The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-01
PUBLIC OPINION.
From the Nep York Express.

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this State do not desire to elect General SoorT but
| through the aid Of his military reputation to keep
up and to add to an anti slavery excitement in the
Tree States which may prepare the way for MIR
Seward. Their action, their editorial arcles their
conduct generally, give force to such assertion
They stick to General Scott like the shirt of Mes
sus, and that is shirt, everybody knows, that
| killed every thing it touched. They claim to put
hls nomination upon the ground that it will be q
condemnation of Mr. FILLMORE. For instance
the pet correspondent Of the Tribune, Mr.. Pike,
writes from Washington, "Mr. Fillmore will be
Slid out of the tail of the cart without ceremony
and this writer breathes the spirit of the whole set:
"The issue Of the Wing Convention, notwith.
standing the blindness and obsinacy Of the Presi-
dent and some OF his wrong headed and place. low
ing friends, admits of doubt. Mr. Fillmore trtIl
be aid out IF the tail Of the cart tcithout ceremony
| and with a sad loes OF position and dignity. He
some credit for sagacity; but he ia a monoma MAC,
and will meet his fate with the cap over his eyes.
| 81. s. p"
The delegate elections in this State, which took
place prior TO the annulment of the canal contracts
and to effect which and such like purposes some
thing like hal. million Of dollars were TO be
squandered upon corrupt politicians, are set down
and crowed "vctories over Fillmore /"
There ID more JOY shown in carrying county from
Wing, than ia usually shown in carrying State
from an enemy.
Now it is very easy to see that, if General Scott
was to be nominated he could not, in this spirit be
elected; that is to say he could not carry the State
of New York, where Mr. Fillmore, it will be adj
United, has some few friends, whose votes ,nau be
necessary, especially if remember that Gov
ernor Hunt was re. elected by only about $50 ma
jority These friends, if they saw him "slid out
of he tail If he ri will
be very apt on election day at least, to stay
away from the polls. and not by their presence en-
dorse the ceremony.
Again, Willard Fillmore is a man-with the nat
ural passions Of man, we presume-an 30, in all
probability, is Daniel Webster and 80 the Post
master General, to say nothing of the rest Of the
Cabinet, who all have more less power in
their respective positions Now it ia well under
stood that in "sliding Mr. Fillmore out of the
cart without ceremony" all these respectable gen.
tlemen to be slid out with like want Of cere-
mony, and that Cabinet, under Governor Sew.
ards and Governor John.ton's organization, would
axe their places. These gentlemen, then it boing
presumed, having the common frailties Of our ma
ture, would be very likely to make some resist
ance under such n slide.
II there be any one fact clear, It is clear that the
,ooIe Wing party is necessary to elect President
the Wing party, South and North, East and West.
Notwithstanding this reliable fact MIR. Mangum,
one of Governor Stewards instruments. began at
Washington in ruling cut Of order the Wing Com
promise principles of Fillmore, Clay and Webster,
and so ruling out OF caucus eleven of the most
effective Southern Wing members OF Congress
To keep the party unit, after this perform
nnce. these eleven Wing gentlemen have been
thoroughly denounced, and to what they deemed
haab cen in &c
the country.
Well, the southern country being well purged Of
Wings by this performance, this MIR. Pike, now,
under the direction of Seward, Mangum & Co.,
begins upon the Northern WING party. "Mr
Fillmore will be slid out Of the tail of the Cart
told, and Of course, his friends with him
and then will go TO work, without Wing
party South, beyond what Mangum & Co. can
raise, which wont be a single county in the State
Msngum comes from, and without Fillmore's
and Webster's friends in the North, TO elect Gen
eral Scott President!
Now, do such men, such managers, really, and
at heart, desire to elect General Scott? Certainly
not 1t is the old trick Played off in this State
with Henry Clay in 1874. No; the real object s TO
keep Up the anti slavery excitement by adding to
it the military reputation of General Scott, and
upon thst to prepare the way in 1856 for Governor
Seward & Co. upon a sectional slavery storm.
General Scott can only be rescued now from the
Tolls OF these men by discnrding them, and the
way in which be must discard them, in order to
regain the confidence of the whole country. is bya
clear explicit, emphatic reprobation Of their prin
cipl6s The Compromise bills he him self if be
would even begin TO be formidable candidate
must pronounce PENALTY with such an emphasis
that the people will understand; If Seward Co.
attempt 10 re-aRit.tc with their miscellaneous sec-
tionnl schemes. that he will exert the whole power
Of the Federal Government against them, and con-
stituionaly exert ell the prerogatives the Consti
ton has given him to put their schemes down.
To show that these are not sentiments only
VIC quote endorsemept Of them from two
fpeechos, which have just hson mndo In Congress
by members counted upon as Scott men, both from
Whig States, Kentucky and Tennessee. They
were both Of the eleven members who staid behind
In the WING CAUCUS, and who ha cor demned their
southern cOuntrymen for seeding or absenting
themselves from the caucus.
BY the Hon. Mr.. Grey, Of Kentucky:
"Mr. Chairman, in regard TO the President,
gree with my colleague, that he comes up TO my
standard OF an accomplished, sound Wing states-
rnsn and Wing i want no better man. no better
President than we have now i'm Willard Fillmore
will unite with my colleague in proolaiming the
hnslity Of The Compromise among the Wings AS
feel that an o,itOriztd 10 declare 10 the Wigs of
The North hat u " utterly ,rnposs,bis 10 Jrcsrrs a
National Jf7ig organisation upon any other bdsiI.
Sectional feelings and prejudices must be sscri-
feed the shrine Of patriotism. and the conslitu.
tionn rights Of the South unequiyOcslly recognised
.nd affirmed.
''sir the people Of the slaveholding States canno
vote for any for President who will not boldly
proclaim that he Will, BY all The irylu,nos and au.
hority pertaining 10 hun IN Dat portion. uphold and
uid,niain ioic which IL enjoincd by pO.ibve re-
qin,ion Of the Constitution, and the rights Of pro-
perry recognised by that instrument sacred-a
law, too, which in its operation and bearing is
ciusvely confined 90 runaway negroe,, and in
way interfering with the rights privileges OF any
citizen Of the Northern states. Sir, now tell my
Wing brethren Of the North VINO think otherwise,
that it is the very vainness OF vanity to suppose
any such obrrdiiy"
BY the Hon. MIR. Cullom, OF Tennessee:
1.-THE Wing party, in Congressional caucus, did,
At Tho commencement OF the session, endorse the
Compromise and its inality, which the Democrats
refused 20 do. This places the Wing party on
prominent ground; and trust that the delegates
will assemble IN the convention with manly a
Roman courage, sod rsce th. question:; for IL 10