The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-28


recty informed appears speak by authority as 10
the expected compromise letter:
The report from Washington published in one or more
OF the New York papers Of Wednesday last stating that
General Scott upon the point OF writing letter ap
proving the Compromise. and which some OF his friends
yerdapt enough 10 suppose had some truth ia H.
without the shadow Of foundation. Ii is of piece with
the strange, startling, extraordinary annou neemenis we
often made for the and ptlon Of
ed gnibily And The repou is only now. bur
II Will be untrue 20 the end often il may be re-
yived General Seon be sisetsd ,ohout letters
,ohouf pledges Wiou profssaions thea he tpa moi be
elected az all The friends Of General Scott and the enemies
onsraf Seot may as os set thar hearts this
po,"f II public life Of forty years has been sufficient
TO establish him In the confidence of his counymen, lie
cannot now that confidence by covering half
or whole sheet of foolscap with potesaiions be
published the OF election for the purpose Of aid
ing his personal advancement And man is more
thoroughly mbned with this sentiment than General Scott
himself He will, therefore, attempt folly the sort
he cannot stand his services his character his long pub
lie life, he cannot stand at ALL II these sufficient
command the support Of his feow-czens sheet of fools
cap wont save him. He stands the OF his
countrys history Of the prominent and dstn
gnished men OF his day BY that record he abide
BY his past history must he be judged BY that II be
determined whether he Is a nomination fit to be
made I"
II probably in reference denias OF this sort that
the New York Evening Post remarks that The understand
ing be that while the anti slavery wings of the
North do permit General Scott TO write letters they
yet agree that he may hold conversations" such he
is said to have lately held with correspondent OF the
Nashville Banner the report of which day or two since
was transferred to our columns By the following letter.
addressed to the New York Courier and Enquirer. il
would appear that these Conversations are not consd-
cred satisfactory The letter has look OF authority
about it:
n ~
"The bids for the South recently made by the Tribune and
Times ia behalf of Gen Scott be pedcated upon
letter copied from the Nashville Banner, in which the
writer processes give the substance of Cen SCOTS
with him in regard the compromise
which the writer adds by way Of comment that Scott,
Webster and Fillmore, occupy the platform with the
wings of Tennessee
~sNow, it is well known here Mcssrs. Editors, that the
writer of this letter has recently avowed in
tons in New York, that the State OF Tennessee cannot be
carried for General Scott, unless he shall publish the
explicit manner, his adhesion the comprom ise
that the form of publication be that of
letter. aversing the whole ground specifically leaving
loop hang doubt upon The gentleman here alluded 10
especial oh anpoa of Coz Jones the candidate for
the presidency We trust that all parties will be fairly
dealt by, and that the friends of Gov Jones will reconcile
such apparent Inconsistencies Gov j. stands well with all
parties and his friends design him any part
tcula candidate they should let us know hsre he stands
The Courier and Enquirer OF the same day gives ed
toriay the following birdseye view of the Of the
case
!" But again. General Scott has little chance Of
obtaining single Of the southern Safes and without
the support Of OF them his election would be alto
gether impossible. Whether pleasing northern wings
the fact is undeniable that saveholdng State will
for candidate who Is known be ia favor of
the Compromise 1t may be said that northern wings
do not make this test question In truth, they do
But northern acquesccnce in the maintenance Of the
Com promise quite different thing southern ac-
quescence in its abandonment The Compromise was
made in good faith. and accepted The great
of southern wings rallied in its support against the
cessousts and TO them IL owes Its The measure
consisted of concessions both sides Those by the
Sou,t-he admission Of California the boundary line of
Texas, &c-are in their very nature rrevocable they
past and complete That OF the Noft-he fu'
LAWS In continual operation, and the benefits
which South derive from u lie In the future III
the Compromise repealed, the North would now lose
nohing-the South everything Can II be wondered at,
then that southern wings, who labored SO senuousy Tor
this measure against the common enemy should be so
yplan i'm regard every danger that threaten IL
Gen Scott yet bcy declared that be approves
OF or viii sustain the Compromise. is known that his
special friends anfi eompronsts nhigs "a NOT naaf
ftn for ,ohern ohigs to Oppose his nominations Nth firm
nta-yta Nth phsmsncsf And mast not faith be put In
their solemn declarations that has portion too tqapoeat
upon a question Of the most momentous Importance
10 aHou of his rteping single southern electoral pos
II national whis is in earnest and means to sue
ceed II take facts they and be governed by
them. It would be repugnan to the South TO vote for
General Scott 1t would be for New York to vote Tor Mr.
Fillmore"
Fortified by such wing authority the following sugges-
tons of the Pennsylvania close and pertinent
They are asked in reference the claim said TO have
been made by General Scott. in his conversation before
alluded to- thatLe carried the i" Compromise" (meaning
the Texas and New Mexico billy through Congress by
from live TO ten votes"
"If General Scott wa, such firm TREND of the Compro-
~. "A. thu
liar pportcr OF sboonism In Pennsylvania, his adhe
composed Of bitter opponents OF the constitution
and the Union. In Maine he Is sustained by every faction
OF free soism Ia New York, he Is defended aud landed
by the followers OF Seward In OIo he looks to the rank
est fanatic. for support and the entire country Gen
esl Scott can only claim his friends from ,ng those who
have been jealous in dangerous agitation and mad Ia their
assaults the laws OF the land
In confederation OF the Pennsyvanian's remarks we
have ready noticed that Ex-Governor Johnston so "we
known to fame" the wing whom even the Repu5h c
could not support because OF his abolition tendencies, is
for the second time associated with Gen Scotts recent
nomination in Pennsylvania by being selected as one OF
the two senatorial electors cast the vote OF the State
for Cen Scott, II he gets it, In The connexon,
learn that Mr. Jessup. the president OF the convention by
whom the nomination made, is also notorious
aboonzing whig IL not absolutely an sboliiionist.
All this il must be confessed, bears hard upon the
wings OF the South and they endure IT, and succumb TO
it, they will be in truly pitiable predIcameot before the
people OF their section.
II really seeu,. M fortunate for the wing party that,