Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-09-01
RALEIGH SCOTT CLUB.

AS1AAAAAAOA OOO11 OLOD.
Every day brings something new" So goes
The song and if report speaks truly, the Scott and
Graham Club of this little City seem disposed to
contribute their full share to the novelties of the
season. At all events, the Club are publishing
some very strange notions, as may be seen in their
series of Resolutions, upon matters and things in
general, put forth in the Register of 21st August.
We have no design to review these Resolutions at
length; but as they were printed to be read, and
as we have read them, we feel it our duty to sub
NIT few remarks upon them. The following, for
instance, struck us in new place:
IS Resolued, That although defeated in the recent
elections, ,oe are neither conquered dismayed and
we are ready to enter again with alacr'y and zeal
into the conflict, for those political principles which
have ever been dear to u.s. under the banner of lead
er who has never known defeat.''
Now with all Difference, and jesting aside, wei
insist that the Scott Club, in unanimously adopting
The above, did unanimously make slight mistake.
The sentiment it is true, has at first blush the ap
pearance of being spunky; but on little exani-s
nation, it is found not to possess even that merit.
Assuredly it has no other merit. 1t is untrue, and
would have been equally so if the language had
been although conquered in the recent elections,
we are neither defeated nor dismayed," &c. Let
the Club turn to their Dictionaries, and they will
there find that to "defeat" means to overcome"
to "render null and void TO ''check, disperse,
or ruin by victory" (see Walker, page 22s.)
Again, they will find that the word conquer
means to overcome, to gain the victory" (See
Walker, page 1907 Again, what says Crabbe-
aye, ,c1at says Crabbee Crabbe says that to "de-
feat means to overpower," "roat overthrow ";
and he adds rout is always dsgraceful, partc-
ularly to the army it always arises from want
of frmness.' The rout at the battle of Pavia now
became UNIVERSAL and resistance ceased in almost
every part but where the King was in person" But
the late Wing trout" was worse than that, for in
Cherokee, where Mr.. Kerr commanded in per-
sol" his loss was the greatest. Again. says Crabbe,
" an overthrow is fatal rather than dishonorable;
it excites pity rather than contempt Milton's sub
ject is rebellion against the Supreme Being the
overthrow of their host is the punishment of their
crime" To conquer" says Crabbe, is to sub
due, overcome" We have gone to the Dictiona-
res and to Crabbe because books of this character
have recently been in great in the Scott and
Graham Club Of this City, and have been used to
prove Gen. Scott sound on the compromise y; :;
and we have shown, from standard authorities en-
dorsed by the Wings themselves, that, having been
defeated" they have been conquered" and that
having been "conquered," they have rendered
null and void -" checked, dispersed, routed, and
overthrown." Only think of 1.-THE "great Wing
party" with its Dictionaries and its banners, its
soup and its certificates, its Foss lies and its Fogg
humbugs, "routed," "overthrown," and rendered
" null and void"! The truth is, they haze been
licked, and that handsomely enough, if majority
of nearly six thousand may be defined a licking.
And why not admit it like men We sincerely in
vite the Club to reconsider the attitude in which
they have placed themselves by this Resolution,
and instead of resolving any such Whiggefy as
that, requiring Dictionaries to explain it, to come
out frankly and Resolve, that, believing as we do
in the doctrine so eloquently promulgated by our
gallant leader in the late canvass, that majority
of the people are entitled to have their will res
pected and carried out, and such majority to the
tune of thousands having seen fit to "overthrow
us and render us null and void" we feel moral
ly bound" &C., &c.-see files Of the Register be-
fore the election, for the residue.
But the Club though defeated" are not dis
mayed" and so they adopted another Resolution :
.sResoled, That we appeal most earnestly 10 our
Whg brethren throughout the State, to rally at O''ce
around the banner of Scott and Graham"
The appeal is in all "earnestness," to orally at
once." Against this we selemnly protest. We
know-the Club must know-that in the present
condition of things their request is unreasonable
and unjust. Thousands of intelligent, welI-mean-
ing Wings who live at distance, and many d.
recty around the Club, entertain sincere scruplcs
about supporting the Seward candidate. We have
reason to know these gentlemen would rather wait
awhile they are not ready, and do not wish to
"raly" yet.
Again: The sixth Resolution of the Club alludes
to charge of "cowardice brought against Gen.
Scott! Who preferred that charges Where is
the emans Who did its No one answers-it was
conjured up, for party purposes, by some member
of the Club A little sympathy was wanted, and
hence this allusion. We have no doubt that many
of the Wing leaders would be very glad if some
Democrat would charge Gen. Scott with coward
ice; but, gentlemen, you cannot be accommodated.
Your whole stock in trade now consists of the New
Boston slander against Gen. PIERCE the battles of
Chippewa, Cherubusco, and so on, and such evi-
dence as can be fshed out of Dictionaries to prove
Gen. Scott compromise man. Here, then,
you stand and here you are likely to be until
"routed second time and again rendered null
and void"