Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-06-04

| Total number Of members 29J. Majority LIS
The first taIlaCy to winch we woula call at
tcn'Ion IL the manner of classification, anti
scott, and Scott. In or table we rave the
vote which each candidate would probably re-
cclvc. Tine Journal lnups' the vote. In or
der that's classification of tins sort can stand
| for Il moment, it must be shown that in every
particular case, the second choice of the Fill
more delegates is for Mr.. " ebstcr, and the
second choice Of the Webster Delegates Is for
Mr., Fillmore. Tbs cannot be- shown. We
need not % beyond the Massachusetts dccga.
ton to subStantlntc Our avowll. We do not
believe there Is IL delegate elected from Mass.
or 10 be elected, whose second choice is Mr.
FILLMORE. On the contrary, we believe that
their second choice is for Gen. Scott. There
will be at least tw" whose tir.t choice is Gen.
Scott, though we lNppc that Mr.. Webster will
| haVc, on tine first ballot, the unanimous vote of
his own State. What Is true IN Massachusetts
Is true to 4 great extent, III Olhcr States. In
| New York, particularly, we believe the Scott
men infinitely prefer Mr.. Webster TO Mr.. Fill
moro, and ricc rciSa The Albany Evening
Journal, the New Nor; Courier and Enquirer,
the rIhunc and the inos all argue lhis way.
In the South, we helicvr If Mr.. Fillmore were
withdrawn, Gen Scott would get at least half
of the Southern votes IN Convention.
We now proceed to examine the figures Of
the Journal, ana we ask upon what authority It
claims five anll-Scott votes in Connecticut,
four III New hampshire, four IN Vermont, one
III Maine, nine m New York, two in icnnsyl"
vania, four in California, five in Michigan, and
two III w lsconsm to say nothing OF Massa-
chusctrs and Rhode Island. The writer in the
journal puts the entire South, with the cXccp-
ton of Delaware, it the anti Scott column
l This may be the case. Tho table which we
published conceded the same point, though we
; did not. The louisville Courier sand that three
; Of the delegates from kentucky were IN favor
. of scott. General Leslie Coombs, one of the
delegates, has re emily written letter IN iavo-
of Scott, and we know that MCsSrS. White and
u Ward, of Kentucky, in the House of Represent
Il tatIycs, have avowcd their preference for Gem
, cral scott. The Lexington Observer says that
ii Scott IN kentucky won run up to the vote
II nlvcn for Taylor, and perhaps even that %
+ Clay. And regards Virginia, we have 4
l. letter before Us from delegate to the Natlona
/ Convention from that Stale, from which w
Re- m9to the following extract: 4" should rcgrc
=, to have scott nominated on the first ballot, lo
IN that event 1t would have too much the APP
- pcaraucc of sectional nomination on The Sc
c0rd bHiioH, he cum pet enough from The SCOUT
: 10 drosl al such Seciionai GSpccL' W.
Ia nave letters to the same effect from Southcr
O. members Of Congress, one of winch iurthc
states, that with Cntcndcu for Wee President
- "ticn. Scott the only man the Wings can elect
, would be- InVnCIhc 1t seems Il great pity
~ VIXEN Southern gentlemen are dcSuuus OF hay
" mr Gen. Scott Tor a candidate, believing I'M
en 10 he 'lhe only man the Wings can eject,
:" that there should he presses here IN the Mort
" more southern than the South itself, and VIII
=" object To hun because he has not written n LEI
- ter endorsing the compromises, and who cav
" at INN bcca lsc as they say, Inc Is the tavorlt
!, candidate of Gov. Seward. We do not unde
~ stand this sort of logic. Is there any sane ma
~. who believes that Mr.. " cbster, or any bod
,"o else, could carry the great State of New loI
20 with the opposition ol Governor Seward al
,,'' his friends? And we would ask, If Mr.. " 81
"' Slcr receives the nomination, will his irlcn,
/. think OF abandoning him II Governor Scwa
re should, las he unqucstonably would.) suppo
~ MN: FOR our part, we want for the VIII
W" candidate all the v ties he can ret, whether
eh' be Scott, cbStcr, or Fillmore We won
not object to South Carolina, Tcyas or Arka
Sis gong for hlm-on the contrary. "wc shou
The be glad 10 see it,
ner- We shall not reply to what the journal sa
an IN regard to Gen. Scott not being a stntesmu
two We hold HIM to be both a solderand n stat,
res, man, and IN the great requisites Of charac,
and for an able executive, he Is second To no II,
Blu in the country. He has performed manv
'as- jhc most important civil duties CONNECTED y,
ma. oar D.. tory. ~ an Of winch he mas cNnit,o,
both are combination Of administrative unyo
ow' while. aS a great military raclcmn, he stan