The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-10-19


Among the wing documents franked by the Hon Tru
man Smith, and sent to Virginia. is one styled "THE
CONTRASTING Wing and Democrat Platforms
The Wing and Democratic Candidates for the Pfes-
dency" II a compact, small type, pamphlet OF lhrtytwo
pages. To comment in extenso on the laborious per
ormance is quite impossible this stage OF this
Its contents, however, have been already sufficiently
noted during the campaign II is indeed. only resume
OF the wing Arguments. or what the wings employ as ar
gumens, in the present contest rapidly drawing 10
close. II may not be amiss. however TO advert 10
few points in this document In the PREDATORY remarks is
the following Hence all personal predictions party
prejudice and sectional animosity should be laid aside
&c. Now, Mi. Clay in letter written not long after
General Tayor's nomination. and lately published in the
New York Courier and Enquirer, declined fayorng the
election OF that "meIe military cheftan the ground
that he nominated solely on personal considera.
onsthat is, solely account OF his personal military
availability The nomination OF General Scott stands on
the foot, and is liable TO the same objection Is
not, them pleasant TO find the author OF this pamphlet ad
visng the community to discard sail personal predilec
ons" is no less than proposal TO discard the very
grounds which General SCOTS nomination is based
that is his personal military availability To take the
pamphleteer at his word would be to demolsh his nom
at the outset, the Threshold before get through
his preface But the community requested discard
not only call personal predictions" but all "pafty preu
dice" This looks if General Scott was be run on
the nopary plan, as General Taylor before his
nomination, and even somewhat after it, But we know
that General Scott has long since promulgated his party
opinions. and that he has been placed upon party plat
form. What then, means this request made TO the
public TO lay aside all "party prejudice " Are the
democrats to lay aside their party prejudces order
10 vote Tor WING party nominee who stands on
wing party platform Or are the wings to discard all
their party preudces in order fit them for supporting
their own nominee But the community called upon
lay aside only all personal predictions and party
spci al
y more curious request than either of the Others Gen.
Scott was nominated by sectional vote, and by exactly
that portion of the northern sectional vo which must Of
necessity exasperate to the last sectional anmos
y and yet now these very OF the North who have
forced this sectional candidate upon the country odesy
and Enormously invite all men to discard all sectional
animosity in order that they may bring themselves TO
vote for Gen Scott the first sectional candidate ever nomi-
mated in the United States So much for the preface 10
the Hon Truman Smiths document.
On page nine the writer of The CONTRAST saws of
the democratic platform II seems 10 us that such con.
Germ, made up of such ncongruous materials and put to-
geher in sucha poor buagling understandable manner,
ought not TO be called platform" But page four he
had already said Ii is certain that all the varieties and
diverses OF Noahs Ark obtain place on this plat.
form, and vos deal of ingenuity displayed 10 give
il such adaptation" This may little sample OF
the consistency and ruthfulness of the author of this
wing document On page nine he styles the platform
"apoor, bungling, unworkmanke" performance having
perhaps, forgotten that page four he had already said
that II displayed "a vast deal of ingenuity The reader
will judge whether this wing document itself is not rather
:" poor bungling, nnworkmanke' performance.
On page vels TO be found the following morceau The
exploit is like what read of certain brigader in Next
CO. and is matter OF graduation that the whole con-
venion did not faint from exhaustion" And
where were you, Mr. anonymo libeller when General
Pierce on the Mexican battle. ground tainted from mere
exhaustion" Were you, MIR. libelier giving aid and
comfort 10 the enemy, and hoping with your friend Cor
win that the Mexcans would welcome Scott and the men
under his standard " with bloody hands and hospable
eraves'" During next month perhaps wing beers,
when the election returns in may faint from mere
exhaustion" II will be well for them have the harshorn
ready-there will be demand for it,
This learned Theban and sage philosopher, the author
of this precious document, says :" We have ever re.
garded the subteasuy expensive and useless piece
of machinery" Yes, you and your party we are we'll
aware, would il you could put end that expensive
and useless piece OF machinery, the sub treasury, and
e.establsh in its place that very economical and highly
useful piece oil machinery, the United States Bank MIR
Webster once admired this piece OF machinery too and
thought that there savory ''odor OF nationality
about it but growing wiser by experience and better in
fuences, he afterwards labelled il "obsolee idea .
and in the noss OF the good people oil these United
States it is better than the deposes the Lobos
islands.
On page our document inquiries, Who proposes
10 aorogate the lvetol powerf VINO dreams oil amend
ing the constitution 10 that end Who has suggested
any such idea The [democatcl convention knew
well that the controversy between the parties does
not touch the existence OF the power but the abuse OF
H." Answer General Scott, in his letter hearing date
at Washington October IS, ls4l, saysS"i hope theT
by eatly amendment OF the constitution 10 see re-
duclion OF the Presidents Veto The regulation OF "a.
ronage would properly follow There can be no good
reason why the veto should not be overcome by bare
oriiy in each house, OF all the members elected 10
-say, for the benefit Of reflection at the end OF ten
days from the return OF the bill An amendment 10 this
effect would leave the Presdentthe general representa-.
tive OF every State and disct-armed with The votes OF
all the members absent the moment from the respective
houses, and there will always be some absen, from
both" The controversy, then, according TO General
Scott in ls4, is not TO the abuse of the power
but the constitutional nature OF the power itself
According the Generals scheme. the bill is TO be
back TO Congress, and Congress is TO chew it again
a COW chews her cud
One page nine document writer exclams 90, i'm.
potent conclusion O, most ridiculous democracy How
like the foolish bird who brusts his head into the bush
and thinks bis whole body concealed" o, ignorant
PAM hleteer o, mast ridiculous comparison Mrs.
Trimmer would have told you that this foolish bird does
not thrust hia head into hush, but into the sand and
that the wing raccoon, when caught, prelends TO be
dead TO escape his approaching fate The I'd day Of
next month will teach him that this will longer
answer SPECTATOR.