Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-10

Scott and Pierce.

are sorry to say, which has scarcely beef
equalled on any similar occasion that has pre-
ceded this canvass. This is truly to be lament
ed. The present candidates for the Chief Mag
istracy are men of great private worth, and no
thing to the disparagement of either can b'
said in this respect. But while we frankly ad
nit that the Democratic nominee may be
good man and a patriot, and that he has fine
qualities as a soldier, and decided abilities as
statesman, it is but saying for him what may
be truly said Of thousands like him in the Uni
ted States, and must on the other hand, protest
against the absurd and ridiculous %panegyrics
bestowed upon him by the party press through
out the country, and among sober and common
sense men, are more calculated to excite a feel
ing Of disgust than anything else. Every State
in this Union can point to 4 "Franklin Pierce >
but upon the surface Of our broad land, and
perhaps throughout the wide world, there can
be found but one "Winfeld Scott!w We sup
port tie latter not merely for his rare talents
and brilliant career as a soldier--which demand
great honors from a Republic, as a high induce
ment or example to her chivalric sons--but
for his ready and practical abilities as a states.
man of the highest order. In other capaci-
ties than a leader of her armies" says Benja-
min, che has served his country as brilliantly as
any man that lives. When the storm of fac
ton ragged at the South-when a Southern
State had set at defiance the Federal law
when a Legislature had appropriated money to
arm the people-when Gen. jackson, who me-
yer tlinched at the lannon's mouth, trembled
at the idea of shedding the bloed of his coun-
trymen, who did he send as a pacificator, on
whose prudence and discretion depended the
fate of the Union? Winfield Scott was the
man for the emergency. He proceeded to the
scene of Justification, and by wise policy and
courteous demeanor he made friends of all
The sword dropped TO the side, the right hand
Of fellowship was extended to him, and in the
person Of the Commander-in-Chie of the Ar
my, they did honor TO the wise and patriotic d.
pIomatist. But this is not the only instance
in which Winfield Scott has distinguished him
self as the statesman as we'll as the soldier
At times when difficulty and danger threatened,
each successive Executive has pitched upon
Gen. Scott as the man for the occasion. Du-
ring the Canadian troubles, when ~factional spi-
it ragged along the frontier, Gen. Scott, by his
'areful and far-seeing course, lulled the raging
vindicated the honor of his country, and
preserved peace. Again and again have his
alents as a statesman come prominently be-
ore the people. When the Northeastern
boundary question assumed a serious aspect
the citizens of Maine were armed and
to meet the British forces in mortal
ombat, and all about a strip of land almost
~'orthless in a pecuniary point Of view, but
RECKLESS as a point Of honor, again was Scott
allied upon, and again he settled the agitation,
nd evinced abilities as a diplomatist and a
of the highest order. He has never
ct fallen short of the extreme of what was
expected Of him. More recently, in Mexico,
e not only covered the arms of his country
With glory, but exhibited abilities of so high
n order, that even the enemy invited him to
tay and become their dictator. Can it be
said that this man is a mere military
But it is for reasons of greater interest to
he Wings Of this State, powerful as those are
are enumerated above, that they will yea
ously and unanimously support Winfield
He has accepted the platform of the
Wing Convention, and in SO doing he has
the honor Of a soldier-which, with
me like him, is as sacred as the Constitution
tself--that he will protect Southern rights
rom Northern agressions, Gen. Scott, too, is
favor of Internal Improvements, which is at
resent creating such a deep interest our State,
nd rightly conceives that it is the duty of Co.
eminent to improve all rivers and harbors
'hirh are not strictly of a local character; and
, this spirit, he would sanction any bill of Con.
ress for the deepening of the mouth of the
Mississippi, and any which would secure the
svees of this State from future overflow
lie is, Likewise, a strenuous opponent of Free
'rude in a Government like ours he follows
l the footsteps of our greatest men, in the be-
'ef, drawn from the spirit Of our Constitution,
hat it is the legitimate duty Of Congress to
asa such laws as will protect our Agricultural
nd Manufacturing interests, in every section
f the Union where these interests need pro-
sction from foreign competition. Agriculture
nd Manufactures are the bone and sinew of
Government, and we do not see how anv
ne can doubt that it is the special duty of a
to protect Home Industry by every
in his power, as being the very founda-
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