Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-03-20
THE REGISTER OUT FOR SCOTT.


party; and in the course of its remarks, though it
expresses preference for Mr.. Fillmore for the Pre-
sidency, it its readiness to 60 for General
Scott 1t says:
We do not hesitate to declare our preference for
Mr.. Fillmore over all others for the Presidency, but
whilst we do this. it is moi because have any dis
trust either of Mr.. Webster Gen. Scott on the sub
ject Of the Compromise. They both proved their de-
vOtion to it whilst IL under consideration. -
Now affirm that the Register has no proof of
any sort that Gen. Scott is in favor of the
compromise. =" The fact is, the proofs all the
other way. The following letter, written by Gen.
Scott just one year ago, in reply to some Pennsyva
MIA Wings. and published after it written
in the New York Herald, will show where the Cen
eraI is the IS compromise Here is the letter
WASHINGTON, March 26, 1851.
SiR: have received your letter. (marked :" conf.
tental, ~ in which, after committing the of
suPposing to be I" fully before the country the
wing candidate for the presidency, you proceed to
interrogate me on many points OF grave public inte-
rest.
Permit me to say that, considering We shall proba.
bly, only have whig candidate for the presidency
through national convention, and that cannot be
its nominee except by the force of the unsolicited
partiality of large masses of my counrymen-
Considering also, that, il my character princi
pies be not already known it would be idle to at
tempt to supply the deficient impression by pa
per professions of wisdom and virtue made for the
And considering that if answer your queries, 1
must 60 and answer others already before me, as
well The long series that would inevitably follow,
to the disgust of the public
will beg permission TO close this acknowledge
ment of your letter by subscribing myself with great
respect, your obedient servant.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
-, Esq, Harrisburg, Pa.
p. S. l must ado that write and say nothing on
ed. W. S.
Gen. Scott it will be seen, has no opinions for the
public eye-or rather, his political opinions
well known that, to repeat them, would be to IS dis
gus" the country-or rather, he was considering
whether it was best continue considering -
speak out, and not having determined what to do
in relation to the compromise, - he informed his
Pennsylvania friends that he still considering"
Gen. Scott, it is well known, is the first choice of
Gov. Seward; and nine-tenths OF his friends and
partizans in the free States Seward men. For
instance, Gov. Johnson. of Pennsylvania, is for him
and the of the Wings in that State, and
also the masses In New York, including Greedy and
the New York Times; and every one knows that he
was recently nominated in Maine by portion of the
Legislature Of that State hostile to Mr.. Fillmore.
In addition this, it is stated matter for regret
in of the Fillmore journals in the free States,
first, that the Scott men are eecting to the Wing
National Convention the avowed enemies of Mr..
Fillmore such as ex-Marshalls, exPostmasters, &c.
who have been removed by the latter for their Seward
ish tendencies and secondly, that the higher law
faction in New York already raising notes OF tr
umph Mr.. Fllmore's inevitable downfall. The
Syracuse Star complains for instance, in the btteres
terms of the neglect of Mr. Fillmore by meet
ing of the Oneida Wings, and adds: 'There is a
point beyond which forbearance 10 be virtue
This point the higher ha,u faction 6arc reached. If
they persist in their present hostility TO the National
Administration, their blood upon their own heads
The New York Express notices this, and says:
1.-THE above is from the Star, plain spoken Jour
nal, printed Syracuse. The Syracuse Journal, the
abolition organ in the same place. parades these Scott
Resolutions, with the remark that General Scott is
the only man feared by our opponents, and with the
" Hurra - of personal triumph over other candi-
dates 1t is very clear TO that this sort of bragga-
docia following as it does, act IF personal neg
lect of President Fillmore, and studied silence to-
wards his Administration, result in good eth
er to Gen. Scott or the Wing party"
The foregoing, from Wing Fillmore paper, is full
of meaning. 1t proves that the Scott men in New
York identified with the :. Abolition organs, -
and that they have, thus far, treated Mr. Fillmore
with " studied silence and neglect" The Express
ais speaks in the article of those Scott in
that State, whose zeal is measured by the intensity
of their desire to be revenged upon Mr. Fillmore and
Mr.. Webster supporting the compromise measures"
hat does that prove2 Does it show that Gen. Scott
is compromise" man IF so, why should his
friends in Mr.. Fillmore's own State, seek " to be
'revenged upon Mr.. Fillmore " because he supported
The ''eon,pronoise -.
Now the contrast: The Raleigh Register, a
Wing paper printed in slavehoTding State, takes it
for granted, without proof that the avortc candidate
for the Presidency of the Seward men ia sound upon
the " COMPROMISE" and avoxs it's willingness GO
for him while the Syracuse Star and New York
Express, Wing papers printed in free State, de-
nouncing the hgher law men for the "braggadocia''
manner in which they supporting Gen. Scott, for
their neglect of Mr.. Fillmore, and declaring TO
them in many words, that their zeal for Gen. Scott
is to be measured by the intensity Of their desire
to be revenged upon Mr.. Fillmore because he sup
ported the IS compromise
We predicted. some time since, that the Raleigh |
Register would, in due time, hoist the Scott flag. |
The prediction has been verified. But it be pos
sble that any considerable portion of the North Ca
Tolina Wings will go with that paper! Will they |
desert the compromise - measures. and cease
gard them as test of devotion to the Union? Will
they take silence for pledges? Will they go for the
Seward candidate? ifthey should, and if Gen. Scott
should be elected he is, with sealed lips on the
subject of the IS compromise" the neat Wing eandi-
date for the Rresidency .uho will be forced ispon them