Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-26

much my has been connected here with affair
which is unpleasant and which deeply deplore, II i
due to myself that should state all the facts within
knowledge connected with that affair had hoped, when
that report in, that vote would have been taeI
upon it, and that il would have been received with
universal ''aye" in favor of its adoption Without ar
rogating any thing to myself undertake to say that
have labored hard any one by day and by night
with the North and with the South, the East and the
West accomplish that great and glorious purpose anc
in doing so, Mr. President intimatons have been made
that false to the South; that was ready to aoan
don the graves of my fathers and the soil where rest the
little children of my love- Sir, care not for any such
imputations They affect me not / have pursued but
one even straightforward and direct in this affair
from the beginning this hour and challenge the man
that lives to stand up here and say that ever said or
wrote word calculated impair the integrity of the
Union or to abae the interests the honor the rights
of the South, in any one particular whatever. Loud
cheers
am not sir of that cast Of politicians who seem to
think that is glory enough to be called Southern man
! claim to be American freeman. [Cheers am
content with the :" North" or the '.South." am
content with nothing but my country Immense cheer
ing] Sir have remarked that have labored day and
night; and shall continue to labor to preserve the in
tegrity of the Wing party.
And now, sir as to the point made in the letter in
which my name was associated. regret exceedingly
that 1t has become necessary that who here
sembed represent the nationality of the great Wing
party should into the discussion Of matters calcu
lated njure the claims of any asprant They all
honorable and here proclaim my readiness to sup
port any on the American soil that this Convention
may agree to nominate [Cries Of " good, good, and
great cheerng.] Yes sir nominate your upon that
r,lot md OIL i'm Tad cheers
A DELEGATE. Will you support the nominee if he re-
fuse to support the platform?
Mr. JONES win reply to the question of the gentle
by answering that that is supposable case which
is not possible. Laughter
DO not WISH Mr. President, to be considered as stand
ing here yncate the claims of Gen. Scott for the Pre-
sidency have done in any public speech, nor
will ever do so until the action of this Convention is
had But if he should be the nominee then by the grace
of God and the feeble power which have, will defend
and advocate his merits. [Great cheerng] Nominate
the great statesman from Massachusetts, and my feeble
voice shall be heard to vndcate his claims before the
American people. [Renewed cheering. Or put up the
Chief Magistrate of this Republic who now
fills the Presidential chair and he too shall have my best
support CONTINUED cheering Sir, have never had
but political IDOL and of that there pointing to
portrait of Mr. Cay is the representation. Enthusi
such feelings of devotion any other person politically
as have to that dying chief Emotion.l When he is
gone, my political idolay viii be the great National
Wing party. Deafening cheers. / shall uphold the
standard which they may unfurl and the whom they
may select. [Great cheering.l
Now the letter to which reference has been made
believe that yesterday the day before the honorable
gentleman from Virginia (Nr. ARCHERY handed me the
short note from Gen. Scott which read by Mr.. Boris,
and which requests that it might be shown and
others You have heard that letter read The first time
that General Winfield Scott in my life
the second day of January last met him the city
Washington. He did me the honor to call and see me
there We entered into full free, and unreserved
yersation, and am happy to know that have honor
able witness here who heard the whole Of that
ton. In that conversation told Gen. Scott that my
State favorable to the nomination Of Mr. Fillmore
and that ir delegate the Convention would
support him in all sincerity. [Cheers. According to
the best Of my recollection also stated that the prefer
for Mr. Fillmore in the State Of Tennessee grew out
Of the boldness and energy and fahfuness with which
he had performed the duties devoving the Executive
chair. More than that; stated that Tennessee would
vote for man living who not in favor of standing
by the compromise measures. Loud cheers. To this
General Scott-replied Sir, there is in Anne
RIGA that has been in favor of these longer
than have been, firmly disposed to support them
than now am" [Cheers.] He assured me that from
the day these first conceived by Mr. Clay
until their passage he had been in favor of them. And
sir" said he al opposed to touching them in any
manner, shape form" CHEERS. In that converse
ton remarkedso General Scott that thought he owed
to himself to arrest the Misrepresentation that
abroad in the land upon that subject remarked that
his soundness the compromise question:
ed that from his own he was sound on the
compromise that were in his position would write
letter and thus silence those caumnies. advised him
to write letter. He said he had wish to conceal any
opinion he held If any respectable number Of his friends
North and South, desired q public expression Of his
opinions He personally had nothing to conceal, but
was unwilling to do any thing which might seem to
be eectoneering for the nomination. urged the pro-
position with all the ability which had He remained
views with him-but no clandestne meetings Mr. Presi
dent-and in each of those interviews urged the
arguments and each occasion he said that he should
not write letter unless the Convention should nominate
him that he did consider that proper mode of cleo
pioneering Now sir that is the reason why that
was to be shown to me-
One word more Mr.. President, and will close. We
have heard much Of Secessonsts the South and Abo
litionists in the North. have no afnities for them
whether Of the North the South entertain for them
neither feelings Of admiration Of respect But while
each Of these sections may have their own views and in
terests who will be SO bold to assert that the North
may not the aggregate be to the Union and the
Constitution and the Compromise as We Of the South
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