The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-20
From the Frankfort (Ky) Commonwealth.
Speech OF Hon. ID. w. Adams.

meeting at jackson, Mississippi, on the 10th
of July. tie especially interesting from the
detailed account gives Of the visit Of the Mis-
sissippi delegation to General Scorr, at his
residence, after the nomination was made, on
which occasion Mr.. A.. was the spokesman for
his colleagues. Mr.. ADaMs's report Of Gene
raj SCOTS remarks upon the Compromise is
fuller and more to the point (although the same
IN subsiance) than the account we have here
'ofore published; and we especially invite the
attention of our readers to it. 1t shows that
HENRY CLAY himself did not take stronger
ground against SEWARD, while The Compro-
mise was pending, than General SCOTT did:
MIR. Adams said, that having been appointed q
delegate to attend the National Wing Convention
which assembled Mt Baltimore on the 10th of June.
and being perhaps the only delegate appointed
from the county Of Kinds, he had deemed il his
duty to attend, and do all in his power to advance
and promote the interest OF the great and glorious
cid Wing party; that, in attending that body, he
had not only discharged duty, but had found
e. cat pleasure in wha, he saw and heard in that
convention.
He had reached Baltimore, he said, the evening
before the asseInblage Ct the convention. He found
there every Southern State represented by large
and respectable delegations, who were determined
not only 10 advance the interest Of the great Wbir
party OF the Union, but to ask and demand those
IN the resolutions and platform Of that
convention, relation TO the peculiar institutions
OF the South, which were contained in the Consti-
tuition OF the Union and in the recent enactmeuts
OF Congress; that in pursuance of this design and
with no hostile or unkind feeling to their brother
Wings OF the North, the southern delegates shortly
after their arrival in Baltimore, had met together
organized by the appointment OF necessary off.
cers and committees, and had drafted and pre-
pared the platfor m which met the unapimous an
q dele fh.ro IL
that the platform 80 drafted by southern hands to
guarantee and secure southern rights, had been
piesented to the convention, and by that conven-
ton referred to a committee on resolutions: that
the committee to whom it wac referred had report-
ed 1t back 10 the convention, and that in that con.
venion, composed of Wing delegates from every
State III the Union in Advance OF any nomination
for the Ptesic ency in an hour whe IA there was no
excitement or feeiing--wihout any hot haste, bar.
gain, or agreement on the subject-tbat platform
was submitted to vo.e-not by a hurrah, but
calm ~, each State Of the Union being separately
clearly, and distinctly called. In counting the
votes 1t was found and announced that the plat
form was adopted by n vote Of two hundred and
10 s'Iy sir; and Those rho had voted
against it, Mr.. Andersen. Of Ohio, bad declared
openly IN the convention that he was not opposed
to its principles, and that he wanted that under.
stood; but that he deemed it nexpedient and un-
necessary 10 pass II, for reasons which he gave:
and this he was assured wns the Gaze with many
others OF that small minority who voted against
the platform. o.. 49,. .
Mr.. Adams said that the adoption of that plat.
form, 30 amply guaranteeing the rights and honor
OF the south by the great National Wing party,
and the manner in which it was done, brought Joy
to his heart and to that of every southern man il,
the convention. H. had, be said, visited that con-
VenNon, not go much in the character of a mere
politician, but from an earnest desire to satisfy
himself as TO the many charges that had been
brought against the great Wing party North by
southern rarty hacks. He had desired 70 see hear,
and inform himself He had made it his business
to do 60; and he felt more than justified in assur-
ing his Wing friends that their party had been
most iouHy slandered; and hc relied not only On his
own observation and statement, but referred to
the record OF that convention to show it,.
He here contras,ed the proceedings Of the two
conventions in the establishment Of platforms
that OF the W mig party acting coeIly, deliberately
and calmly in advance OF all nominations, with no
promiscuous shouting OF aye and on 40 impcr-
tant an occasion, but each State being called by
name, and the delegates sipgly in their place and
responding to the call, whilst the secretary re.
corded the vote-with no lodging or sneskiny,
and leaving no room for evasion. Whilst on the
other hand we zee the so-calcd Democratic Con.
vention first in search OF men-and long and
tedious search they had of it, with small iIdpr
for the result--and then, after all the nomination.
were made, without any regard to principles, Ne
md them at the heel OF the conventions, when all
was hurry, fatigue and confusion, presenting a
platform, and without calling for States or dele.
gates with sort Of general hurrah of aye and no,
IN which those voted who wanted, and tbose who
preferred let it alone, that they might in after
times deny the pledge! ''": = -. T..
After the adoption Of the platform by the great
Wing National Convention, he said, he felt and
knew that every true Wtig would be salts fed with
his party, and steadily and cordially support tie
nominees Something had been said, he Remarked
about that platform having been adopted under an
agreement that General Scott should be tho ,,o,ti.
nee. This he said, was false, as every member of
that convention could testify, and as northern aud
southern men had stated on the floor of the con-
vention. t'".
MIR. Adams then went on to cay that after the
adoption OF the platform, the balloting for candi.
date for the Presidency commenced; that as al.
ready known to his hearers. it had continued for
fifty. three ballots, when General Winfield Scott
the old hero OF hundred battles, received the
nomination, and every delegation in the Union
bad voted to mako it unanimous. During the
whole OF that ballotirg the delegation from Mis-.
sissippi had, as instructed, voted for Willard
filimure, and used all honorable means to pro.
cure his nomination; or, failing in this, that of
the great patriot and statesman, Daniel Webster.
with whom they knew that both they and their
constituents would be equally well satisfied. But
it was ct because they doubted his position and
opinion on mat question, 40 vital TO them OF the
Compromise; for it bad been again and again
stated on tine floor OF the convention, by Governor
jones and other gentlemen in tho confidence OF
General Scott, that his opinions were and alwavs
had been In avor OF the Compromise and the guar.
antees contained in the Constitution; nor on The
other hand, was there, he said on the part Of the
IL
tested towards Mr.. Fillmore personally, Or on &c.
count OF his approval and mante nee of the Com.
promise measures He had not heard an unkind
word uttered against Mr.. Fillmore by single
delegate in or out OF that convention On the con.
trary, he was assured by delegates from The
Northern States who were supporting General
Scott, that they came prepared to give Mr. Fill
Inores or MIR. Webster either, cordial and hearty
support ii nominated by the conventions; that they
came there to wage no sectional war with the
South in regard to the Compromise measures; TINT
they had voted cheerfuliy for the platform aa
adopted; that they knew at the time they did go,
and willis, they were thus anxious and insisting,
and voting for the nomination Of General S,,ot;'
lha. be was equally and MS decidedly in favor OF
the Compromise measures as MIR. Fillmore or
Webster; that they came there to sacrifice and
put down no man living that they admired and
respected Mr. Fillmore and MIR. Webster, and that
there were but few in that convention who had anv
feelings Of personal hostility to either Of them
But that they came there delegates to the great
National Wing Convention to promote the interest
Of the great Wing party-to adysncp principles and
not men that owing 10 his lodGnnd glorious mil.
tary career and distinguished services rendered
10 bis country, they believed that General win.
neid Scott was the nun Tor the tilncs-they man
whom the people wanted-thc man who could