey Georgia and Alabama and that ,hose
States we'll South Carolina will be represented by
Fillmore delegates In the Whs National Convention This
sudden phenomenon have given alarm to the Scott
ties. for "Independen in the Philadelphia North American
the zeslous champion of Seward and Scott inuues very
strongly the delegates from these States have not The
odo of regularity should be thrown out of the Conven
ZION doors Hear how he throws Dirt only upon the
Fillmore Wings of the South hui upon Mr. Fillmore himself
The patriotism of the fetc.a holders in South Caro-
ina George and Aabamu ;as been recently stimulated by
gentle but sufficiently significant 'nmaons from me's
nars that they expected contribute IN anutact-
ring Delegates sustain Mr. Fillmore in the National Con-
yenon These influences have bsen barefacedy employ
l1dO te,
no .mn degree upon who have heretofore claimed
credit for the denuncaton of such practices But II WIN
for the properly chosen delegates IN nat oooy 70 os
ride these nstruin of little faction shall be Id
mjtted on an equal footing with others In Georgia. where
convances been employed TO muster representation
the call is for Wig conventions IN the DISTRICTS out or
mElImoren meetings And they audaciousy announce
he is not nominated they will support no candidate pre-
sen,ed by the convention This nsoeuce should be eoukcd
~ the outset These managers not Whge but tey are
trading denagoguee who ready 10 embrace any cause
that will pay Hoping organize third party which they
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through which they had heretofore prod and denounced
the Wing party. Failing TO accomplish the hst object tney
would sneak back into our ranks WIN NE
Of gaining by prufessed z~ai an Administration
which they recently and basey betrayed wan suc turn
coats and triesters aaoa is 'oanfed and II tey 90
come convention, they viii come US ntruaers Every
State no matter deeply sunk IN Locofocoism entitled
TO representation and propoona's share OF influence al
Baltimore if tho Whg organization mas oeen pese'eo ou'
not otherwise
Many Of the Southern have multiplied the delegates
in each Congressional district One OF the objects OF 'ns
movement Is 10 have numerical force on Inc ground Win
view 10 uerior designs. secession has been deliberately
planned and fully persuaded, if resolutions were
I'd in The very words of the malcopens tha theY Wun
still find pretext 70! rupture in some other to1 ihe
design mischief Revenge Is the consequence OF dap
poinment One of The first ocis of the Convention after
examining Credentials should be TO pledge The
,o sunnort of the nominee before proceeding 10 baot
imposition is prncticed any how, but II may be limited
| by this and other precautions
But this is not the only sign that the fortunes oil Scott
Seward.m are on the We learn from several quar-
,, sow,rd has himself made an estimate of the
o delegates TO tho Whg Convention whereby nc gives 10
Gen Scott only l4s vo,ss sraey enough 10 nominate hin
bv majority In his estimate he takes all Vermont and oil
vania for Scott; whereas, il Is said mat TWO or
three from Pennsylvania and three from Vermont WIZ 90 or
Webster But strangest thing of all, Seward takes nj
teen Scott votes from the South viz four from Virginia.
four from Kentucky three from North Carolina three from
Tsnne,see and one from Louisiana Without This detection
i; the South (says the Washington correspondent OF the
N Y Journal of Commerce.
II appears that General Scott has chance for the nom
nation even In the opinion of those in whose hands ne has
| nn, himself doubt whether the South will deliberately
d their force 10 tho power combined In The North TO crush
Webster and Fillmore and every friend of the Compromise
But e, Them do 1t. The same blow WIN S sever Inc wing
parry onns.r asy The hgs suc will be heard
wi" Ks The s, s .s:n a. resS
she b..t Wig sourees 10 Kentucky which state that Gen