Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-06-17

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The reader 10 aware that Gen. Pierce and
Gen. Butler ale the only two Of TIE fifteen can
dldates addressed BY Robert G. Scott. on the
subject OF the Compromise. who did not re-
ply. The Richmond Enquirer declared that
the qustions put to these gentlemen ''dccply
involved the co.stit4t;onol rights Of the Soath.
Ae peace and safety ef tie. UxioM." 1t pro-
nounced the movement Of Mr.. Scott mas,crly
and admirable. and the responses Of the cam
didates "the true Democratic Playarm." 1t
undertook for Gen Pierce TOT give the assurance.
that his reply fully and atfirmatively rcspon-
sive to the interrogatories Of Mr. Scott, would
also have been received, but for the distance Of
his place Of residence and the irregularity Of
mails"
Well, time enough now, in all conscience.
has elspsed. and we have no affirmative res
ponse." Questions deeply involving the con-
stitu,ional rights of the South" remain unan-
swered. Gen. Pierce fails to put himself up
"the Democratic platform" Free-soil inAu
ences have prevailed. and the man who was
mum has received the nomination. though less
| SPOkCU III tOT u tidW AaS OHc VI tHc tUtTtecu
who took ground in favor of the constitutional
| rights of the South. We commend this pres-
,ant fact to the consideration of the Southern
scopIe. Let them remember what is meant
when the Democrats present Northern man
with Southern principies-andlet them proper
y estimate the import ofthe circumstances un-
Ter which Gen. Pierce is nominated.
The New York Post. the free-soil organ.
imports his nomination and laughs at the
platform as a string Of nothings. Ii says:
"whcther the resolutions good q bad we regard
matter Of very little They undoubtedly
peak the Of the committee who framed them but
n respect they be considered speaking the
Of the Convention. The resolutions not
iopted by those who Nominated the candidate. They
put till large nauber OF the member. had
Eithdrawn they debated, considered,
hcard considerable nuepber Ut the members pre-
voted against thc,a and those who said "avc, did
know what they giving their approval. The
retencc Of passing resolutions, Of adopting platform
potca belief under sach circumstances. is the
erz farce in the worlds proceeding destitute Of
lforcc if the resolutions had been adopted by doz-
N chance travellers on toard a steamboat
Speaking Of the nomination the New York
Express says
There wrll-sroanded suspicious abroad thni
so result pre-
iously well understood bat arrangen cnt. To
onciiatr the Free Sorrs wnsagreed to sncrifce
candidate who had written letter Robert Scott.
nd to take up ,rua, who. though much in
Avor Of the Comp, omise Biis and resoutcly hostile
Abotionism in every frra either Cas> Buchanan,
r Dirkinson.i. yet publicly committed the faith.
Free Soi>m before it into the Convention that
it wouid have take a Cou,promse man. anylow but
they stipulated and the other parties doubtless agiee
% make the dose paiaable possible. The plat.
0rm. it is tue, is clra, and uncquivocal far the
slavery issues-thc Fugitive Slave Law. etcnre
:ened. and nobody doubles in the least that General
fierce is to be placed upon ta, platform, and stand
fall upon IT, in Nuvembcr but then have said,
1--WE have slain Cas- again, slew him before nay
nore we have inundated every of your Compro-
mise who figured in the Robert Scoit corresTon-
3ence" something the Fsre Soilers thought
thy Of struggling for, and thinking the boon in
listed upon, and it given them. On other ny
,othes far the significant silence of such
of the Free Sellers found their way into the Conven-
tion.
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