The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-10-01

Of Whiggery, Upton proceedeA TO tell
them that there was one ma in the
United States that had left II lheDemo-
cratic party and come out of Scott,
Ex-Gov. Lucas, Of Ohio, nov IND Iowa.
II was poor comfort. Lucas iibn disap-
pointed aspirant for Congrosskn Ohio
and for the U. s. Senate in Iowa, and
finding the Democrats will do nothing
more for him seeks TO gain from the
Wings the promotion that the Democrats
prefer to bestow upon abler and worihier
men. After this feeble consolation, the
gentleman read some extracts from
spurious life Of Pierce, and then passed
TO eulogy Of Scott, as the hero Of Lun-
dy's Lane, and as If he was the only
soldier in all the battles with which be
had heen connected. And here we may
notice an instance Of unworthy vanity in
the Wing candidate that, whatever he.|
may be as general, says little for him
as a man. And that is, that in all his
answers TO the Mandatory notices adj
dressed 10 him as the hero Of Lundy's
Lane, &c, he has never had The grace
TO remember that he served Under Gen.
Brown, with Col. Miller and with Gen.
Ripley, and that they too, while they
lived, were justly considered, by their
grateful ccuntryman. as heroes who had
some right TO the laurels won in that
contest. His compatriots in arms are in
their graves and truly noble mind would
refuse to rob the dead Of single veil
earned laurel wherewiih 10 deck his own
brows. But Gen. Scott is never weary
Of praise however much exaggerated.
Mr.. Tipton's eulogy Of Scot. was in the
most fulsome style Of man.worshlp for
which the Wing party is so remarkable.
He said that the people would give away
California and New Mexico, and mort
gage the United States, but they would
not for these nor for untold millions sell
the reputation won by Gen. Scott with
our armies. We knew Scott's friends tried
hard to prevent our acquiring California
and New Mexico, and equally hard have
they struggled 10 mortgage the United
States 10 foreign bondholders by enlarg--
ing our National Debt in time Of pro-
found peace, but we think much as our
people value the reputation Of every
warrior that has fought her battles, there
is no man so great in our Land that he
should be held above our nations pro-
speriiy and the integrity Of our Territory
Mr.. Upton had fling at Senator
Gwin for comments on the call of the
Senate for Scott's pay from The United
States, which proved to have been over
$290,000! Enough, one would say Of
pay for all he has done. Upton COM
planned Of Gwin's constructive mileage
as being too large. We dare say It is,
but Mr.. Gwin owes bis answer for his
conduct TO his constiiucnssin California.
We OF Ohio have no power TO call him 10
account. But this fac, does not reduce
Scott's large drafts on the public Trea-
sury one dollar. II does moi in any wise
lessen his 100000 got from the hard
earned taxes Of the American people.
Nor can we account for the horror ol
constructive mileage in one who upholds
Tom Corwin, our late Senator, for doing
the same wrong as far as he could when
in the Senate. And if any one doubts
Toms guilt in this respect the Wing AL
manac can set him right, and among
Wings that is good authority.
The next assertion was that Scot
settled the Modification difficulties il
South Carolina by the force Of his name
and the troops at his command. It il
nevertheless untrue. II was the Tarif
Compromise which Produced the resul
and not Scott. Clay in supporting tina
measure abandoned for time his favor
iie American Protective System, and th'
causes Of complaint having been removed
by the action OF Congress, Modification
was ended by concession and not b
arms!
Mr.. T. next thought he would appea
to anti-Slavery feeling, an old dodge wit
che Wings, as Millard Fillmore once pre-.
tended aboliionism Of an ultra kind, onl
10 show to what extremes want of prir-
ciplc may lead men; yet when Presiden
he apostatized from all bis past preten
sian TO principle and sought 70 make th
Fugitive Slave Law The crowning glor
of his administration an infamy to whic
we cannot possibly object. Mr.. I. rea
the Democratic resolutions on the Plat
form and then pretended 10 contrast then
with the Wing resolutions on the sam
Isubiect. This he did by suppressing tn
concluding clause Of the Wing resolution
that part deprecating agitation "however,
&c. A dishonest trick that gave charac
terto his whole effort which was through
out labored trade to dslude and deceiv
his party by the frequent ready and Dol
assertion Of what he must have known I
| be falsehood.
1 Mr.. T. ended his speech by an appea
10 his audience. He asked "if the me
| who elected Jackson, Harrison, and Ia,
lor, would pass by "one greater than all?
Scott may be magnifed by bis adheren'