Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-10-16
Letter from senator badger.


Letter from Senator tIadger.
! The following letter from the Hol
GEonaE L. BApuEH, Sehhtor OF The Tn
ted States f.om North Carolina, 4. in r,
ply to nm invitation to address the Viii
Club Of Raleigh. Il merits the partc.
lar attention Of Wings who may liav
preferred another cnhdidata for the Pre-.
dency 10 the uhe who received the nom,
nation Of the National Convention. w
copy the letter from the Raleigh IN. G.
Register
RALEiGit. September 81, 1852.
SEAToN GALES, Esq A.-Stt' II was m
purpose, wlIeil returned from Washing
ton. to attend aud address the club Of on
city upon the pentihg Presidential elec
ton. Having beeh prevented, by caus
beyond my control, from doing what
had thus purposed, deem 1t proper, II
order 10 prevent or correct mistake or mis-
statement respecting my position hnt
views, to submit this communication Il
you, and to ask that Il may be read TO tn,
club. tt
am acculed and ucyy earnest sup
porter Of the wllig nnliolial nominations
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
II is known to you, sir, as well as 10 inahS
other, Of my friends, that General Scorl
was hot my first choice for the Presidency
that / preferred Mr.. FiLLMohr and
greatly desired his nomination, by the Con.
vet,tion. / will hdd. in all frankness, tia,
probably no man in the United States was
more disappointed, not to say dissatisfied
than was when that gentleman was pas.
sed over.
But what have these preferences, disap,
polntments, and sa.isiactions TO do with
the important issue NOW submitted 10 tho
Ameficah people and by them soon to be
decided The question Is not between
MILLARD FILLMORE and WINFIELD SCoTT,
but between WINFIELD ScoTT and Frank.
LIN PIERCE; and assuming the SUPERIOR.
ty, In Tont Of qualifications, Of Mr.. Fiji
MORE over General Scorr. it by no means
follows that the lattax is not immea.,rably
above General PIERcE in his claims upon
the nation. and especially tile Wing party
For FILLMORE Wings to retire in gloomy
discomfort from the contest, because the
Wing Of their choice was not selected by
the convention, is to give preference to
nien over principles, to names over things /;
for such Wings to join Our opponents and
make war upon the nominee Of the party,
is to desert FibLMoRE himself, to repndi-
ate the course he recommends and pursues
and to involve themselves in the pitiable
absurdity Of supporting Democratic men
and lfieasi,fes, out Of an extreme and sx.
elusive zeal for Whig measures and for a
decided Wing supporter Of Wing meas.
ures
Is not this so, Let us see WINFIELD
ScoTT was nominated by general con-
vention Of Wings from all the States.
That convention. previous to his nomina-
ton, had adopted set Of resolutions EN-.
bodying the principles Of the Wing party.
General ScoTT has accepted both the nom.
ination and the resolutions. To those res.
olutiuns no Whig@-as least no Southern
Whig--so far as | know, takes any ex-
ception. To abandon the nomination,
then, so Far as this contest is concerned, is
clearly to abandon the principles them.
selves. 1t is to prefer Democratic meas
ures to be carried out by Democratic
President, to Wing measures to be carried
but by Wing named ScoTT, when these
same measures are admitted to be alto.
gether excellent, and to be greatly desired,
II carried out by Wing bearing the name
Of FILLMoRB. Now, If any man prefers
the principles Of the Democratic party,
then 1t is his duty TO support the nomi-
nees Of that party, but how In the name
ot reason and patriotism can Wing SUP.
port for President one who will, In the ad.
Of the Government, oppose
what the Wing believes right, and sup.
port what he believes wrong, merely be-
cause different Wing has been chosen
3y the representatives Of his party from
he one he preferred, to support the right
md oppose the wrong! E71a
Again !: The Southern Wings were
represented in the convention. A plat
orm Of principles was proposed and adopt |
ID which met their entire approval. Gen.
,ral ScoTT was nominated, and that nom.
nation was then ratified and confirmed by
hose Southern Wing representatives.
How then In A0nov can we, Southern
Wings, refuse to support this nomination.
I was known to all before the Conven.
ion that General Scorr's name would be
resented to that body. No Wing State
Convention entered any caoeat lnterposed
my objection against his nomination, or
or itltima:ed to their delegates
hat his rejection should be insisted on.
Iii that Southern Wings deemed indis-
'ensible was that their candidate should
'e true Wing and pledged to support the
Compromise. These conditions fulfilled,
hey everywhere pledged the nominee
heir support. These conditions are found
II the nominee; and how then can we,
With good faith, refuse to sustain him, any
more than his friends could have refused
upport to Mr.. FlLLMoRE, had he been
elected by the convention? Such resu.
al ON their part we should have regarded
nd denounced as an act Of treachery and
and from this we may learn to
stimate the true character Of such refn-
al on our part. .e
1t has been said that General Scofr
as not heartily adopted--does not ap.
rove the platform laid down by the CON-
ention. How is this ascertained! Not
om any thing he has written OF spoken.
u his letter TO the President Of the con- !,
ention he accepts the nomination ard
le declaration Of principles annexed.
What he says Of the nomination he gw.
the declaration, and no more. I,t'nere.
IRE, what he says amounts to Pm a oprov. |
Of one, why does il nos also of the |
ther! 8 80
But, in fact, no man was me,,. ,,.c;,.h |