Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-28

IN such position that he would prob
ably be forced to sacrifice one wing Of
his party; and that we ought not to
expect him to sacrifice eighty-four
men from the North rather than
twenty-nine men from the Sou;h,
these being the number of members
Of the Northern and Southern sections
Of the Wing party in Congress. The
great body Off the Southern members
of Congress, with Mr.. Clay at their
head, would thus have been thrown
intp opposition, and would have been
col pelled with the aid of the con-
ser vative men of the North, to fight
the whole force Of the administration On.
Til death Of Gen. Tayfer alone pre-
ehted a struggle Wild h would ha We
shaken the country to its centre. =
The decree of Proyi denee thus avert
ed the contest, but the lessbn is one
VIII ch ought not to be lost on US. +
Without, however, going into detail
on these points, | proceed at once to
speak of Gen. Scott.
In the summer Of lS49, his Cana
da annexation lctt ter was published.
Gen. Taylor having just be en- inapg-
urated, it seemed probable that he
might be re-nomina ted for election
with the support, d 5 it was then sup
posed, of the whole South. 1t would
be necessary to secure the Northern
vote in opposition, to supercede him.
Gen. Scott, therefore, while express
ing his wish for the acquisition of
Canada, voluntarily, and without
being questioned ON the point, went
on to declare his opposition to the
acquisition of Mexican territory. In
substance he said that while he was
for taking territory that would
strengthen the North, he was opposed
to such acq uisition as might, in like
manner, Keep the South even with
the North. | then looked upon this
as an open, undisguised declaration
Of his wish to be RI garded as the
Northern 2 residential candidate. 1t
could be considered in no other light
than as a. bid for Nor them support at
the expense, too, of our essential in
terests. Du ring my journey through
the Northern States in the autumn
of that year, l had other evidences to
the same effect. felt that General
Scott had not, in the position he had
volun tarily taken, an claims on me
or any other Souther d man. On the
contrary, | saw that the rights of my
section under the Constitution, as
equals in the Union, had been put up
for sale in the political market for an
votes. 1t was obvious that
Gen. Scott believed lie could be elect
ed by Northern votes alone. In
fact, f have the best reason to be-
lidve that he, much more recently
than the time | refer to, repeatedly
the opinion that he could
be elected without vote from slave
State. For the last three years he
has been identified with the anti
slavery party of the North; but in
1913, Mr.. Seward, who is the leader
of that party, was opposed TO him.
During the session of the Wing Con-
vention at Philadelphia, in that year,
| had some conferences with Mr.
Thurlow Weed, the Editor Of the Al
bany Evening Journal, and with Mr.
Horace Greeley, the Editor of the
New York Tribune, both of them
being we'll known as intimate friends
and mouth pieces of William III. Sc
ward. They were utterly hostile to
Gen. Scott, and said he could not
possibly be supported by them, on
account of his Nativeism, and vari-
Gus other point is enumerated by them.
Why is it that Mr.. Seward and these
gentlemen have since taken up Gen.
Scott and given him the nomina-
tion?9 Because they found they could
make use Of him to destroy Messrs.
Fillmore, Webster, and other friends
Of the compromise; and they. there
fore seized upon his as a fitting in
strument for that purpose. But it
S said, that he had in his private
conversations expressed himself in
avor of those measures. If it be
rue, it makes the case stronger
against him. After the passage of
he bills, a fierce attack was made on
hose men at the North who had the
lberaity to assist in getting them
trough. Seward and his followers
ook the field to crush Webster and
Fillmore. But while the storm of
var was raging for their destruction,
there was Gen. Scott? AS they had |
My done what he thought it was
heir duty to do, why did he not