The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-02-07
The DAILY DISPATCH


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oenera' Scott about 70 Define his Position
-Hss emtarrassment-Gorer Jones. of
= tennessee for the Vice Presidency.
WAsHiNGToN CRY, Feb. 1880
am enabled TO announce, on the nosf.Fel;a.
Bile authority, that Gen. Scott will :. sa...
days, fully and emphatically give pnbI;c;,v ~
ms views on the Compromise Measures: ,,non
the same platform where Fillmore and Web.
ster stand, there he will plant himself. He
will, in the broadcast sense, endorse the Com.
promise, as the most wise and polite basis Of
adjustment Of that great and exciting tonic.
which came well nigh shaking the very pillars
Of the Union.
Singular as it may appear, Mr.. Seward, per
Sc, advises this course; but to those who are
behind the curtain, and understand the secret
workings Of the wire-pullsrs. the action Of MIR.
Seward will not seem SO strange and contra
dictory. Mr.. Seward is trading politician;
ever inscriptions in his means to attain de-
sired purpose, he hestates at nothing that will
advance his political prospects, or compass a
political end.
General Scott is in dilemma; this was the
opinion expressed in my last. By his endorse
ment OF the Compromise at this late period,
and under the equivocal circumstances which
educes this expression OF his views, he cannot
anticipate a very cordial support from his
Southern friends, nor hearty sanction from
the Free Soil and Abolition faction of the North
and West, to the new position he will have as
sumed.
Ultra, as Mr.. Seward has been deemed in his
Abolition notions, he has never commanded the
entire confidence of the Free Soil party-this
is well established fact; rule or ruin, has ever
| been his motto. He is ever ready to feed the
hres OF faction, and add fuel to the cauldron of
| agitation, if perchance his own political inter-
ests can be advanced thereby.
lhe debate in the House on yesterday indi-
Gates pretty clearly the true position of parties
with reference to the Presidency. From init.
nations thrown out by Giddings and others of
ike Xix, II is evident that Mr.. Seward will not
succeed in foisting Gen. Scott on the Free Soil
party. Again, on the other hand, Mr. Cabell,
OF Florida, explicitly declared his preference
for MIR. Fillmore, stating that in his present no.
sitlon, Gen. Scott could not receive the electo-
raj vote OF single State at the South.
Gov. Jones, of Tennessee, is the most promi-
nent candidate for the Vice Presidencv-but
without full and explicit endorsement by
den. Scott of the Compromise, he viii not per-
mt the use of his name on the ticket in con-
nexion with this office. The Governor is de-
seryedly favorite with the people of his State
and Will notJeopardiZe the good opinion of his
constituents by placing himselfin an equvocal
position. The strife among the respective
friends of the rival candidates wakes warm, as
the period for the assembling of the two Con-
ventions approaches. The Democracy of Lam
caster County, Pennsylvania, are out in a long
address to the party in the Union, urging with
much warmth and vehemence the claims of
MIR. Buchanan.
Mr.. John l.. Smith, formerly editor, and the
originator of the Georgetown Advocate, is now
associated with MIR. Connally (who is sole pro-
prIetor OF the Daily Telegraph in the editorial
department OF this paper. Mr.. Smith brings to
his labors considerable talent, and " ill prove
a valuable acquisition to the Telegraph. Duff
Green has ceased, most fortunately, his connex-
ion with the paper.
The Naval Committees of both Houses will
report favorably on the memorial of Mr.. Col
Inns. praying an additional compensation of
100000 HENR1co.