The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-10-28

"What great civil act mas Othe' a. oSO''
ever performed Has he ever been IN any
State Legislature! The answer is no. has
he ever been in Congress! No Has ne
ever been in the Senate! Nc. Has he ever
been i'm the Cabinet No. Has he ever
been a foreign Minister! No Has he Cv-
or been a aCommissiuner to makea treaty mo. q
Has he ever been in Convention to frame
a Constitutionl No. Has he ever been ON
a committee to draw up public law! No 4
After that we suppose the question may
as well be given up; and yet we have heard
of men, who have figured in neither place.
and have, when occasion required, proved
themselves more competent than men who
have spent life time in such services aud
uEyER made their mark. We might repeat
the question with variation.
Has Gen. Pierce been in State L"gisla-
ture! Yes. What did he do! Nothing.
Has he been to Congress-! Yes. What did
he do for his country! NUtl ing. Has he'l
been in the Senate! Yes, What did he dol
Voted against River and Harbor Improve
ments; against reliefto the old Indian fight
ers; against pensions to the widows and chill
dren Of Revolutionary soldiers; against PEN
sion to the widow OF President Harrison.
Has he ever been in the Cabinet! No. For
t eign Minister! No. HAS he EVER BEEN IN
! A CONVENTION TO FRAME A NEW CoNsTIrU-
: TONI Yes. So has Judge Chnney and
: Col. Medill!!!!
i But what civil act has Gen. Scott done! Z!
-, fI., KOunuaTV
question; we refer to thh Canadian Border
feuds; the South Carolina difficulty; the
e Cherokee difficulty; his government oi Mex
s, leo; his mission to Europe by appointment
re- of President Madison. Is not that enough
n for any SONABLE man!
The GREAT Contest YET TO CoME.-We
d were about to offer some farther suggestions
D. as TO the comparative insigniicance of the
elections just held, in Pennsylvania, Ohio
Ut and Indiana, compared with the great Ma
oi tional Contest of the Second OF November
10 when the following, pat to the purpose, me-
>, our eye in the Baltimore Patriot:
le The Battle get to be tought.-The extrava
giant Joy which the supporters of Genera
I'd Pierce evince at the seeming SUCCESS their
in party friends have gained in recent elections
:. here and in Ohio and Pennsylvania, is evi
" dence that they have no confidence in hi'
Isl election, and that any sign which woult
ty, give them hope, however feeble, they are
ri ready TO rejoice over.
r., Now that VIC have got through with ou
local election, and Pennsylvania and Obi
re- have disposed of the local questions tina
MS. controlled their choice of State officers, lC
an the Wings look forward to the coming COZ
3D. test, and prepare to do their duty, taking t
- heart those words Of Daniel Webster, whic
iS' in I848 he addressed to the disa6'ected whig
To- of that day:
.ed "Overcome your Disa6eotion; relinquis
,er your preferences; forget your disdppoint'nen
IA and strike one united biow for The nlaintenant
'Uu Of The Wing cause and The good Of The country.
nj Moved by this spirit and acting on the in
pulses which such u feeling must give to tn
great cause with which the success Of tn
ter election Of Gen. Scott is identified, and a
ore will be well. When we are told oil the rt
rat suit of the late elections in Ohio and Penn
Jo sylvania, feel no despondency, fer the
should cause none. The New York Con
''ee mercial we'll says, in an answer to all sue
rty, suggestions, that Gen. Scott toaS not a cand
lig- date at any Of these elections. On the ID
nee November he ioiN be.
-. And 80 here in Baltimore and Marylan
,'', Next Tuesday week thePresdential electiC
Kcd will take place here in Baltimore and thrC
GUS out the Union. Then Gen. Scott twill be
nan candidate to be voted for Wings unite.
vote for him and for the cause.