The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-08-05
The Republics Logic and the Candidates

The Republic chops its logic fine. Here
is specimen-being the substance of its
leading article of yesterday, charging Gen.
Pierce with being an 'ertirpationist." -
Says the Republic:
Gen. Pierce is alledged to have said that
the extirpatiun Of slavery is impracttcab1e.
"Thercfore, by implication, Gen. Pierce
is an ertirpationistl
Will the Republic apply the extraordinary
logical process here displayed to the follow
ing language of Gen. Scott on the same sub
ject, and then tell us, "by the same rule"
what Gen. Scott is We copy from Gen,
Scots letter to Mr.. Atkinson, of Virginia,
bearing date Of February 8, 1843:
e'But 1 am persuaded that it is a high
moral obligation of masters and slaveholding
States to employ all means, not incompati-
BILE with the safety of both colors, to melio-
rate slavery, eOen to determination"
In the Republics view, we presume this
declaration of Gen. Scott will make him out
to be an observation-disclosures.
We cannot but think that this fashion of
I logic which the Republic has adopted will
be of great use in proving that Gen. Scott
is not by his recorded opinions, "eminently
disqualified" for the presidency.
Thus Gen. Scott says he would have voted
for the bank bill of 1841. Hence, in the
! Republics mode Of reasoning, he must be
an anti-bank man. So it may be, too, with
the bankrupt bill and the land distribution
bill, in favor of both of which Gen. Scott
stands committed.
: Gen. Scott is on record as in favor Of
sweeping changes in the constitution of the
United States. He wishes to lengthen the
presidential term to six years. He wishes to
abolish the veto power, making it to be
e overcome bya "bare majority of the two
houses of Congress. From this, the Re
public will doubtless infer that Gen. Scott is
a conStttutiondlist. Else, how could he ven.
ture to handle the constitution SO roughly
In respect to Gen. Scott and the naturali
cation question, the Republics new method
of reasoning will do wonders. In his ReeC
! letter of 1841 Gen. Scott inclined to repea
! all the naturalization laws. From this, thu
: Republic will of course infer that he is
naturalizationlst.
In his elaborate legal disquisition of 1874
4 on the same subject, published in the Ma
! tional InteIligencer under the signature 0
! Americas, General Scott concludes to retail
i the naturalization laws on the statute-book
but to amend them by supplemental bill
). providing that every citizen naturalized afte
- its passage shall be deprived of the right c
suffrage till he has served in the army {
a navy. From this, the Republic will doub
N less infer that Gen. Scott is, in respect
: our foreign born population, sufragist
y, By looking through Gen. SCOTS letter
rs acceptance, the Republic will find that
: contains no word approving the wing pla
, form-that it proposes three important 4
r Temptations in that platform-that it prom
ises offices to wings without regard to the
views upon that platform. All this will b
to the Republics way of thinking, pro
conclusive that Gen. Scott is platformist-
that is to say, after his nomination.
le, Finally, the Republic, upon examinatic
" of Gen Scots political record, as cOntainC
II !. in his letters on public questions up to Il
us time that he was about 60 years of age, W
-er fail to find one single important declaratic
IT'S of public policy which it dares to cite al
M defend This result to the Republics 10:
~ ~ cal optics will indisputably reveal the ia
~ that Gen. Scott is every inch statesman
III ~, that he is civilian of wise yiews-that
le ~ is in his political capacity calm, just ma
Gu ~ who does not easily go wrong, who has lit
g. ~ to retract or explain, and who, by reason
lo 5 his civil prudence and soundness of polite
'4 ~ Judgment, may be rightfully trustedwith
:, ~ presidential power!
sue If the people could only learn to reas
' '.e, By contraries, as the Republic does, CT
eS' Scott would have large vote Union.