Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-10-02
COLU NJ B U S.:
wednesday Morning, Sept. %, 1882.
More Vhig Testimony,

State, thus writes to & friend Itmay be proper to
say that Mr.. Jenfer was one of the most promi-
ncnt, as he was one of the most able wings during
his day, in Congress. He was not only an early,
but he WAS one of the ablest champions of Clay'sl
American Home Protection policy in Congress, orr
out Of it. He was man of great political inhu
cnce and personal worth, and possessed the conf
dcnce of the great Kentuckian.
PoRr ToDAcco, Mp. August 10, 1852
NV Dear Sir Yours of the 9th inst. is about
the fifteenth letter | have received of similar inn
port desiring to know whether it is my intention
10 support the nominee ofthe late Wing National
Convention for President" &c. Immediately af-
ter The adjournment Of that Convention, Laddress4
cd letter to the President of the Convention, stat
tine the reasons why | could not concur in sup-
port that nomination. That letter was delayed be
lug sent as directed, from Difference To. the opn
ions and wishes of friends for whom | entertain a.
high regard. Finding frem your and other letters
that my silence had been misinterpreted, and that
cannot remain in quiet retirement without being
subjected to unjust animddyersions, will franklyi
tell what are my opinions, as to ieaNe no doubt
whatever as to my course. Allow me here toPre
mise that there are many, very many, who agree
with me in opinion, who are restrained from ex
pressing it from the dcleacy OF theirPosition, hav
inr been members the Wing National Couyen-l
ton, members of Congress, and others represent
linz Wing constituency.
The National Wing Contentonhayng nonnina
ted a candidate for the Presidency to Gbon cana
MOI. with the opinions [ enterlsin Consistently
i've nv support, it is due TO myself, to you, and
H., the tricnus. wi whom / have 50 long acted to
a>sign, briefly, the reasons which induce me to
di,fsr from Won and from them. / need not say TO
Won. or any other Of my political friends, that =
have ever been Il consis.pnt Wing, (not IN ultra
one, J and upon all occasions, when principle was not
involved, have yielded my personal preferences to
the better Judgment Of The majority.
In every Presidential election since 1851
have gone with my friends in support of the nom
inrc, though not of my own chc!ces lyfom that
,.rrioI have been an ardent, devoted friend to-
Henry Clay, and preferred him toall Others; stili
1 rave Jealous support to General Harrison and
10 General Taylor IN doing which there was no
s,crhce ofprncipIc it was a preference OF men,
actin upon and entertaining similar principles
Yn,jr opinions had been expressed, and were
Enown priog to their nomination, to be in accord
ance with the views Gftbo5e who nominated them.
Long prior to the mecsug OF the National Con
vcntion in June last it was we'll understood that
no candidate would receive tie SUPPORT Of the
South unless his opinions were known to be IN
favor of the compromise measures, Including. the
Fugitive Slave Law, as tipal. settlement OF those
absorbing questions
DESCRIBING al StCIOHStl preferences, thO l~Ou'A
presented 10 Southern candidate for the Presiden-
cy. The opinions Of every man, who was looked
t. AS a candidate for that distinguished station,
were known, SQpe one. Those of-Mr Webster
and Mr. Fillmore were expressed and recorded,
forming the basis of the platform for which they
had been denounced, and, as far as fanatcism
could affect it, sacrificed Not SO with Gen. Scott;
his position precludcd him from entering into the
contests of the day, then shaking the Union to ITS
tl,,,co StINuc Iipr
not known-they were anXiously desired and look
ed for. Some of his friends, who had access tC
him. expressed their confidence in the soundnes:
of his views upon the compromise and Fugitive
Slave Laws His claims were zealously urged by
friends from the South and fromthe North; the lat
ter of whom looked upon him as the available can
didate to defeat Mr.. Fillmore and Mr. Webster a
the Convention by which they would have the sane
ton Of the Wing National Convention in further
ance of their views hereafter. Hence doubts aros
as to the course Gen. Scott would pursue IN re
gard to those measures in the event OF his noml
nation and election. His continued silence upol
the only question where his views were desired
(howeyer pure his motives augmented thos
doubts, which, upon the meeting of the Conven
ton, rose to distrust The course pursued by hi
friendsin the Convention was not calculated to d
away those unfavorabe impressions
Had Gen. Scott before the meeting Of the Con
tention, come out with the frankness of soldier
as was expected of him, and made known his opir
ions. he would have thrown off the incubus whc
oppresses him he would have cleared himse
from the noxious vapors which surround hin
would have added. to his gallant military care'
from Lundy's Lane to the city of Mexico, byNwhic
he has won for himself and his country, imperisl
able Iaures, and he might have received the u
port of the Union Wings throughout the countr
By adopting a different course be has lost that
many who would have given him generous su
port, though not their. first. choice,
His nomination has given announcement 70. =
Free Sellers and Abolitionists, and his Neleet
would complete their triumph. The proceedln
Of the convention show this state of things. II
platform was adopted with sixty-six membe
recording their votes against it, whilstothers VI
:. voted for it. did not consider themselves bound
it. During fifty ballots for a Presidential CAM
date, not one Southern State voted for Gen, SEQ
and he was ultimately nominated by New Ham
shire, Vermont and Illinos--all non-slaveholdi
states--casting their votes for him. With Che
facts, should Gen. Scott be elected President, VI
a knowledee that he wiA be Indebted exclusive
for his nom nation and electiopto those frien'
can any iasn doubt that Gen Scott as big
minded, honorable man, win feel bound as far
in His nf,,vnr N, a1n,;nslrr a. thr views ad n iSl