Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-09-23
]5olitiral Rra6ihg.
Keen it Before tbe People.

Keep 1t Before Tue feOple'
That tnea5, -t,as.ee northern demo
crats, and only three northern aehlgs
voted for the Fugitive Slave Law.
That Gfly-seren northern ach'gs
voted against the Fugitive Slave
Law
That Mirfy-sir norhefR democrats
and only seren northern ichigs voted
for the compromise measures as a
''fnal adjustment
That if the resolution declaring
the compromise a final adjustment Of
, the questions therein embraced had
been determined by the joint vote Of
the norbert and southern democrats
it would have been saitainedJQ sereH-
y-tour ayes to Mirtg-fbrce foes; if it
had been left to the joint vote of
northern and southern whigs, it would
have been lost By Mifty-Sepen ayes to
Ihrty-0na noes.
That the democratic party Is the
real I nioa party.
Tint ht the democratic candidate,
Gen. Pierce, was the choice Of the
compromise men in the convention
and was nominated by unanimous
vote.
That the whig candidate, General
Scott, was the choice Of the ab oil
tionists in the convention, and was
nominated by the votes Of the abo-
/ litioniSts.
That Gen. Pierce accepted the
nomination upon The platform adopt
, ed by the convention, not because it
was expected Of him as candidate,
; but because the principles 1t en-
5 braces COMPROMISE resolutions IN
cluded) commanded the approbat ton
Of his judgment.
That Gen. Scott accepted the
nomination with the resolutions am
nexed, because he could not ob tam
I it without.
| That the abolitionists are contin-
, ually abusing Gen. Pierce for his
pro-slavery principles.
That Gen. Scott is the fivorite Of
the abolitionists, ,and they are NOV
ing heaven i nd earth to procure his
election.
That not a single whig paper,
South of Mason and Dix3n's line,
was in favor Of the nomi nation Of
Gen Scott
That in The whig national convent
ton, for fifty baAots, Gen. Scott newt
er received a southern vote; and his
nomination was the result of thd
treason Of a few Tennessee and Nirt
ginia wings.
That the Whig platform does not
pledge the Wig party against thd
further agitation Of the slavery q pest
ton.
That the v big party is ot pled ICED
to oppose the passage Of a law abol-
ishing slavery in the District Of CO.
; lQmbia, the Interstate 81, We IT Rde,
or slavery in the States.
That Gen. Scott said, in his At
kinson letter, in 1913, that if he
, had been in the Virginia conyen ton
, in 1881, be would have been IN ia
f vor Of bill for tae genera emd dncl-
, patton Of slaves.
That Gen, Scott said, in his At
kinson letter, that he conceived it
high moral duty resting upon the
slavehoIding States to employ all
proper means, not Incompatible with
the safety Of both colors, to ame lior-
ate slavery even to eztermlnatld n.
That Gen. Scott sald, IL Is AT
linson letter, that Congress had the
Irjaht to int9rlere between the mas
ter and slave, in the District of Co
lumbia and could legislato over the
| District, at disc1etlon
That Gen. Scott, in his Atkinson
letter, spoke of slavery as an EVIL.
: That Wallpapers in the North are
advocating t4e election oil Scott, on
the ground that he Is iree-soller,
and unpledgdd On the slavery ques-
lion.
That the Scott papers in the North
maintain, that time and experience
have already shown the necessity oil
amending the fugitive slave law, by
giving the fugitive trial by jury, at
the place where arrested, anu That
such IN amendment would be per-
lectIy consistent with the whig plat
form, and me eetthe approval Of Gen.
Scott.